Parents,

We’re off and running this week already!  Please help your child plan his or her time wisely to get through this busy week!

 

Important Dates:

11/28– Frontier Story Rough Draft Due

11/29 – Religion Vocabulary Quiz (Grade 2)

11/29 – Social Studies Chapter 6 Test

11/30 – Spelling Test

11/30 – 5th Grade to Daily Mass (wear red!)

12/07 – Noon Dismissal

12/07 – First Trimester Ends

 

Curriculum Notes

Religion: This week we are continuing our work with the second grade religion vocabulary listed on the Archdiocesan website.  We will have a lesson on Adoration from two parent helpers (Sonja Garmanian and Kendra Carlton) in preparation for our attendance at adoration on First Friday next week.

Students will get their chapter three and Joyful Mysteries tests back in their yellow folders this week.  Everyone did very well!

Science: This week we are turning in our “Earth’s Waters” text and receiving the “Matter and Energy”. We will begin this unit with an overview of structure and properties of matter.

 

Math:  We are continuing our study of measurement this week.  Besides tonight’s work on equal metric measurements, we will talk about perimeter and area this week.

Literature:  The Literature Project for November is due Friday.  Several have already come in.  There will not be a book project due in December.

We began our new unit today: Energy at Work.  Students will read and discuss an expository piece about Benjamin Franklin this week, titled “The Sparks Fly.”

The spelling list this week has 29 words on it!  Copies of the list were handed out today.  Please help your child study for Friday’s test.

Social Studies: The rough draft of the Frontier Story is now due on Wednesday.  Students will have a 45 minute class period tomorrow to work on their draft.  Remember, no class time is set aside for work on the extra credit map project.

The chapter six test is on Thursday.  Students have had the study guide for nearly a week already, and should be using it to take notes and focus their studying.  I will answer any questions students have about the study guide in class tomorrow and Wednesday.

 

In Christ,

Natalie Conrow