Dear 5A Parents,
We had a great week! It was so amazing to have sunny weather towards the end of the week. That will be wonderful for Westfest. Speaking of Westfest, we have reminded students of expectations and how to act responsible but it would be nice if parents could also remind their children that school rules still apply. We want to be sure everyone has a great time, stays safe, and is respectful to everyone around them. Have a great weekend! Ms. Semandiris
PIZZA!!
Our class 5A tied for the most participants in the summer math and reading challenges. Congratulations! The prize for the most participants is a pizza party for the class. 🙂 On Thursday, 9/24, we will be providing students with 2 slices of pizza and a bag of chips. Students are welcomed to bring their lunches/hot lunches if they might still be hungry. Mrs. Heuer and Ms. Wallace will congratulate the students on their great team effort.
MAPS Testing
We will continue MAPs assessments during the next few weeks. We will be testing in the morning and working through a modified schedule for the rest of test days. Please help us to encourage your students to try their best, but not to overstress the results! We will use the results for goal setting and to get a general idea of where your students are at! The Maps testing will be scheduled in the morning on the following days: September 14, September 22, October 1st. We will also use other times as needed to finish the tests.
Google Classroom Access:
Accessing Google Classroom on your device at home: Students will need to sign in on their device at home with their Holy Rosary Google Account to do many homework assignments this year. To do this, go to Google.com. They will need to “Add User” and enter their Holy Rosary account information in the format EX: nchiodo.2029@stu.holyrosaryws.org. After they log in using their Holy Rosary Google account, they will need to click on the “waffle” in the top right corner to be able to access all their Google Classrooms. Students have their login information in their planner. Their planner should always stay in their filer. Their filer should go home every night.
Reminders:
- Sep 18th-19th – WestFest
- Sep 24th Thursday 5A Pizza Reward Lunch for the Reading and Math Challenge!!! (See Blurb)
- Sep 21st – Covid/Flu Shot Clinic, 3-6pm
- Oct 2nd – 8th Grade Pizza Lunch
- Oct 14th – Parents Club Meeting
- Oct 20th – Picture Retakes
- Oct 23rd – No School, Teacher in Service
- Oct 23rd – Glow Bowl
The following is a curriculum update for the week of September 21 – 25, 2026:
Religion
Next week we will continue in Chapter 1, God’s Plan for all Creation.
Next week we will take a closer look at these questions: What makes us different from the rest of God’s creation? Students will talk about and discuss how we are made in the image and likeness of God and discuss what does that mean? Students will also be learning about some ways in which God in his providence cares for humans. Finally we will be learning about some ways humans can show stewardship of God’s creation. One fun way to learn this is through the “3 T’s: Time, Talent & Treasure!
Second Step Lesson 2 – Bystander Power
Math – Ms. Semandiris
The students have been doing very well learning about Place Value. I have put the link to the “On-line Book” in my “Math – Ms. Semandiris Google Classroom” and students joined the class today so they should have access. This is to have as a resource at home but I would like students to bring their book to and from school because we write in our math book for our assignments.
Topic 1: Understand Place Value
Monday (9/21) – 1.7 Let’s Build: Round Decimals
Tuesday (9/22) – 1.8 Let’s Model in 3 Acts: Ready, Set, Go!
Wednesday (9/23) – Topic 1: Review & Fluency
Thursday (9/24) – Topic 1: Test Place Value
Friday (9/25) – Topic 1: Test Place Value
Math- Ms. McGuigan:
Monday (9/21): Chapter Review/ Study Guide
Tuesday(9/22): Topic 1 Test
Wednesday(9/23): Topic 1 Test finishing
Thursday(9/24): 2.1 Let’s Build- Estimate Sums and Differences
Friday(9/25):2.2 Let’s Investigate Adding and Subtracting Decimal
Math – Mrs. H
Students will bring home their unit 1 tests this week. You can look over it with them. Thank you!
Monday (9/21): 4-1 Multiply Decimals by Powers of 10
Tuesday (9/22): 4-2 Estimate Products of Whole Numbers and Decimals
Wednesday (9/23): 4-3 Multiply Decimals by a Whole Number
Thursday (9/24): Supplemental lesson: Multiply Decimals
Friday (9/25): Multiply Decimals (Day 2)
Science-Ms. McGuigan
Students in 5A and 5B will have a short quiz on Variables on Monday (9/28). We will finish up this short unit on variables by graphing the results from our pendulum experiment. We will continue to discuss independent and dependent variables. Students will begin discussions on bacteria, fungi and viruses, they will be learning vocabulary and concepts about bacteria that are helpful and harmful to living things. We will talk about different vectors of transmission of bacteria and viruses. We will be discussing and making posters about helpful bacteria in our bodies.
Social Studies – Ms. Semandiris
Next week will be continuing in Lesson 1, The Geography of the United States. Students completed Geo-Challenge A and we corrected our answers in class. Students were expected to self correct as we reviewed each problem. The answers to Geo-Challenge A are now posted on Google Classroom. We are currently working in pairs to complete the Geo-Challenge B. Once we finish and correct Geo-Challenge B the answers will be posted as well. I have also posted the questions and the blank maps to the Geo-Challenges so students can practice for the test. The Lesson 1 Study Guide is now posted on Google Classroom. Students will get a hard copy one week before the test. The test is on October 2nd. Students should bring the correct materials to class: Filer, Chromebook, Social Studies book 5-sub and pencil bag (with pencils, pens, red pen and colored pencils.) If they need to replenish any of these supplies students should ask their homeroom teacher.
ELA – Mrs. Davis
Kids are doing a great job completing their Spelling homework on time. Pages 12 and 13 are due Tuesday, along with writing every Unit 2 list word 3 times each. The Unit 2 test will be on Thursday.
This week’s story was an excerpt from The Black Stallion, found in their Reading anthologies. In order to avoid carrying that heavy book home, all of our work was done in class. Next week we will begin our first novel study in 5th grade, Number the Stars by Lois Lowry.