Dear Fifth Grade Parents,
Next week is Catholic Schools Week! Please read the overview below from the EFC for each day! We had our 5A class Spelling Bee last week. First place winner was Benji Nguyen and our 2nd place winner was Kai Santosh. Benji and Kai will participate in the Grades 5- 8 Holy Rosary School Spelling Bee on Thursday (12/30). Aiden Brown was our 3rd place winner and he is our 5A Alternate. Congratulations!
Valentine Party – We will have our Valentine Party on February 14th from 11:00am – 11:40am. 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.
Catholic Schools Week Overview
Catholic Schools week is filled with community, family and fun. The following is the schedule of activities for the week
Sunday – 10:30 Mass, Champion of Holy Rosary Award Presentation. Students wear uniforms to Mass followed by Open House!
Monday – In Appreciation of Parents. Students may wear Gator/CYO gear (no pajamas).
Tuesday – In Appreciation of our Community. Students wear normal uniform.
Wednesday – Honoring our Grandparents & Special Friends. Students wear perfect uniform.
Thursday – In Appreciation of Lifelong Learning – grades 1-4 spelling bee from 8:35-9:30. Grades 5-8 spelling bee from 9:35-10:15. Students wear perfect uniform.
Friday – In Appreciation of our Students – Spirit assembly, 9:00-10:45. Volleyball games at 1:55 – Holy Rosary staff vs. grade 8. Students wear “Lost In Space” theme clothing.
Spirit Day On Friday, January 31st!
We celebrate spirit with a fun spirit day: Lost In Space Students can choose to dress in their space gear! Do not feel the need to buy anything! Find something at the house, or ask around to borrow items. Students can keep it simple or go all out!
Upcoming Dates:
- Jan 26th – Catholic Schools Week Begins
- Feb 6th – Vision & Hearing Screening
- Feb 7th – No School, Teacher-In-Service
- Feb 14th – Noon Dismissal, Valentines Day
- Feb 17th – No School, Presidents Day
- Feb 18th – No School, Winter Break
- Feb 21st – Bingo Bash
The following is a curriculum update for the week of January 27 – January 31st, 2025:
Religion
Next week we will be using two religion classes (Monday and Tuesday) to write decorative thank you cards to our HRS neighbors and then deliver them with a Primrose. On Thursday we will do our next Second Step lesson which is Lesson 10: Performance Task, Making a Change: Students will be able to identify two things they can change in a recurring personal situation to manage strong emotions. On Friday I have something special planned for my homeroom for student appreciation day!
Math – Ms. Semandiris
Monday (1/27) – Chapter 5 Test – Add and Subtract Decimals
We will be starting Chapter 6 on Tuesday:Chapter 6 Multiply and Divide Decimals.
Tuesday (1/28) – Ch. 6 L. 1 Estimate Products of Whole Numbers and Decimals
Wednesday (1/29) – Ch. 6 L. 3 Multiply Decimals by Whole Numbers
Thursday (1/30) – Check My Progress p. 409
Friday (1/31) – Aleks Practice and then Spirit Assembly
Math – Ms. McGuigan
Monday (1/27) 7.2 Order of Operations
Tuesday (1/28) 7.3 Write Numerical Expressions
Wednesday(1/29)7.4 Work Backwards and Make a Table
Thursday (1/30) 7.5 Generate Patterns with Models
Friday(1/31) Spirit Assembly
Math – Mrs. Heuer
Monday (1/27) *2.3 Percents and Decimals (Day 2)
Tuesday (1/28) *2.4 More with Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
Wednesday (1/29) *2.5 Compare and Order Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
Thursday (1/30) *Customized ALEKS assignment reviewing 2.1-2.5
Friday (1/31) *Spirit Assembly
Social Studies
Next week we will be moving on to Lesson 7 Comparing the Colonies. In this lesson we will compare and contrast six early English colonies using a graphic organizer. Read about diverse historical perspectives from the 1600s. Then rank colonial belief statements and engage in respectful discussions. Essential Question:How were the three colonial regions alike and different?
- Identify key features of six colonies: Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Georgia.
- Explore historical events from multiple perspectives. • Compare and contrast the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies.
- Draw conclusions from a map.
Science
Students are continuing their engineering design process. Students will be giving casual presentations of their invention convention projects and continuing work on their parachute designs! Students will have the opportunity to work in groups and design a parachute that fits specific parameters to fit in a “spacecraft”.
ELA
Hello HRS families. Next week, we will continue to read Wonder. Please follow the matrix to find which chapters to read at home. Students will find quotes while they read and add them to their double-entry journal. For part one (pages 1-80), they will need to find ten quotes for full credit. For each quote, students write two sentences of commentary, in which they analyze the quote with inferences, predictions, and wonderings. I have examples on Google Classroom. These journals can be handwritten, or typed on Google Classroom. Students may still arrange a time to show me short story corrections before or after school. This is a great opportunity for students to improve upon their writing skills as they identify common mistakes in their writing. We have no spelling and vocab test next week, too. Have a great weekend!