Thursday, February 14, 2013

Some additional information for the kids!

I want to give the kids a link to help them study for the Religion Exercise tomorrow.  Here it is:

http://www.loyolapress.com

Select 5th grade under Children menu heading off the left hand side

Unit 2,  Session 8, and Interactive Session Review.

This link will lead them to quiz game for the chapter or Session.  We are in Session 8.  Encourage them to get online and try this practice session.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Fat Tuesday then Lent! What could be better!

Lent is a time of preparation for the Catholic Church.  We prepare through fasting, prayer, and alms giving.  Encourage your children to give something up, but to also promise to DO something for someone else.

Virtue of the Month:  Perseverence

Math: Lesson 88 - Identifying Equivalent  Fractions; 89 - Finding Equivalent Fractions; 90 - Prime Numbers; 91 - Dividing Equivalent Fractions by 1; 92 - Finding Greatest Common Factor;  Exercise 12A Wednesday

Religion:  Session 8:  Baptized into the Life of Christ.  Exercise Friday.

Social Studies:  Section 3:  The Spread of Protestantism; Read Discuss and produce Venn Diagrams comparing Luther, Zwingli, and Calvin.  Section 4:  The Counter Reformation; read, notes, discuss.  Begin  answering review questions for Unit.

Vocabulary/Spelling:  Unit 7: Complete workbook pages; write two sentences for each vocabulary word.

Language Arts:   Exercise 15 & Review Exercise A p 198-199; Simple Sentences and Compound Sentences 199-200; Diagramming Sentences in Class as a group.; Classifying Sentences by Purpose; p202-203

Science:  Introduction to cell structure and processes.  Begin constructin of cell parts in class.

Literature:  Secret Garden!!!!  Continue in class reading with reflections, drawings, and discussions.

Computer:   Keyboarding and completing PowerPoint Presentations.

Music:  Discussing musical theater

ART!!!!!!  Please send in a 8X10 picture of your child.  School portraits work best!  We will be using 8X10 canvases for their self portraits.

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Back on Track! Her is what is happening now.

Dear parents,

Sorry for the lack of communication.  Here is how we are finishing up the week.

Virtue of the Month:  Perseverance

Math:   Lesson 86 - Multiplying Fractions!!!!!; 87 - Converting Units of Weight and Mass;  Exercises Form 12A on Friday

Religion:  Finish up Session 7 on Thursday.  Study guide,  Exercise on Friday.

Social Studies:  The Reformation:  Section 2:  The Birth of Protestantism - To cover this section, I am using a "Gallery Walk."  The students are grouped and then asked to DRAW what they learned.  They are not allowed to use any words to express themselves.  Martin Luther is a tough one to do.  They love it!  Section 3 - The Spread of Protestantism:  Read discuss and employ venn diagram to compare Luther, Calvin and Zwingli.

Science:  Cells:  Structures and Processes.  The building blocks of life.  Introduction to new words and their meanings.  We will be building our own cell in class.

LiteratureSecret Garden  We will continue to read this exciting story as a class.  Each chapter will be followed by some sort of reflection that the students must write for homework.  These reflections must be twelve to fifteen sentences in length.

Language Arts:  Continue with compound subjects and verbs; diagramming sentences;  compound sentences.  Review for exercise.

Computers:  Keyboarding and wraping up Power point presentations.

PE:  Getting physical by running and jumping and learning about new sports!