13 NOVEMBER 2018

Please be sure to join us for the

fifth grade presentation of 

THE THANKSGIVING TABLE

on Wednesday, November 21 at 10AM!

All are welcome!

Ask your local fifth grade expert

for details about this event!

I forgot to remind grade 5
that we have been asked to bring in
sweet potatoes and stuffing for the
Saint Therese Thanksgiving baskets!
Thank you!

CLASSWORK THIS WEEK:

(BELOW ARE OUR WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE OFTEN COMPLETED IN SCHOOL)

TUES      Phonics 43-46 
WED        due next WED Vocab Workshop Unit 3 
                  https://www.sadlierconnect.com
THUR    Spelling U10 
FRI        Spelling test and Scholastic News' "Prisoners at Home" back page
               
https://sn56.scholastic.com/

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE ARTS

• finish ENG w.b. 159
• 
  
• BOOK LIFE due WED (traditional 2 paragraph format, or "flip book" questions worksheet).
• 
  
• EVERY DAY try to work on your reading endurance and read for 45 minutes, you superstar, you!

MATH (listed on Deacon Murphy's blog)

• ·        WE ARE BUILDING ON YOUR MASTERY OF MATH FACTS…If your math facts are weak; YOU NEED TO BE WORKING EVERY NIGHT TO GET THEM DOWN PAT!  You have options---flashcards, online games---find what works for you and DO IT! 

·        Have any extra time, math fans???  You can practice problems at 
https://www.ixl.com/signin

·        You can always use www.khanacademy.com and www.watchlearnknow.org for additional support!

SOCIAL STUDIES

• ONGOING-RESEARCH your National Park for your brochure (to be done in computers)
• https://findyourpark.com/

SCIENCE

• Please read page 110 (bunny pik), and jot down your thoughts...add this to your Field Log.

RELIGION

• THANKSGIVING TABLE...ONGOING - read over and memorize your part/ cue.

SPECIALS:

The following is our specials schedule…

·       ART:  is on MONDAY
·       SPANISH and COMPUTERS:  is on TUES

·       MUSIC:  is on TUES

·       GYM: is on WED and THUR….please wear your gym uniform to school!

                                         

Class Code 1FKI1

https://clubs.scholastic.com/home

12 NOVEMBER 2018

Please be sure to join us for the

fifth grade presentation of 

THE THANKSGIVING TABLE

on Wednesday, November 21 at 10AM!

All are welcome!

Ask your local fifth grade expert

for details about this event!

CLASSWORK THIS WEEK:

(BELOW ARE OUR WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE OFTEN COMPLETED IN SCHOOL)

TUES      Phonics 39-42
WED        Vocabulary Workshop Unit 3 
                  https://www.sadlierconnect.com
THUR    Spelling U10 
FRI        Spelling test and Scholastic News' "Prisoners at Home"
               
https://sn56.scholastic.com/

HOMEWORK

I know it's been a while, so...Bloggerama Bonus...Can you think of a connection to grade 5 with the above postcard?  Jot down your thoughts, and include some evidence to back up your ideas (but, don't go nuts, this is just for fun)...Submit your answer in the classroom on recycled paper...Don't forget to include your NND (Name, #, and Date)!  Good luck, superstar!

LANGUAGE ARTS

• ENG w.b. 158
• 
  
• BOOK LIFE due WED (traditional 2 paragraph format, or "flip book" questions worksheet).
• 
  
• EVERY DAY--Work on your reading endurance and read for 45 minutes, you superstar, you!

MATH (listed on Deacon Murphy's blog)

• ·        WE ARE BUILDING ON YOUR MASTERY OF MATH FACTS…If your math facts are weak; YOU NEED TO BE WORKING EVERY NIGHT TO GET THEM DOWN PAT!  You have options---flashcards, online games---find what works for you and DO IT! 

·        Have any extra time, math fans???  You can practice problems at 
https://www.ixl.com/signin

·        You can always use www.khanacademy.com and www.watchlearnknow.org for additional support!

SOCIAL STUDIES

• ONGOING-RESEARCH your National Park for your brochure (to be done in computers)
• https://findyourpark.com/

SCIENCE

• Please finish page 103, also sketch and label a plant cell (this sketch is for you, so we care more about content than appearances...).  Put these papers in your Field Log.

RELIGION

• THANKSGIVING TABLE...ONGOING - read over and memorize your part/ cue.

SPECIALS:

The following is our specials schedule…

·       ART:  is on MONDAY
·       SPANISH and COMPUTERS:  is on TUES

·       MUSIC:  is on TUES

·       GYM: is on WED and THUR….please wear your gym uniform to school!

                                         

Class Code 1FKI1

https://clubs.scholastic.com/home

7 NOVEMBER 2018

Ask your local fifth grader for feedback on our

HELICOPTER VISIT!!!

CLASSWORK THIS WEEK:

(BELOW ARE OUR WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE OFTEN COMPLETED IN SCHOOL)

TUES      Phonics 39-42
WED        Vocabulary Workshop Unit 2 (please complete a few lessons online, test online WED)
                  https://www.sadlierconnect.com
THUR    Spelling U9 and test
FRI        No School 
               
https://sn56.scholastic.com/

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE ARTS

• JOURNAL-TALL TALE rough draft with revisions due THUR
• 
  
• BOOK LIFE entry due NEXT WED
• 
  
• EVERY DAY--Work on your reading endurance and read for 45 minutes, you superstar, you!

MATH (listed on Deacon Murphy's blog)

• ·        WE ARE BUILDING ON YOUR MASTERY OF MATH FACTS…If your math facts are weak; YOU NEED TO BE WORKING EVERY NIGHT TO GET THEM DOWN PAT!  You have options---flashcards, online games---find what works for you and DO IT! 

·        Have any extra time, math fans???  You can practice problems at 
https://www.ixl.com/signin

·        You can always use www.khanacademy.com and www.watchlearnknow.org for additional support!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtYrorYu9OE

SOCIAL STUDIES

• THUR --Scholastic News worksheets "The Three Branches" and "We the People"
• 
  
• ONGOING-RESEARCH your National Park for your brochure (to be done in computers)
• https://findyourpark.com/

SCIENCE
https://connected.mcgraw-hill.com/c2j/dashboard.do?bookId=E9SJ6J6VE1G9C8KB56BSS94NLY

• PLANT AND ANIMAL NEEDS UNIT
• 
  
• Please read pages 62-66 in the Science Handbook (Plant Needs) and work on page 102 and put it in your Field Log!

RELIGION

• ONGOING Class Share about Patron Saint

SPECIALS:

The following is our specials schedule…

·       ART:  is on MONDAY
·       SPANISH and COMPUTERS:  is on TUES

·       MUSIC:  is on TUES

·       GYM: is on WED and THUR….please wear your gym uniform to school!

                                         

Class Code 1FKI1

https://clubs.scholastic.com/home

6 NOVEMBER 2018

https://www.aiga.org/vote

CLASSWORK THIS WEEK:

(BELOW ARE OUR WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE OFTEN COMPLETED IN SCHOOL)

TUES      Phonics 39-42
WED        Vocabulary Workshop Unit 2 (please complete a few lessons online, test online WED)
                  https://www.sadlierconnect.com
THUR    Spelling U9 and test
FRI        No School 
               
https://sn56.scholastic.com/

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE ARTS

• JOURNAL-TALL TALE rough draft with revisions due THUR
• 
  
• BOOK LIFE entry due NEXT WED
• 
  
• EVERY DAY--Work on your reading endurance and read for 45 minutes, you superstar, you!

MATH (listed on Deacon Murphy's blog)

• ·        WE ARE BUILDING ON YOUR MASTERY OF MATH FACTS…If your math facts are weak; YOU NEED TO BE WORKING EVERY NIGHT TO GET THEM DOWN PAT!  You have options---flashcards, online games---find what works for you and DO IT! 

·        Have any extra time, math fans???  You can practice problems at 
https://www.ixl.com/signin

·        You can always use www.khanacademy.com and www.watchlearnknow.org for additional support!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtYrorYu9OE

SOCIAL STUDIES

• WED --Scholastic News worksheets "The Three Branches" and "We the People"
• 
  
• ONGOING-RESEARCH your National Park for your brochure (to be done in computers)
• https://findyourpark.com/

SCIENCE
https://connected.mcgraw-hill.com/c2j/dashboard.do?bookId=E9SJ6J6VE1G9C8KB56BSS94NLY

• PLANT AND ANIMAL NEEDS UNIT
• 
  
• Please put "Virtual Plant Simulation" worksheet in your Field Log, and explore this online in Inspire Science/ Plant and Animal Needs Unit/ Lesson 1
• 
  
• please complete your "Plant and Animal Needs" and "Plants and Photosynthesis" worksheets in your Field Log

RELIGION

• ONGOING Class Share about Patron Saint

SPECIALS:

The following is our specials schedule…

·       ART:  is on MONDAY
·       SPANISH and COMPUTERS:  is on TUES

·       MUSIC:  is on TUES

·       GYM: is on WED and THUR….please wear your gym uniform to school!

                                         

Class Code 1FKI1

https://clubs.scholastic.com/home

5 NOVEMBER 2018

Saint Francis of Assisi

CLASSWORK THIS WEEK:

(BELOW ARE OUR WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE OFTEN COMPLETED IN SCHOOL)

TUES      Phonics 35-38
WED        Vocabulary Workshop Unit 2 (please complete a few lessons online, test online WED)
                  https://www.sadlierconnect.com
THUR     Spelling U9 and test
FRI        No School 
                 

https://sn56.scholastic.com/

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE ARTS

• JOURNAL-TALL TALE rough draft with revisions due THUR
• 
  
• BOOK LIFE entry due NEXT WED
• 
  
• EVERY DAY--Work on your reading endurance and read for 45 minutes, you superstar, you!

MATH (listed on Deacon Murphy's blog)

• ·        WE ARE BUILDING ON YOUR MASTERY OF MATH FACTS…If your math facts are weak; YOU NEED TO BE WORKING EVERY NIGHT TO GET THEM DOWN PAT!  You have options---flashcards, online games---find what works for you and DO IT! 

·        Have any extra time, math fans???  You can practice problems at 
https://www.ixl.com/signin

·        You can always use www.khanacademy.com and www.watchlearnknow.org for additional support!

SOCIAL STUDIES

• WED --Scholastic News worksheets "The Three Branches" and "We the People"
• 
  
• ONGOING-RESEARCH your National Park for your brochure (to be done in computers)
• https://findyourpark.com/

SCIENCE

• PLANT AND ANIMAL NEEDS UNIT
• please put your "Plant and Animal Needs" and "Plants and Photosynthesis" worksheets in your Field Log

RELIGION

• ONGOING Class Share about Patron Saint

SPECIALS:

The following is our specials schedule…

·       ART:  is on MONDAY
·       SPANISH and COMPUTERS:  is on TUES

·       MUSIC:  is on TUES

·       GYM: is on WED and THUR….please wear your gym uniform to school!

                                         

Class Code 1FKI1

https://clubs.scholastic.com/home

1 NOVEMBER 2018

THIS JUST IN FOR FIFTH GRADE!
FORMS WENT HOME TODAY FOR
PARENTAL PERMISSION TO TAKE CHROME BOOKS HOME!
PLEASE BE SURE TO BRING IN YOUR SIGNED FORM TOMORROW!

THIS IS A CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR IN THAT WE NOW HAVE SCIENCE AND VOCABULARY BOOKS ONLINE....THANK YOU, MR. DUNNIGAN!

Saint Francis of Assisi

THIS JUST IN!  FORMS WENT HOME TODAY FOR
PARENTAL PERMISSION TO TAKE CHROME BOOKS HOME!
PLEASE BE SURE TO BRING IN YOUR SIGNED FORM TOMORROW!
THANK YOU, MR. DUNNIGAN!

CLASSWORK THIS WEEK:

(BELOW ARE OUR WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE OFTEN COMPLETED IN SCHOOL)

TUES      Phonics 35-38
WED        Vocabulary Workshop Unit 2 (please complete a few lessons online, test next WED)
                  https://www.sadlierconnect.com
THUR     Spelling U8
FRI         Spelling Unit 8 Dot Test 
                  Scholastic News "The Google Age" back                  page

https://sn56.scholastic.com/

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE ARTS

• READING- Thunder Rose test TOM
• 
  
• JOURNAL- Start imagining your new character in a challenging situation!  Jot down some potential settings, plots, situations or story lines that would work with your character...Maybe make a word web with your thoughts...Don't forget to "fold in" those exaggerations and funny language!
• 
  
• EVERY DAY--Work on your reading endurance and read for 45 minutes, you superstar, you!

MATH (listed on Deacon Murphy's blog)

• ·        WE ARE BUILDING ON YOUR MASTERY OF MATH FACTS…If your math facts are weak; YOU NEED TO BE WORKING EVERY NIGHT TO GET THEM DOWN PAT!  You have options---flashcards, online games---find what works for you and DO IT! 

·        Have any extra time, math fans???  You can practice problems at 
https://www.ixl.com/signin

·        You can always use www.khanacademy.com and www.watchlearnknow.org for additional support!

SOCIAL STUDIES

• 
  
• ONGOING-RESEARCH your National Park for your brochure (to be done in computers)
• https://findyourpark.com/

RELIGION

• start researching for your Patron Saint...more details on Google Classroom/ Religion

SPECIALS:

The following is our specials schedule…

·       ART:  is on MONDAY
·       SPANISH and COMPUTERS:  is on TUES

·       MUSIC:  is on TUES

·       GYM: is on WED and THUR….please wear your gym uniform to school!

                                         

Class Code 1FKI1

https://clubs.scholastic.com/home