I hope everyone had a good time with friends and family on Thanksgiving. I had a relaxing time with my family.

**The students were handed out the complete poem of Paul Revere’s Ride. Memorizing this is the fourth grade project that will be recited during project week (January 6-8). There is a date (our class is due each Friday not Wednesday) that each stanza should be memorized by. Please make it a priority to memorize a couple of lines each day, making it a much easier task to complete.

The next 15 lines of “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” (lines 16-30, through Marching down to their boats on the shore) are due Monday and 31-41 (through And moonlight flowing over all) this Friday.

The poem can be found in The Harp and Laurel Wreath on pages 94-99.

We have learned 15 root words and will be having a short quiz on them on Thursday. Also on Thursday, we will have a quiz on the parts of speech we have learned so far. The practices they will have on Monday and Tuesday will be the same format as the quiz.

In math, we’ll be working on adding and subtracting fractions. We are seeing how multiplication and division are closely related to fractions, so please review multiplication facts regularly with your child.

We continue in Geology with volcanoes and geysers.

      We’ll have finished 15 chapters in Robin Hood this week and are ready for another quiz on Friday. It will cover Chapters 11-15.

      We will continue our study in the Middle Ages with Henry II, Thomas Becket and Eleanor of Aquitaine. The students who did extra credit presentations did a good job explaining their projects and keeping our interest. It was so enjoyable and the students learned so much that I will make more projects available not only in history but in science, as well, for the next semester.

Thank you so much for the tissues. It is much appreciated!

Please clear out the “take home” folders regularly. The only thing that should be in there is homework to return and any papers that help with that homework.