NEWS FROM FIFTH GRADE

December 7-11

Merry Christmas!  May the advent of the celebration of Christmas be full of hope, joy, peace, and light in our lives!

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.  Students are aiming for one of these goals:

4 books of 100 pages each (started after December 1)

2 books of 100 pages, 1 book of 300 pages

2 books of 300 pages each

This week we are writing a paper over animals featured in Poppy; we’re reading non-fiction articles about each animal and identifying strategies to deal with lots of information, new vocabulary, and finding the main idea.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Spelling: Lesson and test 14 this week.  

IXL- Nouns in all their possible incarnations

SCIENCE

Owl pellet investigations

US HISTORY and SOCIAL STUDIES

Explorers and extremely early settlements like Jamestown and St. Augustine

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

#12-14 on our lists from our binders-- Arizona, New Mexico, Texas.

BIBLE

Isaiah 9:6

GENERAL INFORMATION

Our class service project will be a warm sock drive.  Both of my older kids volunteer with homeless ministries in the Olympia area, and clean warm socks are a frequent need that they see going unmet. This is a small gift that will make a big impact.  We have a very good start!  

I’d like to take the socks to Union Gospel Mission on December 17 as a class. Please consider donating or driving that morning. We’re going to have treats and a movie the next morning on Friday, December 18!  If you’d like to bring cookies, cocoa in packets, cups, capri suns, fruit, chips, or crackers, let me know.

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

Christmas Program is December 11, 2014-- Kids need to be here at 6:30 pm for a 7:00 pm start.

Auction is coming! I still need someone to head up the parent package; I also need another someone to help me organize the kid project. Cost per family should be minimal, especially if we can get someone who's great a procuring and the kids' project is very fun to do with our class.  

God bless and have a great week!

Mrs. Steele