Dear 5A Parents,
We had a great week of learning in 5A! Today we had a wonderful retreat for the teachers. The main topic of the retreat was The Beatitudes. We had time to reflect on our faith which is a vital part of our lives and plan for more ways to be evangelists to our students. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Ms. Semandiris
Reminders:
- Oct 23rd – No School, Teacher in Service
- Oct 24th – Fall Open House
- Oct 30th – Halloween Party 12:15pm – 12:45pm Halloween Colors Free Dress (No costumes, wigs or face paint.)
- Oct 30th 8th Grade Pizza Lunch
- Nov 6th – Glow Bowl
- Nov 11th – No School, No BASE
- Nov 20th – Noon Dismissal
- Nov 23rd-25th – Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences
2026/27 School Calendars
The following is a curriculum update for the week of October 26 – 30, 2026:
Religion
On Monday we will be reviewing the answers to the Chapter 2 Study Guide. Students will have a chance to add or correct any of their own answers on their study guide in class. The Chapter 2 Test will be on Nov 3. Next week we will also be creating a slideshow “Our Catholic Life” How do you seek God? Students will learn how to create their own Google Slideshow. Looking ahead, on November 2, I will be having students recite the Prayer of the Faithful Departed to me. I have also told them if they want to do it earlier they can recite it any day next week during lunch!
Second Step Lesson: Next Friday, Kate Anderson our new school counselor, will be coming in 5A to teach a lesson on Empathy!
Math – Ms. Semandiris
Monday (10/26) – 3-8 Multiply Whole Numbers with Zeros
Tuesday (10/27) – 3 – 9 Choose a Strategy to Multiple Whole Numbers
Wednesday (10/28) – 3 – 10 Solve One-Step and Multi-Step Problems with Whole Numbers
Thursday (10/29 – Topic/Review
Friday (10/30) – Fluency Practice
Math- Ms. McGuigan
Monday (10/26)- Topic 3 Review Day 2
Tuesday (10/27)- Topic 3 Test
Wednesday(10/28)- 4-1 Let’s Build: Multiply Decimals by Powers of 10
Thursday (10/29)- 4-2 Let’s Build: Estimate the Product of a Decimal and a Whole Number
Friday(10/30)- Halloween Math
Math – Mrs. H/Mr.J
Monday (10/26): 7-7 Add Mixed Numbers
Tuesday (10/27): 7-8 Subtract Mixed Numbers
Wednesday (10/28): 7-10 Multi-step Problems with Fractions
Thursday (10/29): Review Day 1
Friday (10/30): Mrs. Heuer’s last day!
Science
Students are continuing their journey into Environmental Engineering. Next week we will simulate containing and cleaning up an oil spill. Students will work in teams to determine what materials work the best to remove oil from water, and redesign their process using the Engineering Design Process. We will also talk about the consequences of real life oil spills.
Social Studies
Next week we will have the Inuit Family Act-it-Out on Monday (10/26). Students should bring a costume for this. It should be something they already own such as a warm coat, hat, gloves and scarf! 5A on Tuesday will possibly finish Act-it-Outs as well and then we will do a lesson review game. The study guide for L. 2 came out on Google Classroom on (10/22). The test for Chapter 2 will be on Thursday (10/29). Students should be studying a little each night for this test. On Friday, 5B will begin Lesson 4, How and why did Europeans come to the Americas? In this lesson students will become deep sea divers and research scientists to examine a sunken ship from the 1400’s – 1500’s.
ELA
Hello HRS families! I’m so excited to be back in the classroom and to be teaching language arts to this great group of students. I have picked up where Mrs. Davis left off, and we will continue to both read Number the Stars and work through our spelling book. Next week, we will complete unit 7 in our spelling books, which begins on page 26. We will have our spelling test on Friday of next week, and students can expect homework in their books leading up to the test. We will also read and analyze chapters 5-6 in Number the Stars. I will also get students logged into our language arts Google Classroom next week. I hope you have a great weekend!