Hello Families! How are you enjoying 2nd summer??? The kids have such red faces coming in from recess!
Calendar Dates:
Sept. 7- Labor Day/ No School
Sept. 10- Green Valley Day Grades 5-8
Sept. 11- Spirit Day
Sept. 16- PTO Meeting
Sept. 23- 5th Grade Mass
Field Trip- In your child's folder is the permission slip for our field trip to Green Valley Park. Please fill it out and return as soon as possible. They will need a sack lunch and drink that day! Please make sure you fill out both forms! If you're wanting to join us, make sure you see Mrs. Levine in the office. There will be paperwork for you to fill out. The kids should wear clothes and shoes they can get dirty! They also need to pay $5 to help pay for the bus.
Reading- They will have their posttest over the spelling words on Friday. They are supposed to have their list in their homework folder.
Our story is called The Inventor's Secret. It is a narrative nonfiction story about Thomas Edison and Henry Ford. They both loved inventing things, but they also had many flops along the way. This was a story about Henry figuring out Thomas' secrets with his invention. His advice to Henry was simple..."keep at it". We talked about the author's purpose in this story- some of it was meant to entertain while it also gave them information on their invention stories.
In grammar we have been focusing on the parts of a sentence. This is really relearning...making sure they have a subject and a predicate in their sentences.
Math- Our first lessons covered writing problems using exponents and place value. They are writing numbers in standard, written, and expanded form. Writing the number in words is trickier as the number gets bigger. The expanded form has two possibilities. I am making them practice both. One of those ways is using exponents.
We also started our time tests over multiplication and division on Wednesday. You will see their tests each week in their take home folders.
Religion- We always start out the year being able to locate Bible passages and identifying the title of them. Our first chapter focuses on Creation. One of the composition books they brought to school is for religion. In the spring they will take the ACRE test. We have already been busy taking notes on things they need to know for the test. One of the questions focuses on the word dignity. We worked on writing a definition down and then understanding that we need to treat everyone with respect. We also made a note of who the four Evangelists are: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
The 5th graders have been GREAT help with the kindergarten class at mass!
Just a reminder: No school on Monday for Labor Day! Enjoy the long weekend!
I hope everyone has a GREAT weekend! I will be working at the bookstore on Saturday! Stay cool!
God Bless,
Miss Surma
