HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Hunter-January 11 Jimena- January 21 5 th 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 5 th 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 28 th : All School Mass at Kankakee site at 9:25; Make Valentines for Veterans with Prayer Buddies *Tuesday, January 29 th : Class Color Day/Games Day; 5 th Grade wears purple *Wednesday, January 30 th : DEAR Day; Wear comfy clothes; Writing activity with Prayer Buddies *Thursday, January 31 st : Wear favorite sports team apparel; Dance Party Day; 5/6 th 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 1 st : Extreme spirit wear day