January 13-17, 2014

The first week back went very well, we were able to get a lot of things done and I think we set a really strong precedent for the rest of the quarter.  This week we will have a couple of tests upcoming, including a Religion test and a Vocabulary/Spelling Test, both on Thursday.  This Friday we will be gone for most of the day while at our Vocations Day Field Trip, forms need to be turned in this Tuesday (25 pts). 

Reminder that the Talent Show is coming up the last week of January, encourage your child to show off his/her talents!

Math:  Finish test from Friday on division, this week we will be introducing decimals.

Science:  Senses and how our brain receives messages.  Review will be due at the end of the week.

Social Studies:  We are starting a new Chapter this week, Chapter 3, which will continue to explore the importance of the early colonies.

Religion:  Vocations of Holy Orders, Ch. 25.  Test on Thursday, Review due Wednesday

Literature:  Students have really enjoyed The City of Ember so far and I hope that they will continue to enjoy it as we delve deeper into it.  Students also have a test this Thursday on the Spelling/Vocabulary words from Unit 9.  RAH folders are going to be due this Thursday (100 minutes a week).

1. vicinity

2. displace

3. considerate
4. poll
5. improper
6. identical
7. brisk
8. humiliate
9. estimate
10. downfall
11. soothe

12. cherish

13. Apostles
14. vocation
15. religious
16. laity
17. fractions
18. illiterate
19. endorse
20. vigilant

Dec. 16 - Dec. 20

Welcome to the third week of Advent and the final week of school before Christmas break!

Upcoming Academic Events:

Spelling Test (no vocabulary, just Unit 8 spelling words) on Friday

Science Quiz (animals and plant cell diagram, notes will be allowed) on Friday

Book Reports and Projects on Wednesday

Literature Packet (substitute for the final test for Little House in the Big Woods) on Wednesday

RAH Thursday

Book Club on Tuesday 3:45 - 4:30

Decemeber 2 - December 6

Math - In math students will continue to strengthen their skills with division.  Homework will be; P. 33-34 (Due Tues.) Worksheet R14 (Due Wed.), and P 35-36 (Due Thurs.), Extra credit will be available also this week, E14 (Due Fri.)

Science - In Science this week we will be looking at how technology can be used to help meet needs and the possible benefits/costs that can come from new technology.  Students will have an at-home-observational assignment (Due Wed.), homework from p. 90-92 (Due Thurs.), and the review on p. 97-100 (Due Mon.).  We will be having a test on this Unit next Tuesday (Dec. 10).

Social Studies - Having just taken our test on Unit 2 last week we will be starting Unit 3, Ch. 1 this week.  Students will have to take daily notes and will also be expected to complete WB 41-48 (Due. Fri).

Religion - Rosary Monday, Reconciliation Tuesday, Mass Friday.  No test this week. 

Literature - Students were to have read Ch. 7 in Little House in the Big Woods over the weekend, this week we will get through Ch. 8, 9, 10, and 11 with worksheets for Ch. 7-8 (Due. Tues.), Ch. 9 (Due Wed.) amd Ch. 10-11 (Due Fri).

Spelling/Vocabulary - There will be a test on Unit 7 Spelling/Vocabulary words a week from this Friday (December 13).  This week, students will have homework twice, writting the words three times each (Due. Tuesday) and writing the words in alphabetical order (Due Wednesday). 
The Unit 7 words are listed below:

1. shrivel
2. loot
3. barrier
4. rejoice
5. industrious
6. senseless
7. deputy
8. compose
9. calculate
10. considerable
11. jolt
12. reliable
13. prototype
14. design
15. decimals
16. conjunctions
17. homonyms
18. introductory
19. concluding
20. criteria

November 11 - 15, 2013

Book Fair is this week!  Make sure to get on down there and get some book for your kids to read!  (Please try to avoid the gadgets and toys, these tend to be a distraction in the classroom).  Our field trip to the Veterans Day parade is Monday.  We will be leaving at 10:15 and returning around 12:15.  Students are to wear uniforms, bring a disposable lunch, and a blanket to sit on.

Math - We have been working outside of the book for over a week now in order to review certain math abilities, but now that we have a somewhat stronger grasp with our multiplication and division we will be moving back into the book.  We should be able to get through Lesson 1.10 and 1.11 this week and then 1.12 and 1.13 next week meaning we will probably have our test on Unit 1 next Thursday (Nov. 21).  Student can expect homework around 3 times this week.

Science - We recently have started our unit on the Design Process and engineering.  Monday we will explore how these are used in the idea of flight and airplanes, and for the rest of the week we will be focusing on Inovation and our the Design Process.  Students can expect homework twice this week.

Spelling/Vocabulary - The start of a new unit, Unit 6, is upon us. Homework will be expected two nights this week and studying should be done every night.  The spelling test will be on Friday Nov. 22, the spelling words are as follows:

1. undoing
2. capacity
3. accomplish
4. withdraw
5. duplicate
6. keen
7. vast
8. apparent
9. civilian
10. spurt
11. conceal
12. provoke
13. Eucharist
14. sacrifice
15. machine
16. laboratory
17. colonies
18. explorers
19. inventions
20. heroes


Literature - Today we will finish up Ch. 8 of The Great Brain with a worksheet for homework.  Tuesday and Wednesday will be discussing the entire book and reviewing, and Thursday will be for the test on the entire book.

October 28 - November 1

Excellent job with Mass last Friday!  We received a lot of compliments and I was very proud of everyone's behavior.  Also, our class Auction Project has been decided and we will begin the preliminary steps for this project this week.

Math - We have been learning the order of operations the last couple weeks and will continue to further our understanding and familiarity with these.  Homework can be expected Monday and Wednesday night with a Quiz on Friday.


Science - This will be our last week of nightly observations (yah!).  We will continue with our theme of ecosystems, homework can be expected every night (nightly observations, 2-4 minutes a night).  There will be a test on ecosystems (Unit 5 in Science book) Friday of this Week (Nov. 1st).

Social Studies - We have just begun our exploration of the early European settlers in the Americas and will continue to make our way through the chapter.  Students can expect homework twice this week.

Literature - Having finished the first 4 chapters of the Great Brain last week, we will be continuing with this novel, and will come close to finishing it this week.  Students can expect a test on Monday or Tuesday of next week and homework most nights this week.



Religion - We did an excellent job with Mass last week and got many compliments.  This week we are back in the book and discussing another one of the Sacraments.  There will be a review on Thursday (due Friday) and Test on Friday.


Spelling/Vocabulary - Spelling and Vocabulary test will be this Friday. Students will have homework from their work book Monday-Wednesday night.

Vocabulary List:
1. blemish
2. festive
3. hospitality
4. blunt
5. nomad
6. capable
7. persecute
8. conclude
9. supreme
10. detect
11. transport
12. fatigue
13. autumn
14. exploration
15. agreement
16. singular
17. harvest
18. plural
19. Halloween
20. souls

Oct. 14 - Oct. 18

Jog-a-thon is this week!  Remember that if students have not already ordered their lunch they need to bring a sack lunch.  Also, it is important to remember that sunscreen and bugspray that you want your child to wear needs to be put on them before they go to school.  Don't forget to stay hydrated and thank you so much for all you do to voulnteer here!  We absolutely wouldn't be able to do it without you!

Math - There has been such amazing progress in our speed and ability multiplying numbers!  We will continue to work at multiplying multi-digit numbers times multi-digit numbers this week.  Students can expect homework Monday and Tuesday night.

Science - We are going to explore forests and other specific ecosystems in the next week or two.  Students can expect homework Monday night and nightly observations 2-4 minutes every night.

Religion - Having just finished with the sacrament of confirmation we are going to analyze moral decisions by looking at various real-life scenarios and what would students do in these situations.  There should be no homework this week.

Literature - This week we will start our next novel, The Great Brain, students will be assigned a book and will be expected to bring it to class everyday.  Students can expect homework Monday and Tuesday night.

Spelling/Vocabulary - We will be reviewing analogies, homographs, and using context clues this week.  No new spelling or vocabulary words this week.

Social Studies - Students will have time to finish up their research on the Native American tribes in class using the laptops and books.

Oct. 7 - Oct. 11

Get those Jog-a-thon pledges going, our run is coming up very soon!

Spelling/Vocabulary - This is week two of Unit 4, Spelling/Vocabulary Test will be Friday.  Students will be expected to complete p. 40-43 in the blue Vocabulary book.

Social Studies - Students will have a Social Studies test on Thursday on Chapters 1 and 2 (Unit 1).  Students will have a review for homework and will review in class but they should look at, organize, and add to their notes at home.

Science -  We will continue to talk about ecosystems and how each animal and plant is adapted to its own ecosystem.  Students will have observations to make every night and will have additional homework 1-2 times this week.

Religion - This week we are starting a new section (Chapter 8, Unit 2) on the Holy Spirit.  Students can expect a review on Thursday and a test on Friday.

Math - After spending the last two weeks reviewing single-digit multiplication and having a quiz last Friday, we are now ready to move on to double digit multiplication.  Students can expect a small amount of homework Tuesday and Wednesday.

Literature - With only a couple chapters of Poppy left in the book we are aiming for our Poppy test for this Wednesday.  Students can expext homework Monday and Tuesday night to help them review.