What we are Learning This Week

Math: Mrs. Bennett

This week our class is diving into an exciting unit on area and perimeter! We’ll begin by exploring perimeter as a linear measurement, using string to wrap around everyday objects so students can clearly see that perimeter measures the distance around something. As we move forward, students will learn how to apply the formula for perimeter to solve problems — including finding a missing side length when the total perimeter is given. Once they’re comfortable with these ideas, we’ll introduce area and compare how it measures the amount of space inside a shape. To put their learning into action, students will design their own Halloween Haunted Houses on graph paper. They’ll create floor plans, designate areas for different spooky rooms, and calculate both the perimeter and area of each space. At home, you can support this work by encouraging your child to measure the perimeter of items like picture frames, placemats, or rugs, and then use length × width to find the area of rectangles.

Homework:

9/22 - SS #17 & 3 Reflex Session due Friday!

9/23- SS #18

9/24- SS #19 

9/25 - SS #20 

9/26 - SS Quiz & 3 Reflex sessions due!

LA: Mrs. Phelps

Skills we are developing this week include:

Reading:

• use textual evidence during the chapter discussion to support the author’s claim that the Battle of Hastings changed history

• evaluate the most positive and most negative actions King Henry II took while in power, using information from the text to analyze what happened and why

Writing:

• collect and paraphrase facts from the text that support their opinions and include them in a graphic organizer

• draft an opinion paragraph that includes a hook, reasons with examples to support their opinion, and transitional words

Morphology:

• use their knowledge of the prefixes un– and non– and root words to read and interpret unfamiliar words

• prefix en- meaning "in or to make" (makes a word a verb)

Grammar:

• identify the function of a preposition and identify them in sentences 

• review nouns, adjectives, verbs

Homework: Activity p. 11.5 (front and back practicing spelling for test next week)

*Spelling test next Friday, Oct.  3rd- words below

Religion: Mrs. Crush

We will complete Chapter 2: Faith, Reason, and the Eternal Law, in our Word of Life workbooks.  Near the end of the week, we will begin Chapter 3: The Life of Virtue. This chapter will help students:

• know that natural law leads to earthly happiness, whereas the revealed law leads to eternal law.

• begin to understand that Jesus fully reveals God and His laws.

• understand that to be virtuous persons of character, they must form their consciences.

• be able to distinguish the cardinal moral virtues from the theological virtues.

Words to Know: cardinal moral virtues, character, conscience

Important Announcements:

• Chapter 2 Test: Please note that the test for Chapter 2, Faith, Reason, and the Eternal Law, date will be Tuesday, September 23.

*Study Materials: Ch.2 Review, Words to Know, Doodles, Highlighted Text, Activities in the chapter

*Please note this chapter is a bit more challenging than chapters we have studied in the past. It is really important for the students to study these materials throughout the chapter to better prepare for the chapter test.

• Chapter 3: Words to Know Definitions due Thursday, September 25. 

  1. Students will be given the words on Tuesday to begin/complete after their Chapter 2 test. This should stay in their Religion section of their binder. The definitions of the Words to Know are located in the back of their Word of Life workbooks. 

• Chapter 3 Test: Please note that the test for Chapter 3: The Life of Virtue, date will be Tuesday, October 7.

*Study Materials: Ch.3 Review, Words to Know, Doodles, Highlighted Text, Activities in the chapter

• 1st Trimester Service Hours and Reflections: Each student is asked to complete two service hours per trimester. Their 1st Trimester Service Hours and Reflections are due Wednesday, October 29. This will be complete on Google Classroom

Science: Mrs. Jackel

https://sites.google.com/ascension-parish.com/k-5science/4 

Additional Information

We kindly ask that you check your child’s take-home folder located in the front tab of their binder every Wednesday. All graded and completed work will be sent home on this day, so you only need to check once a week. Please take a moment to review their work and sign the signature page next to that Wednesday’s date to acknowledge their progress.