5th Grade Newsletter: November 23, 2015

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peration Christmas Child  was a success!  We did not only reach our shoebox goal of 200 but also exceeded it—219 boxes!  Praise the Lord!  I am truly proud of our group of students who went above and beyond to love children from all around the world with God’s love!  In Bible, Joseph and his being rejected will be examined. 

Science We viewed a BrainPop video on “Fossils” and we will continue digging (pun intended) in deeper to learn about our pre-historic creatures, the dinosaurs. In History, we will learn about the Hittites, the empire builders, and the Lydians, the makers of money.  The Passport test is Tuesday, tomorrow!

Math lessons will be on drawing segments to close in an area and on polygons.

Reading We are drawing to a close in our class novel, The Tale of Desperaux.  Three more days of reading, and the novel will have been completed!  This tantalizing tale evokes emotions and shares truths of life and the value of love! 

Language Arts We have poets, already, in our classroom.  We are creating our own poetry books!  Mechanics, Usage, and Grammar (M.U.G.) Hyphens create compound adjectives; connect separated syllables at the end of a line; and create compound words.

Spelling We are studying words with the schwa before the letter l and the letter n. Also in Vocabulary, we continue our study of words relating to the word study of suffixes, -ment, -ion, -ing, -or, ic, -al, -ous, -cy, -(t)ion, or -ence (section D), and the reading of a passage and checking comprehension through answering in sentence form (section E).

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO!!!

Have a blessed week, Ms. Chang

Homework (read 20 minutes and study for Passport)…Please see your planners.

Due NEXT FRIDAY…Hebrews 10:11-12  (Bible Memory Verse—BMV)

And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God.

Important Dates:

Nov. 24: Passport Testing

Nov. 24: End of Progress 2

Nov. 25:1/2 day-Dismissal at noon

Nov. 26-27: Thanksgiving Break- (NO SCHOOL/No Extended Care)

Nov. 30- Dec. 4: Box Tops Competition 

Dec. 7: Candy Gram Sales begin

Dec. 17: CCA Christmas Program 7:00 pm

Dec. 17: Passport to Geography Testing

Dec. 18: Spirit Day—Living Ornaments

TBA: Adopt-a-Child—helping a local family

Spelling Challenge Words:

Illuminated and extraordinary

Due Dates:

Monday 23rd	Tuesday 24th	Wednesday 25th	Thursday 26th	Friday 27th
		EARLY RELEASE	THANKSGIVING BREAK—NO SCHOOL
Math Test 6 (L26-30)	Math Lesson 38	Math Lesson 39	BMV Test—next week
		Spelling 10 and Cursive
		Wordly Wise L5DE