Dear Fifth Grade Parents,
We had a wonderful week in 5A! The students are doing very well and working hard to do their best work. I hope you have a wonderful weekend! Enjoy the sunshine!
Ms. Semandiris
Upcoming Dates
- Sep 15th – 7th/8th Grade Dance
- Sep 17th – Pancake Breakfast
- Sep 19th – School Pictures (Students may wear Free Dress on Individual picture day.)
- Sep 22nd-23rd – WestFest
- Oct 13 – No School (Teacher In-Service)
*Accessing Google Classroom on your device at home –
Google has pretty succinct instructions with a video:
Second Step
Next Friday we will be doing Lesson 2, Listening with Attention. Empathy and communication skills have been shown to increase school success and decrease youth involvement in problem behaviors, such as substance abuse and aggression. This lesson focuses specifically on listening with attention, a skill necessary for effective communication with others and for academic success. The main concept the 5th graders will be learning is “Listening with attention helps you learn, work with others, and make friends.
Religion – Ms. Semandiris
We will begin Chapter 1 God’s Plan for All Creation. In this chapter, students will:
- explore all of creation as the gift of God’s goodness
- recognize that God reveals himself in a unique way through Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition
- Define Providence as God’s loving care for all things
- Describe stewardship as the way we appreciate and use God’s gifts
- Examine the gifts of the Earth used in the Seven Sacraments as signs of God’s presence and power.
- Understand humans’ role in stewardship of God’s creation.
Math – Ms. Semandiris
Monday – (9/18) MAPS Testing
Tuesday – (9/19) Ch. 1 Lesson 4, Represent Decimals
Wednesday – (9/20) Lessons 1-4 Quiz
Thursday – (9/21) Ch. 1 Lesson 6, Place Value Through Thousandths
Friday – (9/22) Ch. 1, Lesson 7, Compare Decimals
Math – Mr. Schreck
Chapter 1, Place Value
Monday: Map Testing
Tuesday: Lesson 6, Place Value Through Thousandths
Wednesday: Lesson 7, Compare Decimals
Thursday: Lesson 8, Order Whole Numbers & Decimals
Friday: Review, ALEKS
Math – Mrs. Heuer
Monday: *MAP Testing
Tuesday: *1.5 Add Decimals
Wednesday: *1.6 Subtract Decimals
Thursday: *Review (Day 1)
Friday: *Review (Day 2) – Test will be on Tuesday after MAP testing on Monday.
Science
Students will create picture graphs and two-coordinate graphs to show the relationship of a swinger’s length to the amount of swings it makes in 15 seconds.
Students will take a quiz next Friday (9/22). It will be based on their experiences with pendulums (also called swingers) and vocabulary notes they will have copied in their 5-subject notebooks.
Social Studies
We are continuing our study of Chapter 1, The Geography of the United States. The “Essential Question” we will be asking is: What can geography teach us about the United States? Students will be using geographic skills to find places on Earth’s surface during the fast-paced Geography Challenge A. Students will also create political and physical maps and then compete in Geography Challenge B.
ELA
Hello HRS families. Students have been doing a great job getting into the routine of language arts. I wanted to remind families that students should expect language arts homework throughout the week, which will include work in their vocab book and/or reading from our class novels. This week, students will finish their found poems, which are created using magazine clippings. Full credit requires at least five lines (complete thoughts) glued onto construction paper. These will be due on Wednesday. We will also start unit one with writing theme statements using the short stories “The Giving Tree” and “The Fun they Had.” I will also hand out copies of our first class novel, Number the Stars. I will post assigned reading on the matrix and request that students do not read ahead. Thanks, and have a great weekend!