Monday, January 11, 2010

Fifth Grade Weekly Newsletter #18

Fifth Grade Weekly Newsletter #18

January 11, 2010 to January 15, 2010

Hello Fifth Grade Families!

Monday, January 18th is a school holiday. This coming Friday is the second round of the Worlds Finest Chocolate sale. Please support this fundraiser. Thank you in advance for your generosity!

Please note the following:

  1. Book report project for Hatchet due Wednesday, January 20, 2010. Please see handout for choices.

  1. Poetry Unit for the next 2 weeks. It would be a good idea to go to the library and check out some poetry books and/or go the internet to do some research about different kinds of poetry. Here are some sites:

http://www.kathimitchell.com/poemtypes.html

http://www.poetryarchive.org/childrensarchive/forms.do

  1. Vocabulary Collage is due this Friday.

A week in review:

Reading: Book Report for Hatchet, Poetry Unit

Religion: Baptism and Confirmation; role play and group projects in class, fruits of the Holy Spirit Poster

Math: Chapter 5: Metric Units of Length, Metric Units of Mass and Capacity, Add and Subtract Units of Time, Problem Solving Strategy- Make a Table, Review (Quiz on Friday)

Language Arts: Adjective, Essay on Christmas Around the World finish it this week; Vocabulary Unit 8 – test date Friday, January 15 but please start reviewing the words each night, spelling words – prefixes (re, dis, mis, il) – test on Friday, January 15, 2010; start reviewing Adjectives in grammar for test on Friday

Social Studies: Unit 2 – Explorations and Encounters – end of the section questions and end of the chapter questions – review and finishing up the chapter, start Chapter 4: Encounter in the Americas (review Chapter 4 for a test on Friday – may use notes)

Ms. Ronquillo’s Contact Information:

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

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