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5th Grade News Week of December 11, 2017

MATH 5A-The class has been learning

about numerical expressions using order of operations. There will be a quiz this Wednesday. Then, we will learn how to plot points on a coordinate plane. 5B – Some students did not finish their order of operations quiz on Thursday, so we will be reviewing this and completing the quiz. On Tuesday, we will begin numerical expressions using order of operations. We will have a quiz on Friday.

LANGUAGE ARTS

*The 5th graders will be reading

the story, Elisa’s Diary, this week.

*While reading this story, the

students will focus on the theme

and visualization of the story.

*Vocabulary words and the

spelling pattern will be passed on

Monday! Please begin studying

early! Spelling test will be on

Thursday. Reading test will be on

Friday.

*The students will focus on

singular and plural nouns.

*We will continue to work on our

persuasive writings this week.

The students have been doing a

great job convincing the reader

about their topic!

RELIGION This week, we will discuss the apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe and continue focusing on the feasts celebrated during the season of Advent. Finally, we will experience the devotion of the Blessed Sacrament at first hand. We will have adoration after Mass on Tuesday.

SCIENCE

Students have been

working hard to

create diagrams of all

five of the Earth’s

systems. There will

be a quiz this

Thursday. A study

guide will go home

today.

SOCIAL STUDIES This week, we will learn how other European nations challenged Spain in the Americas, and how the events in Europe affected settlement of North America. We will learn about the Northwest Passage and how European nations raced to establish empires in North America. Quiz on 12/19/17.

IMPORTANT DATES & ANNOUNCEMENTS

*Tuesday, December 12th – Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass @ 1:30 p.m. followed

by Adoration; 5/6th Grade Band 12:55-1:15; Mike O’Brien and The Home Star

Harmonizers will be caroling class to class beginning at 10:30 a.m.

*Wednesday, December 13th – Christmas Concert Practice in gym 1:30-2:15; 4-

6th Grade Band Concert @ 7:00 p.m. at the Kankakee Site

*Thursday, December 14th – Christmas Program Practice @ Centennial Chapel

grades 3-6 12:45-2:15; early lunch for grades 3-6 @ 11:20; Extended Day will

end at 4:30 p.m. today! Christmas Program at Centennial Chapel 6:00 –

Students need to be there by 5:30 p.m. and sit with their class – no jeans!

*Friday, December 15th – No Band after school today; Boys’ Basketball practice

5-6:30 p.m.; Kindergarten Los Posadas throughout the school

6th Grade News Week of December 11, 2017

MATH 6A- The class has been working on evaluating algebraic expressions by substituting a variable. There will be a quiz this Wednesday. Then, we will begin learning about like terms in equations.

6B- This week, sixth graders will learn about Coordinate Planes. Students will find and position integers and other rational numbers on a coordinate plane. Quiz on Friday.

SOCIAL STUDIES After studying the

geography of ancient Egypt

and completing a map in

class, the sixth graders will

make a travel brochure

and a commercial about

one of the ancient cities of

Egypt. There will be a

vocabulary quiz on Friday.

LANGUAGE ARTS

*We will only have a couple of

classes this week due to the

“Our Lady of Guadalupe”

practice on Monday, Mass and

Adoration on Tuesday, and

Christmas program practice on

Wednesday and Thursday

afternoon!

*We will be making Christmas

cards for our prayer buddies

this week.

*On Friday, we will work on

our persuasive essays.

*In writing workshop, we will

continue working on our

poetry unit.

RELIGION This week we will discuss the apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe and continue focusing on the feasts celebrated during the season of Advent. Finally, we will experience the devotion of the Blessed Sacrament at first hand. We will have adoration after Mass on Tuesday.

SCIENCE I have been so impressed

with the

invertebrate/vertebrate

charts created by 6th grade!

There will be a quiz on

animal classification this

Friday. Please see the study

guide given in class last week

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IMPORTANT DATES & ANNOUNCEMENTS

*Tuesday, December 12th – Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass @ 1:30 p.m. followed by

Adoration; 5/6th Grade Band 12:55-1:15; Mike O’Brien and The Home Star

Harmonizers will be caroling class to class beginning at 10:30 a.m.

*Wednesday, December 13th – Christmas Concert Practice in gym 1:30-2:15; 4-6th

Grade Band Concert @ 7:00 p.m. at the Kankakee Site

*Thursday, December 14th – Christmas Program Practice @ Centennial Chapel

grades 3-6 12:45-2:15; early lunch for grades 3-6 @ 11:20; Extended Day will end

at 4:30 p.m. today! Christmas Program at Centennial Chapel 6:00 – Students need

to be there by 5:30 p.m. and sit with their class – no jeans!

*Friday, December 15th – No Band after school today; Boys’ Basketball practice 5-

6:30 p.m.; Kindergarten Los Posadas throughout the school

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Ethan- December 3

Ronneigh- December 3

Gianna- December 8

Jasmin-December 15