State Brochure Project

As many of you know, we have begun memorizing the states, capitals and locations of each state on the map.  The class started their quest on the eastern seaboard and will continue traveling westward as we learn about the colonization of America. 

For our brochure project, we recently traveled to our St. Jerome computer lab to learn how to create a "travel brochure."  Students learned about the template feature and how to edit and process the information in an organized manner.  Students will create a state brochure that solicits potential visitors to the state.

Due Date: Friday, February 25

•  Below please find helpful websites.   
• As soon as I learn how to post a pdf. sample file, I will post it... 
• For now, I will give this to the students in class.

http://www.netstate.com/states/index.html
Information on each state – includes maps, geography information, facts, and much more!
http://www.50states.com
Select your state to find out more information
http://www.theus50.com/
Click on the map to learn more about the state you are researching
http://www.infoplease.com/states.html
Learn more facts by clicking on the map
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/state/
Here you can find more information, including the Congressmen from the state you are researching

Weekly News

Important!!!

Students went home without weekly work! I will copy the word problems below and reading logs can be started on lined paper.  My apologies!

• Please purchase (or check out of the library), the novel Caddie Woodlawn .  We have delayed the start of our novel because not all students yet have the book.
• Please check your son/daughter's school supplies.  I have many students in need of notebook updates as well as pens and pencils.
• Weekly work (Reading Logs and Math word problems) are sent home on Fridays.  Students may begin their work on the weekend and have more time during the week.  
• For those students struggling with the Math word problems, if they begin on the weekend, they may come to me during the week for help on problems they do not understand (before it is due on Friday).

Upcoming Tests and Projects:
Vocabulary Test - Unit 5, Tuesday 1/25 - changed from 1/21 to 1/25
Social Studies Test - Ch. 6, Friday 1/21 Changed to 1/25
Simple Solutions Quiz - Lessons 29-34, Friday 1/28
Project:
Design a travel brochure for a state.  More information coming home this next week!


Have a safe and fun weekend!


Math Weekly Work

1. Find two numbers whose sum is 21 and whose product is 98.
2. An adult ticket for an evening showing of a movie costs $7.50. An adult ticket for a matinee costs $4.50. If 4 adults go to an evening show, what is the total cost of their tickets?

3. Julius, Janet, and Jack are making postcards. Julius made three times as many as Janet and 7 fewer than Jack. Jack made 34 postcards. How many postcards did Julius and Janet make?
4. Ms. Johnson put 62 feet of fencing around a rectangular garden plot. The garden plot is 12 feet wide. What is its length?
5. A snowstorm hit Buffalo. It started snowing Tuesday morning at 10:15 a.m. and did not stop snowing until 4:30 p.m. the next day. How many hours and minutes did it snow?
6.  *see me Monday for #6

7. Darla's baby brother weighed 7 lb 13 oz when he was born. How many ounces did he weigh?

8. Sarah is knitting a sweater. She has 4 feet of yarn, but she needs 6 yards to make the sweater. How many more feet of yarn does Sarah need?

9. ZYXW is to VUTS as HGFE is to _?_ .

10. There are 75 fourth-graders at Greenville Elementary School. For every boy in the fifth grade, there are 2 girls. How many boys and how many girls are in the fifth grade?

Classroom News

The new Spanish teacher, Senora Nixon has been a great addition to the upper grade curriculum.  Already, the fifth graders are using what she taught the class to converse with each other in Spanish!  Please help support the program and your son or daughter's success by purchasing a one subject notebook that can be used in this class.

The fifth grade will begin reading the novel Caddie Woodlawn next week.  All students are to have the book in class Tuesday, January 18.  Books may be checked out of the public library or purchased.

Progress Reports will be sent home in the Tuesday Envelope, per subject for any areas where a student may struggle.

Upcoming Tests and Projects:
Religion Quiz - Ch. 5, Friday 1/21
Vocabulary Test - Unit 5, Tuesday 1/25 - changed from 1/21 to 1/25
Science Test - Thursday 1/20
Social Studies Test - Ch. 6, Friday 1/21
Simple Solutions Quiz - Lessons 20-28, Thursday 1/20

Happy New Year!

Interview:
Over the weekend the students were asked to interview their parents, grandparents or other family member.  The interviews, due on Tuesday, January 11, Wednesday, January 12, asked three questions:

1. Was/is anyone in our family involved in civil rights (in any country - not confined to American civil rights)?  If no, What happened during the civil rights era in America?
2. What did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stand for?
3. Is there anything else I should know about it?

Students were asked to turn in a written, audio or video of their interview.  Assignments may be turned in by email, brought to class, or posted on You Tube or other sharing site.

Weekly Work:
Weekly work (Math Logic and Reading Logs) will be now be provided on Friday and due the following Friday, or provided on a Monday and due the following Monday.  This schedule allows for students to use their weekend time (if needed) to space out the work provided each week.

Upcoming ACRE Testing
The fifth and the eighth grades participate in the Archdiocesan standardized testing on Religion, called the ACRE Test.  Testing will begin January 24 and continue through January 28.

Tests this Week:
Vocabulary Review Unit - Thursday
Social Studies Ch. 6 Lessons 1-2 Quiz - Tuesday
Social Studies Ch. 6 Lessons 3-4 Quiz - Thursday
Religion Ch. 4 Test - Friday

Holiday Homework

5^th grade Christmas Break Homework
Social Studies 
Read the newspaper and select an article. Write a summary (1-3 paragraphs maximum) about the article telling who, what, where, when, why and what you liked about it.

Math 
Simple Solutions: Lessons 19-24

Practice your multiplication 6’s, 7’s, 8’s, 9’s, 11’s. 
          - See practice log

Try and list all prime numbers to 100. 
Try and list all composite numbers to 100. 

Reading and Writing 
Reading Log –

Check your reading responses:

1) Can my teacher tell that I read the passage?

2) Did I write a summary, an opinion or a recommendation?

3) Did I support my answer with information (details) from the text?

4) Did my writing relate to the story or article?

Science 
(Optional)

Get ready for the Science Experiments by checking out an experiment book from the public library. Look for topics that interest you. Talk to Mr. Del Toro for more information about the Science Experiments.

  

Grammar Games

More Grammar Games

Class News!!

Hello Everyone,

As Christmas draws near, I would like to remind you all about our toy drive.  All (new and unwrapped) toys will be sent to the Los Angeles Fire Department's, Spark of Love Toy Drive.  All toys are distributed through Social Services to children in foster care, who will wake up on Christmas morning without their moms and their dads and in an unfamiliar home.

Please find it in your hearts to pick out a new toy for this drive, so that each child in Los Angeles can wake up Christmas morning and have something to call their own.

Class Business:
1) Christmas Program: Thursday, December 16 at 7:00pm.  Please have students arrive by 6:30.

• Wear: "Christmas Best"
• No jeans.
• Dress pants or slacks for the boys.
• Dresses or skirts for the girls.

2) The next ten states... Students need to know: 1) How to spell the state and the capital.  2) Where they are located on the map/the shape of the state.  3) Which state and capital go together.

• Maryland
• West Virginia
• Virginia
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Georgia
• Kentucky
• Alabama
• Florida

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all!   

Thanksgiving Reminders:

1. Homework:
1. Reading Log - 15-30 minutes per day.
2. Practice math facts (approx 10 minutes a day (or more)... Many fifth graders are still counting on their fingers and spending valuable time on basic facts... it will soon become very difficult as the math intensifies in difficulty.
3. Lastly, practice your Christmas Program song!!  Please sing it to your parents....as many times as they can stand it! (:

1. Tests/Quizzes:

• Vocabulary Unit 3 (book)
• Math Ch. 4
• Social Studies 
• Gear up for states and capitals! We will begin quizzing on regions of the country, starting first with the north east coast.

Thank you and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Lennon