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Our class enjoys learning about a variety of curriculum topics which include:
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* 4/17 $1 Dress Down Day
Early Dismissal 11:45 * 4/18-4/21 Easter Break * 4/25 Delone Band Tour Concert * 5/1 School Liturgy 8:30 * 5/1-2 Student Council Bake Sale * 5/3 Living Rosary * 5/5-8 Middle States Visit * 5/8 Early Dismissal 11:45 * 5/15 Talent Show * 5/24 Mega Shambuck Party * 5/27 NO SCHOOL * 5/30 School Liturgy Ascension Thursday 8:30 * 5/31 Last Day of School School Liturgy 8:30 Awards Ceremony Early Dismissal 11:45 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 Goal: 11,250 Oh, no! SO close! November: 11,750 Great JOB!!! December: 13,943 Way to go!!!! January: 12,901 Awesome work! February: 10,293 Missing one calendar! SO CLOSE!! March: 10,909 Way to go! Total: 70,956 School Year Goal: 63,750 Hi Parents!
We survived our IOWAs testing! I think I've thoroughly drained their brains this week. This afternoon we had a fun prayer partner activity that was a egg hunt and review of the Passion for the upcoming Holy Week. Then, Miss Smith surprised us with some 4th grade papers she found that the students completed the first day of 4th grade. Let's just say we were able to end the day with lots of smiles! Progress Report envelopes are coming home today as well as test packets. Sign and return the white slip if you'd like a printed copy of the report or just sign the envelope if you are able to access the portal ok. We had our second to last session with Mr. Vic this week. Him and Mr. Ron are our visiting seminarians from Mount Saint Mary's. Mr. Ron visited us every other week from September through Christmas and Mr. Vic has been every week since mid-January. We've loved the time they spent with us and wish them well on the next step in their studies. Have a great weekend! God Bless You! Hi Parents!
What a fun, but busy week here at school! We had a beautiful liturgy on Wednesday that the 5th graders helped prepare and then went to mass again the next day with our Grandparents! Both times, we had great readers, choir members, and altar servers! Lunch, the Book Fair, and a visit to the classroom was fun for our grandparents as well. We were able to share various projects with them in the classroom such as our newspaper book reports, our Greek projects, our March Madness brackets, and Current Events to name a few. Today we had another whirlwind busy day with all of the excitement surrounding the Race for Education! We cheered some of our fellow SJS students, ran our hearts out, then cheered for others again! The kids had chips and a water after a few cool down laps. We even had a few good samaritans that helped Mrs. Oliver take down the book fair. BIG HUGE THANKS to all the volunteers/donors who helped make this an amazing success and SO FUN for the students! Next week we are gearing up to put our energy into the IOWAs. Please help make sure your child gets adequate rest each night with a nutritious breakfast to start their day. Our testing is mostly in the AM, so being on time to school is important. Today, I went over missing assignments from the various subjects. We seemed to have accumulated a lot of these unfortunately. If your child has any written on the slip of their test packet, they have been asked for this assignment at least 2x. If they aren't handed in by Monday (most of the missed work was from the end of March/first week of April), it will be recorded as a "0". Have a great weekend! God Bless You! Hi Parents!
We had a beautiful mass for the Feast of St Joseph this week. We had another wonderful appearance by our Children's Choir. We are proud of their hard work and dedication! Our next school liturgy, April 3, is being planned by our class. We would love to have you attend liturgy with us if you are able. Our Greek Gods & Goddess Projects came in this week. The students have expressed how much they LOVED this project. They are loving learning about the Greek culture, traditions, and of course Greek Mythology. Everyone had a chance to share their findings and they were most amused to find out who was "related to who" when sharing their family trees. The projects are displayed in the classroom on our bookshelf and students love to grab them to read about others, just as they would any other chapter book! There enthusiasm is wonderful! Mrs. Kilkelly came in this week to talk to us about the Spiritual Adoption Program. Our Spiritually adopted babies are 12-16 weeks old now and she told the children about the developments in the womb of a child at this stage. Their favorite part was actually seeing and getting to hold a anatomically correct size/weight of these small babies. So many "aws!" from the crowd! Please remember that Monday, Tuesday, and Friday next week we will be testing with the COGATs. I prescribe plenty of rest and a healthy breakfast to get us off to a good start. We'll be very light with written HW, mostly just studying/reviewing through the week. Next week: Monday: Tuesday: Math Ch 8 Test Wednesday: Religion Ch 15 Test Thursday: Unit 4 Verbs Test Rdg WLT #15 (Will be offered with group work effort option) Friday: Spelling 22 Book It Book Report Due (There is a poster board needed for this project if your child hasn't yet informed you.) (March Rdg Log Calendar Due 4/1) Have a great weekend! God Bless You! Hi Parents!
First of all, a big thank you to all the chaperones who were able to come with us on our field trip last Friday. We had a great time and learned so many awesome details about the inner workings of our PA Government. You really have to go see the Capitol building to see how impressive it is an appreciate all that it took to create it! Check out the website for some photos! Grade Reports came home with your child on Wednesday. If you have not already done so, please sign and return the envelope ASAP. Our 3rd trimester is off to a good start and the countdown to summer break is on! 2.5 months.... Our Book It Program is winding down. Over 6 months, with just 2 weeks to go, we have amassed over 65,000 minutes! We have had months with some students not completing and/or turning in the Reading Calendar. This is an expectation to be completed and part of the ILA Reading grade. Let's finish strong to make sure we can all meet our individual and class goals for the month and meet our 6th month goal for the class. This month's book report assignment was handed out today and will be due 3/29. The final Reading Calendar will be due 4/1. Today was also our Trimester 2 MegaShambuck party! The kids had a great time and I'm sure will have lots of details to fill you in on when they get home. COGATs testing coming up the week of March 25th. Please be mindful of helping your child make sure to come to school well-rested and with a healthy breakfast. This testing will only take 3 mornings that week. I plan to test on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. Also, the IOWAs testing is also coming up the week of April 8th. We will test everyday in the morning that week. Next week: Monday: Tuesday: Feast of St. Joseph Liturgy at 8:30 Wednesday: SS CE Due Thursday: SS Greek Gods/Goddess Project Due Friday: Spelling Lesson 21 Test We are soon coming up on our studies of the Sacraments at the Service of Communion. I just wanted to give you a heads up that I will be soon asking students to bring in a photo of a married couple on their wedding day. Parents, Grandparents, family members, friends, etc. are fine. You can send in a real photograph, a copy of the photograph, an emailed image of the photograph, a small framed photograph, whatever you are comfortable with. Photos will be returned in the same condition they are sent to school in. This will be officially assigned next week but I wanted to give you a heads up. Final deadline to bring this in will be 3/27. Have a great weekend! God Bless You! Hi Parents!
That's a wrap on Trimester 2! The book jacket book reports that came in this week look awesome! I bet the real authors would love to see what our class did with their books! The students expressed that they had a fun time working on them and they equally enjoyed sharing them. We are entering into our last month of the Book It Program. The general goal is still ~750 minutes per month per student. This is ~20 minutes day. There is no test packet today as I'd like to grade the remaining tests from today and the conclusion of trimester 2. There will be a test packet with these final grades coming home on Monday. Next week: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: CE Due Thursday: Spelling Less 19 Eng Ch 4 Less 1-5 Quiz Friday: FIELD TRIP Gym Uniform & labeled and packed lunches (throw away bags please) Have a great weekend! God Bless You! Hi Parents!
Another fun week here with a few days off and a 2 hour delay! We made the most of it. I've been giving the students a friendly reminder the past few days that next Friday is the end of the 2nd Trimester. If they owe any late work, it should be turned in ASAP! Next week: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Math Ch 6 Test Rdg - WLT Thursday: Bk Rep & Rdg Calendar Due Friday: Rel Ch 13 Test Spell Less 18 Test Have a great weekend! God Bless You! |
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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