This Week In Spanish!

We have been learning Scripture memory verses for the last few weeks. The student in each class who can remember and say the most verses (and the reference for each one), in Spanish and English, will receive a gift certificate for Ice Cream (or something similar) the week before the Christmas Break. Here are the verses so far:

Cree en el Señor Jesús. Hechos 16:31 Believe in the Lord Jesus. Acts 16:31

El Señor te bendice. Números 6:24 The Lord blesses you. Numbers 6:2

Soy hijo de Dios. Juan 1:12 I am God's child. John 1:23

Cristo vive en mí. Gálatas 2:20 Christ lives in me. Galations 2:20

FIELD TRIP this Wednesday, November 3

Just a reminder that the 4th, 5th, and 6th graders will be going to Austin this Wednesday, November 3 to see the Turner to Monet exhibit at the Blanton Museum on the UT campus. We will be leaving school at 9:30 and returning before 3:00. Mrs. Butler and Mr. Carter have volunteered to drive! Please dress in your Chapel uniforms since it is a Wednesday. Bring a sack lunch, snacks and drinks. We will tour the exhibit at 11, have lunch on the grounds at 12, and visit the permanent collection after lunch. We'll head back toward Temple by 1:30. You won't need any money unless you want to buy something at the Museum shop.

I'll be out of town on Tuesday, but everything will be ready to go before I leave. If you have any questions, please call me at home on Tuesday evening. This will be a great trip and a chance to see some of the most famous paintings in the world!

Turner to Monet:
Masterpieces from The Walters Art Museum

October 2, 2010 - January 2, 2011

Claude Monet
Springtime, ca. 1872
Oil on canvas
30 x 37 in
Courtesy of the Walters Art Museum

Forty of the finest nineteenth-century paintings from The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, including works by Eugène Delacroix, J.A.D. Ingres, Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, J.M.W. Turner and Asher B. Durand, among others, illustrate the striking range of styles, techniques, and approaches practiced during this era of artistic revolution.

LITERATURE: HOMEWORK 10/29-11/5

Listen! You have heard of the Knightly Five of the Fourth
in the yester-day, and how they were great minstrels, with harp,
tale, and tapestry that showed their strengths as tale-weavers!
To them, we raise the cup of thanks and show all gratitude for
their great valour in the face of a difficult-read! Well-done, thanes,
most well-done!

Our next short reading unit will be a biography of Saint Benedict, Hero of the Hills, as well as some of his writing from The Rule of St. Benedict and several of his prayers. We will share the responsibility of reading his biography in this way:

By Monday, November 1, please have read the FIRST of the two chapters you have been given today, Friday, October 29. You will give a summary of your chapter and teach it to the rest of the class on Monday during Literature class. Please fill in the summary chart that you were given in class. It will count as a grade, as will your oral presentation.

OLIVIA = Chapter 1
CHRISTIAN = Chapter 4
DAANISH = Chapter 5
DANIEL = Chapter 2
KELTON = Chapter 3

MRS. HORNER = Chapters 6 and 7

By Thursday, November 4, please have read the SECOND of the two chapters you have been given today, Friday, October 29. You will give a summary of your chapter and teach it to the rest of the class on Thursday during Literature class. Please fill in the summary chart given to you in class. It will count as a grade, as will your oral presentation.

OLIVIA = Chapter 10
CHRISTIAN = Chapter 8
DAANISH = Chapter 13
DANIEL = Chapter 11
KELTON = Chapter 9

MRS. HORNER = Chapter 12

Your spelling and vocabulary words below are from this book. Please practice them for your test on Friday, November 5. You will need to be able to define #1 and #9 and be able to use them correctly in sentences.

1. threshold = an entranceway
2. providence
3. monastery
4. received
5. considerable
6. descendant

7. obedience
8. responsibility
9. scythe = a tool with a blade used for mowing

10. missionary

BIBLE: Prophets and Josiah

Monday, we will wrap up our lesson on the "Prophets of God" then review for our TEST on tuesday.

Tuesday, TEST over "Prophets of God". You will need to know which prophet served under which king and kingdom!

Extra Credit: If you can name some of the similarities we discussed about Isaiah 53 and Jesus, you will receive 5 EC points for your test.

Wednesday, Field Trip to the Blanton!

Thursday, we will begin our lesson "Josiah Repairs the Temple" by reading from our reading cards and completing the worksheet that goes along with it.

Friday, you will have some additional reading:

Josiah Repairs the Temple: The Book of the Law Found

We will then be reading II Kings 22-23  and completing the worksheet:

Josiah Repairs the Temple: Project 1 - Bible Reading Crossword Puzzle

HISTORY: Otto I and The Holy Roman Empire

We have been learning about Christian kings protecting Christendom and fighting off Muslims in the East and Danes in the west. The re-establishment of the Holy Roman Empire with the coronation of Charlemagne in the year 800 A.D. on Christmas Day and also Alfred the Great and his kingdom of Wessex (a.k.a. England). This week we will start our lesson on Otto I and the Holy Roman Empire.

Monday, we will have additonal reading about Alfred the Great:
Chapter XIV Alfred the Great: King from 871-901 A.D.
In class we will read from our reading cards about Otto I and complete the worksheet that goes along with it.

Tuesday, will be the worksheet:
Otto I and the Holy Roman Empire: Project - Mapping
We already studied a map about the territories Charlemagne gained during his reign, after his death and later the death of his son, Charlemagne's kingdom was divided between his three grandsons. We will be coloring a map, finding the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire, then labeling the 3 kingdoms of Lothair, Louis and Charles (the grandsons). The last step will be to outline the empire of Otto I to show ourselves the land Otto regained for the empire.

Wednesday, Field Trip to the Blanton!

Thursday, we will be putting together an outline and study guide for our TEST on thursday over these 3 historical figures: Charlemagne, Alfred the Great and Otto I.

Friday, TEST: Charlemagne, Alfred the Great and Otto I

CANDY on the COMPUTER

Today in class: We created a form in Excel, so that we can analyze the candy that we get from Halloween. They should have a form to be filled out in their folders. For those students who may not celebrate, I will get the data from my kids that you may be able to use. We will use this data next week. Make a hypothesis…..Which candy will be the favorite?

Brenda Keeney

Math: 10/25-10/29

The 2nd Nine weeks has begun! Let's make this one great! Remember, corrections will earn only 3/4 of the credit this nine weeks.

Monday 10/25 -LS 36 pg225 odds

Tuesday 10/26 - LS 37 pg230 evens

Wednesday 10/27 - LS 38 pg236 odds

Thursday 10/28 - LS 39 pg241 evens

Friday 10/29 - LS 40 pg248 odds; pass out Review for Test

Have a wonderful week!

~Mrs.R~

LITERATURE: No Homework This Week!

Hi, 4th Graders,

Since we have finished reading Beowulf but are still working on our presentation, there won't be any reading homework until Thursday of this week. At that time, I will be giving you some chapters from a biography of St. Benedict to read and report on, as well as some of his prayers and writings. Those won't be due until the week after this.

You won't have a spelling or vocabulary test this Friday either. So enjoy your week "off," and remember that you still need to be reading every night for at least 30 minutes and writing your time down on your blog for your parents to sign. Your logs are due this Friday.

Our presentation of Beowulf will take place this Thursday (change in date), October 28, at about 11:45. We will be asking Miss Brindley's third graders to come, and your parents are also invited! See you on Monday!

BIBLE: Prophets of God

Monday, we will have our TEST over : Israel and Judah Fall

Tuesday, we will begin our lesson covering "Prophets of God", we will read from our cards and complete the worksheet that goes along with it.

Wednesday, we will be looking up several Bible references and matching the prophet to the correct description on the worksheet, Project 1-Bible Reading

Hosea 1:2
Joel 2:25
Amos 4:6-10
Micah 1:3-4
Nahum 3:1
Habakkuk 2:4
Zephaniah 3:12-13
Haggai 1:12
Zechariah 3:8
Malachi 1:8

Thursday, we will read Isaiah 53 and look for descriptions or phrases that we recognize from what we know about Jesus. Then write a description about it on our Prophets of God: Project 2 worksheet.

Friday, Halloween Parties!

HISTORY: Charles Martel, Pepin the Short and Charlemagne

This past friday we started our introduction to Charlemagne or Charles the Great as some call him!

On Monday we will pick up where we left off with the reading packet...

• Project: Reading and Discussion.
•  "The Christmas Crowning of Charlemagne"

From this reading we will then discuss and answer the questions found on the last page of the packet.

Tuesday, we will be reading aloud the play "Song of Roland" which is a poem written around 1100 A.D.  by an unknown French author. This story is about the greatest of the legendary knights to serve Charlemagne, and is the oldest existing epic poem in French. This poem probably began as a popular song about a battle fought in 778 A.D when Charlemagne was returning from an expedition to Spain. Much of the poem/song's story has been changed to make the event more exciting to the listener. We'll discuss some of the changes we find. 

• What is your opinion on Blancandrin's statement that it is "Better for them to lose their heads than for us to lose our fair land of Spain?"
• If you were King Charles, when King Marsile made his proposal, would you have chosen war or peace?
• Do you think Roland was being foolish or brave when he refused to call for help? What would you have done if you were in Roland's shoes?

Homework for tuesday night, is to take your play and complete "The Three Estates" worksheet. Take all the characters listed in the play and place them in 3 categories: Churchmen and women, Nobles, Ordinary People.

Wednesday, we will have a map showing the expansion of Charlemagne's empire. After locating the territories taken from the Lombards and Saxons. We will look at a modern day map of Europe and try to determine which countries these territories are today. You will have a reading packet to read:

• Chapter X: Charlemagne, King from 768-814 A.D.

Thursday, we will move on to Alfred the Great, after reading from our reading cards, we will complete the worksheet that goes along with it.

Friday, we will have a reading packet about Alfred the Great: Project, Reading and Discussion.
We will discuss in class the difference between the legend and the truth. Page 4 of this packet we will draw a picture of FIVE important events or contributions Alfred the Great made to society.

HISTORY: Feast and Compare

In history class today we discussed the importance of the phrase "Above the Salt" and tried to familiarize students with a social aspect of the Middle Ages, with great feast being the focus of this lesson.

We also read the book "A Medieval Feast" by Aliki, a wonderful tale about a king coming to visit a manor and all the preparations that take place in order to offer him a wonderful feast.

Our homework this evening, is to write a few paragraphs comparing a medieval feast to a modern day feast; Thanksgiving or Christmas.

What kind of courses were served, do we decorate our food still?
Do we still provide entertainment before a big meal?

Discuss some of the similarities and differences between these two meals.

Math: 10/18 - 10/22

Monday - 10/18 - Ls 33 pg 209 (1-27odd)
Tuesday - 10/19 - Ls 34 pg 213 (2-30 even) and Review
Wednesday - 10/20 - Ls 35 220 (1-29 odd)
Thursday - 10/21- Test (up to Ls 30)
Friday - 10/22 - Play "Fraction Out" and probability games

Have a wonderful week!

~Mrs. R~

LITERATURE: HOMEWORK 10/19-10/22

I am so proud of you, 4th Grade Class! You have read Beowulf and know more about the story and the time in which it was written than most high school seniors do! The question was raised on Friday, "Why are we reading something that is so old?" And others answered: "It's an important piece of literature!"

That it is--it's important for many reasons. It is the first piece of literature said to have been written in ENGLISH--and we know that English to be very different from modern English! It also carried on that genre that the Greeks created--the epic poem. It is from epic stories such as Beowulf that Marvel Comics got the idea for Superman, and George Lucas got the idea for Star Wars, and J.R.R. Tolkien got the idea for Bilbo and Frodo Baggins and that ring!

We will finish Beowulf this week and have our test over it next week, just as the 9 weeks is coming to a close. We will perform our story-telling with our "tapestry" for Miss Brindley's 3rd grade class on Tuesday, October 26 during our literature time, at about 11:45. Parents, you are invited to come!

Remember to read every day for 30 minutes--this week, you can count Beowulf. Fill out your Reading Logs, and study your Spelling List!

HOMEWORK FOR OCTOBER 19-22: Spelling test on Thursday, October 21

For TUESDAY, October 20--Read Chapter 8 of Beowulf at home Monday night, and complete the chart for Chapter 8. Study Spelling for test on Thursday.

For WEDNESDAY, October 21--Read Chapter 9 of Beowulf at home Tuesday night, and complete the chart for Chapter 9. Study Spelling for test on Thursday.

For THURSDAY, October 22--Read Chapter 10 of Beowulf at home Wednesday night, and complete the chart for Chapter 10. Study Spelling for test TOMORROW.

THURSDAY, October 22--SPELLING TEST; Charts over Beowulf due.

FRIDAY, October 23--No Literature Class due to early dismissal at 11:30.

SPELLING/VOCABULARY

1. kenning with definition: An Anglo-Saxon literary device in which two hyphenated words are used in place of one noun. EX: throne = gift-seat.

2. hoard with definition: To accumulate and store secretly. EX: A dragon hoards shiny things.

3. horde with definition: A large group or crowd. EX: Hordes of warriors went to slay the dragon.

4. guardian

5. poisonous

6. expedition

7. treachery

BIBLE: Israel and Judah Fall

Week of October 18-22

Monday, we will read our reading card "Israel and Judah Fall" and complete the worksheet that goes along with it.

Tuesday, Project 1, Bible Reading, we will read II Kings 17,  and complete the worksheet that goes along with it. Why did Israel fall? Who did the king of Assyria send to Samaria? You'll have to read your bibles to find out.

Wednesday, no bible, we'll be focusing on our history lesson.

Thursday, Project 2 worksheet, from our reading, we will read about the last kings of Israel, and write two sentences about each their reigns:
Zechariah, II Kings 15:8-12
Shallum, II Kings 15:13-16
Menahem, II Kings 15:17-22
Pekahiah, II Kings 15:23-26
Pekah, II Kings 15:27-31
Hoshea, II Kings 17


Friday, we will have review over this lesson "Israel and Judah Fall" for a test on Monday!

HISTORY: Ye Olde Medieval Week!

Ye Olde Medieval Week!!!
October 18-22

Monday, we will do some reading and be introducing ourselves to where exactly the terms "Medieval" and "Middle Ages" came from. We will also have a short introduction to the Feudal System which we will study in more depth later this year. After this we will have a Feudal Pyramid worksheet to complete. Is a Lord or Lady higher in rank than a Knight? We'll find out!

Tuesday, we'll be studying the in's and out's of castle life. What is a "bailey" and why would you put a big pool of water called a "moat" around your home? We'll be completing a Castle Match-Up worksheet with this reading and research.

Wednesday, we will take "Knightly Vows" and discover what it really took to become a Medieval warrior. We'll find out all the levels a young man must have passed in order to become a true knight: Boy, Page, Squire, Armiger and finally a Knight. Do you think you could endure all the training a young man did in order to become a knight?

Thursday, MEDIEVAL FEAST DAY! In class, we will read about what foods would have been served, how they were served, what kind of foods weren't around, who sat where, who served who...

We already taked a little bit in class about the value of SALT, we'll be discussing these terms and what they might mean:

Salt of the Earth

Above the Salt

To Salt a Mine

Worth One's Salt

Salary

At lunch this day, we will put on all of our finery, a King or Queen will be crowned who will lead all of our CCS Knights in a luncheon prayer before our feast.

Friday, we'll discuss what life was like if you were not nobility and what a peasant or serf would have been up to. We'll be writing a diary entry about what it would feel like if you were a peasant and how you feel about your lot in life.

Royal Volunteers Needed for Canterbury Faire

BAKE SALE
We are asking for everyone to donate one large item (such as a cake, pie, or bread) and one batch of small items individually wrapped (such as cookies, brownies, rice krispy treats).
• Label everything with tags or printed labels from your computer, be sure to mention if the item contains nuts. Don’t worry about pricing, we will handle that.
• Presentation is everything! Large items sell much faster if they look great. Check the dollar store for Fall or Halloween plates to display your creation.
• Individual items don’t need to be wrapped as fancy, most of these will be sold and eaten at lunchtime. These will be priced at 50 cents each, so package accordingly (one brownie per bag, two cookies per bag, etc.).
• Delivery times: Friday, October 22 before 4pm at the front of the school, or Saturday October 23 before 10am at our table by the Parish Hall.

CLASS BOOTHS
Sign up for a time to help at your classroom booth. Each class has a booth and parents need to sign up for 30 minute time slots. If you are unable to go into your child's class and sign up, send your teacher an email and let her know when you can help.

RAFFLE
Ready for a fall getaway? The Canterbury Faire committee is so excited to announce a raffle for a weekend getaway to Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine. It is a kid's dream and fun for parents, too! Tickets for the raffle are available in the office. Tickets are $10 per ticket or 3 tickets for $20.
A special thank you to our generous raffle sponsor Sherri and Graves Erskine, Geico Local Office serving the Killeen/Temple area.

Questions? Don't know what you can do to help? Contact Holly Steele, Canterbury Faire Chairperson. Thanks everyone for supporting this Parents Plus fundraiser!!

LITERATURE: Week of October 12-15

Your work this week on your Beowulf tapestry was excellent, and I can't wait to see and hear the whole story! I also want to congratulate you on a wonderful puppet show of Jonah and the Whale. It was really great, and I am so impressed by the many abilities each of you has!

This week, you will not have a spelling test on Friday--there will be no new words to learn. But remember that our spelling test from last week will be given on Tuesday, so study these next two days! Keep reading at home, 30 minutes each night, and get your Reading Log signed for Friday the 15th.

Have a nice, long weekend--rest and play!

Mrs. Horner

Math: 10/11 - 10/15

Monday - 10/11 - Student Holiday
Tuesday - 10/12 - Ls 30 pg 186 (2,4,6,7,8-30 even)
Wednesday - 10/13 - Test (Ls 20-25) and Investigation 3

Thursday - 10/14 - Ls 31 pg 195 (2-30 even...We will be using compasses.
Friday - 10/15 - Ls 32 pg 202 (2-30 even)

~Mrs. Ratcliff~

Jonah and the Whale Video is HERE!!!

Our 4th graders had to work together as a group to make this video. They had to write the script and help create the puppets, then work together as a team to create the show. I'm so proud of you guys, you did an AWESOME job! -Ms. B

BIBLE: Hezekiah Trusts the Lord

No class on Monday, its Parent/Teacher Conference Day!

On Tuesday, we will begin to study about Hezekiah, we'll complete our worksheet that goes along with the reading card.

We will also be practicing our Chapel Skit on "Jacob wrestles with the Angel of God".

Wednesday, Chapel Skit! Come check out the kids acting skills in chapel this day! Afterward we will begin reading II Kings Chapters 18-20 and complete the Project 1 worksheet.

Thursday, we'll discuss how the Lord used the prophet Isiah to speak to Hezekiah on several occasions. We will create a mural containing all the messages Isiah delivered.

Friday, we will have review time for a Test over "Hezekiah Trusts the Lord" on Monday!

HISTORY: Mohammed and Islam

This week we will be discussing Mohammed and the creation of Islam.

Monday, no class!!! Parent/Teacher Conference Day!

On Tuesday, we will complete our worksheet "Mohammed and Islam" that goes along with our reading card. The angel Gabriel, who is seen as the messenger of God in our Bibles, is mentioned in this lesson. We'll see what Gabriel had to say to Mohammed and also learn what the 5 pillars of Islam are.

Wednesday, we will have a reading and discussion about the story of Mohammed and how he became a prophet of God.

Thursday, we will do comparison's between Islam and Christianity and complete the corresponding worksheet. We'll be looking up information from our readings, what is required of an devout Islamic follower and what the Bible says a Christian is expected to do.

Friday, the worksheet ...
"Middle Ages, Reformation and Renaissance: Project 3 - The Rise of Islam and the Birth of Eupoe"
On the 3 paragraphs of page one, you will read each paragraph, highlighting key words that indicate what each paragraph is talking about so you can then assign each paragraph a title based on its subject.

Your vocabulary words to define on page 2, for this reading are:
Vague
Geographic
Civilization
Cultural
Commercial
Hostility
Interconnected
Agriculture
Technological
(These are just to define so they can better understand their reading, no memorization required)

This Friday assignment will likely have homework over the weekend. Please make sure it is completed.

CHANGE IN SPELLING TEST

NO SPELLING TEST ON FRIDAY! IT'S BEEN RESCHEDULED.

I was able to see most of you before school was out this afternoon, but I wanted to let you all know that the spelling test for this week has been postponed until Tuesday! I don't feel that I covered the words at all, and want to do that before I test you over them. Sorry! (Or maybe you're happy!)

Math: 10/4-10/8

Monday - 10/4 - Ls 26 pg 162(2-30 even)
Tuesday - 10/5- Test and Performance Task
Wednesday - 10/6 - Ls 27 pg 167(2-30 even and Early Finisher Problem)
Thursday - 10/7 - Ls 28 pg 174(2-30 even)
Friday - 10/15 - Ls 29 pg 180(2-30 even)

~Mrs. Ratcliff~

Latin Reminders

Latin II
Vocabulary test next Thursday, October 14.
Continue to practice reading Psalm 23.

Latin I
Pater Noster recitation this coming Thursday, October 7.
Vocabulary Test next Thursday, October 14.

A great Class!!!

BIBLE: Jonah and the Great Fish

Monday, after the Blessing of the Animals we will do our Bible reading from the book of Jonah and learn the whole tale of how God used Jonah to turn the people of Ninevah back to Him. We will draw on our Project 1 - Bible Reading worksheet, 4 scenes that we read about.
Click here to read the book of Jonah!!!

Tuesday, we will finish our drawings and start work on creating a puppet story to tell to the preschool kids.
Wednesday, complete work and practice our puppet show.
Thursday, we will give our puppet show to some of our preschoolers, then review for our test over Jonah coming up on Friday.
Friday, Jonah and the Great Fish Test!

HISTORY: Justinian the Great

Monday, after the Blessing of the Animals, we will be reading the Justinian Project: Reading and Discussion worksheet. From this reading we will be able to answer these two important questions. 

1. What was the relationship of the barbarians to Justinian?

2. Why was it important to bring together all of the Roman laws when Justinian began his rule?

Tuesday, we will be reading the Project 2 worksheet and discussing the different styles of Christian church architecture that developed during this period of time. We'll be creating our own paper mosaic pictures as well. 

Wednesday, we will be reviewing for our Test over Justinian coming up on Thursday. 

Thursday, Justinian the Great Test. 

Friday, we will discuss Mohammed and the creation of Islam, which will give us a better understanding of where the traditions and religion came from.

LITERATURE: HOMEWORK 9/4-9/8

Well, the monster Grendel is no more. What do you think Beowulf has in store in the remainder of this book? Can you "see" Beowulf as a super hero, like those you've grown up with--Superman, Batman, Spiderman?

This week, we will continue to read Beowulf in class, and will continue our summaries, characterizations, and kennings list. You should still be reading every night at home for at least 30 minutes, and writing your time down in your reading log for your parents to sign.

I am really happy that you all did such a great job with your spelling and vocabulary words for the week on Friday's test! Your new list is below! Practice them right away, and you won't need to worry about being prepared for the spelling test on Friday, October 8!

SPELLING/VOCABULARY for Friday's test, October 8

1. goaded = to urge on

2. asunder = to break into pieces

3. sinew = tendon; strength

4. bracelet

5. seize

6. grieve

7. turgid = bloated

8. miracle

9. hideous

10. entreated = begged

For Extra Credit :

11. courteous

12. prosperous