Week of 12/11 - 12/15
Important Dates:
Dec. 5-Ella's 1/2 Birthday!
Dec. 14-K-5th Christmas Program, 6:00p.m. in church. *Students asked to be here by 5:45p.m.*
Dec. 20-11:00a.m. Dismissal
Dec. 21-Jan.2 Christmas Break
Dec. 26-Blakely's 1/2 Birthday!
Dec. 29-Maya's 1/2 Birthday!
Jan. 6-Calvin's 1/2 Birthday!
Jan. 16-City BBQ Restaurant Fundraiser, 11am-8pm
Jan. 26-Emily's 1/2 Birthday!
Items Needed:
The students created jobs that they will be completing each week. Based on the job description, they will earn points on Class Dojo. Each Friday, the students will have the opportunity to turn in their points to purchase a variety of items. If you are able, please send in an item or two listed below.
Individual bags of Cheez its
Individual bags of Teddy Grahams
Granola Bars
Candy
Dum Dums
Peppermints
Airheads
Fun Size Chocolates
Other: I'm open to suggestions of items that you think your child would enjoy!
Saint Nicholas came and spread some Christmas Cheer 🧑🎄
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING
Language Arts- Mrs. Phelps
This week, students will start writing final drafts and designing and putting together their articles on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. I look forward to seeing completed pieces as the week progresses. Last week, they worked on completing a check list of tasks so they would be ready to roll this week!
In small groups, we are currently learning a variety of spelling rules. Many of the spelling rules learned thus far, are based off of the 1-1-1 rule. This means a word has one syllable, one short vowel, and one (specific) consonant sound at the end. We have been learning about this so students know when to use the -dge in words like 'judge' and when to double final consonants when adding suffixes that begin with a vowel like -ing, -est, -er, and -ed.
No vocabulary or new morphology concept this week!
Homework: Opinion Article on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch complete!!!
Math: Mrs. Bennett
This week in math class, we are preparing to take our chapter test on Decimal Place Value. During class we will complete the chapter study guide and review in small-groups. The test will cover the following skills:
Understand Thousandths
Read/Write Decimals (expanded notation, word form, standard form)
Compare Decimals
Order Decimals
Round Decimals (nearest tenth, hundredths, and whole number)
This is the link to the study guide. Students do have access on Google Classroom as well. On Google Classroom students have editing access.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1icShvMgiOBklAqk6zUyTVwge9LryW7sxdp1ZQic_Gbs/edit?usp=sharing
The rest of the week, we will work on a Christmas shopping activity where students use coupons to calculate 10%, 20% and 25% off the cost of an item.
Homework:
12/11- SS #60 & study for test
12/12- SS #61 & study for test
12/13- SS #62 & Chapter Test Decimal Place Value
12/14- SS #63
12/15- No SS Quiz
Here are some example questions you can ask your student:
Social Studies: Mrs. Crush
We will continue to talk about Government Owned Land in the United States. Does this benefit us or hurt us? They students are looking at the percentages of government owned land for state to state. They will compare and research whether they believe government owned land benefit or hurts us and back it up with evidence.
Religion: Mrs. Crush
We will continue our lesson on the Season of Advent, in our Word of Life workbooks. In this liturgical season, students will learn that Jesus taught us to prepare for His Second Coming by keeping watch and praying, that the liturgical actions of the Church during Advent fill us with anticipation for the fullness and joy of Christmas, and learn the significance of the "O Antiphons." In class, students will be assigned a feast day during Advent to research and present to the class. They will be creating a wreath that is decorated with objects, colors, and symbols that present key aspects of the feast day they have researched.
Advent Celebration Research due Thursday, December 14.
2nd Trimester Service Hours + Reflection due Wednesday, Feb. 14
Science: Mrs. Jackel
