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Our class enjoys learning about a variety of curriculum topics which include:
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* 12/10 Christmas Program 6:30
* 12/12 Advent Reconciliation * 12/21 Early Dismissal 11:45 * 12/22-1/2 Christmas Break Goals for this year include:
If all three of these items are successfully completed and turned in on time, the child will receive a pizza certificate from Pizza Hut. Monthly Class Goal: 10,500 October: 11,160 (10/31) Goal: 11,250 Oh, no! SO close! November: 11,750 (11/30) Great JOB!!! December: Check-up 12/14 January: Check-up 1/15 February: Check-up 2/14 March: Check-up 3/15 Total: 22,910 School Year Goal: 63,750 Hi Parents!
We started out this week learning about Advent and how we can prepare not only with decorations, but with our hearts. We've been reading daily meditations about how to better ourselves through the season. We put up our tree, Nativity, and Advent Wreath. We are getting in the spirit around here! Big thanks to Enzo for bringing in fun Advent Calendars for all to take home and enjoy each day as we wait for Christmas to come! This week we were busy with Christmas program practice. Our class should be bringing in metal pots, lids, and spoons to use for the show. If your child hasn't yet done so, they should bring it in on Monday. We will have a bit more practice Monday in the daytime for our big show Monday evening. Mr. Ron, our visiting Seminarian from Mount Saint Mary's came to see us for one last time before Christmas. We've enjoyed our time with him and his sharing his knowledge and religious insights with us. We made him cards for the holiday and gave him well wishes for his upcoming finals. After we return to school in January, our Seminarian visits will be with Mr. Vic, a peer of Mr. Ron's. Report Cards came home with the students on Wednesday. If you haven't already, please sign and return the envelope Monday. Next week: Monday: SS Egypt Test Tuesday: Wednesday: SS CE Due Eng 3.1-3.5 Quiz Thursday: Rel Ch 7 Test Math Ch 4 Test Friday: Spell Less 12 Test Have a great weekend! God Bless You! We combined our study of Ancient Egypt, STEM, and time with our 3rd grade prayer partners today! As we learn how the Egyptians used lots of TEAMWORK to create the pyramids as massive tombs for their leaders, we created some of our own. Our tools were much easier to work with, not 2 ton blocks! We had so much fun! Hi Parents!
I don't know about you, but I was surprised about our snow day yesterday! This, plus our 2-hour gift this morning forced us to prioritize today. After some review and class votes, we rearranged our necessities. Today we took our Spelling Test and Reading WLT. See the plan for Monday and Tuesday below. Thank you for all the donations of crackers, icing, plates, napkins, and baby wipes! We are good to go and excited for our project with our prayer partners. We had fun with an science experiment, hieroglyphs, and wrapping up with the Sacraments of Initiation this week. Students also had the opportunity to audition for a part in the Christmas play. We had our medical screenings with the nurse. We had a mid-month check-up for our Book It minutes. So far, we've clocked 4,978! Our monthly goal is 10,500. This is a good start to the month. Today, students received directions for their November Book Report. They will need an empty/clean cereal box for this. If you have an extras at home that you'd like to donate to a student who needs one, feel free to send them in. This is due Friday, 11/30. Our trimester is about finished and so are our Shambucks cards! Everyone will get a new one to start with on Monday, but now students only have $10 on their card. (The first trimester was $15.) Our Shambucks reward/celebration party is Friday 11/30. Next week: Monday: 1) Math Ch 3 Test 2) We will start our good copy of our personal narrative in class. 3) Science Graded CW - Students are allowed to use their Scientist Notebook and copybook notes for this. 4) Bring in additional materials for Pyramid building project Tuesday: 1) SS Ch4 Less 1-2 Quiz 2) Work on good copy of PN. Full good copy & cover page due 11/26 Wednesday: NO SCHOOL Thursday: HAPPY THANKSGIVING Friday: NO SCHOOL Monday 11/26 - Snow Make-Up Day Have a great weekend! God Bless You! Hi Parents! The height of excitement this week most certainly was our Gubernatorial Election. SJS voted on Monday as our classroom turned into a polling place. Classes and adults took turns coming in to cast ballots. If you didn't see our results, they were as follows: Tom Wolf - 46 Scott Wagner - 94 Ken Krawchuk (Lib.) - 3 Paul Glover (Green) - 6 Our class had a great time prepping, advertising, registering, voting, and of course, counting the ballots. Perhaps we even have a few future politicians in here... The last day to send in food donations for our Thanksgiving Collection is Tuesday. We are collecting green beans. This coming week is also the last of the trimester. This of course means the grades from the items below are the last few to be entered. I've been reminding everyone that we should want to finish with our best work! Next week: Monday: Tuesday: Religion Ch 5 Test Wednesday: SS CE Thursday: SS Ch 4 Less 1-2 Quiz Friday: Rdg - WLT #6 Spelling Lesson 6 Test Next week, 3rd & 5th are planning to collaborate together on another STEM project. Mrs. Groft and I wanted to see if anyone would be able to send graham crackers (the kind you break in half to make smores) and icing (like cake icing). We are looking for 6-7 of each. We could also use plates, napkins, and baby wipes. Please "Reply All" if you can send something in. These can be sent in any day next week through Friday. Thank you so much! Have a great weekend! God Bless You! Hi Parents!
And just like that, November is here! We had some Halloween fun with mummies, pizza, cupcakes, and of course Charlie Brown! Thanks to the DiFatta, Hinkle, and Bright families for sending in some goodies for us to share. We had a beautiful celebration of the Eucharist as a school and Parish family for All Saints Day. Today, we also had an opportunity to go to Eucharistic Adoration with our 3rd grade prayer partners. We were all very reverent and respectful. Next week we are beginning our first formal piece of writing with a Personal Narrative. We have studied several examples in class and will have more to review next week. Students should consider over the weekend potential topics. Anything that has been a meaningful experience that they would like to share and elaborate on would be a good choice. Our Gubernatorial Election is Monday and our classroom is the polling place! We are so excited to have this experience! Next week: Monday: KIDS Vote! Tuesday: ADULTS Vote! Wednesday: Thursday: Religion Act of Faith Test Friday: Spelling Lesson 9 Test Have a great weekend! God Bless You! Hi Parents!
We had a assembly on Tuesday with the "Energy Guyz." Sponsored by Met-Ed, they told us all about why saving electricity was important. Students received a puzzle book and sign up card for a free energy efficiency kit sent right to your home. If everyone returns their card, I can send them all in for a class prize too! We had a lovely Living Rosary as a school on Thursday. I'd like to compliment the 5th graders on their reverence and participation. Next week: Monday: Tuesday: Eng - Ch 2 Test Rdg - WLT #5 Wednesday: SS - CE Due Rdg - October Book Report & Rdg Log Due Thursday: Math Ch 3 Less 1-4 Quiz Friday: Spelling Lesson 8 Test Have a great weekend! God Bless You! We were able to meet up with our 3rd grade prayer partners to complete a STEM activity for Columbus Day! Students had a budget to "purchase" materials for Columbus to build his ships. The boats were created and tested along with as many as 10 lego people! We had so much fun with this investigation! (See the 3rd grade page for more pictures) |
Welcome to Fifth Grade!
My name is Mrs. Lesley Maurer and I am the 5th grade teacher. This is my 14th year teaching in Catholic schools and my 12th year here at SJS. Email Mrs. Maurer SpecialsMonday - Music
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April 2020
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