Sheila Gervasoni - Grade 5

This is Spirit Week!  To celebrate, the following events have been planned.

Monday- Sweatshirt and sweatpants Day- Students may wear sweats to school.  

Tuesday- Class colors day.  Students wear light blue to school.

Wednesday- High School/College day.  Students wear attire from their favorite college or high school..

Thursday- Regular uniform.  Mass at 8:30.

Friday- School colors and Pep rally.  Students wear blue and gold to show school spirit.  The day concludes with a pep rally and early (12:30) dismissal.

This week:

Religion- Advent activities and reading about important Old Testament figures

Language Arts- Begin Lesson 7 Vocabulary, practice and tape skits for our newscast, work with pronouns, continue diagramming sentences. Bring Hatchet beginning next week.

Social Studies- Chapter 4 reading and outlining; tentative test next week; National Geographic ClassroomBee on Wednesday.

The first quarter ends this Friday! I can't believe it.  Your children have done a good job adjusting to a new teacher and a harder curriculum.  I look forward to great progress in the second quarter.  

Monday- Home Reading Logs due.

Tuesday-

Wednesday- Math quiz

Thursday- PE , Spelling/vocabulary and English test.  We are reviewing this week in class for English.  It will be on  kinds of nouns and noun usage.  

Monday- 

Tuesday- Math test, Social Studies test.  Weekly Reader due

Wednesday- Science test, Latin quiz;  Look for Social Studies project information to come home.  

Thursday- PE

Friday- Mass

Please talk to your child about turning work in on time.  Homework is accepted one day late only.  Students must show me the work.  The highest grade possible is a check minus.  Other late work will be accepted with points taken off.  It is important for students to take responsibility for thier work. Thanks.

I can't believe it's October already!  I'm so glad for some cool weather.  Your children are trying so hard.  Last week we worked on being efficient.  This week we're working on being good listeners.  We have a busy week. Here are the highlights:

Monday        Art.  Rough descriptive writing drafts are due tomorrow.  

Tuesday       Music; Begin Lesson 3 in Wordly Wise

Happy Centennial to St. Benedict Church!  This week we will be working on becoming more efficient as we get ready for each class.  Interim report grades will be on My Student's Progress tomorrow.  Here's a look at the week ahead:Monday- Students should have completed their art work for class.Tuesday- Check My Student's Progress for interim grades.Wednesday- Latin quiz and Science quiz

We have a busy week ahead. Here's a look at this week!

Monday-- Art, Reading logs explained and sent home today.  Due on Friday.

We're off to a great start in spite of hurricanes and flooding.  I am enjoying getting to know your child.  Don't forget that PTO is this Wednesday evening.  I will be going over classroom policies and procedures.  Basically I use this web page to let you know about important upcoming events or news.  I do not list all homework, only upcoming tests and announced quizzes.  I want the students to get used to using their planner and taking responsibility for their work.