Happy Friday! Below you will find prayer requests, a list of reminders for this coming week, a recap of the past week, and plans for next week.

Prayer of thanksgiving that Mrs. Heisdorffer's mom is feeling much better (Mrs. Heisdorffer)

For a wonderful Catholic Schools Week next week (our class)

If you have any prayer requests, please let me know, and I will include them in next week's newsletter. Thank you!

Reminders for Next Week:

* Please send coats, hats, and gloves each day with your child. It's going to be COLD next week. Thank you!

* Next week is Catholic Schools Week! Each day has a fun dress day and activities to enjoy. 

* Penny Wars will be going on each day next week! We are collecting donations for our service project for Unbound Global Classmates Project which helps a child in another country be able to attend school. 3rd & 4th Grade students put pennies in our class "treasure chest" and silver coins and dollar bills in other grades' treasure chests. The silver coins and dollar bills will subtract from the total amount of money in pennies that class has collected. The winning class receives a prize!

Monday: Dress Day: Gold, silver, jewels, sparkling attire
Library - Please bring back any library books.

Tuesday: Dress Day: Royalty (king, queen, prince, princess)

PE, Music, and Faith Formation

Wednesday: Dress Day: Pride Day, Mass, and Faith Formation

Thursday: Dress Day: Headgear

PE and Music

Friday: Dress Day: Medieval Attire; PE; 1:05 Dismissal

*NOTE: Specials may be affected by Catholic Schools Week activities depending on which grade and day.

3rd Grade Math: This week, they learned different strategies for the following division facts: dividing by 4, 6, 7, and 8.

4th Grade Math: The students began our new unit on fractions. They learned how to model and generate equivalent fractions. We ended the week by learning how to change a pair of fractions with unlike denominators into a pair of fractions with a common denominator. This skill be used next week to compare fractions.

Reading: This week's focus was on identifying the narrator and point of view that a text was written in. The students learned the characteristics and benefits of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person points of view. 

Phonics/Spelling: Each group practiced their words using different sorts and skills. All students took their Lesson 12 Assessment today. Those will come home with your child next week.

Science: We read about what soil is exactly (formal definition and different components) and took notes in our science notebooks.

Art: The students completed all the parts of our door decoration titled "Put on the Armor of God". Please vote for our door in the contest! See the attached picture below.

3rd Grade Math: The students will finish their division unit. They will learn strategies for the dividing by 9 facts. They will review the chapter, play Kahoot, and take their test. Their test is tentatively scheduled for next Thursday.

4th Grade Math: The students will continue learning about fractions. Our week will focus on different strategies to compare fractions.

Reading: We will continue to work with point of view. Our focus will switch to character perspectives (how different characters feel/react to a situation or problem) and compare the different points of view stories are told from.

Phonics/Spelling: The students will receive their next set of words. Students will practice their words in different sorts and activities. Our skills next week focus on: Word Families, Short and Long a Patterns, Long o Patterns, UR, URE, and UR-E, Open and Closed Syllables, and Ambiguous Vowels in Accented Syllables.

Due to different Catholic Schools Week activities and events, we will fit in learning about physical weathering in science and continuing our president writing pieces as we have time.

I hope to see you on Sunday at the kickoff Mass (9:00 a.m.) for Catholic Schools Week!

Have a blessed weekend!

Mrs. Heisdorffer