January 17

Religion: This week we will focus on the meaning of the mission statement of St. John School and how it relates to the 10 commandments.

St. John School is a welcoming Catholic community, committed to celebrating diversity and inspiring moral development, academic excellence, and the courage to act for the common good

Second Step: Students identify and demonstrate how perspective-taking skills influence empathy, their relationships, and their own thoughts and actions.

Reading– Wonder(Literary text)  and Washington State History (informational text

Wonder: RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).

Washington State

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.

Washington State History Reading H1.4.2 Examine how the following themes and developments help to define eras in Washington state history since time immemorial to 1889:  Growth of northwest coastal, Puget Sound, and pla- teau tribes prior to treaties (time immemorial to pre- sent) 

 Math: Division  4.NBT.6 Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to four-digit dividends and one-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.

Vocabulary LY- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.4.B. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., telegraph, photograph, autograph). 

Grammar Capitaliation

Science: The Birth of Rocks In this lesson, students will investigate how differences in lava types explain differences in the shape and eruption patterns among volcanoes. In the activity, Bubble Trouble, students compare two different types of “lava” — thin and thick. They use this information to figure out why volcanoes have different shapes and how the type of lava explains why some volcanoes explode.

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I received my initial certification in Special Education/Elementary Education from Western Washington University. I hold a Montessori Degree from Northwest Montessori school and a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction: Reading and Writing from Lesley University. I began my teaching career with a variety of classroom positions and joined the St John faculty in 1990 as a Kindergarten teacher. I later moved to 2nd grade, then to middle school where for the past 10 years I have taught a variety of subjects most currently as 8th grade homeroom and middle school religion teacher. Last year I asked to move to 4th grade, a grade I have never taught before. I am a native Seattleite growing up in the Wedgewood neighborhood and attending OLL and Blanchet high school. I am a wife, mother of 3 adult daughters, and one granddaughter. What I love most about teaching is experiencing the joy that learning brings to my students.

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