Upcoming Events

5A Specials Schedule

Monday - Music / Tuesday - Art / Wednesday - Media / Thursday - Gym / Friday - Library

Tuesday, 10/06 - Vocabulary Test on Unit 2 Words

Tuesday, 10/6 - Picture Day - Winter Uniform (means NO shorts - everything else stays the same)

Wednesday, 10/07 - Field Trip

Thursday, 10/08 - 1/2 Day 11:50 a.m. Dismissal AND Parent-Teacher Conferences

Friday, 10/09 - NO SCHOOL due to Parent-Teacher Conferences

Monday, 10/12 - NO SCHOOL Indigenous Peoples' Day / Columbus Day

Thank you to all families who turned in the permission slip today.  :)   It is greatly appreciated.  There are 7 students who need to turn in their Permission Slip for the upcoming Field Trip on Monday, 10/05. 

I sent an email with the link to the SignUpGenius to sign up for Parent-Teacher Conferences on 10/08 and 10/09. 

OR click on SignUpGenius to sign up. 

 Homework:

  MATH for 5A & 5B:  None.   If students feel they need more practice on Lesson 2-2 (Decimals and Expanded Form), I suggessted the do some problems on TB pages 26 and 27.

To locate the textbook online - Click on Sadlier Math.  Username is your child's first initial and last name.  I will email you the password.  

  READING for 5A & 5B:   Finish Vocabulary WB page 21.  Unit 2 Words Vocabulary Test will be on Tuesday, 10/06.  There is a Quizlet and Blooket in Google Classroom - Vocabulary.  

4 A/R Summaries Document needs to be submitted  by 8:00 am on Monday, 10/05.  

 5A RELIGION:  None. 

Upcoming Events

5A Specials Schedule

Monday - Music / Tuesday - Art / Wednesday - Media / Thursday - Gym / Friday - Library

Permission Slip for an upcoming Field Trip is in today's Communicator.   If you would like your child to participate,

please complete and return it to school tomorrow, 10/02. 

I sent an email with the link to the SignUpGenius to sign up for Parent-Teacher Conferences on 10/08 and 10/09. 

OR click on SignUpGenius to sign up. 

 Homework:

  MATH for 5A & 5B:  None. 

To locate the textbook online - Click on Sadlier Math.  Username is your child's first initial and last name.  I will email you the password.  

  READING for 5A & 5B:   Complete the graphic organizer for the text structure:  Description (second page only).  You will need to write your answers in complete sentences.  

 Students were assigned their A/R Reading Log for the week - Monday, 09/28 to Sunday, 10/04.  Students will need to read their A/R book 4x a week and write a summary.  They are welcome to read more if they wish.  I went over the expectations of this weekly assignment.  I will be checking their progress daily.  If they choose not to write a summary all week and wait until the weekend, they will only have the opportunity to write two summaries (Saturday and Sunday).  This is an assignment that cannot be done in advance or as make-up.   The point is to get them reading on a regular basis.  

 5A RELIGION:  None. 

Upcoming Events

5A Specials Schedule

Monday - Music / Tuesday - Art / Wednesday - Media / Thursday - Gym / Friday - Library

Permission Slip for an upcoming Field Trip  will be sent home tomorrow in the Communicator on 10/01.  

If you would like your child to participate, please complete and return it to school on Friday, 10/02. 

I sent an email with the link to the SignUpGenius to sign up for Parent-Teacher Conferences on 10/08 and 10/09. 

OR click on SignUpGenius to sign up. 

 Homework:

  MATH for 5A & 5B:  We began Chapter 2 today.  TB pages 24 and 25 - numbers 18 - 24 all.

To locate the textbook online - Click on Sadlier Math.  Username is your child's first initial and last name.  I will email you the password.  

  READING for 5A & 5B:   Complete the graphic organizer for the text structure:  Problem and Solution (first page only).  You will need to write your answers in complete sentences.  

 Students were assigned their A/R Reading Log for the week - Monday, 09/28 to Sunday, 10/04.  Students will need to read their A/R book 4x a week and write a summary.  They are welcome to read more if they wish.  I went over the expectations of this weekly assignment.  I will be checking their progress daily.  If they choose not to write a summary all week and wait until the weekend, they will only have the opportunity to write two summaries (Saturday and Sunday).  This is an assignment that cannot be done in advance or as make-up.   The point is to get them reading on a regular basis.  

 5A RELIGION:  None. 

Upcoming Events

5A Specials Schedule

Monday - Music / Tuesday - Art / Wednesday - Media / Thursday - Gym / Friday - Library

Wednesday, 09/29 - Chapter 1 Math Vocabulary Test (since Booklet link was not working)

I sent an email with the link to the SignUpGenius to sign up for Parent-Teacher Conferences on 10/08 and 10/09. 

OR click on SignUpGenius to sign up. 

 Homework:

  MATH for 5A & 5B:  Chapter 1 vocabulary test will be tomorrow, Wednesday.  Thank you to the parents who emailed me to let me know the Blooket link was not working.  Hopefully this corrects the problem. Click on Blooket to practice the terms.

To locate the textbook online - Click on Sadlier Math.  Username is your child's first initial and last name.  I will email you the password.  

  READING for 5A & 5B:  Students were assigned their A/R Reading Log for the week - Monday, 09/28 to Sunday, 10/04.  Students will need to read their A/R book 4x a week and write a summary.  They are welcome to read more if they wish.  I went over the expectations of this weekly assignment.  I will be checking their progress daily.  If they choose not to write a summary all week and wait until the weekend, they will only have the opportunity to write two summaries (Saturday and Sunday).  This is an assignment that cannot be done in advance or as make-up.   The point is to get them reading on a regular basis.  

 5A RELIGION:  None. 

Upcoming Events

5A Specials Schedule

Monday - Music / Tuesday - Art / Wednesday - Media / Thursday - Gym / Friday - Library

Tuesday, 09/28 - Chapter 1 Math Test with Vocabulary

I sent an email with the link to the SignUpGenius to sign up for Parent-Teacher Conferences on 10/08 and 10/09. 

OR click on SignUpGenius to sign up. 

 Homework:

  MATH for 5A & 5B:  Chapter 1 test is tomorrow, Tuesday.  Students will also need to know the vocabulary for place value on this test.  They were told at the beginning of the chapter that the vocabulary would be on the Chapter 1 test.  Click on Blooket to practive the terms.

To locate the textbook online - Click on Sadlier Math.  Username is your child's first initial and last name.  I will email you the password.  

  READING for 5A & 5B:  Students were assigned their A/R Reading Log for the week - Monday, 09/28 to Sunday, 10/04.  Students will need to read their A/R book 4x a week and write a summary.  They are welcome to read more if they wish.  I went over the expectations of this weekly assignment.  I will be checking their progress daily.  If they choose not to write a summary all week and wait until the weekend, they will only have the opportunity to write two summaries (Saturday and Sunday).  This is an assignment that cannot be done in advance or as make-up.   The point is to get them reading on a regular basis.  

 5A RELIGION:  None. 

Upcoming Events

5A Specials Schedule

Monday - Music / Tuesday - Art / Wednesday - Media / Thursday - Gym / Friday - Library

Friday, 09/25 - Spelling Test

Tuesday, 09/28 - Chapter 1 Math Test with Vocabulary

 Homework:

  MATH for 5A & 5B:  TB page 18 numbers 1 - 9 all and numbers 12, 13.  Students received their quiz from Lessons 1-1 and 1-2 today.  Students will bring it home tomorrow in the test folder, so they can review topics they may have had difficulty with.  

Chapter 1 test has been moved to Tuesday.  Students will also need to know the vocabulary for place value on this test.  They were told at the beginning of the chapter that the vocabulary would be on the Chapter 1 test.  Click on Blooket to practive the terms.

To locate the textbook online - Click on Sadlier Math.  Username is your child's first initial and last name.  I will email you the password.  

  READING for 5A & 5B:  No chapter summary is needed for chapter 13.  Tomorrow, students will be finishing The Day the Fifth Grade Disappeared.    All students were told they should have an A/R book to read on Monday.  5A and 5B students have library tomorrow, so they can choose an A/R book to read if they are not currently reading one or if they do not have books at home.  

SPELLING:  Test will be on Friday.   Click on 1.1 Word Families: Spelling Words to access the words.  They are also in Google Classroom - Spelling.  I told the students the priority of the test is to make sure the words are spelled correctly. I am grading handwriting too. BUT for the ones who are printing the words because they do not think I can read their cursive, I would like them to try to write the word in cursive AFTER they print the word. Handwriting receives a Pass / Fail grade, not a letter grade (A - F).

 5A RELIGION:  None. 

Upcoming Events

5A Specials Schedule

Monday - Music / Tuesday - Art / Wednesday - Media / Thursday - Gym / Friday - Library

Thursday, 09/24 - Aiden's Wish Tag Day - For $1.00 or more you can wear gold, orange, or Aiden's Wish shirt, if you have one.

Friday, 09/25 - Spelling Test

Monday, 09/28 - Chapter 1 Math Test with Vocabulary

 Homework:

  MATH for 5A & 5B:  TB page 17 numbers 7 - 19 ODD.  Students are striving for accuracy in the sums and differences.  

To locate the textbook online - Click on Sadlier Math.  Username is your child's first initial and last name.  I will email you the password.  

  READING for 5A & 5B:  Read or listen to Chapter 12 and write a summary.  I emailed you the chapter 9 summary.  You should copy (CTRL C) and paste (CTRL V) the summary to your Summaries document in Google Classroom.  You should have summaries written for chapters 1 - 12.    

SPELLING:  Test will be on Friday.   Click on 1.1 Word Families: Spelling Words to access the words.  They are also in Google Classroom - Spelling.  I told the students the priority of the test is to make sure the words are spelled correctly. I am grading handwriting too. BUT for the ones who are printing the words because they do not think I can read their cursive, I would like them to try to write the word in cursive AFTER they print the word. Handwriting receives a Pass / Fail grade, not a letter grade (A - F).

 5A RELIGION:  None. 

Upcoming Events

5A Specials Schedule

Monday - Music / Tuesday - Art / Wednesday - Media / Thursday - Gym / Friday - Library

Wednesday, 09/23 - Chapter 2 Religion Test

Thursday, 09/24 - Aiden's Wish Tag Day - For $1.00 or more you can wear gold, orange, or Aiden's Wish shirt, if you have one.

Friday, 09/25 - Spelling Test

Monday, 09/28 - Chapter 1 Math Test with Vocabulary

 Homework:

  MATH for 5A & 5B:  TB page 15 numbers 9 - 19 ODDS.  For 9 and 11, use Front End Estimation.  For 13 and 15, use rounding.  It is your choice how to estimate numbers 17 and 19, but rules for order of operations will need to be followed. 

FRONT END ESTIMATION EXAMPLE:

  Step 1                                        Step 2                        Step 3

   8730                                            700                           16,000

   2582                                            600                          + 1,700

+6428                                                + 400                     about 17, 700

16,000                                          1,700

To locate the textbook online - Click on Sadlier Math.  Username is your child's first initial and last name.  I will email you the password.  

  READING for 5A & 5B:  Finish reading chapter 11 and write a summary for chapter 11.  On your summary sheet, you should have summaries for chapters 1 -8 and 10 & 11.  I will give you the summary for chapter 9 this week.   

SPELLING:  Test will be on Friday.   Click on 1.1 Word Families: Spelling Words to access the words.  They are also in Google Classroom - Spelling.  

 5A RELIGION:  Chapter 2 test will be tomorrow, 09/23.  Click on Christ Our Life Interactive Review to access it.  Click on Chapter 2 Study Guide to access it.  

Upcoming Events

5A Specials Schedule

Monday - Music / Tuesday - Art / Wednesday - Media / Thursday - Gym / Friday - Library

 Tuesday, 09/22 - Star Reading Test

Wednesday, 09/23 - Chapter 2 Religion Test

Thursday, 09/24 - Aiden's Wish Tag Day - For $1.00 or more you can wear gold, orange, or Aiden's Wish shirt, if you have one.

Friday, 09/25 - Spelling Test

Monday, 09/28 - Chapter 1 Math Test with Vocabulary

 Homework:

  MATH for 5A & 5B:  TB page 14 numbers 2, 4, 6, 8.  For numbers 2 and 4, students should demonstrate front-end estimation.  For numbers 6 and 8, students should demonstrate rounding.  Students should have copied front-end estimation procedure for problem number 1.  

  Step 1                                        Step 2                        Step 3

   8730                                            700                           16,000

   2582                                            600                          + 1,700

+6428                                                + 400                     about 17, 700

16,000                                          1,700

To locate the textbook online - Click on Sadlier Math.  Username is your child's first initial and last name.  I will email you the password.  

  READING for 5A & 5B:  Students received their list of spelling words on Word Families.  These words are on the easy side.  I will attach a link to the words.  The test will be on Friday.  Those students who are not exempt from cursive writing will need to write the words in cursive.  If they think I will be unable to read their cursive, they should print the word too.   

Click on 1.1 Word Families: Spelling Words to access the words.  They are also in Google Classroom - Spelling.  

 5A RELIGION:  Chapter 2 test will be on Wednesday, 09/23.  Click on Christ Our Life Interactive Review to access it.  Click on Chapter 2 Study Guide to access it.