November 16th through November 20th, 2009 

   IMPORTANT INFORMATION: 

Monday, 11/16: PLEASE SEND A BROWN PAPER GROCERY BAG FOR WEDNESDAY'S SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS, ch 5 religion test, science test for lessons 1-3 (pgs A4-A37 and study guide)

Tuesday, 11/17: PLEASE SEND A BROWN PAPER GROCERY BAG FOR WEDNESDAY'S SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS, Leonid Meteor Shower 11:00PM-4:00AM

Wednesday, 11/18: Leonid Meteor Shower 11:00PM-4:00AM, 1:00PM visit with Fr Laurin, ch 7 language arts test 

Thursday, 11/19: photo retake day (bring back full unwanted package), evening conferences

Friday, 11/20: NO SCHOOL, conferences

Parents - please send a water bottle (or two) labeled with your child's name so they can stay hydrated.  Also, please send a healthy snack (popcorn, crackers, fruit, vegetables, breakfast bar, granola bar, pretzels, cheese, etc) for morning snack time. 

Please see the attached file for links and instructions on how to view our textbooks and their resources online.  The beginning of the year information packet is also available as an attached file. 

I typically update this class page every Friday or Saturday in preparation for the upcoming week.  I do not send home weekly newsletters.  You can elect to be notified by the company servicing this classpage whenever I make changes - just click on the "be notified" button at the top of the page.

  HOMEWORK: 

Monday, 11/16: READING - continue reading mystery book and work on task sheets for Thursday; SPELLING - pgs 52-54 due Thursday, test for pgs 55-56 on Thursday; MATH - Quia by Sunday, 11/22, practice 5.3 pick 12, reteach 5.4 pick 10; SOCIAL STUDIES - bring a brown paper grocery bag for Wednesday; RELIGION - puzzle sheet; MORNING WORK - penmanship pgs 39-40; OTHER - NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY

Tuesday, 11/17: MATH - reteach 5.5 all, practice 5.4 1-20 pick 16, 21-24 all, 25-26 pick 1

Wednesday, 11/18: READING - finish mystery story, complete suspect sheet, complete lit circle task sheet; MATH - practice 5.5 all, reteach 5.6 all; MORNING WORK - journal prompt; IMPORTANT INFO - IF you and your child want to attend the advent movie and fun night at SMV, please fill out and return the purple permission slip with check ASAP as there are only 50 (first come/first served) available spots for participants.

Thursday, 11/19: Enjoy your extended weekend.

Students are instructed to write all their homework in their assignment notebooks daily, EVEN if they have finished it in school.  I do not check assignment notebooks on a daily or even weekly basis nor do I make sure students are taking home everything they need to.  As fourth graders, they are capable of being, and are expected to be, responsible for themselves and their work.  They need to make sure they take home all necessary items and finish their work by the due dates.

HOT LUNCH CHOICES: 

Monday, 11/16:  popcorn chicken OR gyro, potato wedges, green beans, apple

Tuesday, 11/17: multi cheese french bread pizza OR beef burrito, garden salad with dressing, peaches, happy birthday cookie 

Wednesday, 11/18: taco salad with nacho chips OR beef ravioli, whole wheat roll, whole kernel corn, fruit cup 

Thursday, 11/19: pancakes with sausage OR turkey wrap, apple juice cup, baby carrots, banana

Friday, 11/20: NO SCHOOL   

 NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS:

We don't have any birthdays during the month of November.

  ART:

This week we're still working on our embossed glue pictures that will be covered with aluminum foil.  We'll also do the artwork for a writing piece from a turkey's point of view about why we shouldn't eat turkey for Thanksgiving.  We'll also continue our Thanksgiving prayer placemats.

  COMPUTERS:

Students will transfer their turkey stories from their quickpads to their lab computers then edit their stories.  They will also have an extra computer lab during social studies on Tuesday to work on native american web quests. 

   K-4 BUDDIES:

We will visit with our Buddies Monday morning.  This year K4 has 13 boys and 4 girls while fourth grade has 6 boys and 10 girls.  This year's pairings are: Kelly Aspinwall and August Borino; Katelin Bauer and Robert Fuller; Jesse Bopp and Joe Stewart; Margaret Butler and Sophia Tendick; Kevin Eberle and Benjamin Schneider; Megan Goldammer and William Kileen; Donny Parey and Nicholas Kroog; Aidan Parks and John Joseph Stollenwerk III; Calvin Pearson and Garrett Mueller; Mari Propp and Brendan Larson; George Schumacher and Jonathan Harmeyer; Isabelle Shavlik and Meka Lund; Miranda Singson and Ima Willoughby; Sarah Stoiber and Felicity Giampietro; Brenna Verheyen and Henry Tasker; Kate Wroblewski and Connor Mihm; Aidan Parks and Donny Parey and Henry Sosnay.

  MATH:

There is NO math test this week.  Monday, we'll write and solve equations with variables. (5.4: pgs 118-121).  Tuesday, we'll solve puzzles by writing equations (5.5: pgs 122-125).  Wednesday, we'll relate equations to function tables (5.6: pgs 126-127).  Thursday, we'll solve puzzles by explaining our solutions (5.7: pgs 128-129). 

Monday, 11/16 I will assign activities on the Quia site.  All activities must be done by Sunday, 11/22.

The link for my class is http://www.quia.com/pages/kdaemmrich10/page1. 

The link for Miss G's class is http://www.quia.com/pages/kdaemmrich10/page2. 

The above class specific links are for weekly assigned homework.  Students can practice any of 45 math and social studies activities, assigned or not, anytime at http://www.quia.com/profiles/kdaemmrich10.

  MORNING WORK:

Monday, they'll do penmanship pgs 39-40.  Tuesday, they'll choose a journal prompt to respond to.   Wednesday, they'll find math words in a crossword puzzle.  Thursday, they'll do penmanship pgs 41-42.  

READING:

There is NO reading test this week.  Students will continue reading the second half of their mystery book for lit circles.  They've been assigned lit circle tasks.  Thursday, we'll get with our groups to discuss the suspects, clues and solutions to our mysteries. 

Students are recommended to read twenty minutes each day.  They are required to read 300 minutes per month.     

Our class reading wikispace is http://2009smv421.pbworks.com.

Ms Benson has asked for Battle of the Books teams again this year.  I've split the class into four groups.  They will pick their team name and read/participate together in the Battle of the Books later this year.  The groups are: Kevin, Miranda, Megan and George  -  Margaret, Donny, Mari and Sarah  -  Kate, Aiden, Calvin and Brenna  -  Jesse, Kelly, Isabelle and Katelin.  The book list can be accessed on the files tab of this page.

 RELIGION:

The ch 5 religion test is on Monday, 11/16 because we never got to it last week.  Monday, they'll take the ch 5 test.  Tuesday and Thursday we'll do activities from ch 6.

Each day as part of our morning prayers, we will either read from a book of children's devotions or we will say part of the rosary.  When reading from the book of devotions, we will also recite the prayer students need to memorize for that month.  When saying the rosary, we will be reciting one decade per day.  Before recess we'll say the Guardian Angel prayer.  Grace Before Meals will be said before lunch recess.  For dismissal, we'll recite the Come Holy Spirit prayer.

Fifteen prayers will be memorized by each student this year.  Unlike last year, instead of having them due during one quarter, I've spread them over the entire school year.  In November: Hail Holy Queen; in December: the Spiritual Works of Mercy; in January: the Corporal Works of Mercy; in February: the Prayer of St Francis; in March: the Apostle's Creed; in April: Come Holy Spirit; in May: the Ten Commandments; and in June we'll work with, but they won't have to memorize, the Beatitudes.

 SOCIAL STUDIES:

PLEASE SEND A BROWN PAPER GROCERY BAG FOR WEDNESDAY'S SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS.  There is NO social studies test this week.  Monday, we'll type our legend stories into the quickpads.  Tuesday we're going to the computer lab to transfer and edit our legends then we'll continue to work on web quests about native americans and their way of life.  Wednesday, we're going to make decorated backgrounds for our legend stories out of brwon paper grocery bags.  Thursday, we'll be picturing the continents in geography.   

The students will have to learn the states and capitals for 4 tests: the Middle West states on October 29th, the Northeast states on December 17th, the Southeast states on February 11th, and the Mountain states on April 15th.  We will have a Wisconsin geography test on May 27th.  A matching activity for each of the four regions can be found at http://www.quia.com/profiles/kdaemmrich10. 

This year's State Fair will be in the senior center on Thursday, March 25th.  Required elements for this year's project are the ABC book, the tri-fold poster, and the state biography poem.  We will begin working on our state fair projects in school in October.  Different parts of the project will have due dates spaced three to four weeks apart to allow plenty of time for completion.  This year's states are: Kelly-Tennessee; Katelin-Massachusetts; Jesse-Florida; Margaret-California; Kevin-Colorado; Megan-Alaska; Donny-Georgia; Aidan-Texas; Calvin-Nevada; Mari-Kansas; George-Michigan; Isabelle-Illinois; Miranda-Indiana; Sarah-Maine; Brenna-Arizona; Kate-Washington; Nora-Alabama; Ian-Utah; Ellie-New York; George Carlo-Minnesota; Stephen-Pennsylvania; Maddie-Maryland; Greta-Hawaii; Emma-Louisiana; Katie-Connecticut; Allie-North Carolina; Adam-Mississippi; Dominic-Ohio; Nicky-Rhode Island; Lauren-South Carolina; Maria-Kentucky; Will-Vermont; Siobhan-Guam. 

We visit the state capitol building and historical museum in Madison on Wednesday, June 9th.  

   SPELLING:

The spelling test for pgs 55-56 is on Thursday, 11/19.   This week's word list in made up of plural words : cities, mistakes, foxes, babies, knives, engines, soldiers, ranches, hobbies, yourselves, eyelashes, uniforms, batteries, calves, shovels, sunglasses, groceries, loaves, mattresses, ferries, crate, ditches, endless, glinting, inning.  Pgs 52-54 will be assigned Monday, 11/16 and will be corrected in class on Thursday, 11/19.  Pgs 55-56 will be completed in class on Thursday, 11/19.

Students can visit http://www.aaaspell.com/2009-2010_Mrs_Daemmrich.htm to use the weekly spelling words in several online games.  We will also have opportunities to play these games in class on the Smart Board.

  CHARACTER EDUCATION:

Each month we focus on a topic for discussion and to do activities.  November's topic is Cooperation.  We'll define what cooperation is and determine what it looks, sounds and feels like when we cooperate with others.  We'll be on the lookout for fellow classmates cooperating with someone anywhere in the school.

JOKE PICKED BY THE STUDENT OF THE WEEK:

My teacher's helper for the week of 11/9 was Mari.  Her joke was: How did the boy get the Egyptian flu?  Answer: from his mummy!  Miranda was the first to come up with the answer!

My teacher's helper for the week of 11/16 is George.  His joke is: What is black and orange and bounced all over?