Dear Parents,
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The Lord's Prayer will be the focus of next week's lessons in religion.  This will be related to the first three Commandments that we studied last week.

As always, our class is led by a student each week as we pray the rosary.  Of course they can handle this with ease.  We continue to pray for those who need or ask for our prayers.  October is the month of the rosary and it would be nice to pray the rosary with our families.  Feel free to have your fourth grader lead you.

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Looking ahead

We are looking forward to celebrating the anniversary of St. Kateri's canonization on Monday.  The fifth grade always does a nice job of this.  Also we will begin Red Ribbon Week of Healthy choices on Monday.  Please have your child wear a red shirt on Monday, and bring an apple for snack on Tuesday.
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                                                                  St. Kateri Mission Statement

We at St. Kateri School strive to continue to develop each child's relationship with God by promoting a Christ-centered Catholic academic education focused on the Gospel message of love, responsibility and service to others.
                                                
                           Math
 
Students have completed the place value and word problem test.  We will begin a short module on unit conversions and problem solving with metric measurement. Last year we spent a good deal of time becoming familiar with metric units.  We are not looking for exact conversions, but an idea of size of each unit.

                        ELA
We have completed on pairs stories which we will share in class during the upcoming week.  Students have added prepositions to their list of parts of speech.

Our spelling units were a bit tricky this week.  Remember that studying nightly is a key to mastering our words each week.

                  Science
We are talking about hazards that happening naturally.  Earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes change the face of the Earth, affect the lives of people, and how we try to protect those who live in areas prone to these devastating changes.

                    Social Studies
General concepts of landforms, weather, products etc. have been covered.  Our class has general ideas why some areas are farmed and others are not.  The 'undertanding' of how our state was settled and how it maintains a good balance have been covered.  As the trees are turning, I'd suggest a family trip down to Letchworth State Park.  There is an area here about Mary Jemison.  This is a great place to learn about some history.



  


     




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               Grading

In the Parent Handbook which is part of the school calendar that you received, there is an explanation of the grading system.  Your fourth grader will receive a percentage score.  When papers are graded with a letter grade, we must attach a numerical score to be averaged.  A=97,  A- =91, B+ =88, B=85, B- = 82, C+ = 79,  C= 75, C- =72, D =68, and F = 65.  
 
            Reminder:



As the temperatures change, please be sure that your child brings/wears a jacket, sweater or sweatshirt daily.  We will go out every day unless it rains.  Getting outdoors for a breath of fresh air and a change of scenery is great to clear their minds before settling back into the classroom afternoon routine.  Any day that the temperature is not 60, I will require jackets.


​                  Mrs. Michaels

               
           



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