News from Fifth Grade 11/17

NEWS FROM FIFTH GRADE   

WEEK OF NOV.17-21

We finished reading Poppy today and will have an open book test over it tomorrow.  We will also check our Poppy folders for completion and make sure all assignments are finished. Half-days were busy, but conferences are good things! I was glad to speak to all of you about your children and their progress.

READING

Students are reading a novel of their own choosing for silent reading.

Homework:  READING 20 minutes per night.  Students should still have a goal of reading 20 minutes or more even if they are tracking books read or pages. Reading calendars are due two weeks from today on December 1.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Spelling:  Lesson 11 due Friday, test Friday.  Lesson 12 will come home this weekend, it is review and we will have its test on the 26th of November.

Writing: We’ll take a break between novels and write a fifth grade favorite, “Scar Stories.” Next week  we will do a little research project with non-fiction text.

SCIENCE

We’re starting cells this week.  Microscopes and cheek swabs, ahoy! My family never quite gets used to microscope cleaning parties all over the kitchen, but the instruments are now cleaned and ready to go.

US HISTORY and SOCIAL STUDIES

Every student is now signed up with Studies Weekly and can extend their learning or review by logging in.  We’re still on week five, so your student can test themselves on the material, earn credits, and decorate their pet rat’s space-- all online.  Encourage them to take the test- it’s not for a grade and only I see their scores.

THIS WEEK’S STATES AND CAPITALS TO LEARN: Spell them correctly and locate them on a map.

1. Olympia, Washington
2. Salem, Oregon
3. Sacramento, California

BIBLE VERSE:  I1 Corinthians 8:5-6 5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many ‘gods’ and many ‘lords’), 6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.

GENERAL INFORMATION

MUSIC- Fifth graders have a great part to play in this year’s Christmas program.  Bring scripts to school and work on them at home per Miss Mazzuca’s request.

PE is Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday-- please help your fifth grade student remember athletic shoes and good clothes for running and jumping. Showering nightly is a great idea at this age and deodorant is a critical school supply.  Water bottles are also helpful.

Technology is Friday just after PE.  Art will begin this quarter, our first class will be November 21.

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD SHOEBOXES DUE THIS WEEK

NEW CORNERSTONE LOGO SHIRT ORDERS DUE WEDNESDAY AS WELL

PASSPORT ON THURSDAY

BOYS BASKETBALL IS STARTING THIS WEEK-FIRST GAME AT HOOD CANAL THIS THURSDAY. FIRST HOME GAME IS NEXT TUESDAY.

gO eAgLeS!

PIZZA FRIDAYS! $2 per slice. ORDER by Wednesdays.

Christmas Program is December 12, 2014 at 6:30 pm.

Auction is coming!  Get your game on~ because that’s our theme!  I have a couple of fantastic ideas but need some help getting them into play.   Care to help?  Please let me know if you’d be willing to help coordinate. Additionally, the general auction would be greatly enhanced if each family would commit to procuring 8-10 items.  I know it sounds like a big commitment, but it really comes together with a little prayer and legwork.