Wednesday, September 5, 2012

And now it begins (sorry for the delay.)


 I am so very excited about this year!  I look forward to meeting and getting to know all of my new students and families.  Below is the curriculum update for this week.  Remember, it is a wish list. The beginning of the year is always fun.  Nothing goes as planned!

Sacred Heart Academy
Fifth Grade Curriculum Update
by Mr.Turskey
MrTurskeySHA.Blogspot.com
Date:  September 4, 2012

Dear Parents,

            These are the subjects and content areas your child will be studying this week.  Please make sure that your child goes over these areas of study with you.

Virtue of the Month:  Respect and Responsibility

Math:  *Lessons: 1 – Using Money to Illustrate Place Value; 2 – Comparing Whole Numbers; 3 – Naming Whole Numbers Through Hundreds & Dollar and Cents; 4 – Adding One-Digit Numbers  Practicing the Addition Algorithm; I will be conducting some times exercises on addition and subtraction this week.

Social Studies:  Begin World Lakes!  Lakes of Africa; Lakes of South America.  Introduction to Cornell Method of Note taking..

Religion:.  We have new Religion Series books:  Finding God.  I plan on reviewing this new format with the students.

Literature:  Assigned book report for month:  Children are to choose a grade appropriate book that they want to read.  Book report is due October 1st – NO EXCEPTIONS!

English/Writing:  This week we will be reviewing parts of speech and sentence types.

This week we will review various parts of the the student handbook.  We wil cover Student Learning Expectations as well as the school rules.  I want to make sure everyone is aware of the changes we have instituted this year.

Computers:  Begin next week
 
Check your child’s folder for:  Parents Envelope.  This is a new mode of communication.  Please read the information on the front of the envelope as well as the material inside.
Have a wonderful week!

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