What a busy month we have had at St. Cletus. Our 4th grade students did a fantastic job doing the readings and singing the songs for the Grandfriends Mass. Make sure to take a look at the photos of the event. It was surely enjoyed by all! Fall Fest came and went and the plans are already starting for Fall Fest ’25. If you would like to help with the planning keep a look out for further information.
At the end of the month we will be having our Halloween party. In order to volunteer, (This applies to classroom parties, lunch volunteering and being a chaperone on a fieldtrip) you must be Virtus Compliant. Please visit https://stcletusschool.com/volunteering/ or reach out to the school office with any questions. This is a mandatory requirement from the Archdiocese.
Here are some important dates to add to your calendar:
Tuesday, October 8th: 8am Mass
- Mass: Students should be dropped off at their regular drop off points and head into the classroom. School doors will open at 7:45 am to allow students time to put away their belongings and head to the church as a class. Students arriving late should head straight to church.
Wednesday, October 9th: Beginning Band Meeting. If you have any questions, please reach out to Mr. Enns at penns@stcletusparish.com
Friday, October 11th: 2PM Dismissal, NO AFTERCARE
Monday, October 14th: No School- Columbus Day
Math: We will wrap up Chapter 3 where we have been putting our Math facts to good practice. We have been using these skills to solve multistep problems. From there we will turn our focus to using Mental Math and Estimation to help us solve.
Reading: We have begun reading a Skeletons informational book. We worked on comparing and contrasting what we are currently reading along with comparing and contrasting the books we read so far this year. We have also been looking at word choice, and using context clues to figure out what words mean. We took our test on Mary Anning and have been working on comprehension. The class is also practicing writing summaries about the texts to help increase their reading comprehension.
Spelling/Grammar/Writing: We are continuing to work on our parts of speech as well as the rules of capitalization and punctuation. In writing we will be begin begin our first research activity of the year. Students will be assigned a State in which they will need to look up specific information about it. For spelling, we will be shifting gears and having spelling tests weekly. Some of the words will be seen more than once.
Science: We have wrapped up our Engineering Unit and will learn about a special “adoption” that our class will be taking part in. More information about this will be coming out soon!
Social Studies: We will focus our skills on reading maps and prepare to learn about the regions of the United States. We will also start our first research activity in which each student will be assigned a State to learn more about. This will be done for each region that we study.
Religion/SEL: Month of October is the month of the Rosary we will be learning how to pray the rosary. We will also be talking about our conscience and how God calls us to be close to him. Our SEL lessons will center around setting boundaries and problem solving. We also set time aside to hang out with our buddies! The two groups really enjoy spending time together!
