Welcome to 5E! Happy September!

      Welcome Back!  We are ready for a fabulous year. Things are a little different this year, as you are now the role models for the school.  You have more responsibilities around the school, and the lower grades look up to you.  You still switch between four main teachers.  You have homeroom, math, spelling, reading, and theology with me.  You have science with Mrs. Mitchell, English with Ms. G, and social studies with Mrs. Bouchard.  The four of us work closely to help you all succeed! 

 

     In Theology the fifth grade will study the history of the Church, sacraments, and parts of the Mass.  We will participate in a Mass at least every other week and all holy days of obligation.  Fifth graders from both rooms will be the readers at Mass.  We also have fifth grade altar servers.   

     The fifth grade begins the math year with place value, estimation, addition, and subtraction.   We will study place value from the hundred billions down to the thousandths.  We will perform math operations in both whole numbers and decimals. The fourth grade has similar topics as the fifth.  They will spend more time on place value, but they only learn up to the hundred millions.  We use www.ixl.com/signin/stchris as an additional class resource.  I expect the students to work on ixl for a minimum of 30 minutes a week, due every Friday.  The ixl sections for grade 5 are A, B, W, X and AA.  The section for grade 4 is A, B, and C.  These sections change as we move to new math topics. Students are to write their ixl sections in their agendas daily.     

      

      In reading, our text is a consumable.  It is My View.  There are weekly stories that we read together in class.  There is also an online version of the text, so we will also hear the stories read to us. Tests are every week and a half.  Right now, we are reading different types of informational text.  We are finding it very informative!  We have started reading our first book report in class.  We are reading Stone Fox. The students have a Novel Study that they are completing in school and at home. A written book report will be completed in class, when we finish the book.    

 

      In Spelling, students are given a list that comes from our reading series, and we will need at least a week and a half to complete the story.  During the week, students will have various spelling activities that they complete in their spelling notebook or on a given worksheet. We will write the test date in our agendas and on the spelling list.  .  

 

     We are off to a great start.  The students are happy to be back and are enthusiastic learners.  I am so happy to have them all in my class.  Thank you for sharing your children with us!

 

-Mrs. Emond