The 5th Grade is partnering with the American Red Cross to sponsor a blood drive!

Monday April 30th

Parish Hall

10 - 3.

Below you will find the instructions for scheduling an appointment time.

ONLINE SCHEDULING

• Schedule your appointment online, in advance, to lessen your wait time when you arrive.
• Make your appointment at your convenience-anywhere, any time.
• Receive an email reminder prior to your scheduled appointment time, including directions and other important information.

1. Visit redcrossblood.org and click "Make a Blood Donation Appointment."  Then, locate a blood drive using your ZIP code or sponsor code (if provided).

2. Once you locate your blood drive, click on the link to schedule your appointment to donate.

3. If you are a first-time user, click on "Create a Profile."  It takes only a couple of minutes and you can use our profile to book future blood donation appointments.

4. After you create your profile, or if you already have a profile, log in using your email address and date of birth.

5. Select your blood drive and then pick the donation time most convenient for you.

6. Click schedule and you are all set!

Social Studies:

We are finishing up our unit on the events that led to the Revolutionary War. The test will be the Monday prior to Spring Break, with a study guide coming home the week before.

English:

The Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections Unit continues! Please watch the agenda for homework assignments. The test will not be until after Spring Break.

Reading:

We are currently reading the novel, "Bridge to Terabithia" in class. We will finish the book before Spring Break, but the AR points will count for 4th quarter, not 3rd.

Important Dates:

Spring Portraits and the End of 3rd Quarter - March 9th

Spring Break - March 17 - March 25th

Math State Assessments - March 28, 29, 30

Thank you for all of you who signed your student's rough draft of the persuasive essay. In the future, this will be an assignment for all papers. The hope is that this will encourage your child to bring their papers home and have you look through the paper together.

Happy New Year! Welcome Back to School in 2012!

I hope everyone had a great and relaxing break - because we have work to do! We have lots planned for third quarter especially with State Assessments coming up quickly!

In Social Studies, we are continuing to learn about the 13 original colonies. Students were given a map of the thirteen colonies before Christmas, and should expect a weekly quiz over the map. Students need to be familiar with location and correct spelling of each colony.

In Reading we will be returning to the text book to help us prepare for state assessments. This means weekly story tests and workbook pages to complete. Please check the agenda regularly to stay informed of the work being done in class. We will also be taking weekly practice tests to help prepare for the Reading assessment.

In English, the Verbs unit continues. The test for this Unit will be in late January with a study guide coming home several days prior to the test.

In Social Studies, we have been learning about early English settlements in North America.

This week, the students got a chance to play a Jamestown game online.

click this link to play:www.historyglobe.com/jamestown

Halloween Word Spelling List

Test: Friday October 28th

1. cobweb

2. ghost

3. skeleton

4. pumpkin

5. Halloween

6. October

7. haunted

8. cemetery

9. creature

10. disguise

11. terrifying

12. eerie

13. creepy

14. shudder

15. haunt

16. costume

17. gloom

18. vampire

19. Frankenstein

20. spooky

This week in Reading, we are discussing a story about Jewish refugees in Europe in 1940 and a Japanese diplomat who tried to help them. Mr. Sugihara risked the safety of his family in order to help thousands reach safety, far from the Nazi soldiers.

If you are interested in learning more about Chiune Sugihara, you can visit the following website:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/sugihara/timeline/index.html

Also, for those interested in reading more about World War II and the Holocaust:

"Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry

"The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen

"Yellow Star" by Jennifer Rozines Roy

"Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren

"The Diary of Anne Frank"

This week we discussed the Inca of South America in Social Studies.

The Inca were a tribe of Native Americans living in the Andes Mountains of South America. We specifically focused on the similarities between the Inca and the Aztec people of Central America, especially their interaction with the Spanish conquistador, Francisco Pizarro.

If you are interested in learning more, follow this link to go on an interactive Inca Trail Photo tour of Machu Picchu

we recently discussed some of the Mayan structures in Social Studies. One of the temples we covered in class was "El Castillo" in Chichen Itza. This particular temple casts the shadow of a serpent down the stairs during the fall and spring equinox.

for more information, you can visit this website: www.world-mysteries.com

This week in Reading, we are reading the story "Thunder Rose" by Jerdine Nolen to learn about tall tales.

For more about tall tales, you can visit this website to learn more about American Folklore.