January 20, 2023
Dear Parents and Students,
Students Inventions are due Next Friday. They will be displayed in the hallway for Catholic Schools Week.
Here’s a look at the week ahead.
Math:
Mr. Schreck
Chapter 6, Multiply & Divide Decimals
Monday: Lesson 6, Multiply Decimals by Powers of Ten
Tuesday: Lesson 7, Problem Solving: Looking for a Pattern
Wednesday: Lesson 8, Multiplication Properties
Thursday: Lesson 9, Estimate Quotients
Friday: Review/ALEKS
Ms. Semandiris
Monday (Jan 23) – Chapter 3 Test
Chapter 5, Add and Subtract Decimals
Tuesday (Jan 24) – Ch. 5, Lesson 1, Round Decimals
Wednesday (Jan 25) – Ch. 5 Lesson 2, Estimate Sums and Differences
Thursday (Jan 26) – Ch. 5 Problem Solving Investigation – Estimation
Friday (Jan 27) – Check My Progress Review
Mrs. Heuer
Monday: *Test corrections and 2.1 Fractions and Decimals
Tuesday: *2.2 Fractions and Percents
Wednesday: *2.3 Percents and Decimals
Thursday: *2.4 More with Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
Friday: *Customized ALEKS assignment
Religion: Students will identify the parts, signs and effects of the Sacraments of Healing (Reconciliation & Anointing of the Sick). Students will also learn about the life of Saint Damien. Saint Damien modeled compassion for the sick at the leper colony on Molokai in the late 1800s.
Social Studies: We have made great progress this week working on our Colonial Billboard Presentations. Presentations will be on Tuesday (1/24) for 5A and Thursday (1/25) for 5B. Next week students will continue to prepare for their presentations. They will also do a processing assignment writing about the three colonial regions. I will push out the study guide for this Chapter on Google Classroom. Students should be studying for the Chapter test which is on 2/9.
Science: Students begin a STEM unit by Project Lead the Way titled Ecosystems: Flow of Matter of Energy. Students will learn how matter and energy flow through an ecosystem. Students will also discover how a change in an ecosystem affects its balance.
English/Language Arts: Hello HRS families. Next week in language arts, we will continue reading Wonder. Students can expect reading at home, and to also complete another double-entry journal. On these, students find important quotes (left side), and write commentary (on the right side) about the quote. In their commentary, students are practicing writing analysis, in which they explain why the quote is important. They can explain how it shows a character’s emotions, displays a motif, connects to a theme, etc… We’ve been practicing this in class, but if students are struggling with this, I’d be happy to work with them before or after school. Just let me know. It’s important that students hold onto these, as they will use their quotes in the final theme essay for this unit. There will also be a spelling test next week. The words can be found on the matrix. Have a great weekend.
Have a great weekend!