What's Happening in Grade 5

We are currently very busy. The achievement tests will be completed on Wednesday. I can't wait to see the results, everyone is trying so hard to do well. DARE is wrapping up with the game and essays due soon. Graduation is only a few weeks away.

My Christmas Wish List

I wish. . .
that everyone still had a red pen,
that all students had filler paper,
that books had covers,
that work was turned in on time,
that students used eraseable blue or black pen, and

that everyone has a blessed Christmas and an enjoyable break.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!

December News

This month we will be finishing up a few of our topics. In religion, we are studying Advent, and Christmas. We are also finishing up the sacraments of baptism and confirmation. The students do not have a prayer to memorize for December. We all have enough to do this month.

The stories in our reader are about inventions and artists. The students always have the essay questions for the test in their notebooks. Please check with them and go over the questions.

We are writing a mystery in English. So far, we've studied characters for our suspects, and the parts of a mystery. Rough drafts will begin before Christmas and we will do the good copies in the computer lab after Christmas.

We have finished our explorer power points and will share them the week of Dec. 7. There is a test on the 50 states at the end of January. Students have a practice map in their folders.

October News

We have started our "Steps to Respect" program. This is a 9 week program sponsored by Catholic Social Services to teach about bullying. Some of the topics will be friendship, what is the difference between bullying and conflict, what bullying behaviors are, what to do if you are bullied, when to report, and many more. This should have a positive effect on our classroom behavior.

We are finishing our projects on Native Americans and will begin the Exploration of the Americas in a week or two.

The best news is that I am going to be a first time grandma. Tina and George are expecting a girl in March.

Beginning of year news updates

Welcome to fifth grade. I am so glad to have met so many of you at the ice cream social. This year our theme is "Shaped to Serve". We will have many opportunities to serve the school, community, and the world this year.



Just a correction to the newsletter. We will not be using "whatsthehomework" this year.