Week of 1/29 - 2/2

Important Dates:

Jan. 26-Emily's 1/2 Birthday!

Jan. 27-Feb. 2-Catholic Schools Week

          *See information below*

Feb. 7- 1:45pm dismissal, PTS Conferences to follow

Feb. 8- 11:00am dismissal, PTS Conferences to follow

Feb. 9 & 12- Winter Break

Feb. 14-Ash Wednesday

Feb. 23- End of 2nd Trimester

MAP Testing

MAP Testing Schedule:

Language Usage 1/25-1/26 & 1/29-2/2 (during SS/Religion class periods)


Please make sure students  are getting an ample amount of sleep, eating healthy breakfasts, and bringing snacks. 

*If someone would want to send in peppermints for testing sessions, I  know the students would greatly appreciate it!

Item Needed:

We are using our last tissue box. If you are able, please send in box with your child. It will much appreciated!

Catholic Schools Week

PENNY CHALLENGE 2024

Starts Monday, January 29

Break open your piggy banks and clean out your spare change! Support Ascension & your class! All proceeds to fund our, in-house, spirit fund. Our Sprit Committee uses in house funds (collected from teachers at beginning of year) to pay for faculty birthdays, treats at our faculty gatherings and other fun activities.

 

Rules: A bucket will be outside each classroom beginning Monday, Jan. 29. Students bring in spare change & small bills from home. Pennies & paper bills count as positive points (each penny being worth +1 point and paper bills being worth their value in positive points, i.e., $1.00 worth +100, $5.00 worth +500 and so on. Silver coins are worth negative points according to their value. These are put in the buckets of other classes with the goal of neutralizing the points they gained from their pennies/dollars. The penny challenge will end on Friday, February 2.

 

Each morning during Catholic Schools Week, money will be collected before the announcements. All money must be collected before the announcements each morning in order for the money to count in the class totals.

 

Wednesday, January 31 – Double points for rolled pennies

 

Thursday, February 1 – Double points for checks

 

*If school is cancelled due to snow, Penny Challenge will extend into the next week.

 

Note:

-       only silver deducts points from another classrooms total

-       students may participate only in the halls in which their homerooms are located

 

Prizes: (donated by Mr. Jim)

-       1st prize in each category for the largest number of points collected – pizza party

-       2nd prize in each category for the number of points collected – ice cream

-       Overall class bringing in largest dollar amount – Krispy Kreme donut breakfast


Fish Fry Volleyball League Sign-ups – Attention Parishioners!  This year’s adult co-ed volleyball league begins Friday, February 16th and runs through March 22nd.  A team fee and shift in the concession stand is required to participate. Team captains should contact Lynn Thompson at 502-767-6315 or lynnthompson72@gmail.com by February 9th.   Team members should be parishioners and 19 or older. A maximum of 14 teams will be accepted for play. 

WHAT WE ARE LEARNING

Language Arts- Mrs. Phelps

Last week was our first literature circle meeting. I am so proud of the class and was excited to see how they managed student-led discussions! They did really well! Students did great staying on topic and keeping the conversation flowing about the section of the book they read. They were able to share connections, ask and respond to questions, and make predictions. I know this will help them all become more active and thoughtful readers in the future. 

Morphology: This week we will be adding the suffix -ion meaning "act of, state of, or result of (noun)". This can be tricky when it comes to reading and writing words with this suffix. We will learn the suffix -ion does not have a sound until added to a stable syllable. It can sound like /shun/ or /zhun/ and is seen as -tion, -sion, and sometimes, -cion. 

Some example words are: addition, location, adoption, tension, suspicion 

Homework:  Read pp. 62-91 of When You Reach Me and complete assigned job sheet for literature circles Friday.

5th grade Lit Circles

Math: Mrs. Bennett

This week in Math class we will move on from our focus on triangles to quadrilaterals. Students will focus on parallelograms, rhombuses, rectangles, squares, and trapezoids. We will use a coordinate grid to graph these these specific quadrilaterals and examine their characteristics. We will look at the length of their sides, the sets of parallel lines, and angles. We will begin to also create a heiarchy of 

Homework:

1/29- SS #77

1/30- SS #78

1/31- SS #79

2/1- SS #80

2/2- SS Quiz 

Social Studies: Mrs. Crush

Students will continue their research on their topics in both Social Studies and Technology. Researching these topics will allow the students to teach their classmates and learn the importance of these events or people throughout our history. We will be working on these projects the next couple of weeks. Due Date: TBD. 

Here is a link to the expectations and rubric: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZaOMxNpiAVGAlY_qEB1M5d90jZqdr8hYPJKqR1AyxTY/edit?usp=sharing


Religion: Mrs. Crush

Beginning of the week, we will learn about the life of Saint Thomas Aquinas. He is the patron saint of students and all Universities. We will then begin our Saints Madness project near the end of the week. Students will chose a saint to research. The students will work individually this year. This project will take several weeks and there will be due dates along the way. More information to come!

2nd Trimester Service Hours + Reflection due Wednesday, Feb. 14

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.