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!

 

2. The fifth grade will be doing our song prayer on Thursday, November 5^th.  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.

 

3. 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 20^th. 

 

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 9^th 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