Happy New Year
Happy New Year 2012! It is with hope that everyone had a Blessed Christmas and very relaxing break. Now we should be ready to go full speed ahead with new learning adventures. We have so much to cover in what seems a short time remaining in our fourth grade journey.
We'll begin with getting ready for our adjective test on Friday, January 6. Then we'll move on to verbs -- regular, irregular, verb phrases, tenses, and agreement with the subject. Along with this, we'll spend time honing our writing skills, editing punctuation and capitalization, and creating paragraphs and cinquains with a winter theme.
Math is always a review of the four basic operations, but as soon as we finish the division chapter, we'll go into metric and customary measure. We will convert various measures into larger or smaller units; we will talk about equivalent portions. How useful this will be when we have to change the measurements in cooking or craft directions!
Religion class is now going to explain and suggest how we keep the commandments dealing with love of neighbor. We delved deeply into the meaning of Advent and Christmas in December along with understanding the commandments dealing with love of God. As fourth graders there is so much we can do in such little ways to show respect and love for one another. The Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy are guiding forces to help us become better followers of Jesus.
We are almost at the end of our journey visiting the Southeast in Social Studies. One test will be to know the twelve states and capitals of this region by heart. That will be coming soon. Then it's on to the Midwest, the Breadbasket or Heart of America. Our country has such rich heritage and resources to appreciate!
As a change of pace, we hope to get together with our buddies in KB to enjoy some great stories found on Tumblebooks and perhaps do a related craft that will be fun for all.
We all may have made New Year resolutions to perhaps work harder, focus more, and be a better friend. My resolution is to work more with our new technology (I'll need the children's help with this) and provide skills that will lead to future success. Here's to a very properous New Year!