MATH
Fourth Grade Math
4th graders will review Chapter 9, Relating Fractions to Decimals, on Monday and have a Quest (short Test/Quiz) on Tuesday. They should use last week's quiz, PB Extra Practice and Student Edition Chapter Review to help prepare for the Quest. On Wednesday, they begin Chapter 10, Geometry.
Reminders:
To practice decimal skills covered in Chapter 9, logon to GoMath activities "Carmen San Diego Animated Math Models" Grade 4 icon (skill 34-37) and Mega Math Fraction Action.
Students should practice Multiplication and Division basic facts frequently with worksheets, flashcards or websites. You can print your own worksheets from Math-drills.com, play online games (see Math Websites Tab above), or borrow some "Holey Cards" from Mrs. Hall.
Fifth Grade Math
NOTE: Math help for 5th graders will be on Tuesday after school for this week. I have a meeting on Wednesday at the Diocese.
We begin Chapter 10 Measurement this week (We covered Chapter 9 before Chapters 7 & 8). We will cover Lessons 1 - 4 using customary units of measurement. There will be a quiz on Friday.
Reminders:
The GoMath online activities offer good ways to practice Math skills. To practice skills for Chapter 10, GoMath Carmen San Diego Animated Math Models for Skills 33-39.
Multiplication facts are very important for Fraction skills. Students should practice these skills frequently with worksheets, flashcards or websites. You can print your own worksheets from Math-drills.com (website listed in Tab above).
MATH HELP
Math Help - Office Hours
Tuesday and Thursday (4th & 5th): 7:15am - 7:45
4th Grade Monday: 2:25 - 3:15
5th Grade Wednesday: 2:25 - 3:15 THIS WEEK ON TUESDAY
SCIENCE
Fourth Grade
4th graders will begin Chapter 2 and find the similarities and differences among certain animals. We will also learn to make and read a bar graph.
Fifth Grade
5th graders will understand what dominant and recessive genes are and find out how mutations affect traits in organisms (Lesson 2). Possible quiz on Thursday.
Reading, Spelling & Vocab Highlights
Reading: Novels for Reading: Author Jerry Spinelli
Mrs. Stillo's class will be reading Maniac Magee.
Mrs. Hall's class will be reading Crash.
Students will practice comprehension skills and learn new vocabulary.
There will be quizzes given about once a week. We anticipate the
novel study to take 3-4 weeks as most of the reading will be done in
class.
Spelling: Lesson 33
Workbooks due on Thursday.
Test and 5x each assignment on Friday.
Vocabulary:
Unit 16 Workbook Due Friday.
Unit 16 Test - Monday, May 5.
Religion
We will continue with Family Life, reviewing Unit 1 God's Gift of Family and covering Unit 2, God's Gift of Self.
Social Studies & Language Arts
Click to see ---> Social Studies & Language Arts Blog
Other Fifth Grade News
Gr. 5 Altar Server Permission Forms – Due Apr. 24
Mrs. Stillo's class attends training on Monday, April 28th.
Mrs. Hall's class attends training on Wednesday, April 30th.
Permission Forms at http://www.stjosephdg.org/
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to email Mrs. Hall at dhall@stjosephdg.org, or, Mrs. Stillo at dstillo@stjosephdg.org.