Post #17

We really packed in the learning in our two day week. Next week we will be back in the typical Fourthie routine: Wordly Wise, Spelling, Fact Contract, 3WT, and homework. The next two months are POWER LEARNING times! 

We began our short week with an inspirational speaker, Rev. Sigmund Collins, who is the founder of Shepherd’s Way Relief Center. The girls are excited to visit the center on January 16th. Thanks to those families that have already signed up for food contributions.

Fractions were reviewed and the girls will be ready for their unit test on Wednesday. They problem solved with Boogie wipes and The Greatest Showman.

We worked with sentence writing using a challenging "Refrigerator Magnetic Poetry" activity. The girls are becoming quite skilled at explaining word functions and changing Wordly Wise words into different parts of speech using appropriate suffixes. They spent time reflecting on 2018 and wrote resolutions for 2019.

Our field trip to see Mary Poppins Returns was a huge hit! Before the movie, Mrs. Ivens and Mrs. Wyatt had a big reveal for the girls.

From Mrs. Irving:
Author Russell Ginns is coming to St. Catherine's School on Monday, January 28th. He is visiting to celebrate both the paperback release of Samantha Spinner and the Super-Secret Plans and the upcoming March release of the next book in the series, Samantha Spinner and the Spectacular Specs. bbgb, our local bookshop, is offering the opportunity to purchase autographed copies of Russell's books.

Order online to pay with a credit card at  http://bbgbbooks.com/book-buzz/. We are receiving a 15% discount on the books. When ordering online, use coupon code cat15.  Please place your order by Friday, January 18th. Note: the new Samantha Spinner book (Samantha Spinner at the Spectacular Specs) releases on March 12th, so Russell will sign customized book plates during his visit and these books will be delivered to your child's classroom on release day. You may call bbgb with any questions at 804.353.5675.  

Nuts and Bolts:

Information needing a parent response is highlighted.

 "Parent How To" videos. Click here and let me know if there is a tutorial you would like to see on our page.
"Growing up Healthy" parents meeting is 1/10 @ 8:15 in the LSAR.

"Growing up Healthy" Begins for the girls on February 11th. All details are here.

Fourth Grade Outreach Project in January- Information here.

* Carpool Helpers- Lydia and Lucy

*Special Week Girl- Lura

Class Leadership Week of 1/7

Ambassadors- Lydia and Jacey

Photographer-Vivols

Closers- Ellie and Lucy

Girls-Your blog question is.......Where are we going for our January Outreach project? Post your answer here.