Welcome to Fourth Grade

Welcome to 4th grade! I'm Mrs.Sondalle and I'm happy to be starting off the school year with all of you! As a graduate of St. Joseph School, I am thrilled to be wearing the Knight's logo once again! I am proud to say that I am a product of Catholic Education from Kindergarten through present day. I attended Carmel High School, University of Dayton (Go Flyers), received my masters through the Augustine Institute and have taught thirteen years in the Archdiocese of Chicago schools. I've lived in Libertyville all my life along with my siblings and many cousins. Many thanks to my grandma Irene and grandpa Eugene who moved to sweet Libs to start their family back in 1937. My mother Diane is also a St. Joseph graduate.

My husband Craig and I have two amazing sons - Graham, a junior at LHS and Patrick, a third grader here at SJS. Our boys keep us busy with sporting events, trips to Wisconsin to cheer on Brewers, Bucks, Badgers and the Pack. Don't yell at me - I married a sconnie! I still root for the Cubs and Bears though ;) This fall we will be cheering for the Wildcats at all the Varsity football games! Excited to see our son wearing jersey #1! Go Cats!

I'm happy to be back in the classroom after taking time off to raise my boys. I am committed to creating a positive and engaging classroom environment where each child feels loved, supported and encouraged to succeed both academically, socially and spiritually. I'm looking forward to a wonderful start to the 26-27 school year! God bless!

SPECIALS:

Monday - Music

Tuesday - Mass 8:30am

Library/Media

Art

Wednesday - PE

Library/Media

Thursday - PE

Friday - STEAM

Posts

Wed. 11/11

Homework

Spelling - packet due Friday

Math - worksheet - students went home with protractors

Reminders

*Bring Chrome charged each day

*Don't forget your chapter book for D.E.A.R time!

Tues. 11/10

Homework

Spelling - packet due Friday

Math - workbook page - students went home with protractors - try your best - we'll review this challenging lesson tomorrow

Reminders

*Mass @9:30 tomorrow (Veterans Day)

*Food Pantry Wednesday - cream of chicken soup

*Bring Chrome charged each day

*Don't forget your chapter book for D.E.A.R time!

Mon 11/9

Homework

Spelling - packet due Friday

Spelling challenge words - try them just for fun - no pressure at all

Math - worksheet

Sockhop - coloring contest page due tomorrow

Reminders

*Mass is Wednesday - Veterans Day

*Food Pantry Wednesday - cream of chicken soup

*Bring Chrome charged each day

*Don't forget your chapter book for D.E.A.R time!

Week at a Glance 11/09 - 11/13

Reminders - Mass will be Wednesday @9:30 (Veterans Day)

Religion - Continue Session 6 - Acts of kindness - Lesson 7 Beatitudes

Math

Monday: Lesson 4 - Geometry Unit - Classify Angles
Tuesday: Lesson 5 - Geometry Unit - Measure Angles
Wednesday: Lesson - Geometry Unit - Review lessons 4 & 5
Thursday: Lesson 6 - Geometry Unit - Drawing Angles
Friday: Lesson 7 - Geometry Unit - Solving Problems with Angles

Reading/Language Arts - Writers Workshop - Thanksgiving

Genre: Informational Text

Weekly Question: What happened the first thanksgiving?

Vocabulary:

No reading test
W.W.S (writers workshop) 5 paragraph essay

Spelling - Thanksgiving words

Spelling packet due Friday
Spelling test on Friday
Practice challenge words for fun

Science - Topic 3 - Human Uses for Energy - Energy Conversions

Vocabulary: natural resource, fuel, engine, turbine, generator, rotate, motor

Social Studies - See Mrs. Baysore’s page

Tues. 11/03

Homework

Spelling - packet due Thursday (3 activites instead of 4)

Spelling challenge words - try them just for fun - no pressure at all

Math - pg. 877 - 878

Reminders

*Come dressed as your person for presentations this week

*Spelling test is Thursday

*Reading test is Thursday

*Bring Chrome charged each day

*Don't forget your chapter book for D.E.A.R time!

Week at a Glance - 11/2 - 11/6

Reminders

Biography presentations start this week (first period)
Come dresses as your person to school & change into uniform later
No School on Friday

Religion - Celebrating All Souls Day & Session 6 Jesus' Law of Love

Math

Monday: Lesson 5 - Multiply across by zeros
Tuesday: Lesson 1 - Geometry Unit - Points, Lines & Rays
Wednesday: Lesson 1 - Geometry Unit - Points, Lines & Rays cont.
Thursday: Lesson 2 - Geometry Unit - Parallel & Perpendicular
Friday: no school

Reading/Language Arts - Unit 2 Week 5 - The Weird and Wonderful Echidna

Genre: Informational Text

Weekly Question: What do adaptations make animals unique?

Vocabulary: unique, monotremes, adaptations, burrow

Reading comprehension test on Thursday
The audio version of the story is posted in Google Classroom
Reread story on Wednesday night

Spelling - Latin Roots

Spelling packet due Thursday
Spelling test on Thursday
Practice challenge words for fun

Science - Topic 2 - Wrapping up Wave Unit

Vocabulary: signal, transmit, digitized information, encode, decode, information transfer

Social Studies - See Mrs. Baysore’s page

Mon. 11/02

Homework

Spelling - packet due Thursday (3 activites instead of 4)

Spelling challenge words - try them just for fun - no pressure at all

Math - worksheet

Reminders

*Come dressed as your person for presentations this week

*Spelling test is Thursday

*Reading test is Thursday

*Bring Chrome charged each day

*Don't forget your chapter book for D.E.A.R time!

Tues. 10/27

Homework

Spelling - packet due Friday

Math - worksheet - draw circles around facts

Reminders

*FRIDAY - movie day - Coco - bring a fun snack

*FRIDAY - halloween party 12:30

*Biography presentations begin 11/02

Monday 10/26

Homework

Spelling - packet due Friday

Math - worksheet - draw circles around facts

Reminders

*FRIDAY - movie day - Coco - bring a fun snack

*FRIDAY - halloween party 12:30

*charge chrome book each night

*Biography book report due 11/02

*Presentations begin 11/02

Week at a Glance 10/26 - 10/30

Reminders

Fall Fest this Friday
October Book Report - Due 11/2

Religion - Celebrating All Saints and All Souls

Saint Project - in class

Math - Chapter 4 - Multiply with two and three digit numbers

Monday: Lesson 5 - Multiply two digit numbers
Tuesday: Lesson 5 - Multiply two digit numbers continue
Wednesday: Lesson 8 - Multiply with regrouping
Thursday: Lesson 9 - Multiply by three and four digit numbers
Friday: Lesson 9 - Multiply by three and four digit numbers continue

Reading/Language Arts - Unit 2 Week 3 - Minn of the Mississippi

Genre: Fiction

Weekly Question: What challenges do animals face in their environments?

Vocabulary: rapids, shimmering, desire, shallow, deserted

Reading comprehension test on Friday
The audio version of the story is posted in Google Classroom
Reread story on Thursday

Spelling - irregular plural nouns

Spelling packet due Friday
Spelling test on Friday

Science - Topic 2 - Waves and Information

Vocabulary: signal, transmit, digitized information, encode, decode, information transfer

Social Studies - See Mrs. Baysore’s page

Monday, 10/19

Homework

Math - check my progress ws

Reminders

*iready envelope will go home tomorrow

*Conferences Thursday - no school

*Friday - no school

*charge chrome book each night

*Biography book report due 11/02

Week at a Glance 10/19 - 10/23

Reminders:

No new reading story this week - continuing writers workshop
No new Spelling list or packet
October Book Report - Due 11/2
Dates for presentations went home Friday

Religion - Unit 1 Session 5: Celebrating Ordinary Time

Unit 1 open book assessment Wednesday

Math - Chapter 4 - Multiply with one digit numbers

Monday: Lesson 4 - Use models to multiply

Tuesday: Check My Progress - ch 1 - 4

Wednesday: Review and groups

Thursday: no school

Friday: no school

Reading/Language Arts -

Writers Workshop - personal narrative

Spelling -

None

Science - Topic 2 - Waves continue

Social Studies - See Mrs. Baysore’s page

Thurs 10/15

Homework

Spelling - packet due Friday

Math - pg. 201 - 202

Reminders

*FRIDAY DRESS DOWN - pink - $1.00

*charge chrome book each night

*Biography book report due 11/02

Tues. 10/13

Homework

Spelling - packet due Friday

Math - chapter review study guide - test tomorrow!

Reminders

*FOOD PANTRY TOMORROW - cereal

*FRIDAY DRESS DOWN - pink - $1.00

*charge chrome book each night

*bring chrome book to school each day

*Start reading biography book

*Biography book report due 11/02

Week at a Glance 10/12 - 10/16

Reminders:

No new reading story this week - focusing on writers workshop
Spelling list & packet - fall/Halloween theme - Test Friday
Food pantry 10/14 - cereal
Dress Down 10/16 bring $1.00
October Book Report - due 11/2

Religion - Unit 1 Session 4: God's Calls us to Obey- Fruits of Holy Spirit - Good Decisions

Math - Chapter 3 Understand multiplication and division

Monday: Lesson 7 - Factors and Multiples

Tuesday: Chapter 3 - test

Wednesday: Chapter 4 - Lesson 1 - Multiples of 10, 100, 1000

Thursday: Chapter 4 - Lesson 2 - Round to estimate products

Friday: Review

Reading/Language Arts -

Writers Workshop - personal narrative

Spelling - Fall/Halloween words

Weekly homework:

Spelling packet - 4 pages - due on Friday

Friday: Spelling test

Science - Topic 2 - Waves Continue

Social Studies - See Mrs. Baysore’s page