Hello Everyone!

I hope everyone had a fantastic long snow week off and a wonderful weekend!

Tomorrow, February 24 th will be a full day of school. Please make sure your child has his or her lunch with him or her.

Science Fair Projects are due on Tuesday, February 24 th .

Fifth grade is in charge of Mass this week with Fr. Oscar, on Wednesday, February 25 th at 9 AM. Please join us if you are available. Please have your child wear his or her dress uniform. The students in grades 2-8 will be receiving Reconciliation if they have received their first Reconciliation at 10 AM.

Please join us for the Annual School-wide Science Fair on February 25 th from 6-7 PM.The students will not have any written homework on Wednesday night. However, they will have a Math and Reading test on Thursday. Please feel free to take home the science fair projects when you leave after the Science Fair. The Book Fair will be open until 8 PM.

Math-A-Thon donations are due on Friday, February 27 th . Thanks for all your hard work. The students in fifth grade were very excited to be able to help Saint Jude's Hosptial.

The BOOK FAIR is here this week! Please stop in and check out the wonderful selections included in this year's Book Fair!

Friday, we will be having the Stations of the Cross at 8:10 AM in the gym.

Please do not forget that the students are required to read 10 minutes a night and do IXL for 30 minutes for the week and record it on their Logs. It counts as a quiz grade. Please assist me in helping your child become a lifelong reader. These logs are do every Monday for a quiz grade.

Here are a few highlights of what is happening this week in Fifth Grade...

Religion- The students will explore the meaning of the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. They will learn to encourage people who are sick or aged to receive the Anointing of the Sick. The students will describe the Church's celebration of the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. The students will reflect on the power and presence of God in the celebration of the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. The students will be evaluated on Penance and Reconciliation Chapter 18 next week.

Math- The students will read, interpret and create various types of graphs (stem and leaf plots and circle graphs) and review the contexts for which each type is best suited. The students will also use a variety of strategies to solve word problems involving probability and statistics. The students will be evaluated on Chapter 7 on Thursday.

IXL Math-The students can work for mastery on Level G sections S.1 through S.12 or Y.1 through Y.7 on IXL. This will help your child to practice data and statistics in graphs or through probability. Please remind your child to record their information on their Math Logs because their IXL time counts as a quiz grade. The students will only be required 30 minutes on IXL.

Science- This week the students will be Measuring temperature and measuring the mass of solids and liquids. The students will identify the three different scales used to measure temperature. The students will be measuring the volume of liquids and solids. The students will be measuring the volume of a rectangular solid.

Science Lab- The students investigated how to read a thermometer by measuring room temperature and the temperature of a cup of water from a faucet and a cup of water with ice cubes and the temperature at the end of the day.

Social Studies- The students will evaluate the effect of the slave codes on the lives of African captives. The students will analyze how the plantation system affected the development of slavery. The students will use the reading objective “sequence” and sequence the events that led to slavery becoming an accepted practice in the colonies. The students will be able to explain the economic patterns and major industries of colonial America. The students will be able to evaluate the effects of supply and demand on the plantation system.

Reading- The students will be reading the story “Evelyn Cisneros Prima Ballerina” a Biography, by Charnan Simon. The students will able to identify elements of Biography. Please have the students review their vocabulary words for this story. The students will be taking their EOS Test on Thursday. The students will be making predictions in the book “The Westing Game” our class read aloud book. Please remind them to document their minutes for their home D.E.A.R. Time as it counts as a quiz.

Language Arts- Word Study- The students in the yellow group are sorting their words by the prefixes sub-, pro-, com-, and -en. The students in the blue group are sorting their words by the prefixes re-, ex-, de-, and in-. This test will be on Friday!

In Vocabulary, the students will be working on Units 16 this week. If you have not accessed the Grammar or Vocabulary websites, please do so by using the access code located on the second page in their book to create a user log-in so that your child will be able to take advantage of the fun learning games available.

In Grammar, the students will be reviewing subject and verb agreement in paragraphs as well as identifying good topic sentences. They will also be learning about using proper grammar when completing sentences and writing their own sentences. They will be identifying prepositions and prepositional phrases, what they are and how they are used.

Physical Education/Health- Students will be participating cooperative relays. Students will work on concepts of speed, levels, direction and teamwork. Students will discuss and explore how the body, mind and spirit work together to ensure a healthy person. Students will practice rope jumping and upper body challenges to prepare for upcoming testing. Cooperative play will be reinforced as opposed to competition. Student’s will also investigate the "Heart" and ways to care for their bodies, as well as learning to identify different types of exercise and it's relationship to keeping their bodies healthy. We discuss Dental health.

Music- Students will review previous knowledge of the recorder by playing Recorder Baseball.

Spanish- This week students will continue to explore the days of the week.

Technology- The students will be looking and creating their wish list for the Book Fair. The students will begin research for their element boxes that they will be creating from an empty tissue box.

Art- Students will be introduced to the artists Warren Kimble and Grandma Moses. We will have a brief discussion on perspective and look at the composition of landscape paintings by both artists, tying in with Colonial history studies. Students will compose a landscape drawing which we will work on over the next several classes.

Hello Everyone!

I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend!

Mass will be with Fr. Brian, on Wednesday, February 11th. Please have your child wear his or her dress uniform.

Friday, February 13th, we are celebrating Valentine's Day and Grandparent's Day! Please have your child make a valentine for each student in fifth grade and one for their Pre-K4 Buddy. We will celebrate Valentine's Day in the classroom before the Grandparent's Day celebration. A list of names came home on Friday. Students will be able to leave on Friday with their Grandparents. Please have them wait until after the National Junior Honor Society Induction Ceremony as fifth grade has been invited to observe since next year they will be eligible to participate if they meet all requirements.

There will be NO SCHOOL on Monday, February 16th due to President's Day! Enjoy your long weekend!

Please do not forget that the students are required to read 10 minutes a night and do IXL for 30 minutes for the week and record it on their Logs. It counts as a quiz grade. Please assist me in helping your child become a lifelong reader. These logs are do every Monday for a quiz grade.

Here are a few highlights of what is happening this week in Fifth Grade...

Religion- The students will be evaluated on Penance and Reconciliation Chapter 16 Tomorrow. The students will identify that healing was an important part of Jesus' ministry and gain an understanding of the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. The students will be able to explain that Jesus gave the Apostles the power to heal others in his name. They will also be able to pray for those who need comfort and sick.

Math- The students will read, interpret and create various types of graphs ( Line graphs, bar graphs, circle graphs and pictographs) and review the contexts for which each type is best suited. T he students will also use a variety of strategies to solve word problems involving probability and statistics. The students will be evaluated on Chapter 7 next week.

IXL Math-The students can work for mastery on Level G sections S.1 through S.12 or Y.1 through Y.7 on IXL. This will help your child to practice data and statistics in graphs or through probability. Please remind your child to record their information on their Math Logs because their IXL time counts as a quiz grade. The students will only be required 30 minutes on IXL.

Science- This week the students will be comparing the viscosity of liquids and conducting an experiment on viscosity. The students will also be preparing for their next Nancy Larson Test which will be on Thursday.

Science Lab- The students investigated the viscosity of liquids and conducting an experiment on viscosity. They were able to determine if the temperature affected the viscosity of honey. The students had three different samples of the same type of honey, one was at room temperature, one was warm and one was ice cold and the students had to test how quickly it flowed. The students will be creating a graph tomorrow after they determine the average time it took it to flow out of the container.

Social Studies- The students will analyze the locations of colonial cities and explain the geographical features that influences where people settles. The students will describe the contributions of Benjamin Franklin. Then they will compare and contrast two port cities.

Reading- The students will be evaluated on the story “Satchmo's Blues,” an Informational Narrative by Alan Schroeder, in order to identify the vocabulary and to check their comprehension from the lesson. The students will be reading the story “Evelyn Cisneros Prima Ballerina” a Biography, by Charnan Simon. The students will able to identify elements of Biography. Please have the students review their vocabulary words for this story. The students will be making predictions in the book “The Westing Game” our class read aloud book. Please remind them to document their minutes for their home D.E.A.R. Time as it counts as a quiz.

Language Arts- Word Study- The students in the yellow group are sorting their words by the prefixes re-, ex-, in-, and de-. The students in the blue group are sorting their words by the prefixes pre-, fore-, post-, and after-. This test will be on Wednesday!

In Vocabulary, the students will be working on a cumulative review of Units 13-15 this week. If you have not accessed the Grammar or Vocabulary websites, please do so by using the access code located on the second page in their book to create a user log-in so that your child will be able to take advantage of the fun learning games available.

In Grammar, the students will be reviewing subject and verb agreement in paragraphs as well as identifying good topic sentences. They will also be learning about using proper grammar when completing sentences and writing their own sentences. They will be identifying three different kinds of Conjunctions and when to apply them to a sentence and prepositions, what they are and how they are used.

Physical Education/Health- Students will participate in conditioning activities, cooperative games and continue their exploration of the heart and circulatory system.

Music- No class due to the Grandparents’ Day Celebration.

Spanish- This week students will continue to understand and explore Spanish colors. They will describe their clothes as well as their classmates clothes.

Technology- The students will be typing their poems and essays for the Catholic Daughters of America Poetry and Essay contest. When the students are finished they will be writing kind statements on Story Lines through their Edmodo Accounts and they will work on math learning games.

Art-Today in fifth Grade, we’ll complete our Art Contest project. Students will finalize their illustrations and paintings in preparation for submission, and will discuss and explore how Fine Art ties in with Religion.

Hello Everyone!

I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend! I hope everyone had a wonderful Catholic Schools Week, last week!

Mass will be with Fr. Brian, on Wednesday, February 4th. Please have your child wear his or her dress uniform.

School picture Retake day is on Thursday! All students needing a retake need to be in their dress uniform. If you are or have been in a club this year please wear your dress uniform for club photos.

Please do not forget that the students are required to read 10 minutes a night and do IXL for 30 minutes for the week and record it on their Logs. It counts as a quiz grade. Please assist me in helping your child become a lifelong reader. These logs are do every Monday for a quiz grade.

Here are a few highlights of what is happening this week in Fifth Grade...

Religion- The students will be evaluated on Penance and Reconciliation Chapter 16 Tomorrow. The students will identify that healing was an important part of Jesus' ministry and gain an understanding of the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. The students will be able to explain that Jesus gave the Apostles the power to heal others in his name. They will also be able to pray for those who need comfort and sick.

Math- The students will investigate how to create tree diagrams to determine the number of possible outcomes. The students will be able to find the probability of independent and dependent events. The students will organize and represent data in frequency tables and find cumulative frequency. The students will demonstrate the ability to find the range, mean, median and mode of a set of data. The students will interpret various types of graphs and review the contexts for which each type is best suited.

IXL Math-The students can work for mastery on Level G sections O.1 through O.12 on IXL. This will help your child to practice dividing fractions by fractions, by whole numbers and by mixed numbers. Please remind your child to record their information on their Math Logs because their IXL time counts as a quiz grade. The students will only be required 30 minutes on IXL.

Science- This week the students will be observing and describing cohesion, surface tension, and adhesion. The students will also be observing and identifying physical changes. The student will identify physical properties of matter. The students will be comparing the viscosity of liquids and conducting an experiment on viscosity.

Science Lab- The students investigated the Cohesion of water on a plastic bag, a piece of aluminum foil and adhesion on a penny. The students were able to hypothesize about how many drops of water from the pipette it would take before the water overflowed off of the penny. Then the students averaged their trials and drew conclusions based on their observations.

Social Studies- The students will be able to explain why and how people colonized and settled in the English colonies. The students will describe the conditions of travel to the colonies. The students will need to distinguish between indentured servants and enslaved captives. The students will compare and contrast the lives of indentured servants and enslaved captives. The students will analyze the locations of colonial cities and explain the geographical features that influences where people settles. The students will describe the contributions of Benjamin Franklin. Then they will compare and contrast two port cities.

Reading- The students will be evaluated on the story “The World of William Joyce Scrapbook” a Autobiography by William Joyce, in order to identify the vocabulary from the lesson. The students will be utilizing several skills to help decode the text. The students will then begin reading Satchmo's Blues an Informational Narrative. The students will be able to identify elements of nonfiction and fiction. Please have the students review their vocabulary words for this story. The students will be making predictions in the book “The Westing Game” our class read aloud book. Please remind them to document their minutes for their home D.E.A.R. Time as it counts as a quiz.

Language Arts- Word Study- The students in the yellow group are sorting their words by the sounded and silent consonants. The students in the blue group are sorting their words by the prefixes un-, dis-, mis-, and in-. This test will be on Wednesday!

In Vocabulary, the students will be working on Unit 15 this week. If you have not accessed the Grammar or Vocabulary websites, please do so by using the access code located on the second page in their book to create a user log-in so that your child will be able to take advantage of the fun learning games available.

In Grammar, the students will be reviewing subject and verb agreement in paragraphs as well as identifying good topic sentences. They will also be learning about using proper grammar when completing sentences and writing their own sentences. They will be using negatives in sentences, identifying three different kinds of Conjunctions and when to apply them to a sentence and prepositions.

Physical Education/Health- Students will participate in conditioning activities, cooperative games and continue their exploration of the heart and circulatory system.

Music- Students will prepare their class song and whole group song for the Grandparent’s Day Celebration.

Spanish- This week students will continue to understand and explore Spanish colors. They will describe their clothes as well as their classmates clothes.

Technology- The students will be writing kind statements on Story Lines through their Edmodo Accounts.

Art-Fifth graders will use their personal artists journals as a warm up activity to brainstorm illustrations for our Catholic Daughters of the America Art Contest. We will then discuss and use these designs as inspiration for final sketches.