5th Grade Newsletter

5^th GRADE NEWS

Bethlehem Lutheran                                                  Monday, September 26th               apaveglio@bethlehemsaginaw.org

Hello Bethlehem Families!  Welcome to the first full week of Autumn!  Our 5^th graders are in the 5^th week of school!!!

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THIS WEEK:   

MAP Testing Continues! 

Homework:  Refer to this letter throughout the week in order to follow up with your child.

Memory: (Memory will be due on Wednesday and Friday)

“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind (Romans 12:2a). “

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16).”

Religion: This week we shall study “How do we find things in the Bible.”  This will review using the Bible Dictionary, Handbook, Concordance, and using Scripture to Interpret Scripture.  Following this lesson, we shall learn, “How do we learn about Bible places and people?” 

Math:   Problem-Solving Strategy:  Using the 4-Step Plan, Chapter Review and Test over terms such as: Place Value, Standard Form, Decimals, Expanded Form and Compare and Order Numbers. 

ELA:  We are reading “ Island of the Blue Dolphin.”  Genre:  Novel.  We study:  How do people survive in the Wilderness? The Literary Elements we are studying are:  Theme and Setting.  Conventions:  Independent and Dependent Clauses.   We shall also begin to talk about how people meet personal challenges.

Spelling: (Spelling pre-test on Thursday.  Final test on Friday)  supplied, supplying, denied, denying, decided, deciding, included, including, admitted, admitting, occurred, occurring, qualified, qualifying, identified, identifying, delayed, delaying, satisfied, satisfying, occupied, occupying, criticized, criticizing, omitted, omitting.

Science:    We are finishing our lab discussion on Growing Bacteria.  Students worked in groups last Thursday to collect samples from around the classroom and nearby school rooms, to check for bacterial growt . We grew the samples in a petri dish filled with broth, for 24 hours.  On Friday we began answering our lab sheet.  Monday we will wrap up our conclusion and get to Chapter 1 Review.  The Chapter Test shall be this Friday. 

Social Studies:   We continue to read about the ancient cultures of the Desert Southwest, followed by the Northwest Coast and the Artic cultures.