Hello Parents! I hope everyone is doing well. These snow days are getting old! I sure hope next week is just off because of Catholic Schools Week and not snow days!! 

Calendar Dates:

Jan. 29- Book Reports Due

Jan. 28-Feb. 2- Catholic Schools Week

Feb. 7- Lenten Activity Night 6-7pm @STM

Feb.9- Celebrating Valentine's Day

Feb. 14- Ash Wednesday- 5th grade mass

Reading- We started a new story on Monday. This one is historical fiction. It is about a family living on the prairie. It's main character, Willy, is one of the kids in the family who has to help harvest the wheat crop. We learn some new vocabulary on the tools they used in farming back in 1840. I am showing them pictures so they have an idea of what we are talking about. They are reading about how the weather played a huge role in their lives. They are also learning some ways they used to tell how the weather was going to be each day. They didn't have the meteorologists to tell them about a storm arriving! In grammar we are going to be working on the past, present, and future tense of verbs. In spelling we have VV combination. I told them during their pretest that some words have 2 vowels next to each other and each vowel has their own sound so that helps us figure out how to spell them. Some words have 2 vowels next to each other, but they work together and make one sound so that makes it more difficult to figure out. Some times we can separate them between the vowels and their syllables. 

Book Reports - I moved the due date to Monday! We will see how many we can get done. I know it is Catholic Schools Week, so that may be another challenge! 

Math- We are still working on multiplying decimals and whole numbers, but I am hoping this week we can get to multiplying decimals times decimals. That makes it a little more challenging to figure out where to put that decimal. 

Social Studies- They will have a test tomorrow (Friday). They are going over their study guide today. 

Mass- Make sure to return the form that went home last week that lets us know who is picking them up on Friday for the Grandparent/Special Guest mass. I have gotten a few, but not all. 

Catholic Schools Week begins on Sunday! If your child is signed up for mass on Sunday, look for their paper/assignment in their Take Home Folder.  If they have a part in Friday's mass, that will also be in their folder! Please make sure you read Mrs. Simmons' outline on the activities each day. They will need a sack lunch on Monday. Milk is provided. They can wear their STM gear or blue and gold on Monday! 

I hope everyone has a GREAT weekend! Hope to see you at mass on Sunday! If your child has a part, be there at 8:30 so we can practice! 

God Bless,

Miss Surma