Dear Fifth Grade Parents,
I hope you are all doing well, and hopefully you are enjoying the beauty of the winter weather this week!
Next week we have a busy week ending with a Valentine’s Day Party as we move into winter break. Also, I have included our Bingo Bash information below. This is the Teacher Auction project and it also just so happens to be a ton of fun!!
Bingo Bash
Drop the kids for two hours (6-8pm) on Friday, February 21st for a fun evening of Bingo. This is for KIDS ONLY, so parents make dinner reservations and enjoy a dinner at one of our local eateries. This is our wonderful teachers’ donation to the auction. It’s a guaranteed good time for all.
Kindergarten – 4th graders take over the gym. Sign up your K-4th grader!
5th – 8th graders will have the run of the school hall. Sign up your 5th-8th grader!
Students are treated to pizza before playing bingo. Prizes are won and every student walks away with a free dress pass at the end of the night. Don’t let your kids miss out, this is the EVENT OF THE YEAR at HRS…for the kids anyway!
Cost: $60 per student
Space is limited and this event WILL SELL OUT, so sign up today! Deadline February 14th.
Valentine Party – We will have our Valentine Party on February 14th from 11:00am – 11:40 am. Room Parents will be sending more info about this. Students may make Valentine cards for students in their homeroom. This is optional! (If you are making Valentine cards you need to make one for everyone in the homeroom class please.) During the party we will have time when students pass out Valentines to our homeroom only. On February 14th students can wear Valentine/theme colors for free dress.
- Feb 14th – Noon Dismissal, Valentines Day (5A Party 11am – 11:40am.)
- Feb 17th – No School, Presidents Day
- Feb 18th – No School, Winter Break
- Feb 20th – Vision & Hearing Screening
- Feb 21st – Bingo Bash
- Mar 8th – Auction
Religion
We are currently learning about Chapter 16, Gathered As One. In this chapter we are learning about the Body of Christ and participation in the Mass. We have completed working through the chapter and students are assigned to finish the Ch. 16 study guide by Monday 2/10. We will be doing a review as well as an Art activity by drawing images in the church that each of us find welcoming. We will have a review on Monday and then the test for this Chapter will be on Friday (2/21).
Math – Ms. Semandiris
Monday (2/10) – Ch. 6, L. 7 Investigate the Pattern
Tuesday ( 2/11) – Ch. 6, Multiplication Properties
Wednesday (2/12) – Ch. 6 Estimate Quotients
Thursday (2/12) – Check My Progress p. 435
Friday – Check My Progress Quiz
Math- McGuigan
Monday (2/10) 7.6 Investigate the Pattern
Tuesday(2/11) 7.7 Coordinate Planes
Wednesday (2/12) 7.8 Ordered Pairs
Thursday (2/13) 7.9 Graph Patterns
Friday (2/14) – Review day 1
Math – Mrs. Heuer
Monday (2/10) *2.8 Solve Percent Problems
Tuesday (2/11) *Review (Day 1)
Wednesday (2/12) *Review (Day 2) – Test is tomorrow.
Thursday (2/13) *Ch. 2 Test: Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
Friday (2/14) *TBD
Science
5A will be finishing up their parachute tests (due to Snow) and 5B will be finishing their investigations and having a small review quiz on Wednesday. 5A will have their quiz on Friday after reviewing and reflecting on the experiment Thursday.
Social Studies
This week the 5th graders have been working on Lesson 7 Comparing the Colonies. They completed a chart in the book to explain the Reason for Founding, Geography and Climate, Economy and Government of six of the 13 English colonies. I have attached the answers to this chart on Google Classroom so students can check their answers and study. I have also attached the study guide for the test so students can study for this test. The Lesson 7 test will be on February 11 for 5A and February 12 for 5B.
ELA
Hello HRS families. This week, we finished Part One: “August.” We are still working on some activities that were delayed with the snow, but we will proceed into Part Two next week. Students can expect some reading at home throughout the week, which will be noted on the matrix. The double entry journal for Part One was due on Wednesday (2/5), so please make sure your child completed this on time. There will be a new Double-Entry for Part Two on Google Classroom next week.
Also next week, we will finish the “character emotions chart” to analyze the ebbs and flows of August’s emotional journey starting at a new school. Students have picked out a couple theme options that speak to them, which will help when they search for quotes. At the end of the novel, they will write an essay for their chosen theme. As we progress, students can change themes if needed. Here’s a helpful tip for students: add a quote to your double-entry journal while you read so that it doesn’t pile up by the end of the section. We will have a spelling and vocab test at the end of the week. 5A will take their test on Thursday (6th period) because of the half-day on Friday. Have a great weekend!