February 28-March 4

Hello!  Hello!

Our week...

Spelling: NONE
Reading: Blue p. 53-159
Language: Quotations
Math: area and solid figures
Bible: Exodus 15:22-17
Science: Nervous System
History: starting the Civil War

Have a wonderful week!

February 21-25

Our week...

Spelling: Unit 27
Reading: finish The City of Ember
Language: commas
Bible: Exodus 15
Math: perimeter and area
Science: test of Friday
History: test on Wednesday

Have a great week!

February 14 - 18

Hello!  Hello!

• Valentine's Day party tomorrow
• Friday, February 18th... school in session
• Monday, February 21st... HOLIDAY!!

Please pray for Trinity's 5th grade as they travel to and from Space Camp Monday-Wednesday.

Our week...

Spelling: Unit 26

Reading: The City of Ember p. 27-154

Language: fantasy stories and Unit 5... abbreviations due Friday

Math: Chapter 25: perimeter and area
Bible: Exodus 12:37-15:21
Science: circulatory system in Unit A Chapter 4
History: p. 169-174


Have a great week!

February 7 - 11

Hello!  Hello!

Upcoming dates:

February 14th: Valentine's Day party
February 18th: make-up weather day... school in session
February 21st: Holiday

Our week...

Spelling: Unit 25
Reading: Theme 3 in our Anthology
Language: p. 172-181... places/things, abbreviations, and commas
Math: p. 346-353... We will have a test on Chapters 17 and 18 on Friday.  We are combining these chapters because there really isn't much to them by themselves.
Bible: Exodus 12:37-15:21
Science: p.172-176... respiratory and circulatory system
History:  p. 160-166... Chapter 8: Statehood

Enjoy your week!

January 31-February 4

Hello everybody!

Our week...

Spelling: Unit 23

Reading: Chapters 6-15 in Peppermints in the Parlor


Language: Unit 5 "Capitalization and Punctuation" p. 166-173

Bible: Ten Plagues due Tuesday

Math: Chapter 18 p. 343-351

Science: Skeleton and Muscular System Test on Wednesday... The students completed their notes last Friday.

History: p. 150-157 "Slavery"

Enjoy your week!

January 24-28

Hello!

Our week...

Spelling: Unit 22 on Wednesday
Reading: finish Bound for Oregon and start Peppermints in the Parlor
Language: Adjective test on Thursday
Bible: Moses meets with Pharaoh
Math: Chapter 17 p. 330-335
Science: Skeleton and Muscular System p.178-191
History: Plantations and Slavery in Chapter 7

Have a great week!

January 17-21

Greetings and Salutations!

I’ve included a very special picture at the end of this post from our trip to Old Alabama Town.  They usually don’t let groups sit in the desks at the schoolhouse.  However, they were kind enough to let us.  The man standing in the back portrays the original schoolmaster and does a marvelous job whipping the kids into shape.  Mark your calendars for January 24-28^th… the Book Fair will be in town! 

Spelling: Unit 21… Our test will be on Friday.

Reading: Bound for Oregon…  We will try to finish the book.

Language:  Unit 4 “Adjectives”  p. 141-145… We will shoot to have a test on Unit 4 on Thursday, January 27^th.

Bible: Exodus 2-4

Math: We will have a test on 1-digit division tomorrow Tuesday, January 18^th.  The students have known about this test since last week.  We will be skipping division with 2-digit divisors for a bit and come back to it.  We will start Chapter 17, “Plane Figures,” on Wednesday completing pages 320-325.

Science: We will finish electromagnets on Tuesday.  We will begin Chapter 4, “The Human Body,” on Wednesday starting with pages 184-185.

History:  We will finish our Pioneer Flip Charts and begin the second part of Chapter 7 on pages 144-159.

Enjoy your week!

January 10-14

Our week...

Spelling: Unit 20
Reading: Bound for Oregon
Language: Adjectives
Math: division
Bible: 23rd Psalm due Wednesday
Science: electromagnets
History: Pioneers

January 3-7

Oh where... oh where are my little pioneers?

I've missed your faces!  Remember, you will need to get up really early on Tuesday morning for the walk to school.  Some of you have a mighty long way to travel and you can't leave home until your chores are completed.  I'd hate to see some of you have to stand in the corner or have your hair tied up to a nail the first day back.  You only have to wear shoes if you received a new pair when your family was able to sell your hog this winter.  Of course, if you are lucky enough to catch a ride in a wagon, your journey might be quicker but it'll be really bumpy!  When you arrive at school, you'll have some time to play with your friends before the school bell rings.  So, if you have any marbles or jacks or any other "old" game, you may bring them.  I can't wait to see you!

Our week...

Spelling: Unit 19
Reading: Bound for Oregon
Language: Unit 4
Bible: "initial" memory work and Psalms 23
Math: division
Science: electromagnets
History: pioneers

December 13 - December 17

Merry Christmas!!

I hope that you and your family have a wonderful CHRISTmas and a very Happy New Year!!  It is hard to believe that the school year is half over.  When we return from the holidays, your 4^th grader will be closer to 5^th grade than 3^rd grade.  Time certainly flies! 

Important Reminders:

Folders will go home on Wednesday with a grade sheet.

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    Our Christmas party will be on Thursday, December 16^th, from 2:00-3:00.

d    Fourth grade will be leading the Elementary in caroling on Friday, December 17^th at 10:00.  EARLY DISMISSAL!!! 

d    The AR deadline for this 9 weeks is Tuesday, December 14^th.

d    The students will need to wear their pioneer costumes the first week we come back in January.  This will be Pioneer Week!

Spelling: NONE

Reading: finishing Theme 2 and a weekly reader

Language: Christmas creative writing

Math: 1-digit division

Bible: Luke 2: 8-14 due on Tuesday

Science: series/parallel circuits

History: finishing the Creek Indian War

ENJOY YOUR WEEK!!

December 6 - December 10

Hello everyone!

Spelling: Unit 17
Reading: continuing to read Theme 2 in our anthology
Language: Unit 3 Test Thursday
Math: division with 1-digit divisors
Bible: Genesis 46:1-7, 28-34; 47:1-12; 50
Science: series and parallel circuits
History: Chapter 6 "The Creek Indian War"

Enjoy your week!!

November 29 - December 3

Greetings and Salutations!!

Can you believe it is almost December?  I can’t believe how quickly time flies!!!  Check out the pictures below of our class in action.


**ProjectGive Ministry**
This year Trinity is supporting ProjectGive.  Wristbands will be sold for a $5.00 donation November 29-December 3.  Proceeds from the sell of the wristbands will provide wells for fresh water.

Spelling: Unit 16

Reading: We’ll be reading Theme 2 in our anthology focusing on the following skills: predict/infer, sequence of events, evaluating, and making inferences.

Language: spelling verbs

Math: practicing division with 1-digit divisors

Bible: Genesis 46: 1-7, 28-34; 47: 1-12; 50

Science: conductors/resistors, series circuits

History: Chapter 6: "The Creek Indian War" 

division with base ten blocks

lighting a bulb

testing conductors and resistors

November 15 - November 19

Hello everyone!

**Don't forget next week is a holiday!  Happy Thanksgiving!!**

Spelling: Unit 15
Reading: Among the Hidden
Language: past, present, and future verbs
Math: Multiplication test tomorrow (Tuesday)
Bible: Genesis 42-45
Science: Circuits
History: Chapter 5 Test Friday

Enjoy your week!!

November 8 - November 12

SCHOOL HOLIDAY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH!
Mid-term reports will go home Monday.

Spelling: Unit 14
Reading: finishing Massacre Island
Language: Christmas Essays and Unit 3 "Verbs"
Math: more practice on the traditional algorithm in multiplication... test Tuesday November 16
Bible: Jacob's sons due this Tuesday... Joseph's early life
Science: "Lighting a Bulb"
History: Chapter 5... French Explorers

Enjoy your week!!

November 1 - November 5

Autumn brings falling leaves and pumpkin seeds!

**PUMPKINS ARE DUE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST**

**FORT TOULOUSE FIELD TRIP FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH**

     Here are a few pictures of the children enjoying our FOSS Kit on Electricity and Magnetism.  I thought you might like to see what they are doing since you won't see their Science book for a while.  This week we discussed the behavior of magnets and measured their force.  You'll find our academic plans after the pictures.

The kids are separating items into two groups: "things that will stick to magnets" and "things that will not stick to magnets."  Some interesting discoveries were made.

The kids are testing whether or not a magnet can attract 

iron/steel through other materials.

The kids are learning about how "temporary magnets" 

are made through "induced magnetism."

The kids are testing how distance affects the force of a magnet.

Spelling: Unit 13 Test Wednesday
Reading: p. 74-154 in Massacre Island
Language: sharing our pumpkin characters, Unit 3 "Verbs" p. 96-97
Math: practicing the "traditional" algorithm in multiplication
Bible: finishing lesson 11 (Genesis 22-23) and starting lesson 12 (Genesis 37, 39-41)
Science: "Detecting the Force of Magnetism" and "Lighting a Bulb"
History: Chapter 5... finishing the Spanish explorers and working on our DeSoto report


Enjoy your week!!