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

5th Grade Newsletter: November 16, 2015

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Wednesday is the final day for our shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child.  We are continuing to learn about Jacob’s transformation.

Science We begin our new chapter not on states of matter, yet; but we begin our study on “Fossils and Dinosaurs.”  In History, we begin our study of chapter three, which is based on the ancient Middle East, focusing on how they dwelled and their lives.  The Passport Test is coming up next week.

Math lessons will be on dividing with zeros in the quotient, larger-small-difference stories, using fraction manipulatives, and drawing segments to close in an area. 

Language Arts We have amazing “co-”authors.  Their final chapters were creative, imaginative, unique, flowing, engaging, organized, starting and/or ending with a bang, brought laughter, evoked sadness or happiness, and connected the reader to the writer with their ideas and content and through a variety of sentences composed of expressive and/or vivid words. 

Spelling We are learning about words with the diphthongs oi, oy, ou, and ow.  Also in Vocabulary, we continue our study of words relating to climbing a mountain through creating phrases (section A), substituting a phrase or word (section B), and word meaning study (section C).

Reading We shall continue our reading of The Tale of Despereaux, through the eyes of another character, Roscuro, a rat. For M.U.G. (Mechanics, Usage, and Grammar), we continue our study on quotations.  Also, for independent reading, keep reading anything you enjoy to broaden your love of reading.  As noted in my first newsletter, devote at least 20 minutes to reading a novel around the fifth grade for the purpose of getting introduced or familiar with content learned.  If you see any words that are from our vocabulary lists, you may get a ticket to earn those class prizes and rewards.

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

1 Corinthians 14:12  

So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church.

Important Dates:

Nov. 18: Operation Christmas Child—Final Day to bring in our shoeboxes

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)

Spelling Challenge Words:

Ridiculous and reputation

Monday 16th	Tuesday 17th	Wednesday 18th	Thursday 19th	Friday 20th
		Math Lesson 35	Math Lesson 36	Math Lesson 37
		Spelling 9 and Cursive	Spelling Test L9	Bible M.V. Test
		Wordly Wise L5ABC	History Chp 1-2 Test

Operation Christmas Child

Our 5th grade class did a splendid job sharing their talents and passion for God on stage. One hundred percent participation from students and teachers will enable us to reach our 200 packed boxes goal!  Thank you to all parents who came and who supported our crew!  They truly gave it their all and for the glory of God.  Each group shared a part to fully support the why we do Operation Christmas Child, which can be found in James 1:27:

“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.”

Sharing the Love of Jesus...one box at-a-time.

Trying to reach our goal of 200 Shoeboxes!