Weekly Newsletter
Announcements:
Field Trip: We are going to Riley’s Farm on Thursday, May 12th. We will meet in Room 7 at 8am. Students need to pack a disposable lunch. Please do not send lunch boxes, plastic containers, etc. Students must wear a St. Mary shirt (polo, team shirt, or PE shirt) with jeans and P.E. shoes. Please bring a St. Mary sweater/sweatshirt/jacket in case it is cold. We will return to school between 3:15 and 3:30pm.
Bake Sale: 4th/5th Grade Bake Sale is Wednesday, May 18th. Please go to www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0A44AAA92FA6FA7-4thand1 . There is a list of items needed and time slots available for volunteers. Thank you!
A look at our week…
Religion: We are continuing with our Virtue Projects. These will be due on Friday, May 13th.
4th Grade Language Arts: This week we asked the question “How do forests and trees show change?” In our informational text The Ever-Living Tree, we compared the growth of a tree to events taking place throughout the world. We’ll also read Towering Trees, a poetry selection about the redwoods.
Next week’s…
- Target Vocabulary: bond, suffered, intruder, companion, enclosure, inseparable, charged, chief, exhausted, affection (Vocab homework can be found vocab.)
- Vocabulary Strategy: Suffixes -ed, -ly
- Comprehension Skill: Compare and contrast—examine how elements of a text are similar or different
- Comprehension Strategy: Analyze/ evaluate—think about and form opinions about the text
- Don’t forget our class has a Quizlet account with the Vocabulary and Spelling words for both 4th and 5th grade.
- Spelling: See Focus Wall (Homework assignment can be found here.) Please note: The challenge words are included in our weekly Spelling tests and must be included in the homework.
5th Grade Language Arts: This week students explored the question “What kinds of lessons were learned by people who lived in the Old West?” In our main selection, the informational text Vaqueros: America’s First Cowboys, author George Ancona captures the history and traditions of the original cowboys of Spanish Mexico. Later, our class read Rhyme on the Range, poetry written by cowboys.
Next week’s…
- Target Vocabulary: rustling, balked, lectured, disadvantage, quaking, beacon, mishap, surged, torment, fared (Vocab homework can be found vocab.)
- Vocabulary Strategy: Using context
- Comprehension Skill: Cause and effect—tell how events are related and how one event causes another
- Comprehension Strategy: Analyze/ evaluate—think carefully about the text and form an opinion about it
- Don’t forget our class has a Quizlet account with the Vocabulary and Spelling words for both 4th and 5th grade.
- Spelling: See Focus Wall (Homework assignment can be found here.) Please note: The challenge words are included in our weekly Spelling tests and must be included in the homework.
4th Grade Math: Chapter 10 Geometry
4th Grade Geome-trees Group: Chapter 12 Divide by Two Digits
5th Grade Math: Chapter 9 Multiplying and Dividing Decimals
5th Grade Tiger Lily Group: Final Exam
Social Studies: As we finished Chapter 6 on the Middle and Southern Colonies, we started working on a brochure project. In this project, students are making brochures describing the economic, social, religious, and political attractions in each of the 13 colonies. These brochures are due on Friday, May 13th.
Upcoming Important Dates and Events (Tests are only added on a weekly basis and subject to change):
Wednesday 5/11: 8am Mass, 2:30pm Dismissal
Thursday 5/12: Riley’s Farm Field Trip
Friday 5/13: L.A. 5.24/Spelling Tests, Virtue Project due, Colony Brochure due
Monday 5/16: Star 360 Testing
Tuesday 5/17: Star 360 Testing
Wednesday 5/18: 8am Mass, 4th/5th Bake Sale, Progress Reports, 2:30pm Dismissal
Thursday 5/19: Team Day, 9am Rosary
Friday 5/20: Spring Musical 7pm
Wednesday 5/25: 8am Mass, 2:30pm Dismissal
Thursday 5/26: 9am Rosary
Monday 5/30: No School
For an up-to-date version of our school calendar please visit https://stmesc.org/students-and-families/school-calendar/.