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Hello, my name is Mrs. Monica Winkler. I teach fourth grade here at St. James the Greater School. It is a self-contained class. The fourth grade occupies a spacious classroom on the first floor of the school. Our classroom is equipped with a SmartBoard, several computers, and a reading center.
In my classroom, we focus on 6 subjects: English, Reading, Science, Social Studies, Math, and Religion. In fourth grade English, we start writing essays. Some of the essays the students write are: personal narratives, research papers, and stories. In Reading class, we read many different novels throughout the year, including Shiloh, The Indian in the Cupboard, and Out of Darkness-the Louis Braille Story. We do a lot of hands-on activities in Science, including building volcanoes and making models of the ocean floor. In Social Studies, we learn about the five regions of the United States and we study the economy and heritage of each of these regions. In our Math class, we use the Saxon Math Series. In addition to reviewing past concepts, we learn new concepts in multiplication, fractions, and geometry. The Ten Commandments and Eight Beatitudes are the focus in Religion.
Fourth-graders also learn subjects taught outside of our classroom. They have classes in Spanish, Computers, Art, and Music once a week. They participate in Physical Education classes twice a week.
The fourth grade classroom is one of the most popular in the school because we foster such a wide variety of animal life! We currently have pet mice. Soon, they will have a litter of babies and we will observe their life cycle. The students are looking forward to being able to see the babies. In the spring we will hatch chickens and compare their life cycle to the life cycle of our mice. We also have a class pet guinea pig!
Now, a bit about me. I have a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education from UMSL, and a Master's Degree in Education from Lindenwood University. I have been certified as a religious educator by the Archdiocese of St. Louis. I have been teaching for 7 years, having spent all 7 years right here at St. James the Greater! I look forward to interacting with my students every day and seeing what we can learn from each other!
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