Dear 5A Parents,
We have had a great week in 5A! The students have been working very hard on their materials management skills this week. I have seen a great improvement since the beginning of the school year.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Ms. Semandiris
Annual Fund Fall Drive:
October is our month-long Annual Fund Fall Drive. All donations to the Fall Fund Drive are 100% tax deductible. Funds help close the gap between the cost to educate ($14,000 per student) and tuition charged. In addition, the students are lucky to have a variety of specialists they visit on a weekly basis. The Annual Fund assists in making these important programs that foster creativity, cultural understanding, and self-expression in our students possible. Goal is $200,000!
Reminders:
- Oct 5th – Blessing of Pets
- Oct 10th – Glow Bowl
- Oct 15th Parents Club Meeting
- Oct 18th – Fall Open House
- Oct 21st – Picture Retakes
2025/26 School Calendars
The following is a curriculum update for the week of October 6 – 10, 2025:
Religion
Next week we will have the Chapter 1 test on Tuesday 10/7. Students can review their study guide on Google Classroom and reread the chapter to study for this test. We will also begin Chapter 2, Signs of God’s Presence next week!
Second Step
Next week we are starting the lessons in the Second Step, Bullying Prevention Unit.
Lesson 1: Recognize, Report Refuse. Students will be able to:
- Understand bullying is different from conflict
- Recognize and identify different types of bullying behaviors
- Understand you can refuse bullying in different ways
- Demonstrate assertively reporting and refusing bullying
Math – Ms. Semandiris
Monday (10/6) Quiz on Ch. 2, Lessons 1 – 4
Tuesday (10/7) Ch. 2,Lesson 6: Hands On: Use Partial Products and the Distributive Property
Wednesday (10/8) Ch. 2, Lesson 7: The Distributive Property
Thursday (10/9) Ch. 2, Lesson 8, Estimate Products
Friday (10/10) Aleks Practice & Review
Math – Ms. McGuigan
Monday (10/6) Multiply Multi Digit Numbers with Standard Algorithm
Tuesday (10/7)Multiply Multi Digit Numbers with Standard Algorithm
Wednesday (10/8) Review Day 1
Thursday (10/9) Review Day 2
Friday (10/10) Chapter 2 Test
Math – Mrs. Heuer
We will be concluding Unit 2 – Multiply and Divide Decimals.
Monday (10/6) – 2.10 Divide Decimals by Powers of 10
Tuesday (10/7) – Review (Day 1)
Wednesday (10/8) – Review (Day 2)
Thursday (10/9) – Likely the Ch. 2 Test: Multiply and Divide Decimals
Friday (10/10) – TBD
Social Studies
Next week we will continue our study of Lesson 2 Native Americans and Their Land. Students will be working on the Lesson 2 Reading Notes on a Google Slideshow for classwork. Students will need to be on task and work to finish each goal for the day in class. Towards the end of the week after we finish the Reading Notes, students will begin to plan an Inuit family “Act-it-Out” in a small group. This will be based on a set of questions the students will have to answer regarding the Inuit’s natural environment and how they lived their life.
States Location Test & Capitals Test
We will have a States and Capitals test at the end of May. Students will begin to review for this in October and then it will be an on-going assignment to work on at home. I will also give morning time to practice in 5A. *State Test: Students will need to know where each State is located on the map of the United States. *For the Capitals Test, students will need to know the correct capital when given the name of a State. For example: What is the Capital of Washington State? Answer: Olympia. I will show them an example of the format of the test as time draws near.
Science
Students are continuing to be interested in learning about bacteria, viruses and our immune system. Next week we will be concluding our unit and working through 3 essential questions:
- EQ1 How can germs be spread from person to person?
- EQ2 How do medical professionals use cause and effect relationships to diagnose illnesses?
- EQ3 How can a step-by-step process help you design or improve a solution to a problem?
- Looking ahead: Quiz on Bacteria/ Viruses and Immune System on Monday 10/13
ELA
Hello HRS families! Next week, we will write theme statements for The Giving Tree. Students will learn how to write strong, effective summaries (I will post the format and outline on Google Classroom) that align with theme statements . Students will continue reading Number the Stars (assigned chapters will be on the matrix). Throughout the week, we will discuss the assigned chapters in Number the Stars and begin to make thematic connections in the novel. Students will need to continue to add challenge words to the document I provided (3-4 more per chapter). The unit 2 vocab and spelling test will be on Friday. When figuring out what homework to do, please use the homework column on the Matrix, as opposed to the daily agenda. Please do not read ahead in the novel, and read the assigned chapters if in the homework column. If students want to read more, I recommend checking out a related book from the library.