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Colleen-February 15

5th Grade News Week of February 4, 2019

MATH 5A- This week, there will be a quiz on numerical expressions on Wednesday. Then, the 5th grade will be entering the wonderful world of fractions for quite some time, beginning with fractions with like denominators and improper fractions.

5B- This week we are focusing on ordered pairs. We will work on graphing different shapes this week. No quiz this week.

LANGUAGE ARTS

5A Reading – The students will reread

our anchor story, A Quest for a Tree

Kangaroo, due to having no class last

week! We will work on some

vocabulary activities and

comprehension activities. A

vocabulary/comprehension quiz will

be on Wednesday! Look for the study

guide and please review this before

the quiz! The students will then be

working on a reading comprehension

activity based on the movie, “Hidden

Figures.”

5B Reading -Due to not have class last

week, we are still working on our

story, A Quest for a Tree Kangaroo .

We will have our vocabulary and

comprehension test on Wednesday!

Then for the rest of the week, we will

research and create a PowerPoint

about tree kangaroos.

5English/Writing- The students will

complete their persuasive writings

(which we begin two weeks ago!) by

Tuesday of this week. We will then

focus on the grammar activities

identifying main verbs, helping verbs,

and linking verbs. We will have a

grammar test on Friday!

RELIGION This week we will finish up our Family Life series. We will talk about God’s gift of Love and Community. We will focus on friendship, families, and marriage. Students are taking the ACRE test on Tuesday during the afternoon, it’s a test about their knowledge of religion.

SCIENCE 5th graders learned about

polarity last week and

made models of water

molecules to demonstrate

it. Water has some very

useful properties! This

week, they will be talking

all about the water cycle

and will be composing

water cycle jingles to

learn the steps.

SOCIAL STUDIES Due to not having class very often

last week, we are still learning

about the colonies. This week we

will learn about the Middle

colonies and how people settled

in each colony. We will have a quiz

over the New England and Middle

colonies next week.

IMPORTANT DATES & ANNOUNCEMENTS

*Monday, February 4th: Last Day of Book Fair; 6th Grade Girls’ home volleyball

game at 4:30; Girls’ Pee Wee Basketball practice 5-6:30 p.m. at Bourbonnais

site; FACTS Tuition sign up night in the computer lab 6-7:30 p.m.

*Tuesday, February 5th: Community Outreach – BMCS seniors volunteer in

classrooms; Boys’ Pee Wee Basketball practice 5:30-6:30 at Bourbonnais site

with parent meeting at 6:30 p.m.

*Wednesday, February 6th: Mass hosted by 4th Grade and Fr. Tony

*Thursday, February 7th: 5/6th Grade Band 3:20-4:00 p.m. at the High School;

6th Grade Girls’ home volleyball game at 4:30; Girls’ Pee Wee Basketball

practice 5-6:30 at Bourbonnais site

*Friday, February 8th: Wear spirit wear tops with uniform bottoms; Boys’ Pee

Wee Basketball practice 5:00-6:30 p.m. at Bourbonnais site

6th Grade News Week of February 5, 2018

MATH 6A- There will be a quiz on two-step equations this Thursday. Then, the class will use their understanding of equations to solve perimeter, area, and volume of rectangles and squares using formulas.

6B- We are finishing up coordinate graphing this week, then we are moving on to expressions. We will start with writing them in different forms. No quiz this week.

SOCIAL STUDIES

The 6th graders will finally dive

into the rest of our unit on

Mesopotamia! This week we

will focus on farming,

settlements, and social classes

which evolved during the growth

of civilizations in Mesopotamia.

There will be a quiz over this on

Friday!

LANGUAGE ARTS

6A Reading - The students will be

given the new vocabulary words for

Chapters 7-14. We will have our next

vocabulary/comprehension test on

Friday. The students will continue

reading the novel, Hoot. We will

focus on the different story elements

this week.

6B Reading - We are working on our

novel, Hoot. This week we will focus

on our new vocabulary words,

journaling about each chapter, and

predicting the events of the story. No

quiz this week.

6English/Writing – The 6th graders will

be completing an “Everyday Edit”

where we will find ten grammar errors

in the paragraph. We will be working

on carrying our grammar knowledge

into our writing. This week we will

begin diagramming sentences. By

doing this, it will help the students

create stronger sentences and

paragraphs in their writing.

RELIGION

We will complete our

Benzinger Family Life unit this

week. The students will focus

on how self-respect affects

their choices, understand the

importance of fiscal

responsibility, and recognize

children are a blessing from

God.

SCIENCE The 6th graders learned all

about erosion and

deposition by water last

week. They will have a

quiz this next Tuesday on

important vocabulary and

have a list of words to know

to help with studying in

their vocabulary packets.

IMPORTANT DATES & ANNOUNCEMENTS

*Monday, February 4th: Last Day of Book Fair; 6th Grade Girls’ home

volleyball game at 4:30; FACTS Tuition sign up night in the computer

lab 6-7:30 p.m.

*Tuesday, February 5th: Community Outreach – BMCS seniors

volunteer in classrooms

*Wednesday, February 6th: Mass hosted by 4th Grade and Fr. Tony

*Thursday, February 7th: 5/6th Grade Band 3:20-4:00 p.m. at the

High School; 6th Grade Girls’ home volleyball game at 4:30

*Friday, February 8th: Wear spirit wear tops with uniform bottoms

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