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Hunter-January 11

Jimena- January 21

5th Grade News Week of January 28, 2019

MATH 5A-This week, the focus will be on numerical expressions. Depending on our expected bitter cold weather, the class may have a quiz this Friday. 5B- The class did a wonderful job on their diocesan assessment last week! This week we are learning about coordinate planes and how to graph points.

LANGUAGE ARTS

5A Reading – We will only have

class three days this week due to

our Catholic Schools Week

activities. We will continue with

our anchor story, Quest for a Tree

Kangaroo. The students will

review cause/effect relationships

throughout the story.

Vocabulary/comprehension test

will be Friday!

5B Reading - This week we are

still focusing on our story, Quest

for the Tree Kangaroo. Due to

catholic school’s week events, we

will not have class Monday or

Tuesday. We are focusing on

vocabulary and cause/ effect this

week. Vocabulary and

Comprehension test on Friday!

5English/Writing – We will only

have class three days this week due to

Catholic Schools Week activities. The

students will work on their persuasive

writings and hopefully complete them

by Friday! The students will identify

main verbs, helping verbs, and linking

verbs. A grammar test will over

these verbs will be on Friday!

RELIGION This week we are working with our prayer buddies to write Valentines for Veterans and letters for our families. In our family life series, we will discuss change in our bodies and moods. Then, we will move on to Unit 3 and discuss how every human life is sacred. We will have an all school Mass on today to celebrate Catholic Schools’ week!

SCIENCE 5th graders are currently

learning about the

important roles of water

to our planet and the

properties of water that

make it so useful. We’ll be

discussing and

demonstrating the

concepts of cohesion,

adhesion, and the polarity

of water molecules.

SOCIAL STUDIES

This week we are finishing

up learning about pilgrims

and puritans. We will start

to learn about the middle

colonies and how the

different types of people

who settled there.

IMPORTANT DATES & ANNOUNCEMENTS Catholic Schools Week

*Monday, January 28th: All School Mass at Kankakee site at 9:25; Make

Valentines for Veterans with Prayer Buddies

*Tuesday, January 29th: Class Color Day/Games Day; 5th Grade wears

purple

*Wednesday, January 30th: DEAR Day; Wear comfy clothes; Writing

activity with Prayer Buddies

*Thursday, January 31st: Wear favorite sports team apparel; Dance

Party Day; 5/6th Grade Band 3:20-4:00 p.m. at the Kankakee Site;

Showing of OUTCASTS at the Kankakee site 7:00 p.m. followed by Q & A

with Fr. Giles Barrie (Mr. and Mrs. Barrie’s son!)

*Friday, February 1st: Extreme spirit wear day

6th Grade News Week of January 28, 2019

MATH 6A- Between Catholic Schools

Week events and expected chilly weather, we will see how much math we can squeeze in! Our next concept will be 2-step equations. 6B- Due to Catholic Schools’ Week, we are not meeting Monday or Tuesday. We will finish up our coordinate planes unit by working on fun activities in groups!

SOCIAL STUDIES

The students will be learning

more about the culture of

Mesopotamia and how the

people created new

technology. On Wednesday,

we will be completing an

activity with our Prayer

Buddies during this time.

LANGUAGE ARTS

6A Reading – Due to Catholic

Schools Week activities, we will

only have class a few days this

week! We will continue reading

our novel, Hoot. The students

will be introduced to the new

vocabulary words. We will focus

on comprehension this week.

6B- We are still reading our novel

Hoot. We are learning about using

context clues to help us predict

what is going to happen next.

New vocabulary words will be sent

home this week. We are focusing

on vocabulary, comprehension,

and inferring. No quiz this week.

6English/Writing – The students

completed their persuasive

writings last week! We will be

working on constructing solid

paragraphs this week. We will

only have class a few times this

week due to Catholic Schools

Week activities!

RELIGION

On Monday, we will be

creating Valentine cards for

our veterans with our prayer

buddies. The students will

continue lessons in our Family

Life book and developing ways

to learn how to express and

appreciate themselves.

SCIENCE

This week, the 6th grade will

be focusing on ways that

erosion and deposition shape

our planet. They have a

vocabulary packet to help

with learning important

terms. There will be a quiz on

these terms soon.

IMPORTANT DATES & ANNOUNCEMENTS Catholic Schools Week

*Monday, January 28th: All School Mass at Kankakee site at 9:25; Make

Valentines for Veterans with Prayer Buddies

*Tuesday, January 29th: Class Color Day/Games Day; 6th Grade wears

rainbow colors

*Wednesday, January 30th: DEAR Day; Wear comfy clothes; Writing

activity with Prayer Buddies

*Thursday, January 31st: Wear favorite sports team apparel; Dance Party

Day; 5/6th Grade Band 3:20-4:00 p.m. at the Kankakee Site; Showing of

OUTCASTS at the Kankakee site 7:00 p.m. followed by Q & A with Fr. Giles

Barrie (Mr. and Mrs. Barrie’s son!)

*Friday, February 1st: Extreme spirit wear day

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Reese- January 26

Meara- January 31

Meredith- February 2