Dear Fifth Grade Parents,
Our whole school will support the Westside Baby joy drive during the month of December as a schoolwide Advent project. Please feel free to donate new warm coats, gloves, hats and packages of diapers. Donations can be dropped at the WestSide Baby bin near the office inside the school. Families can also donate directly online using their Amazon Wish List. WestSide Baby works with over 100 social service organizations to support 40,000 local kids each year in King County. The drive will take place 11/27 to 12/14. Thank you for supporting families in need in our community!
Most Needed Items:
- Diapers (sizes 3-6)
- Pull-Ups (2T-5T)
- Rain Boots
- Winter Coats
- Hats and gloves
- Pajamas
- Blankets
- Books & Toys
Upcoming Dates
- Dec 8th – Report Cards
- Dec 14th – Christmas Program
- Dec 15th – Noon Dismissal (No PM BASE)
- Dec 18th-Jan 1st – Christmas Break
- Jan 2nd – School Resumes
The following is a curriculum update for the week of December 4 – 8, 2023:
Religion
Next week we will continue to study Chapter 3, Signs of God’s Presence. Students are currently working to complete the study guide for this chapter in class. The test for this chapter is on 12 (12/12). On Tuesday (12/5) , our 5A class will go to the Sacrament of Reconciliation. On Monday we will be learning how to “Examine our Conscience” and review what happens when we go to the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Math – Ms. Semandiris
Monday (11/4)Lesson 9, Place the first Digit
Tuesday (11/5) Lesson 10 Quotients with Zeros
Wednesday (11/6)Lesson 12 Interpret the Remainder
Thursday (11/7)Lesson 13 Problem- Solving Investigation – Determine Extra or Missing Information
Friday (11/8) Mass – No Math Today
Math – Mr. Schreck
Chapter 4, Divide by a Two-Digit Divisor
Monday: Lesson 6, Problem Solving
Tuesday: Chapter 4 Review
Wednesday: Chapter 4 Test
Chapter 5, Add & Subtract Decimals
Thursday: Lesson 1, Round Decimals
Friday: School Mass (no math)
Math – Mrs. Heuer
Monday: *5.4 Customary Units of Capacity
Tuesday: *5.5 Metric Ruler
Wednesday: *5.6 Metric Length
Thursday: *5.7 Metric Mass
Friday: *No class – Mass
Science
Students will practice using microscopes. Students will learn how to prepare a wet-mount slide. They will also learn to focus up and down over the surface of an object that has depth. Students will then use their skills to identify unknown specimens using a microscope.
Social Studies
We are currently working on Lesson 5, Routes of Exploration to the Americas. Students will become an expert on one of 8 European explorers. They will be working in groups to create a presentation using a Google Slideshow to teach the other students in the class about their explorer. These slideshows are due on 12/14. Groups will present their slideshows after the Christmas Break!
ELA
Hello HRS families, and happy December! Next week, students will be planning and drafting a two-page short story in the genre of realistic fiction. Please note that students will be writing these in class as an assessment (they shouldn’t work on them at home). They will be assessed on skills practiced throughout the first trimester, including: using descriptive and figurative language, writing dialogue, using vivid verbs/adjectives, and showing elements of plot. We will begin with using the problem/solution formula so that students can resolve a conflict in their stories. There will also be a vocab test on Friday, so I recommend students study throughout the week. Have a great weekend.
Spanish
Wk of 11/28 – students will be able to describe weather conditions and will review vocabulary for the calendar
Wk of 12/4 and 12/11 – students will learn about Christmas celebrations in the hispanic world via webquest. Students will compare and contrast Christmas celebrations in various countries.