Sunday, April 19, 2015

Week of April 20

We are looking forward to Thursday's Cathedral Day Field Trip (wear uniforms, lunch will be provided)!

MATH 

Fourth Grade 

4th graders will begin Chapter 10 Geometry.  There will be a "quick quiz" Friday on Lessons 1 - 3. Use Carmen San Diego Math Models, to practice concepts from Chapter 10. Remember we need to share logins 1-4 at this time.  

Multiplication Facts: Students should be practicing their facts at home on a regular basis in order to improve scores on weekly timed fact practices.  You can print your own worksheets to practice from Math-drills.com, play online games (see Math Websites Tab above), or borrow some "Holey Cards" from Mrs. Hall. Students will receive a 4th quarter grade based on weekly practice tests and a final verbal assessment of facts.

Fifth Grade  

5th graders will begin Chapter 10, Measurement, using customary measurement units this week. Students will receive a handout of Conversion Charts to be used for homework each night.  There will be a short quiz covering Lessons 1-3 on Friday.  If time, we will work on Line Plots for our High Jump data this week. 
Use Carmen San Diego Math Models, to help with Chapter 10 skills. GOMATH Online Access:  To use the website we should continue to share the logins for numbers 1 - 4 ( instead of individual student numbers). 

Multiplication Facts: Please remember to continue practicing multiplication facts at home.. 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. Students will receive a 4th quarter grade based on weekly practice tests and a final verbal assessment of facts.  


Math Help/Club Hours 
After School (students need a "travel note")
4th Graders only: Tue. 2:20pm  - 3:15pm
5th Graders only:  Wed.  2:20pm - 3:15pm
Before School (students need a "Mrs. Hall permission note")
Both 4th and 5th Graders:
 Wednesday and Fridays from 7:15am - 7:45am 
Also, Mrs. Lux will be available at 7:20am on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays to assist students as well!


SCIENCE 

Fourth Grade 

4th graders will be completing Lesson 3 and exploring how seeds and fruits form.  There will be a quiz on Tuesday.We will begin working on the activity to investigate how flowers of different plants are similar and different.


Fifth Grade 



5th graders will discover how offspring inherit traits,understand dominant and recessive genes and find out how mutations affect traits in organisms.

Reading, Spelling & Vocab Highlights

Reading:  Storytown Lesson 27 Klondike Kate
              Genre: Expository Nonfiction
              Comprehension Skills: Summarize and Paraphrase, Monitor
                         Comprehension by Reading Ahead, or Rereading.
              Comprehension & Vocabulary Test on Friday, April 24.
              
Spelling (Purple Spelling Practice Book): 
            Spelling Lesson 24 WB Due Thursday
            5x each and Test on Friday 
                         
Vocabulary (Blue Workbook):                      
           Unit 16 Cards due on _______.
           See Link found in the Reading Websites Tab to create a logon to 
                Vocabulary practice and games.   
         

Religion

We will read and discuss Family Life,  Unit 1: God's Gift of Family, discussing qualities that help families build strong relationships and how each individual contributes to the family unit.   

Social Studies & Language Arts
                     Click to see ---> Social Studies & Language Arts Blog 

Specials: Gym, LRC, Music, Spanish, Computers, Art


Other Fifth Grade News

Cathedral Days field Trip Thursday, April 23rd (lunch is provided).

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.