Hello Families! I hope everyone is having a good week! Thank you for signing up for conferences next week. 

Calendar Dates:

Feb. 28- Last Day for Coin Wars

Feb. 28- Book Reports Due

Mar. 1- STM Gala/Auction

Mar. 5- Ash Wednesday ( Lent Begins)

Mar. 3-6 Parent Teacher Conferences

Mar. 7-16 Spring Break

Mar. 17- St. Patrick's Day/ Classes Resume

Reading- This week our story is really short. It is about the Transcontinental Railroad being built. It really shows how the Chinese people worked extremely hard, but were discriminated against and didn't get any of the recognition. By the end of the construction, there were 12,000 Chinese workers. They showed how they were willing to work in poor conditions and risk their lives to see it built.  My plan is to get this story and work completed before break. They will take the selection quiz over this one, but I don't know if I will have time for the module weekly test. They will have their posttest in spelling next week too. Their list is harder this week. They are working with words that have a VCCCV pattern in them. In grammar they are working with subject and object pronouns. 

Book Reports are due on Friday! They will share that day. I hope to get some checked over the weekend! 

Math- We started our division chapter. On Tuesday, I taught them about estimating with division. They don't just round because there is a good chance they would still end up with a remainder.  They have to find compatible numbers. That way they can use their multiplication table if necessary and mentally divide (or multiply) to find the quotient. It is tricky. 

I will be practicing division with them for a couple of days to remind them how to divide. We will use a single digit divisor. Then I will jump in with dividing by two digits. 

Religion- They shared their saint slides this week. They were good! This was good practice for their last book report project. This week we also read the story called The Woman at the Well. One of my favorites from the Bible. Jesus told her that following him would bring her eternal life. We also talked about how the Jews and Samaritans didn't get along. 

Lent begins next week. The kids will make their Lenten promises on Tuesday. Ash Wednesday mass is on Wednesday. We have an all school mass. Some of your kids have a part. I gave it to them on Monday. You're welcome to join us on Wednesday. 

Thank you to Melodie Winkler for creating the 5th grade quilt for the auction. It turned out so great! I know the kids loved it! Whoever get that at the auction will be wrapped up in lots of LOVE! 

As of Monday, they can wear shorts again. I always tell them that just because they can, doesn't mean they should. They should at least have a sweatshirt for recess. I saw a few kids without on Wednesday and it felt like it was in the 30s. 

Coin Wars ends on Friday! 1st place is a pizza party. 2nd place is a cupcake party. 3rd place is candy. 

Spirit Day on Friday!!! 

I hope everyone has a good weekend! If you're going to the auction, I will see you there!

God Bless,

Miss Surma