You all make me so happy! Our Zoom was fun, fun, fun! Thank you a million times over for making this year so special - from start to finish! <3

1. Pray and Pledge: with Sister Mary Sue and Sister Melissa.
2. 4-31 Prayer Petitions: For you and your families, may you stay healthy and safe this summer.
3. Class Motto with Benny. Click here. 
4. Upcoming Meeting Schedule: Today you can "drop in" so we can talk (optional).  I will be available from 9 a.m. until 12 noon. I will be meeting with students one at a time for about 5 minutes each. If possible, try to follow this schedule: students with numbers 1-9 may meet me anytime from 9 until 10 a.m.; students with numbers 10 to 18 may meet me from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m.; students with numbers 19 to 26 may meet me from 11 until 12 noon. I may not let you in right away if I am with a student. Thanks for your patience!
5. Mark your calendar: Meet me in A Lot on June 8th, from 10 until 12 noon so you can pick up your school items and return your texts, any library books, or borrowed costumes. (Sister Mary Sue assigned that date for 4th grade). I will send a reminder and list of books to return. (If it rains, go to B Lot). Mrs. Green will be there to help. There will be a lost and found area and a table to buy yearbooks. 
6. Announcement: Today is the last day to turn in any assignments. 
7. Summer Birthday wishes: Happy Birthday to Jimmy in July and to Tyler, Liam, Hudson, and Madeleine in August!
8. Just for Fun:  Drop in to see me and say hi some time between 9 a.m. until noon! Don't forget to watch the St. James Talent Show today!

 

1. Key words: Pentecost (means 50) the 50th day after Jesus was raised from the dead. On this day, the Holy Spirit was sent from heaven, and the Church was born. Fruits of the Holy Spirit - the signs of the Holy Spirit's action in our lives. Holy Spirit - the third person of the Trinity, who is sent to us as our helper and, through Baptism and Confirmation, fills us with God's life.
2. Name the 12 Fruits of the Holy Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control, goodness, modesty, and chastity (evidence of the Holy Spirit working in our lives).
3. Listen to my lesson: Click here. (6.48 minutes).
4. Pentecost Craft: Make a windsock. (Optional). Here are directions. Windsocks are used at airports to show which way the wind is blowing to help pilots to take off and land safely. Windsocks are also used to help predict the weather and they are used to help guide to Space Shuttle pilots to a safe landing upon their return from space. No one can see the wind, but we know the wind is there because the windsock shows us that it is there. God's Holy Spirit is somewhat like the wind. We can't see him, but we know that he is there because we can see the effects of his power in our lives. The Holy Spirit is very important to us.
5. Learn: What are some of the ways that the Holy Spirit helps us?

• He comforts us when we are sad and alone. (John 15:26)
• He guides us in the way of truth. (John 16:13)
• He helps us when we don't know how to pray. (Romans 8:27)
• He lives inside us and gives us life. (Ezekiel 37:14)
• He shows us the good things God has for us. (1 Corinthians 2:9-11)

1. Moby Max: A few more students need to finish this today! Once you have completed it, Moby Max will automatically assign math lessons to you that fit your needs. 
2. Reflex: Don't forget Reflex this summer. Use it to keep your facts fresh!

1. Last Read Aloud: Be You! by Peter H. Reynolds. Click here to listen to the New York Times bestselling author and illustrator read his "handbook for amazing human beings" like you. (Safe YouTube link; 4.49 minutes).
2. Exciting Battle of the Books List Reveal: In 5th grade, you will be able to participate in the Battle of the Books! What is Battle of the Books? Click here. This special list of 15 books has been hand-selected by a committee of Arlington Diocesan librarians. This is a great list that includes many different genres! There is something for every reader, even if you don't join St. James' Battle of the Books Club. Click here to see the list and find your book.

Love you all!  Congratulations rising 5th graders!

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1. Pray and Pledge: with Sister Mary Sue and Sister Melissa.
2. 4-31 Prayer Petitions: For your parents who sacrifice to send you to Saint James.
3. Class Motto with Benny. Click here. 
4. Calling Prayer Leaders: Students with numbers 21-26 please send me your prayer petitions and announcements.
5. Upcoming Meeting Schedule: Today we will have a Fun Class Zoom. See you at 11 a.m. On Friday, I will have a time you can "drop in" so we can talk (optional). I will send you that link on Friday morning. I will be available from 9 a.m. until 12 noon. I will be meeting with students one at a time for about 5 minutes each. If possible, try to follow this schedule: students with numbers 1-9 may meet me anytime from 9 until 10 a.m.; students with numbers 10 to 18 may meet me from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m.; students with numbers 19 to 26 may meet me from 11 until 12 noon. I may not let you in right away if I am with a student. Thanks for your patience!
6. Mark your calendar: Meet me in A Lot on June 8th, from 10 until 12 noon so you can pick up your school items and return your texts, any library books, or borrowed costumes. (Sister Mary Sue assigned that date for 4th grade). I will send a reminder and list of books to return. (If it rains, go to B Lot). Mrs. Green will be there to help.
7. Announcement: tomorrow is the last day to turn in any assignments. Please check this page one more time tomorrow!
8. Summer Birthday wishes: Happy Birthday to Jimmy in July and to Tyler, Liam, Hudson, and Madeleine in August!
9. Just for Fun: Learn the final vote tally for the names of the 4 cheetah cubs! Click here to see the National Zoo web page. My favorite name had the least number of votes!
10. Service Opportunity:

 

1. Partner Read the Beatitudes then switch parts and read it again.   
2. Faith Focus: Followers of Jesus suffer for what is right.
3. Word to Know: martyrs - those who have given their lives for the faith. It comes from the Greek word of "witness."
4. Listen to my lesson: Click here. (10 minutes)

Take the Moby Max Placement Test in Math today. Click here. For future use: www.mobymax.com/va2554  
Your user name and password on inside of planner.

Finish reading How Tia Lola Came to Visit Stay.

I emailed Mrs. Donnelly's last lesson. Remember to check-in with her.

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I hope you had a fun Memorial Day weekend. Why do we have this day off from school and work? Click here to learn why. (5.47 minutes).

1. Pray and Pledge: with Sister Mary Sue and Sister Melissa.
2. 4-31 Prayer Petitions: We remember and give thanks for those who have given their lives in the service of our country.  
3. Class Motto with Benny. Click here. 
4. Calling Prayer Leaders: Students with numbers 16-20 please send me your prayer petitions and announcements.
5. Upcoming Meeting Schedule:  Tomorrow at 10 a.m. we meet with Mount Vernon to talk with Sam Murphy, Manager of Historic Trades. Our lessons with Mount Vernon have been terrific. Please use this Google Form to let me know if you will attend. Click here. The class is only offered on Wednesdays and I want to make sure we have enough interested students who want to attend. On Thursday we will have a class Zoom for fun. On Friday, I will have a time you can "drop in" so we can talk. 
6. Just for Fun: Vote to Name the 4 Cheetah Cubs! Click here (safe YouTube link) to see them at their first veterinary exam with mama, Echo! The cheetah cubs, who were just born about a month ago at the Smithsonian’s Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, need names. You can pick from these 3 names for the girl cub: Amabala (Zulu for spots); Vivace (A musical term meaning short, lively and brisk); or Iambe (One of the two daughters of the mountain nymph, Echo, in Greek mythology). For the 3 boy cubs you can choose from these names: Jabari (Swahili for fearless or brave one); Hasani (Swahili for handsome); Phoenix (A mythical bird associated with the sun that regenerates or is otherwise born again from its own ashes); Erindi (A protected reserve in Namibia where many cheetahs are re-released) or Tolbo (Mongolian for spot). Today is the last day to vote! Click here to vote on the National Zoo web page.

 

1. Partner Read the Beatitudes then switch parts and read it again.   
2. Faith Focus: Jesus tells us to show mercy and to work for peace.
3. Key Words: Corporal Works of Mercy are kind acts by which we help our neighbors with their everyday, material needs. Examples include feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, clothing the naked, sheltering the homeless, visiting the sick and imprisoned, and burying the dead. Spiritual Works of Mercy are the kind acts through which we help our neighbors meet the needs that are more than material. Examples include counseling the doubtful, instructing the ignorant, comforting the afflicted, bearing wrongs patiently, and praying for the living and the dead.
4. Listen to my lesson: Click here. (14.34 minutes).
5. Listen/View this example of mercy and forgiveness: The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Cole (read aloud). Click here for the safe YouTube link. (7.58)
6. Read the chapter guide: Click here.
7. Check your understanding: Click here for the Google Form. (This is for a participation grade).

 

1. View Math Antics video on triangles. If you already watched it, you may want to refresh your memory. Click here for the safe YouTube link. (7.39 minutes).
2. Reread the material in the blue boxes on text book pages 338 and 339.
3. Listen to my lesson on classifying triangles and finding missing angles. Click here. (11.11 minutes).
4. Practice classifying triangles by angles and number of sides: Match (draw lines from) the names and descriptions to the triangles. Click here for the practice sheet. Click here to check your answers.
5. Check your understanding: Click here for the Google Form. (This is for a participation grade).You will get feedback from me when you submit the form.

1. Practice your vocabulary words using the flashcards on Sadlier. Click here to log in. Click on the orange vocabulary book. 
2. Take the test. Click here for the Google Form.

Read the first part of How Tia Lola Came to Visit Stay in your text pages 388 to 396.

1. Turn in your 5-Day Drink Logs (due last week)! Send it to Mrs. Green at mgreen@saintjamesschool.org
2. Complete your Lab on Food Ingredients: Click here for the 2 video links and directions for your last assignment (use Google Form on the link to submit). Due by Thursday, May 28th. Note this was assigned last week.

1. Study 7 key terms: amendments-changes to the Constitution; assassinated-killed; freedmen-newly freed slaves after the Civil War; Freedmen’s Bureau-a government agency that provided food, schools and medical care for freed slaves in Virginia and the rest of the South; malice- bad feelings; reconstruction-the period following the Civil War in which Congress passed laws designed to rebuild the country and bring the Southern states back into the Union; sharecropping-paying rent on land with a share of the crops.
2. Highlight Readings (assigned last week): make sure you used your highlighting tool when you read the 4 short articles in Studies Weekly (Lincoln's Peace Plan; After the War - Hardship for Virginians; Reconstruction - A List of Problems to Solve; and How was the U.S. Constitution Changed after the Civil War?) Remember you earn a grade for highlighting as you read. Log onto Studies Weekly here.
3. Study the guide: Click here.
4. Take the Studies Weekly test on Virginia and the Reconstruction. 

• Pray and Pledge: with Sister Mary Sue and Sister Melissa.
• 4-31 Prayer Petitions: Sebastian would like us to pray for our parents. Lord, hear our prayers. 
• Class Motto with Benny. Click here. 
• Calling Prayer Leaders: Students with numbers 11-15 please send me your prayer petitions and announcements.
• Upcoming Meeting Schedule: Today we will Zoom with Father Oetjen at 9:45 a.m. for a tour of the church.  
• Just for Fun: Make a frog jumper! Click here for the safe YouTube link.

1. Music Class: I sent Mrs. Donnelly's last lesson in an email.
2. Field Day is tomorrow! There are no other classes! Pick a minimum of 4 events. There are 22 events in all. Click here to view them in one place. Here is Mr. Connor's information letter. Click here.

 

1. Today is Ascension Thursday: In the Acts of the Apostles, it is written that Jesus, after his Resurrection, spent 40 days on Earth, instructing his followers. He then returned (ascended) to his Father in heaven.
2. Partner Read the Beatitudes then switch parts and read it again.   
3. Faith Focus: Jesus teaches us to be clean of heart and to hunger and thirst for holiness.
4. Listen to my lesson: Click here. (13.40 minutes).
5. Study the chapter guide: Click here.
6. Take the quiz: Click here for the Google Form.
7. Answers to the Relgion challenge: Tour of the Church Matching Worksheet. Click here.

1. Review Chapter 10 Lessons 1-4.
2. Take the second part of the quiz (7 questions). Click here to see the quiz. Click here for the Google Form where you will record your answers. 
3. Review quadrilaterals and check your work with me. Quadrilaterals on workbook page 124. Click here. (9 minutes).
4. Read the material in the blue boxes on text book pages 338 and 339.
5. View Math Antics video on triangles. Click here for the safe YouTube link. (7.39 minutes).

1. Check your work with me. Workbook page 156 (Complete the Sentence). Click here. ( 3 minutes)
2. Test moved to Tuesday (open book).

1. Review with me. Click here. (7.37 minutes)
2. Take the quiz. Click here for the Google Form.

1. Finish working on your 5-Day Drink Log (Day 5 out of 5). Due by Friday May 22nd. 
2. Send it to Mrs. Green at mgreen@saintjamesschool.org
3. Lab on Food Ingredients: Learn about food preservatives and review what we have learned in our Nutrition Unit. Click here for the 2 video links and directions for your last assignment (use Google Form to submit). Due next Thursday, May 28th.

1. View video, A Slave No More, which presents a primary source letter from a former slave. (1.55 minutes). Click here for the safe YouTube link.
2. Study 7 key terms. amendments-changes to the Constitution; assassinated-killed; freedmen-newly freed slaves after the Civil War; Freedmen’s Bureau-a government agency that provided food, schools and medical care for freed slaves in Virginia and the rest of the South; malice- bad feelings; reconstruction-the period following the Civil War in which Congress passed laws designed to rebuild the country and bring the Southern states back into the Union; sharecropping-paying rent on land with a share of the crops.
3. Read article, How was the U.S. Constitution Changed after the Civil War? Log into Studies Weekly. Use your highlighter tool to mark the important ideas. Click here. 
4. View video, Protecting our Civil Rights, on Studies Weekly. (1.55 minutes) You'll find it at the top of the article you just read.
5. View video on President Andrew Johnson and the Reconstruction. Click here for the safe YouTube link. (2.42 minutes).

Have fun with Field Day! Enjoy Memorial Day! See you on Tuesday. 

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• Tuesday, May 19

Morning Messages: 

• Pray and Pledge: with Sister Mary Sue and Sister Melissa.
• 4-31 Prayer Petitions: Please pray for our grandparents. Lord, hear our prayers.
• Class Motto with Benny. Click here. 
• Calling Prayer Leaders: Students with numbers 6-10 please send me your prayer petitions and announcements.
• Upcoming Meeting Schedule: On Thursday, we will Zoom with Father Oetjen at 9:45 a.m. for a tour of the church. More information to follow.  
• Notice: Show your school spirit and share your talent! Send your talent video to Mrs. Keffalas by TOMORROW at 12:00 p.m. Click here for all the information.
• Just for Fun: Make a parachute and basket for a mini figure! Here is a list of what you need: click here. Use the QR codes to learn how parachutes work or Click here (safe YouTube) Then, learn about making parachutes. Click here (safe YouTube). Want to record your results? Click here.

• Spanish: for those who missed Monday's Spanish Zoom class, click here. 
• Field Day is Friday! Pick a minimum of 4 events. There are 22 events in all. Click here to view them in one place. Here is Mr. Connor's information letter. Click here.

1. Read the Beatitudes out loud with a partner then switch parts and read it again. Your partner reads the first half of each Beatitude, you read the rest. For example, your partner says, "Blessed are the poor in spirit" and you say, "for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." 
2. Faith Focus: Jesus teaches us to be clean of heart and to hunger and thirst for holiness.
3. Listen to my lesson: Click here. (11.16 minutes).
4. Study the chapter guide: Click here.

1. Review Chapter 10 Lessons 1-4.
2. Take this 10 question quiz. Click here to see the quiz. Click here for the Google Form where you will record your answers. 
3. Watch Quadrilaterals on Math Antics (safe YouTube). Click here. Stop at minute mark 6:05.
4. Study this diagram of quadrilaterals. Click here.
5. Practice: do workbook page 124. Refer to text page 336. We will check it Thursday.

1. Check your work with me. Workbook page 155. Click here. (2.48 minutes)
2. Use the Unit 15 flash cards on Sadlier. Pay attention to the parts of speech. Click here to log in. Click on the orange book.
3. Complete the sentences on page 156. We will check it on Thursday.
4. Plan ahead: Chapter 15 Test on Thursday.

1. Review prepositional phrases and check your work with me. Workbook page 155. Click here. (4.25 minutes).
2. Sing about and review prepositions! Click here. (Safe YouTube link.) (3.29 minutes).
3. Take short quiz on prepositions. View quiz here. Record your answers on this Google Form. Click here.

1. Read this text structure chart. It describes the purpose of each of the 5 text structures and lists signal words to help you identify text structures. Click here.
2. Practice with this text structure sort. Sort the 10 short passages under one of the 5 text structures. Click here. No need to print. The passages are numbered for easy sorting. Refer to the chart to help you sort.
3. Check your sort with this Google Form. No worries, this is for practice! (But you do need to do it today so I can see if you understand)! Click here.

Continue to Work on your 5-Day Drink Log (Day 4 out of 5). Due by Friday May 22nd.

1. Study key terms. Amendments-changes to the Constitution; assassinated-killed; freedmen-newly freed slaves after the Civil War; Freedmen’s Bureau-a government agency that provided food, schools and medical care for freed slaves in Virginia and the rest of the South; malice- bad feelings; Reconstruction-the period following the Civil War in which Congress passed laws designed to rebuild the country and bring the Southern states back into the Union; sharecropping-paying rent on land with a share of the crops.
2. View BrainPOP on Reconstruction (just until 2.25 minute mark). Click here.
3. Read article, After the War - Hardship for Virginians on Studies Weekly. Highlight the most important ideas with your toolbar. Answer the 3 multiple choice questions after the article. Click here to log in. (Audio is 2.34 minutes).
4. Read article, Reconstruction - A List of Problems to Solve, on Studies Weekly. Highlight and answer the questions. (Audio is 4.57 minutes).
5. Study what you have learned so far with this guide: click here. Read it and then ask someone to quiz you.

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• Pray and Pledge: with Sister Mary Sue and Sister Melissa.
• 4-31 Prayer Petitions: Continue to pray for all the graduating students. Lord, hear our prayers.
• Class Motto with Benny. Click here. 
• Calling Prayer Leaders: Students with numbers 1-5 please send me your prayer petitions and announcements.
• Upcoming Meeting Schedule: Today at 1 p.m. we will Zoom with Senora Kyker. See you there! On Thursday, we will Zoom with Father Oetjen at 9:45 a.m. for a tour of the church. More information to follow.  
• Notice: Show your school spirit and share your talent! Send your talent video to Mrs. Keffalas by WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 at 12:00PM. Click here for all the information.
• Just for Fun: Take the kindness challenge! How many squares can you check off this week? Click here

• Spanish today by Zoom at 1 p.m. (invite sent yesterday). Come prepared with your workbook and a pencil!
• Field Day on Friday. Pick a minimum of 4 events. There are 22 events in all. Click here to view them in one place. Here is Mr. Connor's information letter. Click here.

1. Faith Focus: Jesus teaches us that the sorrowing will be comforted and the meek will inherit the earth. 
2. Key Terms: humble means meek. Gentle means not proud or boastful. Meek means patient or gentle.
3. Listen to my lesson: Click here. (8 minutes).
4. Read the study guide: click here.
5. Quiz with this Google Form. Click here. Refer to your guide.
6. Challenge (optional): Tour of the Church Matching (since we will be with Father Oetjen on Thursday). Click here. I will post the answers later this week.

1. Check your work with me. Workbook pages 120 and 122. Click here. (8 minutes)
2. Read text page 334 
3. ListenWatch a Math Antics video on polygons. This is a safe YouTube link. Click here. (7.26 minutes)
4. Practice: Polygon or Not a Polygon? Click here for the worksheet. No need to print.
5. Check your work with this video. Click here. (3 minutes).

1. Check your work with me. Workbook page 154. Click here.
2. Play Synonym and Antonym games on Sadlier. Click here to log in. Click on the orange book.
3. Complete page 155 (Synonyms and Antonyms). Write the answer on the line in cursive. We will check it on Tuesday.

1. Check your work with me. Workbook page 154. Click here. (2.30 minutes).
2. Listen/Watch video on writing detailed sentences with prepositional phrases. ( 6.36 minutes). This is a safe YouTube link. Click here.
3. Practice writing more interesting sentences with prepositional phrases. Workbook page 155. We will check it tomorrow.

1. Define: what is text structure? Text structure refers to the way information is organized in reading passages. Authors organize information in specific ways. 
2. Examples of text structures: compare & contrast; problem & solution; chronological (sequence); cause & effect; or description.
3. Why is it important? Understanding that authors organize information in specific ways leads to better reading comprehension (understanding).
4. Distinguish from text features. Authors use text features to bring attention to important details. Examples: sub-titles, captions, maps, diagrams, and bold print.
5. Read the text structures and their definitions. Click here. 
6. Play matching game: Print or make your own cards. Cut-out the six text structure and six definition cards. Scramble them and sort them by matching the text structure with its definition.
7. Watch/Listen to video on text structures. Have your cards ready! This is a safe YouTube link. Click here. 
8. Practice with this reading passage. Click here. No need to print. Please send this to me.

Continue to Work on your 5-Day Drink Log (Day 3 out of 5). Due by Friday May 22nd.

1. Listen/watch BrainPOP on President Lincoln. Start at the 4:11 minute mark. Click here. (less than 2 minutes).
2. Listen/watch video on President Lincoln changed the world in 2 minutes (Gettysburg Address). Click here. This is a safe YouTube link. (5 minutes)
3. Read key terms. Amendments-changes to the Constitution; assassinated-killed; freedmen-newly freed slaves after the Civil War; Freedmen’s Bureau-a government agency that provided food, schools and medical care for freed slaves in Virginia and the rest of the South; malice- bad feelings; Reconstruction- the period following the Civil War in which Congress passed laws designed to rebuild the country and bring the Southern states back into the Union; sharecropping-paying rent on land with a share of the crops.
4. Listen/watch my brief lesson on President Lincoln's assassination. Click here. (4 minutes). Can you tell who killed President Lincoln? When and where did it happen? 
5. Read article, Lincoln’s Peace Plan, on Studies Weekly (log in and you will see Week 22 Reconstruction in Virginia). Click here to log in. Use your highlighting toolbar to underline the important points (1.57 minutes). Answer the 3 multiple choice questions following the article.
6. Watch video, Lincoln's Assassination, on the same page as the article you just read (see blue icon that says, Watch Video at the top). (1.57 minutes).
7. Read text 321, An Uncertain Future (one page, 4 paragraphs).

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• Pray and Pledge: with Sister Mary Sue and Sister Melissa.
• 4-31 Prayer Petitions: Continue to pray for families especially those with babies in need. Lord, hear our prayers.
• Class Motto with Benny. Click here. Then watch the new BrainPOP on the science of soap. Click here.
• Calling Prayer Leaders: Students with numbers 21-26 please send me your prayer petitions and announcements.
• Upcoming Meeting Schedule: Today at 2:00pm our class will meet with Don Francisco (History Interpreter at Mount Vernon) to discuss Washington and Music of the Revolutionary War; On Monday we will Zoom with Senora Kyker.
• Notice:  Show your school spirit and share your talent! Send your talent video to Mrs. Keffalas by WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 at 12:00PM. Click here for all the information.
• Just for Fun: On our walks, Benny and I have enjoyed spotting pretty painted rocks. What a fun way to inspire others and bring a smile to a neighbor! I thought you might be interested. Rocks are free materials that offer so many creative possibilities. Create a family portrait or write inspirational quotes on rocks and pebbles. Click here for ideas and tips.
• Service Opportunity: Tomorrow Saint James will have a drive-thru collections for baby items. Any donation is appreciated including prayers. See below for ideas of how you can help.

1. Spanish Class: Click here. Do workbook page 136 only. (13.11 minutes).
2. P.E. Field Day will be Friday, May 22nd. Pick a minimum of 4 events. There are 22 events in all. Click here to view them in one place. Here is Mr. Connor's information letter. Click here. Are you challenging another family? 

1. Faith Focus: Jesus teaches us that the sorrowing will be comforted and the meek will inherit the earth. 
2. Listen to my lesson: Click here. (10 minutes).
3. Read the study guide: click here.
4. Attend Mass. Click here.

1. Read text page 332 and 333 (blue boxes)
2. Listen and work with me. Click here. (17 minutes). You need paper and pencil.
3. Practice: workbook page 120 (no protractor needed) and 122. We will check it on Monday.

1. Listen/Watch my lesson on the Unit 15 adjectives. Click here. (4.18 minutes).
2. Complete page 154. Match the Meaning. Write the word on the line in cursive. We will check it on Monday.

1. Review and Check your work with me. Workbook pages 152-153. Click here. (3.49 minutes).
2. Read the definition of prepositional phrase at the top of page 154 (blue box).
3. Listen/watch BrainPOP on prepositional phrases. Click here.
4. Practice: Workbook page 154. Write a prepositional phrase to complete each sentence. We will check it Monday.

1. Read He Grew Up to Start Earth Day and Turning Trash into Art on page 6. Click here to log into Scholastic News. Password bikewing10. 
2. Read Is it Okay to Swim with Manatees on page 7. Click on the pink and yellow circle on page 7 to see the short video, Saving Gentle Giants. (1.24 minutes).
3. Quiz: be sure to refer back to the articles as you answer the questions. Use this Google form. Click here.

Continue to Work on your 5-Day Drink Log (Day 2). Due by Friday May 22nd.

1. Watch Election of 1864 on safe YouTube link. Click here. (4 minutes).
2. Review Lesson 3 and Check your work with me. Workbook page 71, questions 4 and 5. Click here. (13 minutes).
3. Read your study guide once more. Click here.
4. Watch: Richmond During the Civil War on a safe YouTube link. Click here. (4 minutes).
5. Take Civil War Test: log onto Studies Weekly with your password. Click here. When you are logged in, click on the newspaper image. You will see a green test button (see image below). Click on it and take the test. You may refer to your study guide, text book, and workbook. (You have to log on to Studies Weekly to take the test! Don't try to click on the image below).

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^{Thursday, May 14}

^{Good news: all YouTube videos I post will now be free of commercials, ads, or other unwanted videos!}

• Pray and Pledge: with Sister Mary Sue and Sister Melissa.
• 4-31 Prayer Petitions: Please pray for families with babies in need. Lord, hear our prayers.
• Class Motto with Benny. Click here.
• Calling Prayer Leaders: Students with numbers 16-20 please send me your prayer petitions and announcements.
• Upcoming Meeting Schedule: On Friday at 2:00pm our class will meet with Don Francisco (History Interpreter at Mount Vernon) to discuss Washington and Music of the Revolutionary War; On Monday we will Zoom with Senora Kyker.
• Reminder: Our school May Procession is today.
• Notice: Share your talent! The deadline for your Talent Show submission is extended until  WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 at 12:00PM. See yesterday's post for the flyer.
• Just for Fun: REGROW KITCHEN SCRAPS INTO FREE HOUSEPLANTS! I am doing this with an avocado pit, but you can try a sweet potato, pineapple, lemon, mango, or ginger. I was so excited yesterday when I discovered my avocado has a root! You can try it, too. Click here.
• Service Opportunity: On Saturday Saint James will have a drive-thru collections for baby items. Any donation is appreciated including prayers. See below for ideas of how you can help.

1. Read the Beatitudes with a partner then switch parts and read it again. (See image below). Your partner reads the first half of each Beatitude, you read the rest. For example, your partner says, "Blessed are the poor in spirit" and you say, "for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." 
2. Study the guide one more time. Click here.
3. Show what you know on the quiz. Click here for the quiz on a Google form.
4. Watch video, Religion During the Civil War. Click here. This is a safe YouTube link. (4 minutes).

 

1. Review and Check your work with me. Workbook page 121. Click here. (9 minutes).
2. Read text page 328 (blue box) and page 329 (blue box).
3. Listen and watch Math Antics on Angle Basics. Click here. This is a safe YouTube link. (7.45 minutes).
4. Practice: try these problems. Click here (no need to print). 
5. Check your work with this video. Click here.

1. Read or listen to the realistic fiction story, The New Puppy, on page workbook page 150. Click here. Then, click on the picture of the orange book. Find and click on Unit 15 in the left tool bar. Click on iWords to hear the unit passage.
2. Study the definition, part of speech, pronunciation, and illustration of each new word using Sadlier using the above link. Once you get to the passage using the directions above, just click on the words and use the audio.
3. Write the new words in cursive on pages 152 and 153. Read the synonyms and antonyms, too. 

1. Read the blue box on page 152 of your Grammar workbook.
2. Listen and watch my lesson. Click here.
3. Practice: workbook page 152 and 153. We will check it tomorrow.

Reading Class: Scholastic News

1. Read the April 13th Scholastic Newsletter, What a Waste. Log in to Scholastic News. Click here. Password bikewing10. Go to the top blue toolbar and click on All Issues. Then click on the April 13th issue.
2. View the Words to Know slideshow. 
3. Watch the introduction video, Going to Waste (1.55 minutes).
4. Read Fighting Food Waste by clicking on Presentation View. Take advantage of the text features including words to know, the graph, and sidebar. Note how you can make it read aloud and zoom in and out.
5. Watch introduction video, Shout Your Cause: Climate Change. Go to the article, Can Kids Save the Planet? and click on the blue circle at the top of the article that says, click here. (2.44 minutes).

6. Read, Can Kids Save the Planet?  Pay attention to the text features including the sidebar on Greenhouse Effect.

1. Listen to the Rethink Your Drink Lab by Mrs. Ott. Click here. (10.18 minutes).
2. Keep a 5 Day Log of your drinks. Click here. Due no later than Friday, May 22nd. 

1. Recall: on Wednesday you read Chapter 10, Lesson 3, The War Ends pages 306 to 311
2. Answer workbook page 71, questions 4 and 5. Please send this to me.
3. Study this guide. Click here.
4. Watch video on the life and accomplishments of Ulysses S. Grant. Click here. This is a safe YouTube link.

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_{Tuesday, May 12}

• Pray and Pledge: with Sister Mary Sue and Sister Melissa.
• 4-31 Prayer Petitions: Please pray for nurses. Lord, hear our prayers.
• Class Motto with Benny. Click here. See the most beautifully painted sidewalk we discovered on our walk.
• Calling Prayer Leaders: Students with numbers 11-15 please send me your prayer petitions and announcements.
• Upcoming Meeting Schedule: On Friday at 2:00pm our class will have the opportunity to meet with Don Francisco (History Interpreter at Mount Vernon) to discuss Washington and Music of the Revolutionary War. 
• Reminders: May Procession on Thursday; also, send your Talent Show videos to Mrs. Keffalas by Friday! Click here for the flyer. 
• Just for Fun: Make your own bubbles and learn the science behind them! Click here.

• Spanish Class: Click here if you did not attend yesterday's Zoom class.
• P.E. Field Day will be Friday, May 22nd. Pick a minimum of 4 events. Consider the event below or click here.

1. LIsten to my lesson: Click here. (14.47 minutes).
2. Know key terms: People are poor in spirit when they are satisfied with what they have, are grateful for it, and share it with others. Beatitude means “deep happiness or blessing.” The word canticle is another word for “song.”
3. Read aloud the Beatitudes with a partner. (See image below). Your partner reads the first half of each Beatitude, you read the rest. For example, your partner says, "Blessed are the poor in spirit" and you say, "for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
4. Study the chapter guide: Click here.
5. Self-check: Who gave us the Beatitudes? (Jesus) How many Beatitudes did Jesus give us? (eight) What special teaching are the Beatitudes part of? (the Sermon on the Mount)
6. Plan ahead: Quiz on Thursday on Chapter 21 only.

 

1. Review text page 326, Points, Lines, and Line segments (we have already done this). Also review workbook page 119.
2. Read text page 330, Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
3. View the BrainPOP on Parallel and Perpendicular Lines. Click here. (2.28 minutes).
4. Practice: workbook page 121. We will check it on Thursday.

1. Check your work with me. Workbook page 147. Click here.
2. Quiz: Use this Google form. Click here.

1. Quiz: Click here to hear me give the quiz.
2. Send the quiz to Mrs. Green at mgreen@saintjamesschool.org. Thank you!

1. View: Women in the Civil War. (4 minutes). Historian DeAnne Blanton discusses the crucial role that women played both on and off the field during the Civil War. Click here.
2. Review Chapter 10, Lesson 2 with me. Click here for my lesson. (12 minutes). 
3. Complete workbook page 70. Please send me the answer to question 5 only.
4. View: Virginia in the Civil War. Click here. (2.28 minutes). 
5. Read Chapter 10, Lesson 3: The War Ends pages 306 to 311.

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_{Monday, May 11}

• Pray with Sister Mary Sue and Sister Melissa.
• 4-31 Prayer Petitions: Please pray for new mothers. Lord, hear our prayers.
• Class Motto with Scout. Click here.
• Calling Prayer Leaders: Students with numbers 11-15 please send me your prayer petitions and announcements.
• Upcoming Meeting Schedule: Monday Spanish Zoom at 1 p.m.  
• Remember to send your Talent Show try outs to Mrs. Keffalas by Friday!
• Just for Fun: Contribute to a collaborative public art project for Virginia's capitol by coloring! All In Together VA is a public art project that will engage groups of people from all different walks of life, ability, and age. The All In Together project was put together to highlight the beauty of a community coming together even while we are physically apart. Click here to get your coloring sheet and learn more. Your parents can follow the project on Facebook and Instagram, and keep an eye on the Virginia Museum of History and Culture's (VMHC) June unveiling of the exhibition! In order to be included in the murals at the VMHC, submissions must be received by May 22.

• Music lesson: I emailed this to you on Friday.
• Spanish Class Zoom today at 1 p.m. (link sent yesterday).
• Art Class: Click here. The due date for this assignment is today.
• P.E.: Field Day will be Friday, May 22nd. Pick a minimum of 4 events. Consider the event below or click here.

1. Read part of Chapter 21: Click here. 
2. Listen to my lesson: Click here. 
3. Know key term: poor in spirit means satisfied with and grateful for what one has.

4. Read the study guide: click here.

1. Check your work with me: Workbook page 161(no estimating) #5, 10, 19, 22, and 23. Click here.
2. Quiz: Click here for the Google form. I will receive a copy when you submit it.

1. Check your work with me and review analogies: workbook page 146. Click here.
2. Practice: Word Associations on workbook page 147. We will check it tomorrow and then take the test.

1. Check your work with me: workbook page 373. Click here.
2. Practice: take a pre-test with me and check your work. Click here.
3. Study for quiz tomorrow.

       Read passage and answer the questions: Click here for the Google form. I will receive a copy when you submit it.

1. Read text, Fredericksburg, page 304.
2. Log into Studies Weekly using your user name and password. Click here.
3. Find and click on the Virginia Studies newspaper. Then click on Week 21: Virginia and the Civil War; Major Battles and Important People.
4. View video on the Battle of Fredericksburg. To find it, go to the article, Virginia: Civil War Battleground. Click on Bonus Sources at the top in the purple box. After listening to the video, answer the 3 multiple choice questions under video.
5. Optional: View River Crossing at Fredericksburg, where a historian and Fredericksburg expert describes the challenges that the Union army had in crossing the Rappahannock River during the Battle of Fredericksburg. Click here. (2.30 minutes) 

1. Log into Scholastic News. Click here. Password: bikewing10. Search for Sugar Shocker. Click on the Sugar Shocker picture.
2. Read Scholastic News article, Sugar Shock. Be sure to launch the slideshow, Read the Label (in the middle of the article).
3. Learn Vocabulary words: misleading and moderation. Click on these words in the article to read their definitions. 
4. Answer this question: How are artificial sweeteners different from the sugar found in real fruit juice? Give an example of an artificial sweetener. Write this in a few sentences and send it to me please. 

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_{Friday, May 8}

• Pray with Sister Mary Sue and Sister Melissa.
• 4-31 Prayer Petitions: Let's pray for mothers today. Lord, hear our prayers.
• Class Motto with Benny. Click here.
• Calling Prayer Leaders: Students with numbers 6-10 please send me your prayer petitions and announcements.
• Upcoming Meeting Schedule: Monday Spanish Zoom at 1 p.m. (Link will be sent tomorrow).
• Just for Fun: Make your own sidewalk chalk paint! I saw the most beautiful chalk paint mural on a driveway while walking Benny and it inspired me to this find recipe for you. Click here for just the recipe. If you want to go to the website, click here.

• Music Lesson: This lesson has been sent in an email. Next posting will be May 20th.
• Spanish Lesson: If you missed the last Zoom Spanish class, click here. For today's lesson, click here.
• New Field Day Activity: You will pick your four favorite activities for Field Day. Click here or see below.  

1. Mass today if you didn't participate in the Bishop's Mass on Wednesday. Click here. Father Scalia tells us that online mass "is still real and brings an increase in grace for you personally and for the Church as a whole."
2. Complete the 8th Commandment flip book page. Click here if you need it. Please send this to me.

1. Check your work with me. Workbook page 160 #14, 15, 19, 20, 22. Click here.
2. Read text page 428.
3. Listen to my lesson. Click here.
4. Guided practice one example with Khan Academy (YouTube). You need paper and pencil. Click here.
5. Independent practice on workbook page 161(no estimating) #5, 10, 19, 22, and 23. Study the gray box first! We will check your work on Monday.

1. Check your work with me. Workbook page 145. Click here.
2. Practice: workbook page 146, Complete the Sentence. Number the bullets from 1 to 12. Write in cursive and be careful with your spelling.

1. Check your work with me. Blue workbook page 336. Click here.
2. Practice: workbook page 373. We will check it on Monday.
3. Plan ahead: spelling quiz on Tuesday.

1. Finish reading Lost City, text pages 214 to 217.
2. Notice how the author uses dashes, exclamation marks, and an ellipsis (. . .) to create suspense and excitement leading up to the discovery.
3. Read the Author's Note on page 217 and Meet the Author on page 219. 
4. Use text evidence to answer this question: How did Ted Lewin (the author) prepare to write the book you read on the discovery of Machu Picchu? Write a 5 sentence paragraph in cursive and skip lines. It should begin with a topic sentence, use transition words (first, second, third), give 3 details, and have a concluding sentence. Please send it to me.

1. Finish your My Plate assignment (see yesterday's lab).
2. Send to Mrs. Green at mgreen@saintjamesschool.org.

1. Read short biography about Robert E. Lee, text page 305.  
2. Watch this video (by a reenactor) on Robert E. Lee. Click here. (4 minutes) (Not YouTube).
3. Read about the "turning point" of the Civil War for the Union, text page 302.
4. Watch video on Antietam. (4 minutes). The end is important. Click here. (Not YouTube).
5. Read about Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, text page 303.  
6. Watch part of a video on the meaning of the Emancipation Proclamation from the Virginia Museum of History and Culture. (5 minutes). Watch from 32.50 to 37.33. This was made for 4th graders! Click here.

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_{Thursday, May 7 National Day of Prayer}

Thank you for the beautiful cards! You know that . . .

• Pray with Sister Mary Sue and Sister Melissa.
• 4-31 Prayer Petitions: Today is our National Day of Prayer. It is an annual national observance established in public law in 1952 and observed publicly on the First Thursday in May since 1988. Let's pray for America today. Lord, hear our prayers.
• Class Motto with Benny. Click here.
• Calling Prayer Leaders: Students with numbers 1-5 please send me your prayer petitions and announcements.
• Upcoming Meeting Schedule: Thursday Social Zoom with Ms. Figueroa at 11 a.m. (We will pick up where we left off!); Monday Spanish Zoom.
• Just for Fun: Get ready for Mother's Day! Click here for the coloring sheet or click here for the poster.
• New Field Day Activity: You will pick your four favorite activities for Field Day. Click here or see below.  

1. Check your work on with me (workbook page 162). Click here.
2. Study the guide. Click here.
3. Quiz time. Click here.

1. Read text p. 426.
2. Listen to my lesson. Click here. Line up those decimal points so your place values are aligned!
3. Listen to Kahn Academy (YouTube) on adding decimals. Click here. (2.58 minutes) What happens when you don't line up the decimal points?
4. Practice workbook page 160 #14, 15, 19, 20, 22. We will check these tomorrow.

1. Check your work with me. Workbook p. 144. Click here.
2. Practice your antonyms with me. Click here. You may make a matching game with the pairs of antonyms. (Please listen to the lesson).
3. Complete workbook page 145 on synonyms and antonyms. We will check it tomorrow. Write the answer on the line in cursive!
4. Plan ahead: Test on Tuesday.

1. Check your work with me. Blue workbook p. 331. Click here.
2. Practice workbook page 336. Proofread a speech. We will check this tomorrow. 

1. Check your work with me. Workbook p. 329. Click here.
2. Read Archaeology: Dig It, text page p. 203 
3. Practice vocabulary by reading Looking for the Past, text p. 205.
4. Practice reading vocabulary on this worksheet. Click here. Send me the answers (no need to print)
5. Read Lost City, text p. 208 to 213. (Half of the story).
6. Compare and Contrast: On page 212 and 213, what was each man thinking as he climbed? (Arteaga, Carraasco, and Bingham). Write this and send it to me. (Write a complete sentence in cursive).

Science Class: Exploring Proteins

1. Listen to Dr. J explain proteins and amino acids. Click here. (3.44 minutes).
2. Lab on proteins with Mrs. Ott. Click here. (9.30 minutes). No graphing this week!
3. Complete My Plate assignment as described by Mrs. Ott. Draw plate and email to Mrs. Green at mgreen@saintjamesschool.org or complete the Google slide I emailed to your parent. 

Social Studies Class: Chapter 10 The Civil War Lesson 2 Early Victories

1. Read vocabulary: blockade: the patrolling of the waters around port cities to prevent supplies from going in and out; Confederacy: the name for the Southern states during the Civil War; home front: the towns and farms soldiers leave behind during a war; ironclad: a ship built of wood with iron plates nailed over it; occupy: to live in and guard a city; retreat: to leave a battle and return to safety; skirmish: a small battle; strategy: a plan; surrender: to give up; quit fighting.
2. Log into Studies Weekly using your user name and password. Click here. 
3. Find and click on the Virginia Studies newspaper. Then click on Week 21: Virginia and the Civil War; Major Battles and Important People.
4. Read short article Virginia: Civil War Battleground or listen. (2:12 minutes). The articles are listed on the left side. In the articles you read, highlight the important points with your highlight toolbar. (I will be able to see your highlighting). Answer the 3 multiple choice questions under the article.
5. Read short article What was it like on the home front during the Civil War? or listen. (1:53 minutes). Highlight the important points. 
6. Read short article Battle at Sea or listen. (1.12 minutes). Answer the 3 multiple choice questions.
7. Read Virginia and Monitor in your text on page 301. 

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_{Cinco de Mayo}

                               _{I miss you more than tacos!}

• Pray with Sister Mary Sue and Sister Melissa.
• 4-31 Prayer Petitions: Please pray for the Saint James community. Lord, hear our prayers.
• Class Motto with Benny. Click here.
• Calling Prayer Leaders: Students with numbers 21-26 please send me your prayer petitions and announcements.
• Upcoming Meeting Schedule: Wednesday Mass (livestreamed) with Bishop Burbidge at 10 a.m.; Thursday Social Zoom with Ms. Figueroa at 11 a.m. (We will pick up where we left off!)
• Just for Fun: Cinco de Mayo is a celebration of Mexican heritage, culture, and pride. It honors when the Mexican army, who were outnumbered, defeated the French in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. Many celebrations include Mexican food and music. Fun fact: Around 70 million pounds of avocados are eaten on Cinco de Mayo in the U.S.! Did you know that Mexico is credited for introducing corn and chilies to the world? For fun today, try this kid-friendly salsa recipe: Click here.
• New Field Day Activity: Click here or see below.  

1. Read workbook pages 160 - 162.
2. Check your work (workbook p. 159) and listen to my lesson. Click here
3. Complete the true and false review on p. 162. We will check it Thursday.
4. Review Study Guide. Click here.  
5. Plan ahead: Quiz on Thursday.

1. Check your work with me. Workbook page 157 problems 14-18. Click here.
2. Quiz on Lessons 1-5:  Click here. Use this Google form to send your answers to me. Click here. You may refer to your books.

1. Listen to my lesson on the adjectives in Unit 14. Click here.
2. Practice workbook page 144, Match the Meaning.
3. Make a matching game for the synonyms. Click here. (Please listen. It's optional to make the game!)

1. Quiz time. Click here.
2. Read new spelling list. Click here.
3. Focus words for quiz: tomorrow, borrow, different, suffer, matter, written, bottle, current, recess, and impossible.
4. Rule: some words are spelled with double consonants. Double consonants are two consonants that appear together in a word. Sometimes double consonants stand for one sound: slippers, worry.
5. Practice: Blue workbook p. 331. Write in cursive. We will check it on Thursday.

1. Reading vocabulary: Click here to see the slideshow. Click here to see the definitions.
2. Practice reading vocabulary on workbook page 329. We will check it tomorrow.
3. Question: What surprises can happen on an expedition? Listen to the Concept Talk Video on Pearson. (1.12 minutes) Click here to sign in.
4. Read: Discovery Machu Picchu on Pearson (255 words). This is important to build your background knowledge. 
5. Complete this sequence worksheet for the reading you just completed. Click here. Send this to me please. 
6. Research: World Book Online. Click here. If prompted, enter username: ssj-world and password: rockets. Click on student (pencil icon). Search for Inca. There are several short articles to read (or listen to) and maps to explore.

1. Read part of Chapter 10 Lesson 2 pages 298-300
2. Listen and learn about Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. Click here. (4 minutes American Battlefield Trust).
3. View the animated map of the July 21, 1861 Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas). Click here. (5.24 minutes American Battlefield Trust).

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_{Monday, May 4}

_{I want to thank you parents for your partnership this year, especially during these challenging past 6 weeks when we've had to work harder to keep the essential learning going for the children. Toward this goal, I have created over 130 video lessons, and I have sometimes supplemented them with YouTube videos. I have carefully watched these videos and believe they provide a valuable tool, but, only with your help and permission, may your children view them. This is just one area where our partnership pays dividends. By working together, we won't lose these precious weeks of fourth grade. I am proud to be a teacher at St. James Catholic School where parents and teachers work together to ensure student success!}

 

• Pray with Sister Mary Sue and Sister Melissa.
• 4-31 Prayer Petitions: Please pray for the Saint James community. Lord, hear our prayers.
• Class Motto with Benny's cousin, Scout. Click here.
• Calling Prayer Leaders: Students with numbers 16-20 please send me your prayer petitions and announcements.
• Upcoming Meeting Schedule: Monday Spanish Zoom at 12:25 p.m. (30 minutes or less); Wednesday Mass (livestreamed) with Bishop Burbidge at 10 a.m.; Thursday Social Zoom with Ms. Figueroa at 11 a.m. (We will pick up where we left off!)
• Just for Fun: How much do you know about George Washington? Play "Who Am I." Click here. (You click and drag the answers).
• Art Project (first posted last Monday; due next Monday): Click here.
• New Field Day Activity: Click here or see below. Save your milk jugs!

1. Read workbook pages 157 to 159. 
2. Listen to my introduction to Chapter 19. Click here.
3. Write a short prayer asking Jesus to help you tell the truth (workbook page 158).
4. Listen to my lesson about Saint Thomas Moore. Click here.
5. Work the puzzle about Saint Thomas More (workbook p. 159). We will check it tomorrow.
6. Review Study Guide. Click here. What have you learned today?
7. Plan ahead: Quiz on Thursday.

1. Read/study text page 418 and 420
2. Listen/watch my lesson. Click here.
3. Visualize it! Click here for the Khan Academy video on YouTube. (3.39 minutes)
4. Practice Workbook page 157 problems 14-18. We will check them tomorrow.

1. Read or listen to the article, Love Those Bugs! on page workbook page 140. Click here. Then, click on the orange book. Find and click on Unit 14 on the left tool bar. Click on iWords to hear the unit passage.
2. Study the definition, part of speech, pronunciation, and illustration of each new word using Sadlier using the above link. Once you get to the passage using the directions above, just click on the words and use the audio.
3. Write the new words on pages 142 and 143. Read the synonyms and antonyms, too. 

1. Pre-test in your spelling copybook. Click here for the pre-test.
2.  Focus Words for the quiz: please, pleasant, breath, breathe, image, imagine, product, production, compose, and composition.

1. Read short passage, Oceans. Number the five paragraphs. Read it carefully and more than once. Click here.
2. Answer the questions about the passage. Write the number of the paragraph where you found the answer or write T for table if you find your answer there. Click here. Please send this to me. (To avoid printing, you may write the answers on a piece of paper).
3. Listen to my lesson to build background information on the Inca people and their way of life. Click here.
4. Read Let's Get to know the Incas on Pearson. 

1. Recall: last week you read Chapter 10 Lesson 1 (pages 292 to 297). 

2. Complete workbook page 69. Note: instead of drawing lines to match column A with column B, write the letter next to the number. Please send this to me.

1. Remember: turn in your table and graph for the Lab on Fats to Mrs. Green at mg@saintjamesschool.org
2. Question: What does protein do? Our bodies needs protein to build and repair essential parts of the body, such as muscles, blood, and organs.
3. Listen and watch my lesson on protein. Click here.
4. Watch YouTube video Why Do our Bodies Need Protein? (2:02 minutes). Click here

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_{Friday, May 1}

May is one of seven months that have 31 days. Can you name the other months? Click here for the answer.

• Pray with Sister Mary Sue and Sister Melissa.
• 4-31 Prayer Petitions: Sebastian wants us to pray for doctors and nurses that are working hard without seeing their families. Madeleine ask that we pray for everyone who has the Coronavirus and their families. Lord, hear our prayers.
• Class Motto with Benny: Click here.
• Calling Prayer Leaders: Students with numbers 11-15 please send me your prayer petitions and announcements.
• Upcoming Meeting Schedule: today we meet with Mt. Vernon's historical interpreter via WebEx at 10 a.m.; Monday Spanish Zoom at 1 p.m.
• Just for Fun: In the 18th century, milk was often made into butter or cheese to make it last longer. You can make your own butter, and enjoy it on George Washington’s favorite breakfast- hoecakes! Click here.
• Spanish Class today: Click here.
• New Field Day Activity: Click here or see below. 

• Mass today: Click here. Father Scalia tells us that online mass "is still real and brings an increase in grace for you personally and for the Church as a whole."
• Complete your Tenth Commandment Flip Book page. Click here if you need it. Please send this to me.

1. Watch Khan Academy on decimal place value. Click here.
2. Study the examples on math text page 416. 
3. Listen to my lesson and do examples. Click here. You need paper and pencil.
4. Practice on workbook page 155. Study the gray box examples! Do problems 1-14. We will check them on Monday.

_{Time for Vocabulary: Unit 13} 

1. Check your work with me. Click here.
2. Quiz today. Click here for this Google form. I will get a copy so no need to send it to me.

1. Check your work on page 369 with me. Click here.
2. Practice: Write the focus words (below) three times each in your spelling copybook. Ask someone to check it for spelling.
3. Focus words for the quiz: please, pleasant, breath, breathe, image, imagine, product, production, compose, and composition.
4. Plan ahead: Spelling quiz on Tuesday.

1. Identify author's purpose. Click here.
2. Read these nonfiction reading passages. Click here. Send your answers please. Add the word, connected, to your poster.  
3. Identify cause and effect. Click here.
4. Read the last nonfiction passage. Click here. Send your answers please. Add the word, creative, to your poster. 
5. Add the last part of the poster, We are in this Together. Click here. You may print it or make your own. Now you can hang your movtivational poster. If you like, add St. James to it.

1. Go on a hunt for food labels with fat as an ingredient. 
2. Create a table and graph (refer to yesterday's lab). Label your graph. 
3. Send your table and graph to Mrs. Green at mgreen@saintjamesschool.org.

1. Watch BrainPOP on George Washington. Click here.
2. Attend the meeting with Mount Vernon's historical interpreter about lessons we can learn from George Washington's life. (Optional)

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_{Thursday, April 30 National Poetry Month}

• Pray with Sister Mary Sue and Sister Melissa.
• 4-31 Prayer Petitions: Meeghan would like to give a praise for all those who have recovered from COVID 19. She would like us to pray for the people and families that have been affected more directly from the virus, especially those sick or who have lost their jobs. Tyler asks that we pray for all those who are sick and that they may have a speedy recovery. Lord, hear our prayers.
• Class Motto with Benny: Click here.
• Calling Prayer Leaders: Students with numbers 6-10 please send me your prayer petitions and announcements.
• Upcoming Zoom Schedule: Social Zoom today with Ms. Figueroa at 1 p.m.; Friday Zoom with Mt. Vernon at 10 a.m.; May 4th Spanish Zoom at 1 p.m.

Just for Fun (Spy Edition/Hidden History): Did you know that George Washington was America's first spymaster? All spies have to practice passing information. Below you will find information and training activities to help you develop the skills to turn into Virginia’s best spy yet!

• Click here to watch the fun History Channel short video made for Mount Vernon (6 minutes). 
• Click here to see the the secret codes (General Washington's code name was "711"). What would you pick as a code name?
• Click here for code breaking practice from the Virginia Museum of History and Culture (VMHC). Click here for the answer to the code.
• Click here for the recipe from Mount Vernon to make your own invisible ink. Here are some different recipes for invisible ink from the VMHC. Click here.
• Spies need to have good memories and great powers of observation in case they can’t write down what they see and hear around them. Use these games from the VMHC to test your memory and observation skills. Click here.
• Click here to read about James Lafayette, an enslaved man who worked as a spy for the Continental Army during The Revolutionary War. He was a double agent!
• Click here to read about women spies in Virginia. Elizabeth Van Lew's code name was “Babock.”

New Field Day Activity: Click here or see below.

1. Check your work with me (page 145). Click here.
2. Complete Commandment Flipbook page for the 7th Commandment. Send this to me please. Click here if you can't find your Commandment Flipbook. Please send this to me.
3. Take Quiz: click here for the Google form. 
4. Looking ahead: Chapter 19 and the 8th Commandment. Click here for the study guide.

1. Check your work on page 153 with me. Click here.
2. Watch Math Antics on the relationship of fractions and decimals. Click here. (9.18 minutes). Please watch to the end. If you prefer a link that does not take you to you tube, click here. You'll find the video, Fractions & Decimal Numbers, under Fractions.
3. Practice the problems on this worksheet. Click here.
4. Check your answers to the worksheet here. 

1. Check your work with me. Click here.
2. Practice workbook page 137. We will check it tomorrow.
3. Test tomorrow.

1. Check your work on page 364 with me. Click here.
2. Practice Blue workbook page 369 where you will proofread a story. We will check it tomorrow.
3. Focus words for the quiz: please, pleasant, breath, breathe, image, imagine, product, production, compose, and composition.
4. Plan ahead: Spelling quiz on Tuesday.

1. Recall how do you summarize nonfiction passages? Click here for Khan Academy. (Less than 3 minutes).
2. Read the short nonfiction passage click here.
3. Answer the questions. Add the word, caring, to your poster. Send your answers to me please.

1. Lab today! Click here for the recorded Zoom by Mrs. Ott. (11 minutes).
2. Looking ahead: tomorrow I will ask you to create and send the table and graph.

1. Check your work with me. Click here.
2. Read Chapter 10 Lesson 1 (pages 292 to 297). Pay close attention to the text features.
3. Watch this animated battle map of Fort Sumter. Click here.
4. Looking ahead: Monday I will ask you to do (and send) workbook page 69. Note: instead of drawing lines to match column A with column B, write the letter next to the number.