Week of 10/13 - 10/17
Week of 10/13 - 10/17
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Important Dates:
Important Dates:
Oct. 24 – Trunk or Treat
Oct. 29 – 1st Trimester Service Hours + Reflection is due.
Nov. 7 – Last day of 1st Trimester
Nov. 15 – Trivia Night
Dec. 7 – Cookies with Santa
Important Reminder:
We will send home graded/completed work on Wednesdays. There will be a sheet for you to sign weekly showing that you have seen (and removed) all of their work. Forms from the office will also be included. Students have labeled the front pocket in their binder "Take Home".
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING
Language Arts- Mrs. Phelps
Language Arts- Mrs. Phelps
Oct. 15th-24th
We are starting a new unit on poetry! I am REALLY looking forward to this unit, as it is a chance for students to get creative. Students will explore the methods and devices used by poets, which will prepare them to read and interpret both formal and free verse poems. Students will also have many opportunities to practice what they have learned by creating their own poems.
The culminating event for this unit will be a joint poetry slam for 4th and 5th grade. Parents will be invited to this event so please be on the look out for the date!
Reading:
This week we will define and identify basic elements of a poems structure and discuss various poetic devices. We will also focus on tone a poet may use in a poem. We will specially read 2 poems and discuss if they author is sincere or insincere. Students will make inferences about figurative language used in poems. We will take part in a lot of close reading activities where we focus on using text evidence to determine what they author is trying to get across to the reader.
Writing:
Daily writing opportunities this week involve the following:
Students will write an apostrophe poem
Students will write poems in 2 tones
Students will write a poem using anaphora (repetition of words at the start of a series of lines in a poem).
Comparing and contrasting characters in a poem
Homework: No homework- short week
*New flyer coming home 10/8. (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Book 2 is in this flyer!) Our last order got 7 free books for our classroom library!
Math: Mrs. Bennett
Blue Group:
Students will continue to practice dividing by 2-digit divisors—a big step in their understanding of division! We’re focusing on using estimation to help guide their work. Before solving, students first make an estimate of the quotient to determine where to place the first digit. They then use that estimate as a starting point, adjusting the digit if it’s too high or too low. This process helps them think critically about the size of numbers, develop number sense, and make connections between multiplication and division. Mastering this strategy is an essential skill before learning to divide decimals later this year, as it helps students build the confidence and accuracy they’ll need for more complex division problems.
Homework: 10/15 - 10/17
SS #25
SS #26
SS Quiz on Friday
*All due Friday 10/17
Yellow Group:
We will continue to review addition and subtraction of fractions with unlike denominators. Students began by taking an assessment to see what they remembered from last year, and overall, they showed strong understanding! Our review will focus on solving multi-step word problems that involve adding and subtracting fractions—often with mixed numbers and different denominators. We’ll also practice scenarios that require borrowing from the whole number when subtracting, a tricky but important concept for accuracy. This review will strengthen students’ fraction fluency and prepare them for applying these skills in real-world problem solving later this year.
Homework: 10/15 - 10/17
SS #25
SS #26
SS Quiz on Friday
*All due Friday 10/17
Social Studies: Mrs. Crush
Students will be continuing to focus on the daily life in Mesopotamia. The students will be creating a foldable map to explore the different geographical features, along with answering questions. Once we complete our lessons on Mesopotamia, we will focus on a different ancient civilization to be able to compare and contrast to Mesopotamia.
Religion: Mrs. Crush
We will begin Chapter 6: The Holy Family. Our students will:
learn that the Temple of Jerusalem was the central place of worship for the people of Israel during Jesus' day.
learn that Jesus, Mary, and Joseph modeled justice and other related virtues through their obedience to Jewish laws and customs concerning worship.
come to know how every member of the Holy Family loved with obedience to God and one another.
begin to understand that prayer is a just response of worship to God.
know that we imitate Mary through the practice of mental prayer.
Words to Know: gratitude, generosity, Holy Family, mental prayer
Important Announcements:
Chapter 6 Test: Tuesday, October 28.
*Study Materials: Ch.6 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.
Blessings in a Backpack
Blessings in a Backpack
Several schools collect food for low-income students who might not otherwise have food over the weekends. The program is called Blessings in a Backpack. There is a link below that you and your student(s) can sign up for. The volunteers simply walk around to each item putting it in a bag. One location is Alex R. Kennedy Elementary which is close to Ascension.
Link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4EA9A92EA5F4C25-51271874-blessing#/
Science: Mrs. Jackel
JK-5th Grade Buddies
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