Dear Parents, May 8, 2008

We have had a very good week in the Fifth Grade! The students are working hard, staying focused, and behaving very well! I am going to miss this class!!

In Reading, we finished our last story for the year, “My Side of the Mountain”. The students had to write about a meal that they would prepare, with only food from the forest. They were quite interesting! In Grammar, we studied nouns and pronouns in prepositional phrases. We also reviewed all of the parts of speech. We took our Spelling test today. Ask your child how he/she did. The next few days, I will be testing the students for this theme. Then, we will begin some new reading projects.

In Math, we just finished a chapter on surface area and volume. The students are doing very well with the formulas and understanding what they mean. Our next chapter will be on ratio, probability, and percent.

In Science 5, we started our last unit, which is on rocks and minerals. The students have read about the different properties of rocks, conducted an experiment on the hardness of rocks, and began their rock collection, which is due at the end of the month. The students also have to identify twenty- four rocks that are on the back table of my classroom. I have given two practice quizzes on them. Congratulations to Monica, who scored 100% the first time! I have never had a student do that before.

In Religion, we are studying the sacrament of Holy Orders and Matrimony. We began this chapter reading about how Jesus chose Peter to become the leader of the church. We discussed what are some things that make a good leader. We defined “ordained”. We also learned about some of the famous Popes in the history of the church.

I can’t tell you what we did in Art, because it is a surprise for the mothers.

In Spanish, we are on our next unit, which focuses on musical words.

Just a reminder for tomorrow, we will be wearing our DARE t-shirts!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Haggerty