5th Grade

Content and Announcements for Feb. 27-March 2

St. Teresa of Avila Catholic School - Monday, February 27, 2012

 

 

Here is information regarding the content for this week.  Please check planners nightly for specific homework.

Religion:

Memorize by Friday:  Psalm 66:8,9   Bless our God, you peoples; loudly sound his praise, who has kept us alive and not allowed our feet to slip.

We will review Chapter 9 online for homework.  A class review activity will take the place of a test this week.  Watch for the Ch. 10 Family Page in the home folder on Thursday.

 

Math:  

We are listing factors and multiples (memorized facts make this easier!).  On Leap Day we will learn the reasons for the extra day with a calendar activitiy and a "How Far Can You Leap?" challenge.


Social Studies: 

Students will begin reading the first section in Chapter 7 on the Middle Colonies.  

Geography - Students begine to relate regions of the U.S. to the early colonies they are studying in history.

Science:

We will complete our study of space exploration/John Glenn with a timeline organizer and TFK comprehension questions.


Reading: 

We are beginning the third section of our book, My Side of the Mountain.  Students will need to continue reading their own survival books each night.  

Language Arts/Spelling:

Students will study words from List 21 in our spelling books.  

In language, we will discuss conjunctions as well as run-on sentences. 

Last week, students began a story about a family moving to America.  Students will continue their writing during My Access.  

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Science Fair projects and inventions set up is from 7:30 to 8:30 am on Tuesday.  Family and class viewing is all day on Wednesday.

Progress reports will be sent home on Thursday, March 1st.  

We will have a Diocesan Spelling Bee on Thursday, March 1st from 9:15-10:15 AM.  Students in grades 3-8 will be participating.  Lucas Kassity will be representing 5th grade.  Good luck Lucas!

Students will be released at 12:30 PM on Friday, March 2nd.  

Have a great week!  

 

 


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Content and Announcements for Feb. 21-24

St. Teresa of Avila Catholic School - Tuesday, February 21, 2012

 

Here is information regarding the content for this week.  Please check planners nightly for specific homework.

Religion:

Our plans for praying, fasting, and almsgiving during Lent will be made as we recognize Shrove Tuesday and then Ash Wednesday.  We will deepen our understanding of Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition in Ch. 9.

Choose one verse to memorize for a quiz on Friday: 

Mark 1:15  Turn away from sin and be faithful to the gospel.  or  Genesis 3:19  Remember that you are dust, and to dust you will return.


Math:  

Everyone has developed a good grasp of divisibility so we are ready to practice factoring and identifying the GCF.


Social Studies: 

We will begin Chapter 7 in our textbooks on the Middle Colonies.  

Science:

Monday marks the 50th anniversary of John Glenn's five hour flight around the earth!  We will learn about him and other space explorers in our TFK magazine and Science textbook.

Be prepared to give a short 3 min. presentation describing your Science Fair project or invention on Thursday.  We will compose some of it in class.

Science Fair projects or inventions are to be set up in the multi-purpose room next Tuesday from 7:30-8:30 a.m.  The judging will occur that morning.  The Fair is open for family and class viewing all day on Wednesday, Feb. 29.


Reading: 

Our analysis and reading of My Side of the Mountain will continue this week.  Students will take their second quiz on the book on Thursday, February 23rd.  This week, students will also begin their own survival book to be read at home.  The project explanation was sent home last week.  Students will be responsible for keeping a nightly log for the book.  

Language Arts/Spelling:

Students will study List 20 from their spelling books.  In language, we will wrap up our study of prepositional phrases this week.

We will begin our discussion of how to write research papers.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Ash Wednesday Mass is at the church.  Please try to have your child come early to the church as we will be participating in a community Mass.  Students will start to be seated at 8:10.  

There will be spring pictures on Friday, February 24th.  Students may come to school in free dress that day.  

Save the date:  Annual Fifth Grade Snowshoe Trek at Tahoe on Monday, March 12!

 

Have a great week!  

 

 


 

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Content and Announcements for Feb. 13-17

St. Teresa of Avila Catholic School - Monday, February 13, 2012

 

Here is information regarding the content for this week.  Please check planners nightly for specific homework.

Religion: 

We will review Unit 2 during class.  Our next objective will be to recognize God as He reveals himself in Sacred Scripture.  Chapter 9 also provides us the opportunity to compare Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition. Watch for the new family activity page in the Thursday home folder.

Memorize by Friday:  1 Corinthians 13:4  

Love is patient. Love is kind.  It does not envy.  It does not boast.  It is not proud.


Math:  

Students will determine which operation to use with whole numbers and decimals in Valentine word problems.  Factors and divisibility rules will be taught with class and homework practice.  Accelerated Math tests and practices continue for new and review fifth grade objectives.


Social Studies: 

We are wrapping up our study of the Southern Colonies this week.  Students will be creating a flier for a specific colony in the south as well as taking their Chapter 6 test on Thursday.  

Geography:

A Nat'l Geographic map activity will help us recognize products of the colonies.

Science:

The class will complete their organizers as we gather information about the Carbon-Oxygen Cycle.  Science current events will be read, discussed, and written about with a new TFK magazine.


Reading: 

Students will continue reading from the class text, My Side of the Mountain.  Information regarding a book project will be sent home this week, and it will relate to the theme of survival.  

Language Arts/Spelling:

Our study of prepositional phrases will continue throughout the week with various activities.  Students will identify phrases in a text, create a poem using prepositional phrases, and write clues with them as well.  

In spelling, students will learn words from List 19 in their spelling books.  A spelling test will be on Friday.  

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Our class will have a Valentine's Day party on Tuesday afternoon from 2:15-3:05.  In the spirit of friendship, please bring Valentine cards for everyone in the class.  Our class list was on the back of our newsletter last week.  

Have a great week and a very Happy Valentine's Day!  

 

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Content and Announcements for Feb. 6-10

St. Teresa of Avila Catholic School - Monday, February 06, 2012

 

Here is information regarding the content for this week.  Please check planners nightly for specific homework.

Religion:

Memorize the last six lines of the Apostle's Creed (p.128) by Friday.  We are studying our Catholic beliefs found in the Apostle's Creed through activities within Chapter 8.  Online review will be assigned on Wed.-due by Friday.  Chapter 8 test is on Friday morning.


Math:  

Division w/double digit divisors and division of decimals by whole numbers continues this week.


Social Studies: 

We will finish reading about the Southern Colonies from Chapter 6 in our textbook.  

Geography will include a product map of the colonies.  Following Super Bowl Sunday, we will read and find information about US cities which host NFL football teams with a cultural map activity.

Science:

Three cycles in nature will be compared and reviewed.


Reading: 

Our class will continue reading from the book My Side of the Mountain.  Students will have their first quiz on this book on Tuesday.  

Language Arts/Spelling:

Our study of prepositions will continue this week.  Students will be typing their last personal narrative into My Access as well.

In spelling, students will be reviewing words from Lists 13-17.  Various cumulative review tests will be given throughout the week.  


ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Mass will be at school on Wednesday, February 8th.  Students should be dressed in Mass uniforms. 

The Crab Feed will be on Friday, February 10th from 6-11 PM!

We will be having a Valentine's Day party from 2:00-3:05 PM on Tuesday, February 14th.  A list with student names will be sent home this week. 


Have a great week!  

 

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