We had a blast on our field-trip yesterday in Dubuque.  Thank-you for allowing your child the opportunity to see, touch, and learn so many things about the Mississippi River. 

The rest of the week is pretty normal.  We do have the Walk-A-Thon for Mrs. Gordon's cause on Friday.  All money is due by May 20th.  Students are to dress in Blue b/c it's Mrs. Gordon's favorite color!

It's getting hot outside which means they turned the air on.  It gets very chilly in the basement so it might not hurt for your child to have a sweater just in case.

Have a great week!
Ms. Braden

Hard to believe it's almost May!

We took the diocese Reading and Science tests this week.

Next week we will be having a guest speaker from the Putnam Museum come and give a presentation on "River through Time", about the Mississippi River.  We are in the process of planning our 4th grade field-trip to the Dubuque River Museum so this will be a great presentation to prep the students. 

River Bandit forms are all due back (if wanted extra tickets, etc.) by Monday, May 2nd.  Their final National Park Project on the West is due next week.  The states and capitals test is May 13 and the Favorite State Poster is due the 3rd week of May.  We are starting our new Reading unit next week.  If you have a copy of the Little House on the Prairie please send it with your child. 

We are continuing to study sound with our science FOSS kit and having fun exploring different experiments. 

Have a great weekend!

Happy Holy Week!

This will be a shortened week with no school on Friday (Good Friday). We have a few tests this
week: tomorrow (Tuesday) the students will have a chapter 11 math test over Area, Perimeter, and Volume. We checked the "checking your progress" today in class. Wednesday they will
have an adjective test. I assigned a review from the book today so we'll check it and review more tomorrow. Then because of the shortened week we'll be having the spelling post-test on Thursday. Stations are at 2:30 on Tuesday and all school mass as normal on Wednesday.

Have a great week!

Friday, April 15

Just a heads up for Friday:

-The students have a social studies test.
-Spring picture day.
-We'll leave around 12:20 for the symphony.

Hello 4B families,

We had a great time at Assumption yesterday learning and experiencing how specials (P.E./Art/Music/Choir) are run. I realized that some of these students have NO fear when it comes to playing dodgeball against big high school students, it was quite the sight!

We have another field-trip next week to the Quad-City Symphony on Friday. We will leave around 12:20pm and return to school at the end of the day. It was a great experience last year! I am sending home permission slips today so please have your child return them as soon as possible.

I also sent home a newsletter yesterday about "G is for Gordon" events coming up. They will be raising money to help cover the costs for Mrs. Gordon's illness. Mrs. Selden also put the dates in her Principal's Post.

The book fair has arrived! We will be going to preview and make a wish-list on Monday and the students can bring money to purchase on Wednesday. Spring pictures are Friday (same day as our symphony field-trip).

Also, congrats to the Home and School representatives for next year, looks like we have a great representation from the 4th grade!

Have a great weekend,
Ms. Braden

The students are taking the Earthquake and Volcano science test today and we'll be starting a new unit with a FOSS kit about Sound.  Tomorrow we have Reconciliation in the morning and Station of the Cross in the afternoon.  Your student should of brought home a permission slip for a field-trip we're taking on Thursday to Assumption High School.  We'll leave around 8:45am and experience how specials (P.E./Band/Choir/Art) work at the high school level and be back for lunch.  Please make sure your student returns the permission slip by Wednesday or they will not be able to attend.  Then Friday is a Scrip NUT Day. 

I have included a note from Mrs. Smith about upcoming Social Studies assignments:

We will begin our final region, the West, next week. The states included in this region are divided into three sections, Mountain, Desert, and Pacific. The states include: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming. The National Park project will be due the week of May 2.  This may be a poster, power point, or any other creative presentation, as long as all of the information is included.  The state and capital quiz for this region will be May 13. If you have any questions please send me an e-mail.
Thank you,
Mrs. Smith


Have a great week!

Tuesday we have Stations of the Cross at 8:45am and then conferences from 4-8 after school. Also at 1pm, Sarah Prineas, author of the Magic Thief series, will be here to speak with the students. If they own a copy of her book they are welcome to bring it to get signed. Wednesday is a normal day with school mass at 8:45. Since Thursday is the last day of the week (and a 1:30 early out), spelling packets will be due along with the post test. We'll also take the reading selection test over Salmon Summer on Thursday. Then we have conferences from 2-6 Thursday night and no school on Friday, April 1 (Not an April Fools joke).

I am handing out the science study guides today, we'll check them Wednesday, and have the test on Monday, April 4th.

Have a great week!