Dear 5A Parents,
We have been doing great work this week! Students have been working so well in Social Studies class being Deep Sea Divers and Research Scientists. I have been impressed with their focus and team work. I hope you have a wonderful weekend! Ms. Semandiris
Pre-Conference Form
I handed out a “Homework for Parents” sheet today. Please fill it out and return it next week. Students should have it in their filer.
Reminders:
- Nov 6th – Glow Bowl
- Nov 11th – No School, No BASE
- Nov 20th – Noon Dismissal
- Nov 23rd-25th – Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences
- Nov 26th-27th – No School, Thanksgiving Break
- Nov 27th – Tree Lot Opens
2026/27 School Calendars
The following is a curriculum update for the week of November 9 – 13, 2026:
Religion
On Friday, December 4th, 5A will lead the School Prayer Service. Please come and pray with us at the beginning of Advent. Location: School Hall 8:40am. (I suggest parents be there by 8:30am.)
Next week we will be using some of the Religion time to work on our Conference Slideshow. Students are really excited about their conference slideshow and they are putting great effort into it!! We will also be learning the Jesus Prayer in the month of November. Students will learn about it next week. On Tuesday, we will be learning about Veterans Day. If you have a Veteran in your family please have your child bring their name written down on a piece of paper to school on Tuesday. We will be making a poster for our 5A class!
Second Step:
This week we taught Lesson 2 Bystander Power, and followed up with the fifth grade boys to teach it a second time. In this lesson, students identify uncomfortable and complex feelings they may have when they witness bullying. They also learn how having empathy can help give them courage to take positive action as a bystander to bullying. Ms. McGuigan, Ms. Finney and I, worked together to teach this to the boys in the 5th grade for the second time to help build their skills in being someone who stands up for others and continues to develop empathy for others. During this time the 5th grade girls had time to bond and do some art work with Ms. Horton and Mrs. Anderson, our new counselor. We will resume our goal setting lesson next Friday.
Math – Ms. Semandiris
Monday (11/9) – 4-1 Multiply Decimals by Powers of 10
Tuesday (11/10) – 4-2 Estimate the Product of a Decimal and a Whole Number
Wednesday (11/11) – NO SCHOOL (Veterans Day)
Thursday (11/12) – 4-3 Multiply a Decimal and a Whole Number
Friday (11/13) – 4-4 Use Models to Multiple a Decimal and a Decimal
Math- Ms. McGuigan
Monday (11/9) 4-7- Use Properties to Multiply Decimals
Tuesday (11/10) 4-8 Use Number Sense to Multiply Decimals
Wednesday (11/11)- No School
Thursday (11/12) – Model and Solve One-Step and Multi-Step Problems with Decimals
Friday (11/13)- Review of Chapter and Successmaker
Math -Mrs. H/Mr.J
Monday (11/9): 9-5 Divide Fractions by Whole Numbers
Tuesday (11/10): Divide Fractions
Wednesday (11/11): No school!
Thursday (11/12): Divide Fractions
Friday (11/13): Multiply/Divide Fractions Practice
Science
5A will finish their final oil spill clean up on Monday, students will then discuss real world oil spills and how they are cleaned up! Our next unit is Microworlds! Students will use microscopes to explore the world we can’t see without magnification!
Social Studies
Next week students will be working to finish L. 4 Why Europeans Came to the Americas. We are currently working on the Sunken Ship investigation. They are analyzing Artifacts found in a sunken ship from the 1500’s. They are working to complete notes in the text book as well as the L .4 Reading Notes assignment on Google Classroom. The study guide will be on Google Classroom on (11/12) and the L. 4 Test will be on (11/19).
ELA
Hello HRS families. Because next week is a short week, we will not have a new set of spelling words. Instead, students will be learning how to analyze a story’s plot: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. We will view clips from the movie Lion King to find and define each element of plot, while also discussing both internal and external conflicts. As we progress through Number the Stars as well, students will apply this new learning to analyze and interpret the plot of this wonderful story. I hope you have a great weekend!