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Monday, Oct 5

 

Homework
Spelling packet - due Friday
 
Reminders
*We will be picking out biography books tomorrow in Library - with a focus on historical figures. We love sports but the students are asked to dig deeper!
*charge chrome book each night
*bring chrome book to school each day
*bring a chapter book 

Week at a Glance - 10/05 - 10/09

Week at a glance 10/05 - 10/09

Reminders: 

  • New spelling routine - a packet will go home on Monday with 4 pages that will be due on Friday. No more composition books. 
  • Friday is our field trip to Apple Holler - bring lunch from home! We will have access to a wagon - students may bring their lunch boxes and a drink. 
  • Students are allowed to be out of uniform on Friday. Please make sure they are dressed for the weather! 
  • October Book Report - Directions will go home Monday - due 11/2

Religion - Unit 1 Session 4: God's Calls us to Obey- God speaks to us through our conscious 

Math - Chapter 3 Understand multiplication and division

Monday: Check my progress L 1-4

Tuesday: Lesson 5 - multiplication properties and division rules

Wednesday: Lesson 6 - Associative properties of multiplication 

Thursday: Lesson 7 - Factors and Multiples 

Friday: Review for test on Monday - when we get back from field trip 

Reading/Language Arts -

Unit 2 Week 2  - Animal Mimics 

Genre - Informational Text 

Weekly Question: How do adaptations help animals survive? 

Vocabulary:  mimicry, species, environment, arranged, habitat 

Writing:  Personal narrative 

  • Students will have their weekly reading comprehension test on Friday. 
    •  Please take the time to study and re-read the story if needed. The audio version of the story is posted in our Reading Google Classroom.

Spelling - diphthongs - ou, oi, ow, oy

Weekly homework:

*NEW* Spelling packet - 4 pages - due on Friday

Friday: Spelling test  - before we leave for field trip

Science -  Topic 2 - Waves

 

Social Studies- Chapter 1 Lesson 4: A Tour of the Northeast 

  • What are different parts of the Northeast like? 
  • Categorize the key elements of the economy, geography, government, history, and people of the Northeast. 
  • Monday is our last day to work on our 3D globe projects. After Monday, they will need to be completed at home and are due Wednesday, 10/6.

Tues. 9/29

Today was not our best day. Students need to listen when all teachers are talking and giving directions. 
 
Homework
Spelling - pick 5 words -  in composition book
Math - pgs. 145 -146
 
Reminders
*charge chrome book each night
*bring chrome book to school each day
*bring a chapter book 

Monday 9/28

Homework
Spelling - definitions - pick 5 words -  in composition book
Math - pgs. 139 -140
 
Reminders
*charge chrome book each night
*bring chrome book to school each day
*bring a chapter book 

Week at a Glance - 9/28 - 10/03

Week at a glance 9/28 - 10/0

Religion - Session 3 - God’s Plan for Salvation - open book assessment Friday

Math - Chapter 3 Understand multiplication and division

Monday: Lesson 1 - relate multiplication and division 

Tuesday: Lesson 2 - relate division and subtraction

Wednesday: Lesson 3 - multiplication as comparison 

Thursday: Lesson 4 - compare to solve problems

Friday: Check my progress L 1-4 

Reading/Language Arts -

Unit 2 Week 1  - Feathers: Not Just for Flying

Genre - Informational Text 

Weekly Question: What different purposes do animal adaptations serve?

Vocabulary:  prey, brittle, system, bristle, contour

Writing:  Personal narrative 

  • Students will have their weekly reading comprehension test on Friday. 
    •  Please take the time to study and re-read the story if needed. The audio version of the story is posted in our Reading Google Classroom.

Spelling - plurals 

Weekly homework:

Monday:  Spelling definitions (5 words)

Tuesday: spelling choice (10 words)

Wednesday: spelling choice (10 words)

Thursday: study list

Friday: spelling test 

 

Science -  Continue electric circuits

Social Studies - Chapter 1 Lesson 2: Exploring the regions of our country continued 

  • Students are working on a 3D globe project. They are using maps to locate the equator and prime meridian, identify the hemispheres, etc. 




Wednesday, Sept. 23

Homework
Spelling Week 5 - study list
 
*Charge your chrome book!
*No school Friday 9/25

Monday, Sept 21

Homework
Spelling Week 5 - definitions - 5 words -  composition book
Math - p.117 - 118
 
*Charge your chrome book!
*Adoration tomorrow 12:30 
*No school Friday 9/25

Week at a Glance 9/21 - 9/25

Reminders: 

  • Field trip money due - please send in permission slip and $ 
  • No bus 9/21
  • Eucharistic Adoration 9/22
  • No school 9/25

Religion - Continuing Unit on Rosary

Monday: Lesson 9- solving word problems 

Tuesday: Review for test 

Wednesday: Ch. 2 test 

Thursday: Chapter 3 Lesson 1 - relate multiplication and division

Friday: No school 

Reading/Language Arts -

Unit 1 Week 5  - Barbed Wire Baseball

Genre - Primary source

Weekly Question: How can people influence the places where they live?

Vocabulary:  descent, internment, desolate, diverted, spectators

Writing:  Personal narrative 

  • Students will have their weekly reading comprehension on TH this week. 
  •  Please take the time to study and re-read the story if needed. The audio version of the story is posted in our Reading Google Classroom.

 

Spelling - Prefixes mis-, en-, em-

Weekly homework:

Monday:  Spelling definitions (5 words)

Tuesday: spelling choice (10 words)

Wednesday: Study list

Thursday: Spelling test

Science 

  • Energy Transformations and Electric Circuits 

Social Studies- Chapter 1 Lesson 2: Exploring the regions of our country 

  • Students are working on a 3D globe project. They are using maps to locate the equator and prime meridian, identify the hemispheres, etc.

Thurs. 9/17

Homework
Spelling - study list
Math - Lesson 7 #1 -4 on graph paper - subtract & check with addition
 
Reminders
*Rosary/Spirit Run @ 7:40am
*Wear spirit run tshirt
*Bring water bottle

Tuesday, Sept 15

Homework
Spelling Week 4 - pick 10 -  in composition book
Math - Lesson 6
 
Reminders
*charge chrome book each night
*bring chrome book to school each day
*wear spirit run shirt friday

Monday, Sept 14

Homework
Spelling Week 4 - definitions - pick 5 words -  in composition book
Math - p.91-92
Science - bring materials for Rube Goldberg
 
Reminders
*charge chrome book each night
*bring chrome book to school each day
*bring a chapter book 

Week at a glance - 9/14 - 9/18

 

Reminders: 

  • BRING A CHAPTER BOOK for the week - can be from the school library or from home. Your book may have small pictures at the start of the chapters but it cannot be a comic book.
  • STUDY spelling words each night!
  • ROSARY/SPIRIT RUN Friday, Sept. 18th at 7:40am - wear your orange spirit run shirt with shorts, running shoes & don’t forget your water bottle!

Religion - Unit 1 continuing Session 2: Our Father in Heaven 

    -Unit on the Holy Rosary

Math - Chapter 2 continued: + and - whole #'s

Monday: Lesson 5 - Add whole numbers 

Tuesday: Lesson 6 - subtract whole numbers

 Wednesday: Lesson 7 - subtract across 0's

Thursday: Check my Progress 

Friday: Lesson 9 - solve multi-step word problems 

 

Reading/Language Arts -

Unit 1 Week 2  - Life at the Top

Genre - Informational text 

Weekly Question: What are the advantages in living in different places?

Vocabulary:  endurance, excel, capacity, motivation, drive 

Writing:  Personal narrative 

  • Students will have their weekly reading comprehension test on Friday. 
    •  Please take the time to study and re-read the story if needed. The audio version of the story is posted in our Reading Google Classroom.

Spelling - vowel teams and digraphs

Weekly homework- 

Monday:  spelling definitions (5 words)

Tuesday: spelling choice (10 words)

Wednesday: spelling choice (10 words)

Thursday: spelling worksheet

Friday: spelling test 

 

Science -  Energy and Motion: Speed and Collisions 

               -Creating Rube Goldberg simple machines

 

Social Studies- Chapter 2- Exploring Regions of our Country 

  • Create your own civilization project due Thursday 9/10
  • Students will be starting a new project about how to interpret physical maps using longitude and latitude. 

 

Wednesday, Sept 9

Homework
Spelling Week 3 - definitions - pick 5 words -  in composition book
Math - worksheet
Science - bring materials for Rube Goldberg
 
*We will be discussing events of 9/11 tomorrow and Friday
*We have a guest speaker Mr. Gatto who will be talking about his personal experience working in the World Trade Center that morning. Mr. Gatto, along with my brother Luke, both working for Morgan Stanley at the time, escaped from tower two.
 
Reminders
*charge chrome book 
*bring chrome book to school each day
*pack a snack and water bottle
 

Tuesday, Sept 8

Welcome back! Hope you enjoyed the three day wknd! 
 
Homework
Spelling Week 3 - definitions - pick 5 words - complete in composition book
Math - p. 71 -72
 
Reminders
*food pantry tomorrow - cream of chicken soup
*charge chrome book 
*bring chrome book to school each day
*pack a snack and water bottle
 
Thank you
Thank you again for your patience and understanding with the troubleshooting of power school. We ran into a few issues making sure all students were added to the correct homeroom. Power school grades will be entered by the end of the week.