5th Grade Newsletter: November 9, 2015

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ast week, for Bible, we have until next Wednesday to share a gift to a child who may only experience this one gift this whole year. What an honor to share in the ability to bless someone with the love of Christ.  Thank you to all who are praying for these boys and girls and their families. We have concluded our study of Abraham’s trusting and obeying God and have progressed in our studies to learn about Jacob’s transformation.

For Science, we had a taste of our next unit--states of matter, literally. Compliments to a gracious and generous parent, Sub-Zero, an ice cream vendor, came to us and gave us hands-on experiments of the effects of nitrogen on solids (gummy bears, a rose, slick desks, and his hands) and water (itself) and gas (air in a balloon). The experience was a blast, literally, as well. We had balloons pop and ice cream tantalizing taste buds  and our brain cells as we watched it being made right before our eyes with nitrogen. This week we shall review and take the chapter test on “Minerals and Rocks,” Thursday.

In History, we have finished our study of the Fertile Crescent and their peoples. We are reviewing for the test next week of chapters one and two.

Math lessons were on geometry of lines, which parallel, intersect and run perpendicular; draw angles; and round numbers using a number line.

For Reading and Language Arts, the students are presenting their “co-authored” final chapter of Esperanza Rising as how they would imagine it to end. Simultaneously, we continue our reading of another novel. This historical fiction is set during the medieval era in the king’s castle through the eyes of a mouse in The Tale of Despereaux. For M.U.G. (Mechanics, Usage, and Grammar), we continue our study on hyphens.  In Spelling, we are learning about words with o that sound like au in automobile.  Also in Vocabulary, we are reviewing the past words learnt from previous chapters through word puzzles.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO!!!

Have a blessed week, Ms. Chang

(read 20 minutes and study for Passport on WEEKDAYS)

Genesis 50:20

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.

Important Dates:

Nov. 10: Veteran's Day Program 2:00 pm

Nov. 11: Veteran's Day (NO SCHOOL)

Nov. 12: Spirit Day -- Patriotic Day/RWB

Nov. 18: OCC—Final Day

Nov. 24: Passport Testing

Nov. 24: End of Progress 2

Spelling Challenge Words:

egregious and sympathetic

Homework…Please see your planners

Monday 9th	Tuesday 10th	Wednesday 11th	Thursday 12th	Friday 13th
Math Quiz 5 (L21-25)	Math Lesson 32	No School	Math Lesson 33	Math Lesson 34
	Spelling 8 and Cursive	Veteran’s Day	Spelling Test L8	Bible M.V. Test
	Wordly Wise Review		Science Test