Mass

Please remember the we will have school mass on Monday, November 1. Wear mass uniform and support the Food Bank, if possible.

New Animal Creation

Students were given the assignment to create a new animal. The new animals were required to have one characteristic from each class of vertebrates. I was excited to see all of the creativity the students put into this project!

October 25-29, 2010

English-
We will continue to work on the Verb chapter. Quiz will be on Wednesday, but we will move on in the chapter before then. Remember, the quiz is on present, past, and future tense only!
Students have been writing Halloween picture books. These are due on Tuesday. On Friday we will visit Ms. Patout's class to share our stories.

Science-
Quizzes on vocabulary and parts of the cell are this week. We will also continue working through the cell packet. Test on all notes will be the first week in November. Exact date TBA.

TESTS

Tests for the week of October 25-29 are:

Tuesday, October 26- Science-
This test is on the 23 vocabulary words in the packet. Format is fill in the blanks with a word
bank.

Wednesday, October 27- English-
This test is on the present, past, and future tense verbs.

Thursday, October 28- Science-
This quiz is on the parts of the plant and animal cell. All students have pictures drawn in
their packet along with a worksheet that has the pictures. The quiz pictures are exactly the
same as the worksheet pictures. Format is label the parts WITHOUT a word bank. Spelling
must be close.

Test Updates

English-
Present, Past, and Future tense verbs test is Wednesday, October 27th.

Science-
Vocabulary test on 23 Cell Packet words is Tuesday, October 26th. The test is fill in the blank with a word bank. Homework each night this week is to study vocabulary and any notes taken later in the week.

Pep Rally

This Friday will be our first pep rally of the year. Students are allowed to wear their orange spirit shirt in place of the normal uniform shirt. Girls may wear the shirt over the jumper. This is the ONLY modification that may be made to the uniform that day.

October 18-22, 2010

English-
This week we will continue working on Halloween picture books. We will also begin work on present, past, and future tesnse verbs. Test date will be announced soon. A new spiral will be given on Monday and is due by Friday.

Science-
Monday we will start our next packet on Cells. Homework each night is to study what is in the packet so far. The first quiz will cover the 23 vocabulary words. It will likely be given on Friday the 22nd or Tuesday the 26th. I will post as soon as it is decided.
I will no longer require that notecards be completed in class. Students have learned how to use the packet to create the cards. If this is a good way for your child to study, the cards should be done at home. It is a good idea to create the notecards each night for the information written that day in class.

Week of October 10-15, 2010

English-
This week we will work on our Halloween stories. These will be turned into picture books that we will share with a younger class the week of Halloween. No tests this week.

Science-
Test is Tuesday. Monday we will share our New Animal Creations and review for the quiz.

RETREAT-
Don't forget that 5th Grade Retreat will be held on Wednesday.

CONFERENCES-
Conferences will be held on Wednesday from 1-4 p.m. and all day Friday. If you have forgotten your scheduled time, please e-mail me on Monday and I will send you a reminder.

BOOK FAIR-
The SAS Book Fair continues this week. For exact shopping times see the SAS Website.

October 4-8, 2010

First, I hope you all realized that my weekly events update was for this week. I got a little ahead of myself and posted it Friday afternoon. I hope there was no confusion!

English-
****All 5th grade students have an online writing assignment that MUST be completed before they go to bed on Tuesday. This assignment requires use of the internet. If this is an issue at your home for any reason, please let me know ASAP so that we can make arrangements at school for them to complete the assignment.****

Quiz on Verbs sections 1-2 (action verbs and direct objects)) is Tuesday. Quiz on Verbs sections 3-4 (helping and linking verbs) is on Friday. Spiral #5 will be given on Monday and due on Friday. Spiral #4 was not so great for many students. Please check over your child's spiral before they turn it in.

Science-
Students made Plant Kingdom notecards last week. This week we will make our Plant tree map, take notes on the Animal Kingdom, create Animal Kingdom notecards, and begin work on an Animal Kingdom project. The quiz on Plant and Animal Kingdoms is October 12. Homework each night is to study for the quiz.

Weekly Event Update

This week we have:

Mass on Friday- wear mass uniform and support the Food Bank

Book Fair Grand Opening- Friday 4-6 p.m.

SAS Fair Auction- Friday 6:30 p.m. Admission is $15/person and includes dinner and beverages. Tickets may be purchased at the door. I am on the committee and we have some great items this year. Come out and support the Fair and have some fun, too.

Classification Of Me Assignment

All English Classes

Today a letter was sent home explaining a new program that is being used Diocese wide. Students were shown how to log-on to the Criterion Writing website and find the first assignment. This assignment must be done at home between today, October 1, and Tuesday, October 5. The letter states that it is due by Wednesday, but this assignment is coming from the Catholic Schools Office and we do not know at what time on Wednesday the assignment will be closed. Please take 30 minutes before Tuesday night to make sure this assignment is completed. Please e-mail me if you have any questions.