3rd/4th Grade
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3rd & 4th Grade
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About me
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My name is Jon DiLorenzo and this is my 21st year in education. I am very pleased to be teaching 3rd/4th graders at Saint Mary's Visitation School. I have over 14 years of experience in working with these two particular grades and I am excited to be working with my students.
I graduated from Grand Valley State University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts in English/Language Arts with Elementary Distributed Minor. Before SMV, I taught 3 years of 4th/5th grade at Black River School in Holland. I have taught at various schools throughout Grand Rapids. I am a few classes shy from my master’s degree which is Educational Differentiation. I am very excited and eager to work with not only my students, but fellow teachers and parents as well. There is so much to be learned from one another!
In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my wife, Jessica, and my son, Carson. Jessica is a Radiology Systems Administrator at Metro Health Hospital. Carson is a sophomore at Aquinas College. I love playing and watching all kinds of sports. I really enjoy watching my son, Carson, play baseball. I also enjoy hiking. I am a huge fan of food, not only eating it, but cooking it as well. I am also a huge fan of reading. I really love a good book that I can get lost in.
I am very excited to start my fourth year here at Saint Mary's Visitation School and can’t wait to see what the future has in store!
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Classroom Rules/Consequences
Rules:
1. Follow directions the first time given.
2. Keep hands, feet and objects to yourself.
3. No bullying or put-downs.
4. Listen when somebody is talking.
5. Use your own materials unless you get permission.Consequences:
1. Verbal warning
2. Check
3. Behavior rubric write up and email home
4. Office visit/phone call home
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Our mission
Responding to the Teaching Mission of the Catholic Church and embracing our Catholic identity, St. Mary's Visitation School strives to inspire, encourage, and challenge each student in its care, spiritually, emotionally, physically, and intellectually within a Christ-centered environment.
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Specials Schedule
Monday:
Physical Education: 8:30 - 9:00
Orchestra: A - 10:00 - 10:30/B - 10:30 - 11:10Tuesday:
Art: 12:30 - 1:20Wednesday:
Physical Education: 8:30 - 9:00Thursday:
Mass: 8:00 - 9:00
Library: 1:00 - 1:30Friday:
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Classroom Information
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Practical & Spiritual LIfe Bingo Due Dates
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September - October 1st
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October - November 5th
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November - December 3rd
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December - January 7th
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January - February 4th
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February - March 4th
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March - April 1st
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April - May 6th
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May - May 31st**
**All Bingo sheets will be due on or before the first Friday of the following month, with the exceptions of May, which will be due on a Tuesday.
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Book Report / Project Genres and Due Dates
- September (Free Choice) - October 4th
- October (Realistic Fiction) - November 1st
- November (Historical Fiction) - December 6th
- December (Fantasy) - January 3rd
- January (Traditional Literature) - February 7th
- February (Science Fiction) - March 7th
- March (Mystery) - April 1st
- April (Informational) - May 2nd
- May (Biography/Autobiography) - May 27th**
**All Book Reports/Projects will be due on or before the first Monday of the following month, with the exception of May's Book Report/Project, which will be due on a Friday.
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CLASS NEWS: september 19, 2021
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Parents,
Students brought home a letter from the Pizza Hut Book It! Program in their Friday Folders. Please read this letter and follow the directions to sign them up. I encourage you to do this because it is an easy way to earn a personal pizza. Once students reach their goal of reading 20 minutes daily for 5 days a week, then at the end of the month, I can send the certificated digitally right to your email! It couldn't be any easier and students LOVE these personal pizzas! Happy reading! Please let me know if you have any questions or need me to send another letter. Thank you!
We have a half day of school on Wednesday, September 22nd. Dismissal will be at 11:20 a.m.
Permission slips for our upcoming field trip to Greenfield Village/Henry Ford Museum were sent home last Friday. Be sure to get these in so that we can get a count of parents who would like to attend. This is an awesome field trip and I hope you are able to attend. I am attaching a letter to both my web page and the weekly updates email to give you some more information regarding the trip. Please let me know if you have any questions. We leave early Thursday morning! Thank you!
We will finish MAP Testing this week. Students will take 3 different tests: Language, Reading, and Math. These tests help us determine knowledge gained from previous years and show us where your child is compared to other students of the same grade. I ask that your child give their best and take their time to show what they know! We will take the Math MAP Test on Tuesday, September 21st.
Friday, September 24th, is our Walkathon. Permission slips went home last week. We will be leaving around 10 a.m. and returning around 12:30 p.m. Please contact the office if you did not get a permission slip.Classroom News:
Students will get their first spelling list on Monday, September 20th. The words can also be found below. Students will also have their words written neatly in their planner each week we have a spelling test. So, there are many ways to find the words in case a planner gets left behind, or a sheet does not make it home. The first spelling test on unit 1 will take place on Friday, September 24th!
We will be attending Mass on Tuesday, September 21st, at 8:00 a.m. due to our field trip on Thursday. Please feel free to join us in celebrating the Eucharist!
I introduced students to our first Practical/Spiritual Life Bingo assignment. Students have the month of September to complete the bingo form. All students must complete both shaded boxes. 3rd graders must do 4 additional unshaded boxes and 4th graders must do 5 additional unshaded boxes. Students are certainly welcome to complete more boxes if they wish! An extra copy of the September bingo sheet was sent home in the Friday Folder and is attached above in my documents section. The September bingo sheet is due on or before Friday, October 1st.
I went over the September book report. Many students have all ready selected a book to read for the month of September, but if your child has not, I asked them to have one by Tuesday, September 7th. Students should be picking a book of their choice at their reading level. All books must be approved by me, so if your child picked one this weekend and they have not shared it with me yet, please feel free to send me an email or let me know on Tuesday, September 7th. Once books are read, students will fill out a book report. This book report was sent home in the Friday Folder and is attached above in my documents section. Please let me know if you have any questions regarding the September book report.
Please be sure to check this page frequently as I change information regularly. This web page is also a great source for documents, such as spelling lists, test review sheets, Practical/Spiritual Life Bingo sheets and book project sheets.
If you ever have any questions regarding my web page or assignments/projects, please do not hesitate to send me an email!
What We Are Learning:Mathematics:
3rd: Chapter 2: Multiplication Facts and Strategies
4th: Chapter 2: Add and Subtract Multi-Digit NumbersELA:
A Fine, FIne School by Sharon Creech
Comprehension Questions, Grammar, and Continue Personal Narrative WritingSpelling:
Students will recieve their unit 1 spelling lists on Monday, September 20th. Words can be found below.
Unit 1 spelling test will take place on Friday, September 24th!Science:
Unit 3: Weather and Climate
How is Temperature Measured?Social Studies:
Chapter 1: Our Environment
Weather, Climate, and Forces of NatureReligion:
Chapter 2: God Created the World
Chapter 2 Test on Friday, October 1st!
Mass/Good News!
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Star Student Schedule
Please have questions answered and pictures (no more than 10 please) sent in by the Friday before your child’s scheduled star student date. Please send in pictures that you don’t mind me putting a pin through to attach to the bulletin board. Thank you!
Lucy - Septmeber
Lydia - October
Adrian - November
Ellie - December
Evan - January
Autumn - February
David - March
Thaddeus - April
Abigail - May
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Homework
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I am asking that students read for 20 minutes nightly, Monday through Friday, unless they have school work to complete. I would also like them to get their planner signed nightly please. I would also like the students to get into the habit of asking you to sign the planner, not you asking to sign their planner. I know this may take some getting use to, so if you need to ask for the planner until they get into the habit of remembering, then that is perfectly fine. Thank you!
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Work that is not completed in the classroom will be sent home as homework. Students should not have more than 30 minutes of homework on any given night. If a student has homework, then they are not required to read for the 20 minutes.
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Students will have monthly homework in the forms of Practical/Spiritual Life Bingo and Book Reports.
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If you are looking for additional work, I would suggest giving your child a practice spelling test each Thursday night that we have spelling. Studying basic math facts, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, using flash cards or computer games/programs is another idea. Knowing these basic math facts will greatly improve your child's math skills! Another idea is studying states and capitals.
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Spelling lists
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3rd Grade List1. crop
2. plan
3. thing
4. smell
5.shut
6. sticky
7. spent
8. lunch
9.pumpkin
10. clock
11. gift
12. class
13. skip
14. swingReview
1. next
2. hug
Challenge
1. hospital
2. fantastic
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4th Grade List1. blade
2. gray
3. past
4. afraid
5. magic
6. delay
7. amaze
8. drain
9. maybe
10. break
11. sale
12. hang
13. stain
14. glass
15. raft
16. jail
17. crayon
18. fact
19. stale
20. steak
Challenge Words
21. fraction
22. trait
23. champion
24. activity
25. graceful
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