Dear Fifth Grade Parents,
I hope you are doing well. I was at a Grace Meeting today. We had a great day of learning! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.
Here is a message from Ms. Horton:
Next week we enter Holy Week, the most sacred week of the liturgical year. As a school, we will experience the week together, especially the Sacred Triduum of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and then Holy Saturday. On Good Friday, please have students come to school in perfect uniform (no free dress please) and our leadership students will lead the school in Stations of the Cross at 11:10 in the church. Families are invited to join us for this powerful prayer. We will dismiss from school silently at noon on Good Friday, thank you for helping us hold on to this powerful tradition to commemorate the day.
Camp Seymour Reminders
Depart: Wednesday April 30, 2025
We recommend that you label all your child’s luggage and bags with their name and school! (Just a reminder!)
- Please take the time to talk to your child about camp. Remind them that camp is considered school, even though they are outdoors.
- Arrive at school at the normal time on Wednesday, April 30th. Have your child bring all bags to the school hall. After this is done, have your child report to their classroom for attendance.
- Please bring a non-perishable (Nut Free) sack lunch on Wednesday, April 30th. We will be eating lunch when we arrive at camp. Please do not include any plastic containers because we will need to dispose of everything after lunch.
- Please have your child bring up all medication to the classroom. Medication should be in one plastic baggy with your student’s name on the bag. Make sure that everything in the baggy is labeled and in the original container.
- Parents are welcome to stay to help us load the buses. We will depart around 9:15am.
Return: May 2, 2025:
- We will return from camp between 12:00 pm and 12:30 pm on Friday afternoon May 2nd. Please be at Holy Rosary to pick up your child to go home!
Math News
The math placement letters, which were on purple paper, were sent home for 5A with the Boomerang envelope on Thursday. It details the math placement process that happens at the end of the school year. Thank you!
- Apr 16th – Parents Club Meeting
- Apr 18th – Noon Dismissal (Good Friday)
- Apr 21st-25th – Spring Break
- Apr 29th – Class Pictures (Perfect Uniform)
- May 14th – Band Festival
- May 16th – Talent Show
- May 22nd – Wax Museum
- May 23rd – Noon Dismissal / Field Day
The following is a curriculum update for the week of April 14 – 18, 2025:
Religion
Next week we are entering Holy Week. We will be focusing our time during Religion class to learn the Stations of the Cross. Students will be assigned two Stations to prepare to act-out in class.
We will have the Chapter 18 Test on Thursday 4/17. We have gone over the study guide in class and students had the opportunity to add more to their answers from the answers I gave them.
Math – Ms. Semandiris
Monday – Ch. 8 Pre-Test
Tuesday – Ch. 8 Test
Wednesday – Ch. 8 Test
Thursday – Aleks Practice and Test Corrections
Friday – Easter Math
Math- Ms. McGugian
Monday (4/14) Multiply Fractions with Fractions
Tuesday (4/15)Multiply mixed numbers
Wednesday (4/16)Review
Thursday(4/17) Check my Progress
Friday(4/18) Good Friday Math activities
Math – Mrs. Heuer
Monday (4/14) *Review (Day 2)
Tuesday (4/15) *Ch. 8 Test: Inequalities
Wednesday (4/16) *9.1 Area of Parallelograms
Thursday (4/17) *9.2 Area of Triangles
Friday (4/18) *Good Friday – We will do some quiet math activities.
Science
5th Grade has had a fun week talking about balanced ecosystems and running real life and online simulations on how energy is transferred, and how a system can become unbalanced. Students will start a project on different biomes on earth. Students will be put into groups and make short presentations about the different biomes on our planet, aquatic, forest, desert, tundra, and grasslands.
Social Studies
Next week we will begin Lesson 12, The Declaration of Independence. Students will examine six unique copies of the Declaration of Independence to discover how each affected history. We will translate passages and answer questions about each primary source. Essential Question:What are the main ideas in the Declaration of Independence?
Objectives
Social Studies
- Identify the major events that led to the creation and approval of the Declaration of Independence.
- Examine and paraphrase key passages from the Declaration of Independence.
- Analyze six copies of the Declaration of Independence to explain the historical significance of each.
Language Arts
- Rewrite passages of the Declaration of Independence into language a fifth grader would understand. (writing)
- Read secondary sources about the Declaration of Independence and discuss how they compare to corresponding primary sources. (speaking)
ELA
Hello families, we’ve had a wonderful week of writing! It’s been a joy to see these young minds make connections between a novel and their lived experiences. I’m seeing some outstanding essays to say the least. Essays were supposed to be printed and turned in on Friday, April 10th. Please double check that your child turned it in so there’s no late penalty. I also sent home permission slips for viewing the film Wonder. We will use this as an opportunity to compare and contrast the book and the film. Students will also be put into groups for book clubs. They get to pick their top three books from my collection with the goal of getting one of their top three. No vocab/spelling test next week. Have a great weekend!