Room 7 Weekly Newsletter
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A look at our week…
Religion: Next Thursday at 9am, the 5th grade class will be leading Stations of the Cross in the Church. All are welcome to attend! We will not be starting a new chapter in our Religion text, instead we will be focusing on the stations. On Friday of next week, there will be a quiz on the Stations of the Cross.
4th Grade Language Arts:
This week’s…
- Target Vocabulary: escorted, swelled, relied, reputation, worthy, churning, situation, deserve, defended, satisfied
- Vocabulary Strategy: Figurative language
- Comprehension Skill: Compare and contrast—examine how details or ideas are alike and different
- Comprehension Strategy: Monitor/ clarify—identify passages of text that are confusing and use reading techniques to understand them
- Writing Focus: Narrative writing— descriptive paragraph
- Spelling: See Focus Wall (Homework assignment can be found here.)
Don’t forget our class has a Quizlet account with the Vocabulary and Spelling words for both 4th and 5th grade at https://quizlet.com/class/2010370/.
5th Grade Language Arts:
This week’s…
- Target Vocabulary: record, mental, launch, assuming, episodes, developed, feature, incredibly, villains, thumbed
- Vocabulary Strategy: Word origins
- Comprehension Skill: Author’s purpose—use text details to figure out the author’s viewpoint and reasons for writing
- Comprehension Strategy: Monitor/ clarify—as you read, notice what isn’t making sense and find ways to figure out the parts that are confusing
- Writing Focus: Narrative writing— friendly letter
- Spelling: See Focus Wall (Homework assignment can be found here.)
Don’t forget our class has a Quizlet account with the Vocabulary and Spelling words for both 4th and 5th grade at https://quizlet.com/class/2010370/.
4th Grade Math:
Students will…
- evaluate numerical expressions using the order of operations
- find the mean of a set of numbers
- finish Movie Theater division project
- review Chapter 5 concepts
5th Grade Math:
Students will…
- explore multiplying a fraction by a fraction
- multiply a fraction and a whole number
- multiply fractions using the greatest common factor
- express a mixed number as a fraction greater than one
5th Grade Accelerated Math: Statistics and Probability
Social Studies: We will continue with Chapter 4 on European Settlements. Students will describe the aims and accomplishments of English, French, and Dutch explorers. We will also understand the significance of the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
Science: Unit B Chapter 5 The Solar System
Upcoming Important Dates and Events (Tests are only added on a weekly basis and subject to change):
Tuesday 2/23: Field Trip 9am-12noon, Students must wear Mass attire uniform
Wednesday 2/24: 8am Mass, 2:30pm Dismissal
Thursday 2/25: 5th Grade Stations of the Cross at 9am in the Church, 4th Grade Math Test
Friday 2/26: L.A./Spelling 3.16 Test, Religion Stations of the Cross Quiz
Wednesday 3/2: 8am Mass, Progress Reports, 2:30pm Dismissal
Thursday 3/3: 4th Grade Stations of the Cross at 9am in the Church
Friday 3/4: 12noon Dismissal
For an up-to-date version of our school calendar please visit https://stmesc.org/students-and-families/school-calendar/.