Middle Ages Tournament! Oh My!

Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye!  All subjects of the Land of Robbins and Land of Barrutia are hereby challenged to attend a tournament in honor of the 4^th Grade Kingdom Xavier! This tournament will take place Tuesday, December 11^th at 6:00 p.m.

 This year we will be doing something different for our winter showcase.   Instead of the traditional winter program, we wanted to showcase something a little bit different this year.  Xavier is such a unique school and the students work so hard in all aspects of their experience at Xavier, so we wanted to showcase something truly special about the 4^th grade!   Both classes will be doing a cumulating activity on our Middle Ages unit in the evening for parents to participate with their students.  Students will come as lords, ladies, and knights to participate in the activities we have planned!  There will be jousting, archery, needlework, ballads, dancing, singing and of course a feast.  The costumes can be very simple or elaborate, depending upon your desire.  I will send home an easy way to create a Middle Ages outfit so all students can be in costume.  Parents may appear as serfs, tournament officials or common people of the kingdom to assist and observe at the tournament!  Following is a link to a  Google Document for you to sign-up to help us as we prepare for this grand event:

https://docs.google.com/a/xaviercharter.org/document/d/13eFoOjz-rx8n5SOn0RpNIWWNs3gDA4-pwrJ9cESuaP0/edit

 We held our first tournament last year and it was so much fun, the only drawback was that many parents were unable to participate due to work schedules.  I think this will be very enjoyable for student and parent alike!  Thank you so much for your willingness to help us out, without you this event would not be possible!

Where has the time gone?

I cannot believe we have only four weeks of school before Christmas Break!  We have so much to do in order to be on target!  In order to finish Middle Ages before Christmas we are going to begin it next week and not start a new essay until we finish our geology unit.  This is what you can expect in the upcoming week:

·         Math – negative numbers and a continued review of previous concepts some of the students have not mastered yet.

·         Grammar – parts of speech now include articles, nouns, pronouns, verbs and helping verbs.  Next week we will spend a lot of time on contractions.

·         Excellence in Writing – we will finish up our current essay and hold off on starting a new one until we finish our science unit.

·         Science – we have about 4-5 days left in our geology unit.  We will be finishing up on volcanoes tomorrow, starting mountain building, rocks and weathering and erosion with a test on Friday.

·         History – Middle Ages – We will finish this before we go to break and you can expect to see a Middle Ages Tournament.  Students will dress in Middle Ages garb, take part in events seen during a Middle Ages Fair or Tournament, dance, sing and of course feast!  Please be on the lookout for a sign-up sheet to volunteer or donate items for this event.

·         Literature – Pollyanna – I would like to finish this book by the end of the week.  I know it won’t happen, but I can hope! 

·         Greek and Latin – we should have a new test when we return from Thanksgiving Break

We will be very busy in the next week! 

REMEMBER VOLCANOES ARE DUE ON WEDNESDAY!  If you wish to join us for the volcano event, we will be doing this with the other 4^th grade class and the 3^rd graders watching us on Wednesday at 10:30.