January 29-Feb 2 - Upcoming Events:
- Catholic Schools Week Activities, click HERE
- Thursday: Jordan Creek Theater for WONDER movie, 9:00-12:00. We will each regular lunch on this day at school.
5th Grade NewsletterJanuary 29th-February 2nd
Religion –We are continuing with our unit on the seven sacraments. Students will start their google slide presentations next week. After next week, students who have not completed theirs in class will likely be assigned to complete it for homework. We are asking that students include personal photos of themselves or family members receiving the sacraments. Any photos you may have can be uploaded directly to your child’s google account. If it is easier to email them directly to your child’s teacher, please feel free to do so. If your photos are hard copies, simply take a photo of the photo with your cell phone and email or upload it. Thank you! We will also have generic photos of the sacraments for any student who does not have a picture for any particular sacrament. NEXT WEEK IS CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK! PLEASE REFER TO THE EMAIL SENT HOME FROM THE OFFICE OR YOUR CHILD’S PLANNER DETAILING THE ACTIVITIES/DRESS FOR THE WEEK!
Reading/Language Arts – We are continuing to work on our MLK unit. Throughout the month of January, we have read and will continue to read various books and articles about MLK and reinforce a number of comprehension strategies during this unit. We will culminate this unit, with an informative writing piece. We hope to have the finished pieces hanging in the hallway during conferences in February. We continue to independently read and conference to reach that 40 book goal at the end of the year!
Math – We will be starting Unit 5 that concentrates on fractions, decimals, and percents. We took a little break from Everyday Math to learn the ins and outs of banking for BizTown. Your child has been practicing how to write a check, how to write out a deposit slip, and how to “keep” a register. It’s so funny to hear their comments about how everything is online and how it seems so strange! :) Please continue to encourage your child to practice basic math facts. We will be testing on these for the second trimester soon. Thank you!
Social Studies - Students have been working hard in their businesses . We discussed what makes a quality business and also important things to know about good advertising. Citizens worked together to come up with slogans and a logo for their company as well as a name. Next week we will concentrate on the actual jobs in each business so students have a clear understanding what is expected of them in their job.
Language Arts – We will start a unit on verbs. We will take notes, participate in activities, and complete practice pages to understand verbs and to prepare for the final assessment. No date has been set for the final assessment at this time. Persuasive papers will be due on Monday. If your child has not finished it, he/she was assigned it for homework over the weekend. We will begin a unit on informative writing next week. This will coincide with the informative writing piece being written about MLK in Reading.
Spelling – Next week’s spelling list will consist of words that have the suffix -tion. The fact that adding-tion to a word changes the word from a verb to a noun will also be emphasized. For example, instruct=verb. Instruction=noun.
