Curriculum Notes

 

Religion:  This week we are beginning a discussion on the sacraments of healing (chapter 14).  We will also have our very first Family Life lesson on Thursday.  Chapter one is titled “Family Ties” and focuses on family traditions and what makes a group of people a family.

 

Science: This week we are beginning our next unit of study: recycling. This week we will focus on a definition of terms and broad ideas surrounding recycling, decomposition, and pollution by both humans and natural processes.

 

Math:  Our focus this week will be on subtracting fractions.  Students will learn how to subtract fractions from whole numbers and how to borrow from a whole number in order to subtract fractions.

 

Social Studies:  We are finishing up our study of chapter ten this week and reviewing the material for Friday’s test.  Students were given a yellow study guide today to aide their studying.

Students who wish to re-take the vocabulary quiz (handed back today) for an averaged score need to schedule their retake date with me tomorrow.  All retakes must be completed on or before Friday.

 

Literature:  This week we are focusing our attention on “Apollo 11: The First Moon Landing.”  Students seemed excited about this selection and were asking many more questions about the moon landing than I was able to answer!

 

Language Arts:  Our language arts focus this week will be tied to the literature unit.  Students have written two science fiction stories over the past two weeks.  They will have the opportunity to bring one of these stories through the writing process to the publishing stage.

The social studies project that was started two weeks ago should be completed during our computer lab time on Wednesday morning.

 

Important Dates:

4/24 – Father Jim Visits Classrooms

4/24 – Family Life Lesson “Family Ties”

4/24-4/25 – Literature Assessment “Apollo 11: The First Moon Landing”

4/25 – 5th Grade to Daily Mass (wear red!)

4/25 – Social Studies Chapter 10 Test

4/25 – Last Day for S.S. Vocabulary Retake

4/29 – Religion Chapter 14 Test

5/02 – No School!