September 9, 2022
Dear Fifth Grade Parents,
Thank you for coming to Back to School Night! It was great to see everyone in person! We had a wonderful first week of school and it was fun getting to know all of my students. I am truly blessed to teach at Holy Rosary. I will send this Boomerang Newsletter every Friday to give a general overview of the curriculum that we plan to cover for the upcoming week. Please note that as teachers we monitor and adjust as we go depending upon student understanding of the material.
Please see the Matrix for daily homework. Homework will be posted by 3pm each school day. The Matrix is on the 5A Classroom webpage under the “Homework” tab as well. I hope you have a wonderful relaxing weekend with your family! – Ms. Semandiris
Accessing Google Classroom on your device at home:
Students will need to sign in on their device at home with their Holy Rosary Google Account “in the format EX: psemandris.2025@holyrosaryws.org”. This may mean they will need to “Add User” and then enter their Holy Rosary account information. After the login using their Holy Rosary Google account then they will be able to access all their Google Classrooms. Students have their “login Sheet” glued to the last page of their planner. Their planner should always stay in their filer. The filer should go home every night. We will be setting up all their Google Classrooms next week during class.
BAND
A message from the Band Teacher: Frances McKamey mckameyf@kennedyhs.org
***A little reminder to the students about the rental meeting this Saturday at Guadalupe Gym/Walmsley Center from 12:00 – 1:00p.m.
Reminders:
- Read the EFC LINK
- September 16th – Movie Night
- September 23rd-24th – WestFest
- September 27th – School Pictures
- October 14th – No School (Teacher In-Service)
Curriculum for the week of September 12 – 16, 2022:
Religion – Ms. Semandiris
We will begin Chapter 1 God’s Plan for All Creation. In this chapter, students will:
- explore all of creation as the gift of God’s goodness
recognize that God reveals himself in a unique way through Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition
- Define Providence as God’s loving care for all things
- Describe stewardship as the way we appreciate and use God’s gifts
- Examine the gifts of the Earth used in the Seven Sacraments as signs of God’s presence and power.
- Understand humans’ role in stewardship of God’s creation.
Social & Emotional Learning (Second Step Program)
Ms. Semandiris
Students will be able to define empathy and respect. They will learn that having empathy and respect helps them get along with others.
Math – Ms. Semandiris
We have begun Chapter 1 on Place Value.
Monday – (9/12) Chapter 1, Lesson 1, Place Value Through Millions
Tuesday- (9/13) Chapter 1, Lesson 2, Compare and Order Whole Numbers
Wednesday (9/14) Chapter 1, Lesson 4, Represent Decimals
Thursday – (9/15) Review Lessons 2 & 4
Friday – (9/16) ALEKS Practice
Math -Mr. Schreck
Chapter 1, Place Value
Monday: Lesson 3, Model Fractions & Decimals
Tuesday: Lesson 4, Represent Decimals
Wednesday: Review Lessons 1-4
Thursday: Quiz, Lessons 1-4
Friday: Review/ALEKS practice
Math – Mrs. Heuer
Monday: *1.2 Comparing and Ordering Decimals
Tuesday: *1.3 Writing Decimals
Wednesday: *1.4 Expanded Form with Decimals
Thursday: *1.5 Adding Decimals
Friday: *TBD – Likely a review of the week
Science – Mr. Schreck
Students will learn how to conduct controlled experiments by experimenting with variables that affect the behavior of pendulums they will build in class. They will graph their results in a variety of ways and use their graphs to predict the behavior of different lengths of pendulums they construct.
Social Studies – Ms. Semandiris
We will begin Chapter 1, The Geography of the United States next week. In this lesson students learn the basic skills needed to understand the geography of the United States by creating a series of annotated maps. Students will learn several geography skills including determining location of lines of latitude and longitude and identifying physical features of the United States. Students will be having direct instruction as well as small group work to complete a set of map questions. The answers to these questions are located in their text. Students will also be learning how to do a vocabulary assignment on a google doc.
ELA – Mr. Williams
Hello HRS families! It’s been a joy getting to know your children this past week. Next week we will begin with a social contract activity, in which students develop classroom expectations through reflection and discussion. We will then begin an “about me” found poem; students will cut words and phrases out of magazines and organize them into a poem about their interests and personality. We will end next week by beginning unit one, which focuses on narrative writing. We will analyze motifs and themes with our first story, The Giving Tree. Have a great weekend.