Dear 5A Parents!
Students have been working so hard during this stretch since September! I hope you enjoy this long weekend.
Your child is coming home with a “Parent Homework” worksheet to help us prepare for conferences. Please return this by Thursday 11/13! If you have not signed up for conferences, please remember to sign up!
Reminders:
November Service Project: Schoolwide food drive!
Reminders:
- Nov 10th – No School, Teachers in service
- Nov 11th – No School, Veterans Day(No BASE)
- Nov 12th – Parents Club Meeting
- Nov 21st – Noon Dismissal
- Nov 24th-26th – Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences
- Nov 27th-28th – No School, Thanksgiving Break
- Nov 28th – Tree Lot Opens
- Dec 5th – 5A Prayer Service 8:30am (School Hall)
2025/26 School Calendars
The following is a curriculum update for the week of November 12 – 14, 2025:
Religion
Next week, we will work on Chapter 3, Signs of God’s Presence. We will be learning that God uses signs, such as the Burning Bush speaking to Moses, to communicate that He is with us and acting in our lives. We will spend some class time preparing for conferences as well next week!
Math – Ms. Semandiris
Chapter 3 Divide by a One-Digit Divisor
Monday 11/10 – No School – Teacher Inservice
Tuesday 11/11 – No School Veteran’s Day
Wednesday 11/12 – Check My Progress p. 207
Thursday 11/13 – Lesson 9, Place the First Digit
Friday 11/14 – No Math (Faith Family)
Math- Ms. McGuigan
Monday (11/10) *No school
Tuesday (11/11) * No school Veteran’s Day
Wednesday (11/12) 4.4 Adjust Quotients
Thursday (11/13) 4.5 Divide Greater Numbers
Friday (11/14) ALEKS day (short period- faith families)
Math – Mrs. Heuer
We will continue our work with multiplying and dividing fractions and mixed numbers.
Monday (11/10) – Teacher retreat
Tuesday (11/11) – Veterans Day
Wednesday (11/12) – 4.8 Divide Mixed Numbers
Thursday (11/13) – Review (Day 1) – Test will be next week
Friday (11/14) – Faith Family
Social Studies
Next week students will take the Lesson 4 Why Europeans Came to the New World test on Friday 11/14. Students should be reviewing for the test. The study guide is on Google Classroom. We reviewed today in class and we will have a chance to review before the test as well next week!
Science
Students have wrapped up our environmental engineering unit and had a great time working collaboratively on our oil spill clean ups. Next week we will start our unit on Microworlds! Students will use microscopes to explore the world we can’t see without magnification!
ELA
Hello HRS families! Congrats to our 5th graders for finishing our first class novel. Before we start our next book, I’d like all students to have a grade-level novel (chapter book, no comic books or graphic novels) to be reading in their free time, and that they can bring to school. As you’ve probably seen on the matrix, we’ve been taking a pause from vocab the last couple weeks so that we can spend more time focusing on the ending of Number the Stars. Please note the upcoming due dates for assignments related to Number the Stars, which were on the matrix this week. Students will get class time for these, but may need to work at home as well, especially the final project, which is due on November 18th. Project options are on Google Classroom. We’ve spent some time in class discussing how to be respectful and considerate in our tone when creating projects related to The Holocaust. I have considered removing the game option in the past, but a few years ago, a group of students created a game that was so moving that I decided to keep the option. If your child chose the game and you’d like to connect about it, feel free to send me an email.
Some other assignments to be aware of: The Final Reflection for Number the Stars is due Wednesday, November 12th. Remember, students are writing a theme statement after the first few questions. We also have a plot comic strip that students are making for the book. These are due on Friday the 14th.
This is an exciting time in ELA, in which students are gaining some independence in their studies as they work creatively to show their understanding of the novel. It’s important that they come to class prepared with required materials, but also with the right mindset: that time in class is productive and focused on the craft at hand as it relates to the novel.
Have a great, long weekend,
Mr. Williams