April 3-6: Upcoming Events

• Monday 2: NO SCHOOL, Easter Monday
• Tuesday 3: 
• Wednesday 4: 
• Thursday 5:  
• Friday 6:  

5th Grade Newsletter

April 2nd-April 6th

Religion –We continue to work through presenting our Google Slide Presentations on the 7 Sacraments.  We spent this week focusing on the Stations of the Cross. This culminated with the Stations of the Cross in the church on Friday.  After the Easter Break, we will spend time learning about the Beatitudes.

Reading/Language Arts – Our MLK unit is complete!  If you are in the building, please take some time to walk through the 5th grade hallway.  The completed informative writing pieces and illustrations turned out beautifully. Mrs. Anderson’s class will continue reading the whole class book, Bridge to Terabithia next week.  Mrs. Alsin and Mrs. Schaffer’s class will continue working in Literature Circles.

Math –  We will be taking our Unit 5 Test on Tuesday, April 3 and Wednesday, April 4. Your child has their math journal, the notes in their spiral, and a Unit 5 studyguide to prepare for the test. We also discussed several study strategy and test taking skills to implement while reviewing in class.     

Social Studies - Most students have completed their projects over Iowa History and will be presenting them beginning on Tuesday.  We will start our Weather Unit when all have presented Iowa History.

Language Arts –  We wrapped up our verb unit with the test on Wednesday.  Next week, we will focus on our informative writing pieces.  We’ll be organizing our information and drafting our papers.      

 

Spelling –  Next week’s spelling list consists of words with the oi and oy blend.  We will also learn about proverbs.

March 26-30: Upcoming Events HOLY WEEK

• Monday 26th: 
• Tuesday 27th: 
• Wednesday 28th: Mrs. Anderson's Class MASS 8:45 am
• Thursday 29th:  Missions Day
• Friday 30:  Stations of the Cross @ 2:30 in the Church, Please join us!

5th Grade Newsletter

March 26th-March 30th

Religion –We continue to work through presenting our Google Slide Presentations on the 7 Sacraments.  We have wrapped up our unit on the Works of Mercy. We will test over these on Monday March 26. Mrs. Alsin’s class will test on Tuesday. March 27. Students will be responsible for knowing all of the Works of Mercy as well as how a 5th grader can serve others following the Works of Mercy to receive a 4 on the test.  To receive a 3, students simply need to know how a 5th grader can serve others following the Works of Mercy-the actual Works will be provided. We will observe Holy Week next week by going through the Stations of the Cross in detail. We will watch short videos about the Stations of the Cross and reflect on them in a journal.  Please feel free to view these videos at the following website. They are well done, meaningful and relevant to the students’ lives today. http://bustedhalo.com/video/virtual-stations-of-the-cross

Stations of the Cross will be held on Friday at 2:30 in the church.  Please feel free to join us. We will continue with The Beatitudes following our Holy Week and Easter unit.  Mrs. Anderson’s class will be leading the all school mass on Wednesday, March 28th. Students in her class may wear “dress up” clothes (think what one may wear on picture day).

Reading/Language Arts – Our MLK unit is complete!  If you are in the building, please take some time to walk through the 5th grade hallway.  The completed informative writing pieces and illustrations turned out beautifully. Mrs. Anderson’s class will begin the whole class book, Bridge to Terabithia next week.  Mrs. Alsin and Mrs. Schaffer’s class will be working in Literature Circles.

Math –  We spent time working on improper fractions, mixed numbers, and parts/whole.  Next week, we will continue to spend time converting fractions to decimals and percents.       

Social Studies - Students have been working hard researching our wonderful state of Iowa.  We will continue researching next week and begin putting projects together.  Students were given 3 choices on how they wanted to present their information to the class.  A google slide presentation, a play, or a book. All work for this project is being completed here in school.

Language Arts – We are winding down our verb unit.  The final test will likely be at the end of next week or the beginning of the following week.  The date will be communicated ASAP. Next week we will also begin organizing information and begin drafting informative writing pieces.     

 

Spelling –  Next week’s Spelling list will consist of words with the Greek and Latin Roots: poly, hexa, hepta, octa, multi, and deca.  We will also learn about Idioms.

March 5-19: Upcoming Events

• Monday 5th: Field Trip to Iowa Historical Museum Vault 9-11:30 am 
• Tuesday 6th: 
• Wednesday 7th: Mrs. Schaffer's Class MASS 8:45 am
• Thursday 8th: No School/Teachers Professional Development
• Friday 9th-16th: No School/SPRING BREAK
• Monday March 19: Classes Resume
• Tuesday 20th: Spiritwear Day!

March 5th-March 7th

We hope your family has a relaxing Spring Break! God’s Blessings for everyone’s safe return.

Religion –We continue to work through presenting our Google Slide Presentations on the 7 Sacraments. We are also continuing to work through our unit on the Works of Mercy. Students will be responsible for knowing all of the Works of Mercy as well as how a 5th grader can serve others following the Works of Mercy. The next Lenten Prayer service will be on Monday at 9:10 in the church. Mrs. Schaffer’s class will be leading the all school mass on Wednesday, March 7. Students in her class may wear “dress up” clothes (think what one may wear on picture day).

Reading/Language Arts – We are finishing up our MLK unit/informative writing pieces. We will move back into our routine of independently reading, conferencing, and journal writing about current reading selections after MLK. Following Spring Break, we will take some time to read in Literature Circles.

Math – We spent time working on improper fractions, mixed numbers, and parts/whole. Next week, we will continue to spend time converting fractions to decimals and percents.

Social Studies - Students have finished presenting their timelines. They are all hanging in the 5th grade hallway if you are in the building, please stop by to take a look!  Mr. Leo Landis, Curator for the Iowa Historical Museum visited with 5th grade about the awesome artifacts we will see Monday on our field trip. We are all very excited for this trip!  We will continue discussion about our amazing State and begin our Iowa History Projects following Spring Break. 

Language Arts – We spent time this week working with regular and irregular verbs. Next week we will look at perfect verb tenses and verb tense consistency. We will continue with our Informative Writing unit next week as well. We chose our topics this week and spent a class period in the library with Mrs. LeWarne learning how to find appropriate resources to support our topics. We’ll learn how to take notes, how to look through information, how to cite sources etc. next week.
Spelling – We will not have a Spelling list next week due to only a three day week.