4th Grade - Mrs. Harris
Weekly Update: Nov 11 - Nov 26
Volunteer Opportunity - December 6 - STARLIGHT MARKET BOOTH 9
If you are available for booth duty at The Starlight Market on December 6, 2024, please sign-up https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094CABAB2AA0F8C43-53441224-starlight (30-min shifts). Our station is RING TOSS.
Thank you for volunteering your time to manage the 4th grade station!
Who would like to earn volunteer hours while helping to raise money which directly benefits the fourth grade class?
I also welcome ideas for small prizes and donations of materials and small prizes, read on for more details!
RING TOSS ACTIVITY - BOOTH # 9
Supplies Needed:
RINGS
Note - these were purchased.
GAME BOARD
My vision: approximately 15-20 pegs or dowels on a wooden board, evenly spaced in a grid pattern/rows & columns of equal number - the final size/product can be moved easily (two people at most) so it can be reused in our classroom for indoor recess! It can be plain wood or MDF - paint it or leave it natural - your call.
SIGNAGE
(1) poster with the rules of the game and cost to play - two (2) tickets
(2) name of the booth (I will make this with our class)
PRIZES
Ideas? ready to donate?
Anything else I missed?
Vocabulary Flashcards Now on Google Classroom
https://classroom.google.com/c/NzMxMTk4OTY0NTk0
The class code aysyhg3 was shared today.
I had the students log in during class - they should know what to do.
Instructions for home: Login to Google.com - click on “the waffle,” green chalkboard logo, 4th grade - Vocabulary.
What are we learning? Ask your child for more details!
Quarter Two
Vocabulary
Vocabulary will start again this week. Flashcards were made in class and can be found on Quizlet - see link above...login to Google Classroom.
Tests on Mondays:
11/18 - Lesson 7
11/25 - Lesson 8
Salvation History
Holy Wars/Crusades, Richard the Lionhearted, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, The Magna Carta, Hagia Sophia, Mapwork - Ottoman Empire, Italy & France
Poetry Recitation - "The Ballad of East & West" by Rudyard Kipling
Montana History
One chapter per month - Coming to Montana
https://mhs.mt.gov/education/Elementary/Chap3.pdf
Why did people move here in the 1900s? How did they change the state?
Fur trade, mining, logging, ranching, reservations.
Science
Animal Growth & Adaptations
Plant Growth & Adaptations
Human Body Systems
Unit Assessment - Our Living World
Writing
Unit 5 - Writing from Pictures
Unit 6 - Multiple Sources
Mathematics
Estimation, Addition with Regrouping, Four-digit Addition, Three or More Addends, Adding & Subtracting Larger Numbers, Subtraction with Regrouping, Zeros in Subtraction, Problem Solving
Enrichment: Roman Numerals, Freckle Math
Grammar
Verbs, Adjectives - Possessive, Prepositions, Nouns of Direct Address, Adverbs
Reading
Small groups,
Freckle English,
Teacher table time - half the students meet with Mrs. Stobie and half the students meet with Mrs. Harris
DAILY TO-DO FOR STUDENTS
Every day, fourth grade students should bring to school
(1) a refillable water bottle,
(2) a healthy morning snack,
(3) their planner signed by a parent/guardian,
(4) assigned AR book
(5) jacket or coat for outdoor recess
(6) a well-rested, open mind - ready and willing to learn!
KEEP IN MIND - The children are growing and some say they don't eat breakfast - please help me keep them focused and happy during lessons by fueling up in the morning.
Volunteer Opportunity - Auction Silent and Live Items
If you have not signed up already on Dr. Peterson's link, we need volunteers to work together for this class to design and create a live and a silent auction project for the St. Matt's Gala. Mrs. Ania Gajda is the class auction project leader. She has fabulous ideas - please reach out to her and get started! Every family is expected to help with the auction in some way...
Thank You Fourth Grade Parents!!
I truly appreciate your support and generosity!!
Thank you to those parents...
...who took the time out of your busy day to prepare pies with us...
...who baked treats and shopped for fruit and supplies for our class All Saints Day party....
...who donated money towards new books for our classroom library during the book fair!
You are a blessing! Thank you!!
HOOKED ON FISHING
HOOKED ON FISHING
State of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks
Aquatic Education Program
2024-2025
Classroom sessions = 1 hour / Field trips = 3-4 hours
2024
October 23 Fish Identification
November 26 Regulations / Casting
December 18 Lures / Knot Tying
2025
February 5 Ice Fishing Field Trip - Echo Lake or Lake Mary Ronan**
March 21 Fish Jeopardy
April 16 Fish Dissection **
May 19 Open Water Field Trip - Pine Grove Pond **
**Parent chaperones needed!
All classes will be held at St. Matthew’s Catholic School. The two off site field trips are at locations as indicated above and both will leave from the school in the morning. Times to be revealed upon individual email request.
Please look for permission slips for the field trips to sign your consent for your child to both participate and travel either by school bus or car. Also, the permission slip has a space to indicate if you will chaperone and/or if you will drive students.
Virtus training of all school employees and volunteers (including parents/grandparents) is expected - ask the school office if you’re up to date or how to enroll and please be sure to keep up with those monthly bulletins.
Thank you kindly!!