5th Grade Academics

RELIGION

The 5th graders presented posters of the Liturgy of the Eucharist at last week’s assembly – they were truly beautiful. We are laminating them and will have them up in the classroom for the Almost Spring Showcase on Friday. Make sure to plan on attending that and take a peek at their work. We studied the Communion Rites last week , worked on our review and should be ready for our unit test tomorrow. We will also work on our self-reflection of our Lenten Promises as well as, participate in weekly Stations of the Cross led by our 8th graders.

MATH

We are moving on to fractions…we used pattern blocks to help us find “one” and then determine the fraction parts. Today we introduced benchmarks to help us. We will continue to review US traditional division while playing with fractions.

SCIENCE

Our scientist reports are hanging up in the classroom and they are too cute. They did a great job with their oral presentations too. We continue to experiment with chemical reactions this week.

ELA

Reading: We are on our last chapters of Signs of the Beaver. This week, we’ll focus on chapters 19-22, identifying figurative language, summarizing chapters, and including vocabulary, context clues, and illustrations. We will take our quiz for chapter 13-18 on Wednesday.

Our focus in writing is being thorough with our summaries.

Word Work:  Students had their tests yesterday. Some students have finished a unit so an assessment to check for mastery will also be included in this week’s class. Students will be writing their new sort in their planner.

Social Studies

Our focus this week will be our state floats. Students have been working diligently on their floats. We hope you have a chance to come on Friday to see their hard work. Presentations of their floats will be next week. Last week, we spent some time making sure our float has functioning wheels.

Assignments/Upcoming Tests

Tuesday: Religion Test – unit 2

Wednesday: Test on chapters 13-18 for Signs of the Beaver. Students can use their summary notes and book to help answer and cite evidence. Student responses on short answers must restate question, correct sentence structure, punctuation marks and answer all questions.

Thursday: The unit 11 Vocabulary test. I will remind the students to take their vocabulary books home to study.

If you have any questions, please be sure to send us an email.

Upcoming Events

Wednesday: Stations of the Cross at 1:50. Stations of the Cross led by our 8th graders is a wonderful chance for some personal reflection. The 8th graders always do such a beautiful job. Please join us if your schedule permits.

Friday: School Mass at 8:30 AM, Almost Spring Showcase and a 2:00 dismissal.

Mrs. Manning & Mrs. Vazquez