Catholic Schools Week

Students making tundras.

Week of February 1-5

Students will meet with their Olympic teams on Monday as we thank all our policemen,firemen. and community leaders. Students may wear PJ's. Tuesday there will be no homework as we celebrate Student Appreciation Day. An illusionist will also be seen that day. Uniforms don't need to be worn that day. Poems to the military will be written on Wednesday. A thank-you to all who have chosen vocations will be on Thursday. Students will be dismissed at 1:00 on Friday as we celebrate Teacher Appreciation Day. Parent/student lunches will take place Monday - Thursday.

A special thank you to all who have sacrificed to send their children to Catholic Schools.

Friday we will have our Poetry Slam. Students must memorize one of their poems that they wrote to share with the class. Expressions should be used.

Rainforest

Students preparing and giving rainforest tours

Rainforest Tours

You are invited to our Rainforest Tours on Friday, January 22. The tours will be given at 7:50 and 1:40. Please check into the office and then come down to the fourth grade hallway.

Mystery word for the week of January 18 is canopy.

Helpful & fun websites

Activities of the rainforest http://www.picadome.fcps.net/lab/currl/rainfor/activities.htm

Division basic facts http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/SumSense/sumdiv.html

http://www.learningplanet.com/act/mayhem/mayhem.asp?div

Make your own poems on line http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm

The mystery word for the week of January 11 is diamante poem.

POETRY SLAM

It's coming to St. Henry fourth graders. A poetry slam is an event in which poets(fourth graders) perform their work and are judged by members of an audience.

Our classroom will be transformed into a 1980's coffehouse (gained fame in Chicago in the the 1980's) Students will eat cookies and drink hot chocolate while poetry is being performed by fellow classmates. Days before the event students will decorate tablecloths with slogans and various forms of graffiti.

Some guidelines for the event are:

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• Students should clearly articulate their words.
• Students should make appropriate use of gestures to convey the message or feeling of their poems.
• Each student should completely memorize their poem.
• No props, costumes, or musical instruments of any kind would be allowed; this should be poetry in its purest form.

Songs from the 1980's will be played.

The mystery word for January 4th is poetry slam.