Thursday, October 22, 2009

Fifth Grade Weekly Newsletter #7

Fifth Grade Weekly Newsletter #7

October 13 to 16, 2009

 

Hello Fifth Grade Families!

 

I hope you and your family had a great four-day weekend! Please remember the tomorrow, October 14, 2009 is picture day!

 

 Please note the following:

 

  1. Thank you Mrs. Ni, Mrs. Neri, and Mrs. Beck for volunteering to be our room parents.  I appreciate the help!

 

  1. The fifth grade will be doing our song prayer on Thursday, November 5th.  The students chose the song, Your Grace is Enough by Matt Maher.  Please use this link to practice the song: http://www.spiritandsong.com/compositions/66136.  Music sheets were also given to some students to do accompaniment to the song.

 

  1. Online Resources for Wind in the Willows:

http://www.online-literature.com/grahame/windwillows/ - online copy of the book

http://www.archive.org/details/wind_in_the_willows_solo - audio recording of the book

Next book we are reading is Hatchet by Gary Paulsen.

 

A week in review:

Reading: The Wind and the Willows – finishing the book; next novel we will be reading is Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, Final Test on Wind and the Willows on Tuesday, October 20th. 

 

Religion: New Memory Prayer due October 21, 2009; concluding Chapter 2 – test on Chapter 2 this Friday,

 

Math: write and evaluate expressions, write and solve equations, variables and functions, problem solving –use an equation

 

Language Arts: Unit 3– Vocabulary – test date Thursday, October 8, 2009, Friday, October 9th is a school holiday.   Spelling Test – consonant digraphs, will also be on that day.  Finishing Nouns – final test is Wednesday

 

Social Studies: Unit 1 – The Ancient Americas test date Wednesday, October 14, 2009, Alaska due this Thursday, Chapter 2 – Native Americans – packet

 

Ms. Ronquillo’s Contact Information:

e-mail:         kronquillo@sfsta.org                 blog: stafifthgrade.blogspot.com 

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