5th Grade News Week of August 28, 2017

MATH 5A- The class will continue to

work with decimals, focusing on

comparing, ordering, and rounding

decimals. There will be a math

quiz on Friday.

5B- The 5th graders will work with

reading, writing, and comparing

decimals. We will have a quiz

over on Friday. Keep working on

those multiplication facts!

**Congrats to Leo for completing

the first level of our Mad Minute!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

*August 11- Alex

*August 18- Maggie

*August 20-Julian

*August 23- Lydia

LANGUAGE ARTS

*Our anchor story for this week is

entitled, A Royal Mystery. The

students will read this at home

tonight (Monday) for homework.

*While reading this story, the

students will learn about story

structure and characterization.

*The 5th graders will also learn

about different Greek and Latin

prefixes and different types of

sentences.

*Each week the students will

receive a paper regarding our

spelling pattern for the week. This

paper will include the pattern, five

words that will be on the test, and

five sight words.

*There will be a final spelling test

on Thursday of each week!

Please look for study aides in your

child’s expandable! We will also

have an end-of-the-week test over

our story on Friday!

RELIGION This week, the fifth graders will

have a quiz on Wednesday about

Ch. 1 God’s Wonderful Creation.

We will also begin Ch. 2: The

Seven Sacraments of the Church.

We will learn that we celebrate the

Paschal Mystery of Jesus Christ and

receive sanctifying grace through

the Sacraments. Their next quiz on

chapter 2, will be until Tuesday,

September 12.

SCIENCE The class learned all about lab

safety last week and will have

their very first science lab later

this week. So exciting! We will

also begin our first unit on matter.

This week, students will learn

what IS matter and what is NOT.

They will also learn about

different physical properties of

matter and how these properties

make matter useful.

SOCIAL STUDIES Chapter 1: The World Before the Opening of the Atlantic

Section 1: The Earliest Americans

This week, fifth graders will learn

that early societies developed

across Mesoamerica and South

America. Factors like climate

changes allowed Paleo-Indians to

begin the first migration to the

Americas. Quiz on Friday

IMPORTANT DATES & ANNOUNCEMENTS Monday, August 28th:

Choir Practice from 12:50 -1:15 pm

Tuesday, August 29th:

Tornado Drill at 9:00 am

Wednesday, August 30th:

Mass at 1:30 pm, hosted by 5th grade and Father Sunny

Ice Cream Social at the High School 6:30-7:30 pm

Friday, August 1st:

Spirit Wear Day

6th Grade News Week of August 28, 2017

MATH 6A- This week, the class will

work with adding, subtracting,

and multiplying decimals. There

will be a quiz this Friday.

6B- Back to school review –

rounding, comparing, and

ordering decimals. Quiz on

Friday.

SOCIAL STUDIES Last week we began talking about

the Five Themes of Geography.

Quiz your child about these

themes! This week, we will begin

our unit about Early Humankind.

The first chapter focuses on the

world’s early people. Please see

the “School to Home” newsletter

attached for more details. I will

send home a newsletter like this

one every time we begin a new

unit.

LANGUAGE ARTS

*The 6th graders will be

completing “running records” with

either Mrs. Frye, Mrs. Klimchuk,

or myself this week. These

records show us the different

reading strategies each student

uses. We will also be taking a

reading comprehension test which

will help determine different

levels of reading ability.

*We will begin our first novel,

Tuck Everlasting, this week. In

each novel we read this year, the

students will be given vocabulary

words to learn. We will have a

test over these words.

*The students will learn about

figurative language, story

elements, and character traits in

our novel.

RELIGION This week, the sixth graders will have a

quiz on Wednesday about Ch. 1

Revelation and Response.

We will begin our next Ch.2 Sacrifice and

Promise too. In this chapter, students will

learn that because of Abraham’s faith, he

was willing to sacrifice his son to God.

They will understand that faith is an

essential element of our relationship with

God, and we will learn that when we

receive the Eucharist, we receive new

life in Christ, who sacrificed his own

life for us.

SCIENCE Last week, the class learned all about

the scientific method. They also

learned a catchy tune to help them

learn the steps! There will be a quiz

on the scientific method this

Tuesday. Then we will begin our first

unit on cells. Parents, a lab safety

contract will also be sent home this

week. Please sign and return. Thank

you!

IMPORTANT DATES & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Monday, August 28th:

Choir Practice from 12:50 -1:15 pm

Tuesday, August 29th:

Tornado Drill at 9:00 am

Wednesday, August 30th:

Mass at 1:30 pm, hosted by 5th grade and Father Sunny

Ice Cream Social at the High School 6:30-7:30 pm

Friday, August 1st:

Spirit Wear Day

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! *August 5- Christopher

*August 6- Jonas

*August 20-Izzy Q.

*August 26- Jesse

*August 29- Morgan