May 30, 2019
Dear Parents and Students,
5B will be conducting the all-school prayer service next Friday (6/7). Parents are welcome to attend.
To put into action one of the principles of Catholic social teaching-option for the poor and vulnerable, 5B students will be bringing in non-perishable food items to create sack lunches which will be given out at the rectory as a part of their Lunches of Love program. Students have been encouraged to shop for and pay with their own money an item that will go into the sack lunch. Students have been asked to bring in the items no later than Tuesday June 11th.
Math:
Mr. Schreck
Chapter 11, Measurement
Friday: Lesson 10, Convert Metric Units of Length
Monday: Review Lessons 7-10
Tuesday: Quiz, Lessons 7-10 (6/4)
Wednesday: Lesson 12, Convert Metric Units of Mass
Thursday: Lesson 13, Convert Units of Capacity
Friday: Review Ch. 11
Mon. (6/11): Test Chapter 11
Mrs. Smith
The Chapter 9 test went home in the Boomerang today. This week, students started Chapter 10–multiplication of fractions. Division of fractions will wrap up the year. I hope you all received the letter I sent home a few weeks ago regarding maintaining math skills over the summer. ALEKS will be available to students all summer and they will bring home their math books. To be prepared for 6th grade math, students should work a little every day on lessons in the remainder of the book. 20-30 minutes a day will really help!
Mrs. Heuer
Next week we will be working on our final unit: 3D geometry. We will be working on finding the volume and surface area of prisms (triangular and rectangular) and pyramids. The students will have a grasp of how the formulas work to have a more complete understanding of the volume and surface area. This will be our final unit of the year! We will spend the last week doing some review activities!
Social Studies: Tomorrow, students will present a live debate from either a Loyalist or a Patriot perspective on the question of independence. Students have been preparing for the debate this week and we’re all looking forward to a lively and interesting debate! During the last two weeks of social studies students will learn about the American Revolution and the Constitution.
Map Skills: The States and Capitals test will be on Thursday, June 6. Students should know where states are located on a blank map of the United States, and the name of each state’s capital.
Religion:Students will discuss the symbols of the Paschal Mystery. Students will take a quiz on Chapter 9, Celebrating the Paschal Mystery, next Wednesday.
Science:Students investigate how the body protects us from these germs to keep us healthy. Bacteria and viruses are introduced as agents of disease, and students use information learned and patient symptoms to identify the disease agent causing a simulated disease outbreak. Using epidemiology practices, students deduce a likely source of an infection that is spreading through a fictional school.
Family Life: In lesson 4, Students will learn the changes that occur during puberty and the importance of dealing with the stress of maturing.
Language Arts:5th LA: We will have our Lesson 18 Spelling Quiz tomorrow, May 31st. We are continuing to work on our in-class reflection essay that will be due next Friday, June 7th. Students will only need to work on this at home if they are missing our classtime, which has been dedicated to working on the essay.
Reading: tba
Have a great weekend!