Hello Everyone, I hope you had a great week off. I am so sorry the end of our break turned into such a tragedy for our community. We are praying for the Sharps, their family and friends, and the kids at the public school every day.
Reading- This week is a little crazy with Holy Week, so I opted not to do a story this week. I did assign them their final book report. You may be hearing about their person already! I know I am getting little tidbits every day! They are really working hard at learning about their person! It's great! The due date is May 4. They have a packet with the information in it.
The other item they are working on is their Dollars for Scholars Essays. This year they had to choose an attribute from a list about 6-8 words and explain how that is important to their education. Some of the words are: caring, respect, responsibility, and fairness. They are writing and typing those up here. The top 3 will be sent on for the contest.
We will do a story next week and spelling words!
Math- We started our fractions chapter. They are working on making equivalent fractions using multiplication. So far so good. I keep hearing things like, "this is easy." Hopefully it stays that way!
Religion- They are finishing up their chapter on living the Ten Commandments. They will have a test over it next week. They are also watching the old Ten Commandments movie with Charlton Heston. They have noticed that the backgrounds in the scenes don't look real, but I keep reminding them the movie was made in the 50s! The CGI wasn't as good back then! It is still a classic movie.
Seder Meal- Our annual Seder Meal is tomorrow ( Thursday). The 5th graders will help me set it all up. This is another tradition that I love that we do here.
Good Friday- Remember there is no school this Friday.
Iowa Assessments will begin on Monday, April 9. We should be done by the 12th, but we can use the 13th for any kids who miss a day in-between.
I hope you all have a great weekend and a very happy Easter! Enjoy what remains of our Holy Week! I am heading to my brother's house in Waterloo after work on Thursday. I will spend the weekend there.
God Bless,
Miss Surma
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Hello Parents,
I hope you are having a good week. It seems winter isn't quite done with us yet. I know that shorts are allowed, but I want to make sure your kids know that the morning temp and recess temp may still be cold. They should have their winter coat with them just in case.
Reading- On Tuesday, they took their test over our last story. On Wednesday, they started our Unit 4 test. I am going to see if we can get it done on Thursday. That would mean on Friday we would start a new story that would wrap up the Thursday before break starts. We will see how things go and I will decide from there.
Religion- We just finished our Lent chapter. We will start working on living the Ten Commandments. We also will go to the chapel on Friday to pray the Rosary.
Food Pantry- We won't be going to work this month. Our week would be over spring break. The next time they will go will be in late April. We are collecting paper towels, kleenex, and toilet paper though to give to them.
Math- We are just about done with this chapter. We are now dividing decimals by decimals. On Wednesday, they learned that they can add 0's to their dividend to continue dividing and get the answer. The key I keep reminding them of is that they won't have any remainders if they are dividing their problems correctly. I think they will test over this chapter before they leave for spring break. I believe our next chapter will be fractions!
Spirit Day- This Friday is another Spirit Day! $1 for sweats!
Movie Night- This Friday the PTO is having a movie night for families here at STM. They are showing the movie Coco. It starts at 6:30 in the gym. There will be concessions for purchase!
Conferences- I think I have most of you signed up for a time. If you haven't yet, please do so! The link is on our classroom Facebook page. I also have it here on another blog I put out earlier this week. Thank you!
I hope you have a great weekend! Hopefully some warmer temps will be heading our way! I am ready for spring! I don't know that I will put out a blog next week since I will see you in person! If you are traveling for spring break, have a safe trip. I hope EVERYONE has a great break!
God Bless,
Miss Surma
I hope you are having a good week. It seems winter isn't quite done with us yet. I know that shorts are allowed, but I want to make sure your kids know that the morning temp and recess temp may still be cold. They should have their winter coat with them just in case.
Reading- On Tuesday, they took their test over our last story. On Wednesday, they started our Unit 4 test. I am going to see if we can get it done on Thursday. That would mean on Friday we would start a new story that would wrap up the Thursday before break starts. We will see how things go and I will decide from there.
Religion- We just finished our Lent chapter. We will start working on living the Ten Commandments. We also will go to the chapel on Friday to pray the Rosary.
Food Pantry- We won't be going to work this month. Our week would be over spring break. The next time they will go will be in late April. We are collecting paper towels, kleenex, and toilet paper though to give to them.
Math- We are just about done with this chapter. We are now dividing decimals by decimals. On Wednesday, they learned that they can add 0's to their dividend to continue dividing and get the answer. The key I keep reminding them of is that they won't have any remainders if they are dividing their problems correctly. I think they will test over this chapter before they leave for spring break. I believe our next chapter will be fractions!
Spirit Day- This Friday is another Spirit Day! $1 for sweats!
Movie Night- This Friday the PTO is having a movie night for families here at STM. They are showing the movie Coco. It starts at 6:30 in the gym. There will be concessions for purchase!
Conferences- I think I have most of you signed up for a time. If you haven't yet, please do so! The link is on our classroom Facebook page. I also have it here on another blog I put out earlier this week. Thank you!
I hope you have a great weekend! Hopefully some warmer temps will be heading our way! I am ready for spring! I don't know that I will put out a blog next week since I will see you in person! If you are traveling for spring break, have a safe trip. I hope EVERYONE has a great break!
God Bless,
Miss Surma
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