The 4th graders have been focused on gratitude and being thankful. Our Monday morning prayer service preparation gave the students the opportunity to look deeply at his/her blessings. I love Thanksgiving for it's calm focus on family and home. I count you all as blessings in my life! Some of the 4th graders reflected on what has been going on in the classroom and have contributed a writing piece to the blog. Check out these bloggers...
Morning Meeting
Morning meeting helps us to grow closer to friends. Also it lets us share about our every day lives and exciting news with others. We get to hear what we are going to learn about in our day. Another thing we get to do is learn about the saints and how they dedicated their lives to God, Jesus and Mary. We enjoy getting creative handshakes from the Meeting Manager who passes the hand shake around the carpet. We enjoy Morning Meeting for these reasons.
by Elie and Rose
Social Studies
In class, we have Social Studies every day. We are learning the history of our state, Oregon. The project we just finished was reading a novel about Native Americans life and traditions. It is important to learn about Native Americans because their history is interesting. We use a book called Oregonized to help us find facts. We just started learning about the first explorers who came to Oregon by boat. Social Studies is one of our classes favorite subjects.
by Mila and Emma A.
Religion
Recently in religion, we have been learning about the Ten Commandments. The first three Commandments are about how to follow and respect God. The last seven are about how to respect others. We also learned how important it is to forgive whatever the person has done to you. Now we know how important respect is.
by Charles and Liam
These photos are from the last couple of weeks. Enjoy all you have planned for this for this weekend. I wish you safe travels and happy family times. Thank you for sharing your lovely children with me!
