Reconciliation- The 5th graders will have the opportunity to go to confession on Monday with Father Adam. As always the non-Catholics can receive a blessing from him.
Reading - Last Friday we started our new unit. This one is all about the Revolutionary War. The story we are reading is called Dangerous Crossings. It is historical fiction. The main characters are John Adams and his son Johnny. It is about their trip aboard The Boston on their journey to France where John Adams is supposed to meet with King George and discuss getting the French's help with the war. Even though it is fiction, they do include some writings from his personal diary. Their trip is not without some problems: stormy seas, three British ships following them, and a merchant ship which they take over. We also discuss how long it took them to get to France. There was no GPS. In grammar we are discussing pronouns and the different kinds. They made a notebook page with key information in it that they can use on Thursday for the test. We will be testing on Thursday for the story and the spelling words.
Religion-they finished their Beatitudes chapter. Our next one is learning about the Church calendar which I go over every year with 3-5th. We will then get into an Advent chapter.
Math- we are digging into our decimals chapter. The first lesson was for them to be able to get used to the place value names, especially thousandths. They have also learned to write the value of a digit in a decimal-- telling me what it is worth. This week they learned to write the decimals in expanded form and written form. For example: 2.345 in expanded form looks like (2x1)+(3x1/10)+(4x1/100)+(5x1/1000). In written form it is is two and three hundred forty-five thousandths. We are also going to be working on comparing and ordering decimals. This is usually a confusing area for some kids. They tend to think that since the decimal has more numbers in it... it must be bigger. 0.3 and 0.003. I do a lot of comparisons with money because it is easy for them to picture that in their heads.
Thursday, December 19- the kids will need a sack lunch for that day. Milk will be provided. If they want to dress up in their ugly Christmas sweater or wear their Christmas accessories-- they are more than welcome to do so! Christmas caroling will begin around 12:15 and go to 12:45. You are welcome to join us. I don't have our afternoon fully planned out, but I know that I am going to give us time to play board games and card games. If they have a favorite game at home and want to bring it to school that day that would be great. They will bring it home that day. I will also make sure they take home their boots and snow pants for the break. It gives me a chance to clean out the closet. 😉
Advent Angels- During the season of Advent, our students spend quality time with their angels and build great relationships. Over the years students like to purchase their angel a gift for Christmas. We appreciate the kindness and generosity students show to one another. We encourage students to keep their gifts small (under $5) and easy for students to take on the bus. Thank you for your consideration. If you've already purchased gift that is fine, but consider this for the future.
Christmas Dress Up Days-- Kids can participate if they want to! Monday- Wear Red
Tuesday- Wear Green Wednesday- Dress Up for mass Thursday- Ugly Christmas Sweater or Christmas Accessories!
I feel like I am forgetting something...if I remember what that is, I will send out another blog! Have a great weekend!
God Bless,
Miss Surma
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