Happy Autumn one and all! We have had a smoother than expected beginning of the year considering our circumstances. I am very proud of each and every student and how they have grown over the past fews weeks. We still have some work to do, but we will get there.

In reading and language arts, students have been learning about sequence and author’s purpose. Our first two stories were about dogs and students really enjoyed showing pictures of their dogs at home. Language arts has focused on sentences and it’s parts including the subject, predicate, direct object, and subject complements. As we continue to review the basics, we will be learning how to diagram sentences. 

Math class has been mostly review of place value, rounding, and ordering numbers but the added challenge was doing so with numbers in the thousands and millions. We are also delving into organizing facts in word problems in order to solve word problems easier. Our next chapter will cover addition properties and adding larger numbers.

Social Studies class has been mostly about the geography of New Jersey and it’s many beautiful regions. Our next chapter which will be started soon and will really highlight the differences between these regions. A project will follow shortly after.

In Science, we have been discussing life from it’s smallest unit-the cell and really examining how scientists classify and organize plant and animal life. Students were very interested in learning about animal camouflage and defense mechanisms for survival. 

Religion started with a lesson in the story of creation, but has evolved to learning more about how we praise God by going to Church. Parts of the Mass were dissected and examined. Students learned how a complete celebration Mass includes both the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Soon we will be examining the Ten Commandments, what each means, and how we can live better by God’s rules for us. 

Test & Quiz Schedule for Next week:
Things had to be moved around so that you did not have too many things on one day.

Monday- Unit 1 Test & Social Studies Chapter 2 Vocabulary Quiz
Tuesday- Math Chapter 2 Test
Wednesday- Science Chapter 2 Lesson 3-4 Quiz
Thursday- New Jersey Counties Test
Friday- Selection Test & Spelling Quiz

**Friday is also the deadline for all Math "Plan a Fall Festival" PBL Projects which can be submitted online anytime before or on Friday after you fully review all of your answers.**

October is the month of the Holy Rosary. 4th Graders each have a new set of rosary beads courtesy of Mrs. Zuber.

Specials Schedule (Schedule due to change depending on circumstances):
Art @ 11:15 on Tuesdays
Music @ 12:45 on Thursdays
Gym @ 8:15 on Fridays