On Marathon Day (tomorrow) we will begin doing our service projects here at Nicollet at 9:00. At 10:30, we will be busing over to Penn. The 4th graders are buddies with the preschool, and because few preschoolers participate in the marathon, most 4th graders will not meet their buddies tomorrow. However, the 4th graders have the privilege of doing the prayer service in the afternoon, we will use the scheduled buddy time to practice. We are asking 4th graders to bring their backpacks to school. It is much easier to keep things together in the bag than around the church!!
If you have ordered hot lunch for Fri. Oct. 3, you will get it at the Penn campus tomorrow. If you didn't order hot lunch for tomorrow, please bring a disposable bag lunch. (It is easier if we don't have to keep track of lunch boxes.)
It is green and gold day!!! Jeans are OK, BT spirit wear is OK, green and gold clothes are OK, uniforms are OK.
It's a good idea to bring a water bottle-labeled!!
Spelling, Lesson 5 is due this week.
Monday is picture day. ALL students will have their picture taken-even if you aren't purchasing a package-so the pictures will be in the yearbook.
Monday is also Marathon $ collection day.
We will have the science test on Tuesday Oct. 7. Flashcards were sent home Sept. 25.
Oct. 8-Mass is at Penn.
Oct. 9 is library day-bring your book. It is also the Middle of the trimester. Grades will be available online and onpaper soon.
Oct. 10 is Special Visitor's Day. The 4th graders will be doing a short music program for their special visitor. Spelling #5 is due today.
Sept 26, 2008
Science flashcards were sent home on 9/25. It's a great idea to start studying right away. The test will be the week of Oct. 6.
The model of the earth science project is due 9/29. Requirements for this project follow.
Our final pledge collection sheet is due Wed. 10/1. This Friday is the Marathon. We will spend the entire day doing Marathon projects. All students will be dismissed from Penn Campus. Please make arrangements to pick your child up from there if they don't go home on the bus.
Spelling #4 is due Friday 10/3.
Please remember to ask for the assignment notebook each day. Talk about what's written in it.
Checking pens seem to disappear quickly. Please check with your child to see if theirs need replacing.
Remember to return the spelling contracts. If I don't have it, I will grade your child on the words/work I picked out for them.
Sept. 24, 2008 The following letter was on the back of the Sept. 19, 4th grade scoop.
September 19, 2008
Dear Parents and 4th graders,
On Monday, Sept. 29, a project for science will be due. Each student should make a model of the earth using materials of their choice. Some suggestions are paint, cardboard, clay/play dough, food, Styrofoam, fabric. The students have seen example projects in science class. The four layers (crust 5-25 miles thick, mantle 1,750-1,800 miles thick, outer core 1,380miles thick, inner core-780 miles thick) should be labeled and represented proportionately (don’t make the crust appear to be the thickest part of the earth).
Students should also write two facts about any of the layers of the earth. The facts should be found from outside sources (not information obtained from class). Write down your sources (include titles of books or articles, copyright dates and page numbers). Write the facts on full size loose leaf paper to be handed in separately from the project. Write where you got your information. If you use a website, write the complete address. The following areas will be graded: accuracy of labels and proportions, neatness, presentation-loud and clear and looking at audience, two facts written in complete sentences with good detail. Students will be sharing their project with the class on Sept.29.
The science test on this chapter will be during the week of Oct. 6, 2008. Flashcards will be sent home Sept. 27.
Mrs. Kalbfell
Sept. 23, 2008
Thanks for coming to our parent night. It's always a pleasure to see you.
If you haven't returned your Friday folder, please do so.
Mass will be at Assumption on Wed. 12:15.
Father Tony will be visiting the 4th graders for Religion today, 9/23.
Spelling #3 is due on Thursday this week, no school on Friday.
Science flashcards will be going home on 9/25. The test will be the week of 10/6.
Language Review Ch. 1 part 2 will be going home on Wed. 9/24 and is due back finished and signed on 9/25. The test will be 9/29.
Remember to be working on your science project due 9/29.
Woodlake Nature Center permission slips/$10 are due on Thurs. 9/25. We will be leaving at 11:35 and returning to school around 1:45. If you have completed a background check, please feel free to show up and walk over with us.
Please return Accelerated REader contracts and spelling contracts given out on parent night.
Sept. 16, 2008
Language tests are being sent home today. Please sign and return by Sept. 19 for 3 extra credit points.
Sept. 12, 2008
Welcome to 4th grade.
Students may bring snacks and water bottles if they'd like.
Please return the Friday folders as soon as possible (Mondays are best).
Bible study with Mrs. Mullerleile begins on Sept. 9. We will have Bible study every Tuesday. New Testament Bibles are furnished. Mrs. Mullerleile has volunteered her time to teach the new testament since the beginning of Blessed Trinity. She works part time at the St. Richard's religious ed. office.
All 4th graders go to the library on Thursdays. They must have their books with them, even if they are not finished with it. They spend about 15 minutes in the library reading.
Friday, Sept. 19, will be our next spelling test (Lesson 2). All students will take the challenge words through the month of Sept. The challenge words will not be graded at this time. The workbook pages will also be do on Friday (pp 18-21). We will be doing the paragraph on p. 21 this week.
Please return the permission slips and $15 for the children's theater before Sept. 15.
Watch for permission slips to Woodlake Nature Center coming home next week.
There will be a language test on the first 1/2 of Chapter 1 on Tues. Sept. 16. Students did a practice test today. A parent signature on the practice test is required for Monday.
Thursday night is parent information night. 4th grade parents should meet in room 207 from 6-6:45.
Book orders for Mrs. Armbrust are due on Sept. 16.
Mass will be at Assumption on Wed. due to the construction at St. Peter's.
Marathon pledge sheets can be turned in on Wed. Sept. 17.
There is a math test on Thursday (Test 1) The practice test is due.
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