Dear 5A Parents!
Happy October! We are so excited that we have completed our first month of the school year. Students were busy learning new content as well as taking a few summative assessments this week. A reminder that Ms. McGuigan and I hold check-in/check-out on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday for students. Also, if a student is absent this is the best time to come after the return to and ask questions to teachers so we can give the student the time they need to understand the missed content. Have a great weekend! Ms. Semandiris
Grace Fall Meeting
On Tuesday (10/6) I will be at Camp Don Bosco for our first in person all day meeting for the Grace Program.
Annual Fund information
Week 1
October is our month-long Annual Fund Fall Drive. All donations to the Fall Fund Drive are 100% tax deductible. Funds help close the gap between the cost to educate (over $15,000 per student) and tuition charged. In addition, the students are lucky to have a variety of specialists they visit on a weekly basis. The Annual Fund assists in making these important programs that foster creativity, cultural understanding, and self-expression in our students possible. Goal is $225,000!
Reminders:
- Oct 14th – Learning Lounge by Parents’ Club(6:30pm)
- Oct 20th – Picture Retakes
- Oct 23rd – No School, Teacher in Service
- Oct 24th – Fall Open House
- Nov 6th – Glow Bowl
The following is a curriculum update for the week of October 5 – 9, 2026:
Religion
Next week will have our first Religion test on Chapter 1 on 10/6. Monday we will review more for the test. Students have completed their study guide and I have also put the answers to the study guide on Google Classroom. Students should be reviewing the study guide and rereading the Chapter a few times to study for this test. On Thursday and Friday I will be teaching the Circle of Grace Lessons.
Math – Ms. Semandiris
Monday (10/5) – 2-5 Model One-Step and Multi-step Problems with Decimals
Tuesday (10/6) – Topic Review p. 65
Wednesday (10/7) – Fluency Practice
Thursday (10/8) – Review work in Red Book (Adding Decimals)
Friday (10/9) – Review work in Red Book (Subtracting Decimals)
Monday (10/12) – Topic 2 Test
Math- Ms. McGuigan
Monday (10/5) – Review of Topic 2
Tuesday (10/6) – Topic 2 Test
Wednesday (10/7) – 3-1: Let’s Build: Multiply Greater Numbers by Powers of 10
Thursday (10/8) – 3-2 Let’s Build: Estimate Products of Multi-Digit Factors
Friday (10/9)- 3-3 Let’s Build: Multiply by 1-Digit Numbers
Math – Mrs. H
Monday (10/5): 5-1 Use Patterns and Mental Math to Divide
Tuesday (10/6): 5-2 Estimate Quotients
Wednesday (10/7): 6-1 Divide Decimals by Powers of 10
Thursday (10/8): Supplemental lesson: 1-Digit Divisor
Friday (10/9): TBD
Science
Students are continuing to be interested in learning about bacteria, viruses and our immune system. Next week we will be concluding our unit and working through 3 essential questions:
EQ1 How can germs be spread from person to person?
EQ2 How do medical professionals use cause and effect relationships to diagnose illnesses?
Social Studies
Next week we will begin Lesson 2 Native Americans and their Land. Students will be learning the vocabulary for this lesson, completing reading notes on Google Classroom in class. My goal is for students to finish this work in class. Later in the lesson students will create an inuit Family Act-it-Out.
EQ3 How can a step-by-step process help you design or improve a solution to a problem?
Looking ahead: Quiz on Bacteria/ Viruses and Immune System on Monday 10/12
ELA
We have begun reading Number the Stars. So far we are reading and discussing in class, but some homework reading will be assigned this coming week. Also, we continue our Daily Language Review.
Spelling
We will follow our usual Thursday – Thursday pattern for homework and the test. Unit 4 has been introduced and pages 21 – 23 are due on Tuesday. Pages 24, 25, and write each word 3 times will be due on Thursday. Test on Thursday.