Dear Fifth Grade Parents,
I hope you are doing well. We have been working very hard and there is so much learning happening in 5A!!
UPCOMING DATES
- January 17th – Martin Luther King Jr Day – No School
- January 30th-February 5th – Catholic Schools Week
- February 11th – No School (Teacher In Service)
- February 18th – Noon Dismissal
- February 21st – Presidents’ Day – No School
- February 22nd – Winter Break – No School
Curriculum Update: Week of January 18 – 21, 2022:
Religion
We are working on Chapter 15, The Sacraments of Forgiveness and Healing. Students have received the study guide for this Chapter and had time in class to work on it. It will be due on 1/19. The test will be on Friday (1/21).
Second Step Lesson
Next week we will be doing Lesson 6 Strong Emotions
Overview
Students will be able to recognize recurring situations that cause them to feel strong emotions.
Math- Ms. Semandiris
Chapter 5 Add and Subtract Decimals
Tuesday (1/18) – Check my Progress p. 321
Wednesday (1/19) – Check My Progress Quiz Lessons 1 & 2
Thursday (1/20) – Ch. 5 L. 5Hands On: Add Decimals Using Models
Friday (1/21) – Aleks
Math – Mr. Schreck:
Chapter 6: Multiply & Divide Decimals
Tuesday: Review Lessons 1, 3 & 5
Wednesday: Quiz, Lessons 1, 3 & 5
Thursday: Lesson 6, Multiply Decimals by Powers of Ten
Friday: Lesson 7, Problem-Solving: Look for a Pattern
Math – Mrs. Heuer
Monday: *No school – MLK Day
Tuesday: *Review (Day 1)
Wednesday: *Review (Day 2)
Thursday: *Ch. 1 Test – Ratios and Rates
Friday: *TBD
Science
Student’s inventions are due Friday, January 28th. They will be displayed in the Fifth Grade hallway for Catholic Schools Week.
The shipment of microbes was delayed. Students will be looking at volvox, blepharisma and vinegar eels under a microscope. They will be studying the characteristics of each. The quiz has been pushed back to Wednesday, Jan. 25th.
Social Studies
Next week we will be having our Ch. 6 Act-it-out on Thursday 1/20. Students have been learning about the three early English settlements of Roanoke, Jamestown and Plymouth. Students will receive a study guide on 1/19 in Google Classroom. The test for this Chapter will be on 1/27.