Saturday, May 16, 2015

Week of May 18

Great job in the VIP Show 4th and 5th graders!
Special Events: 
   Tue.: Gym at Washington Park (rescheduled from last week)
Countdown to summer Vacation:  11 school days    

MATH 

Fourth Grade 

4th graders will cover elapsed time on Monday and begin reviewing for the Chapter 12 Quest which will occur on Thursday, May 21.  A Quest is test in quiz format, without word problems.  The Student Edition Chapter 6 Review/Test was assigned last week and is due on Monday, May 18.  Use Carmen San Diego Math Models Skills to practice concepts from Chapter 12. We share logins 1-4.  

Continue practicing multiplication facts at home, as we will continue the oral/verbal Facts Fluency Assessment.  To prepare, 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. Tuesday and will be used as a graded homework assignment). 

Fifth Grade  

5th graders Chapter 11 Student Edition Review/Test is due on Monday.  It will not be considered a "Graded" homework assignment since it is being used to help them practice and prepare for Tuesday's Quest (5/19). The Quest covers Chapter 11 Geometry and Volume concepts along with a review of Area and Perimeter.  It is called a Quest because it is in Quiz format, only containing 2 word problems.  Students can complete the Practice Book "Extra Practice" pages for 2 points of Extra Credit on the Quest. The Online assignment to use Carmen San Diego Math Models  for Chapter 11 skills, will be collected on Monday May 18th. 5th graders will receive a Computation Review WS and take a 4th Quarter Computation Test on Friday, May 22nd. 

Multiplication Facts: Continue practicing multiplication facts at home, including the 11s and 12s. We will continue the oral/verbal Facts Fluency Assessment.   To prepare, 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. 


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 finish up Lesson 1 (invertebrates) and will have a quiz on Tuesday, May 19th.  We will begin Lesson 2. 

Fifth Grade 

5th graders will begin work on Chapter 3 (Adaptations).  They will be reading Lesson 1 in pairs, answering questions and taking quizzes. 

Reading, Spelling & Vocab Highlights             
Reading:  Crash, by Jerry Spinelli  (continuing)
               Genre: Realistic Fiction
               Comprehension Skills practiced by students assuming roles of
                    "Discussion Director", "Passage Picker", "Connector" and
                    "Summarizer".
               Since we are sharing the books, Quizzes are taking place on different
               days in each classroom. Quiz on Tuesday (Chapters 9-18) Mrs. 
               Hall's Class.
               
Spelling (Purple Spelling Practice Book): 
            Lesson 28 this week.  Workbook due Thursday.
            Test and 5x each due Friday. 
                         
Vocabulary (Blue Workbook):                      
           Unit 17 Test on Monday, May 18th. 
           Unit 18 WB due Friday, May 22.  
           Open book assessment on Friday May 22.
           See Link found in the Reading Websites Tab to create a logon to 
            Vocabulary practice and games.   
         

Religion

We will continue with and finish Chapter 10, The Church's Message, this week as students learn about the 4 Marks of the Church. An open book assessment and activity sheet will be given on Friday 5/22. 

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

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


Other Fifth Grade News


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.