Teach Me!

Students taught the class the following:

1. PB and J sandwich

2. A body bridge

3. A paper claw

4. Leaf rubbing

5. Fortune Teller

6. Paper heart

7. How to play baseball/hold a bat

8. Chocolate chip cookies with nuts

9. Paper airplane

10. Paper sniper

11. Polish your nails

12. Paper star

13. Crane

14. Paper Boat

15. How to add using an Abacus

16. Paper airplane

17. Magic trick

18. Hybrid cars

19. Paper cup

20 How to hang a jacket on a chair

21. Spam Masubi

22. Card house

Fifth Grade Weekly Newsletter #9

Fifth Grade Weekly Newsletter #9

October 18 2010 to October 22, 2010

Hello Fifth Grade Families!

Thank you very much for your generous support of the WFC fundraiser. Our class came in 3^rd place! Your generosity is truly appreciated.

Please note the following:

1. Please cover all textbooks. Some kids still have their books uncovered. Covers protect the books from wear and tear.

2. For this week, students will have a spelling test, as well as a cumulative (Units 1-4) test for vocabulary.

A week in review:

Vocabulary: Cumulative Test this Friday, October 22, 2010

Spelling: /o/

Math: Chapter 2 Review – Chapter Test on Tuesday, October 19, 2010, Starting Chapter 3: Model the Distributive Property, Multiply by a One-Digit Number, Multiply with Zeros, Problem Solving – Estimated or Exact Answers

Writing: Creative Writing, descriptive paragraph

Grammar: Pronouns continued

Reading: Homes in Nature continues, Chapters 11-16

Religion: Beatitudes and Saints

Social Studies: Chapter – charts on Native Americans and booklet

Ms. Ronquillo’s Contact Information: (please do not hesitate to contact me)

e-mail: kronquillo@sfsta.org

blog: stafifthgrade.blogspot.com

Religion: Research a saint. Use the following link or a book of saints if you have one.

http://www.ainglkiss.com/saints/

http://www.loyolapress.com/saints-stories-for-kids.htm

http://www.holyspiritinteractive.net/kids/saints/1001_theresa.asp

Please find a picture of the saint in the Internet and print it. Attach it on your sheet. If you do not have a printer, please e-mail me the picture and I will print it in class.

Spelling List #4

obey

ocean

poem

echo

hello

wrote

goal

approach

owner

tomorrow

program

broken

potato

throat

oldest

followed

spoken

awoke

Cumulative Review Vocabulary

Vocabulary Words

Cumulative Review

1. blunder
2. cancel
3. continuous
4. distribute
5. document
6. fragile
7. myth
8. reject
9. scuffle
10. solitary
11. temporary
12. veteran
13. abandon
14. assault
15. convert
16. dispute
17. impressive
18. justify
19. misleading
20. numerous
21. productive
22. shrewd
23. strategy
24. villain

25. bluff
26. cautious
27. consist
28. despise
29. haven
30. miniature
31. monarch
32. obstacle
33. postpone
34. straggle
35. treacherous
36. vivid
37. aggressive
38. associate
39. deceive
40. emigrate
41. flexible
42. glamour
43. hazy
44. linger
45. luxurious
46. mishap
47. overwhelm
48. span

Classroom Cares

We are pledging to read 250 books as a class and Scholastic will donate books to kids in need! Go fifth grade!

St. Francis of Assisi

Today is the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi.

Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury,pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.


O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen

Spelling List

1. fifteen
2. referee
3. eager
4. easily
5. ready
6. please
7. ecology
8. maybe
9. been
10. only
11. universe
12. future
13. communicate
14. beautiful
15. unusual
16. cute
17. cube
18. fuel

Test date: Thursday, October 7, 2010

Vocabulary Unit 4

Assignment: Vocabulary Collage

aggressive

associate

deceive

emigrate

flexible

glamour

hazy

linger

luxurious

mishap

overwhelm

span

Test date: October 15, 2010

Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

Novel we are reading now!

Fifth Grade Weekly Newsletter #7

Fifth Grade Weekly Newsletter #7

October 4, 2010 to October 7, 2010

Hello Fifth Grade Families!

Happy Monday to all of you! I hope you had a great weekend and ready to start the short week. Please note that there is no school this Friday and Monday. I wish you and your family a great four-day weekend!

Please note the following:

1. Please cover all textbooks. Some kids still have their books uncovered. Covers protect the books from wear and tear.

2. It is really important that students manage their time wisely. If a long-term assignment or project is due on Friday, please do not wait until Thursday night to complete it.

3. The students have switched seats and cleaned desk. It would also be a good idea clean backpacks and binder. Please make sure all corrected papers have been reviewed and removed from the STAR binder. Additionally, all old newsletters should also be recycled.

A week in review:

Vocabulary: Unit 4 (collage) – test date, Friday, October 15, 2010

Spelling: /e/ and /u/ - test this Thursday

Math: Chapter 1 Test this Thursday, Quick Check and Cumulative Review, Expressions and Equations, Write and Evaluate Expressions, and Write and Solve Equations

Writing: Creative Writing

Grammar: Pronouns

Reading: Teach Me Project! Second part of Sign of the Beaver; Bee Research (again students will need Internet access or a trip to the library) – due Thursday

Religion: Religion Test October 5); Beatitudes and the Lord’s Prayer

Social Studies: Chapter – charts on Native Americans

Ms. Ronquillo’s Contact Information: (please do not hesitate to contact me)

e-mail: kronquillo@sfsta.org

blog: stafifthgrade.blogspot.com

Vocabulary Collage

1. Create a vocabulary collage of your vocabulary words. Remember, in a collage, your pictures need to be touching each other. (see example in the class blog)
2. Include at least one picture per word. Also include the definition and part of speech of each word. You may type your words and definitions if you like.
3. Look through magazines and newspapers for your pictures.
4. Use the poster paper provided for you.

Due Date: Friday, October 15, 2010