MRS. DANOWSKI WEEK of APRIL 23 - 27
Published by Mrs. Danowski (4A) April 20th, 2007 in Announcements.RELIGION: 4A did the mass this past Friday! I was very proud of them…great volume, clear speech, enthusiastic, etc. They were the BEST!!! We will start Ch. 12 focusing on different ways to be faithful to the church. We started a different form of prayer in the classroom this week using scripture called Lectio Divina. This form of prayer begins with the ability to listen deeply, to hear “with the ear of our hearts” as St. Benedict stated. First we read the prayer several times together, listened for the still small voice of God speaking personally to us, meditated, shared aloud a word from the scripture, and contemplated (rest in the presence of God). Then students wrote a love letter back to God in their prayer journals and illustrated it.
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SOCIAL STUDIES: Lewis and Clark presentations will be finished Monday. They have been wonderful, detailed, instructive, creative, and sometimes humorous! We leave the mountain west and move into studying the SOUTH region of the USA. Our weekly focus is studying about its landforms, hurricanes, and the oldest permanent European settlement in America called St. Augustine, as well as doing some map work. Each child will receive a “Whiz Kid” packet, another way to take notes.
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SCIENCE: Endangered animal research ends Tuesday. Notecards (cards for iindividually different resources are papercliped or rubber band together) are due Wednesday in a baggie with student’s name. We will start rough drafts the following week with very specific guidelines. Science Wizards “are on” Friday. Did you hear about Hannah’s flubber experiment teaching about polymers?
