The Children the fourth grade class are being real leaders for our school and word and great examples of Peacebuilders here on campus. Thanks to all the children’s hard work, the pennies have just been showering in from all grades and we thank you for all your support and help. The penny race will continue with prizes involved for the top contributing classes. Keeping in mind, that the true reward lies in knowing that we are helping so many children. So far, with your help, we have raised over 50,000 pennies, which could provide a classroom, full of children waiting to be tough, a teacher for a whole school year. If everyone brings in just one more dollars worth of pennies we can double this amount.
Asalaam Aleikum! Peace be with you! Keep up the great work!
- Fasting or giving up something to have more room for Jesus. The things of this world are not what is important and when they all turn to dust the love in our hearts is all that will remain.
- Giving to others in ways of alms giving and giving of our time and talents. The fourth grade is running a Pennies for Peace campaign to raise money for children in Pakistan and Afghanistan as well as visiting with the residence of Country Inn.
- Prayer and reflection, that we may grow and have the strength to follow through with one and two. The fourth graders just learned how the greatest prayer is the Eucharist.
We are delighted to share with you that our students will participate in a Pennies for Peace campaign for our Christian service project. Pennies for Peace is a service-learning program designed to broaden our students’ cultural horizons while teaching them about their capacities as philanthropists – one penny at a time.
Pennies for Peace is a program of Central Asia Institute (CAI), founded by Greg Mortenson – author of the #1 new York times best seller, Three Cups of Tea. CAI is a registered nonprofit organization that promotes and provides community-based education and literacy programs, especially for girls, in remote mountain regions of Central Asia. Founded in 1996, CAI has built, to date, nearly 100 schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan, which serve more than 28,000 students – over 14,000 of whom are girls.
How can a penny bring peace? It doesn’t buy much in our community. However, in the villages of Pakistan and Afghanistan, a penny can buy a pencil, start an education, and transform a life. In a region where terrorist organizations recruit uneducated, illiterate children, that pencil can empower a child to read, write, and learn. The Pennies for Peace program goal is to encourage our students, who are ultimately our future leaders, to learn the value of philanthropy by collecting pennies for global peace.
Over the last few weeks all the fourth grade students have been reading and writing and learning about all kinds of different poems. To wrap up this unit and to show off all the students hard work, each student is publishing a poetry book of their own. The final book will be due Friday Jan. 29th 2010. Most of the students have a great start and I cannot wait to see the final product!
Miss Smith : )
As a class we have just reconstructed the tablets given to us by God holding the Ten Commandments. Hopefully this will help us in our quest for memorizing all Ten! Reminder that we will be tested on this tomorrow 1/21/10 and the first three teach us how to LOVE God and the last 7 teach us to LOVE each other and they are found in Exodus 20 & Deuteronomy 5!
Once we have these memorized we will be studying each one more closely to see what it means for us!
1.Have no other gods before me.
2.Honor God’s name.
3.Keep holy the Lords day.
4.Honor your parents.
5.Do not murder.
6.Do not commit adultery.
7.Do not steal.
8.Do not lie.
9.Do not covet your neighbor’s wife.
10. Do not covet your neighbor’s goods.
Everyone has been working hard on memorizing their speech contest piece this week and last week! Good Job 4th Graders! This is just a reminder that you should study it a little EVERY NIGHT and that a copy needs to be in school EVERY DAY so that we can all be successful! Parents and children, please work together on this! Here are some important dates to know…..
Jan. 8 -Library visit to start search for selection
Jan. 15 –Selection teacher/parent approved and signed
Jan. 27 –First half of selection memorized
Feb. 8 –Selection fully memorized
Feb. 18 -Classroom competitions start
GOOD LUCK!! : )
Students will be researching on the internet for their Mission Report and typing the report in Word.
The annual OLPH Speech Contest is approaching. All students must participate in this annual event. Four grade level winners will compete in the finals. These winners will be invited to an evening performance on Thursday, March 4th, 2010. Titles of selections and a copy of the work are due to the teacher by January 15th, 2010. See guidelines below.
Poetry/ Tall Tales/Comical Selection - For example: Ogden Nash, Shel Silverstein, Paul Bunyan, Washington Irving
- Students are to select a poem or tall tale from a renowned author that is at or above their grade level. Work may not come from a Golden /story-type book.
- Students must commit the piece to memory.
- The selection must be pre-approved by the teacher for appropriate difficulty level. If a piece is deemed to be too easy by the teacher, a new work must be selected.
- Presentations must be 2-4 minutes in length and criteria must be met to receive an English grade and in order to participate in the final judging.
- Simple gestures or props/costumes should be used when giving presentations.
- The same selection may not be used by more than one person per grade. First to submit their selection is the student chosen to do the selection.
Students may not use the same selection from previous years. The homeroom teacher must approve all selections no later than January 15th, 2010
The following categories are considered when judging each student’s selection:
- Memorization
- Volume (Voice Projection)
- Enunciation, Articulation, Pitch
- Pronunciation of all words correctly
- Pace (Speed of delivery-too fast, too slow)
- Eye contact
- Artistic Impression/Use of gesture/ expression
- Ability to convey the author’s message
- Difficulty of Selection Chosen
- Timing – There will be a ¼ point deducted for every 15 seconds under time.
Any selection that does not meet the time requirement will not qualify for prizes. The selections are scored as follows:
- Excellent – 5 Points
- Very Good – 4 Points
- Good – 3 Points
- Fair – 2 Points
- Poor – 1 Point
Participation
Participation is mandatory for all students in Grades K-8. Classroom presentations of their speeches will be an important part of the third trimester English / language grade.
Classroom Competition
Students will present their selections on February 18th, 19th, 22nd and 23rd in their classrooms.
Four students in each grade with the highest score will compete with the other winners within their category on Thursday, February 25th, 2010.
Awards
Within each category, the following awards will be given:
- First Place Medallion Second Place Medallion
- Third Place Medallion Fourth Place Ribbon
- Honorable Mention Ribbon will be given to those not chosen for the above categories.
These winners will be invited to an evening performance on Thursday, March 4th, 2010.
WELCOME PARENTS TO THE FOURTH GRADE PAGE!
This is the place where parents and teachers can meet to work as a team in educating your children. Please check in at least once a week for updates and important anouncments, pictures and current events from Miss Smith, Miss Alexander and the fourth grade class.
Thank you,
Ms. S & Ms. A