Fourthies Class of 2026: Post #5

They are official!

There is nothing quite like the official swearing in of a new crop of Fourthies. The girls signed the Fourthie Pledge (a personal copy is in their work folder), received the famous yellow cap, and are now the official leaders of the Lower School. Remember that there will be many leadership opportunities throughout the year.

Ask your daughter about a simple cup of tea. This week's writing lab focused on sentence expansion and choosing specific verbs and adjectives to strengthen paragraphs. And it started with a cup of tea. We had some fun with Wordly Wise writing. The girls will do some pretty clever activities using their WW words. This week they worked with a comic strip generator and saved their comics in a Google slideshow. Here are a few examples:

Ask your daughter to give you a tour of her Google Drive and Google Classroom to see the kinds of activities we've been working on. Better yet come to our Parents' Technology Night on October 5th for an in depth look at technology integration in fourth grade.

I'm happy to report that "Fact Contracts" are improving and attention to detail is on the rise. The girls understand the importance of rapid fact recall and fact fluency. We worked with factor pairs and multiples this week. The concept of "abundant numbers" was introduced. The girls were on a mission to find abundant numbers and in doing so practiced finding MANY factor pairs. Rounding large numbers was the "Mindful Maths" activity this week and popped up in many EdPuzzles. Here's an example:

History4Fourthies still has us in the 21st century. The girls learned more about the prospect of colonizing Mars and found out that a St. Catherine's alum is in the group being considered to take a one way trip to the "Red Planet." They learned about the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and the efforts to rescue lost pets. This was the perfect segue for our Friday chapel- "Lend a Helping Paw." More information about this important project is in "Nuts and Bolts."

Band started this week and clubs (for those girls not in band) will begin next week. Next Thursday is our first "Little Sister/Big Sister" event. Each LS class is paired with a middle school homeroom for some fun bonding activities.