Religion: We will be working on the units over The Eucharist, The Communion of Saints, and The Lord's Prayer.

Math: We are finishing up our chapter over adding and subtracting fractions and moving into adding and subtracting mixed numbers.

Science: We are starting our new chapter over Ecosystems. The students will learn about the parts of an ecosystem, how organisms interact, how ecosystems change, and how humans impact ecosystems.

Upcoming Test Dates:

January 9: Chapter 9 Religion Test

January 14: Fast Bridge Math 

January 16: Chapter 10 Religion Test

January 21: Chapter 7 Math Test

January 23: Chapter 11 Religion Test

January 23: Chapter 4 Science Test

January 30: Chapter 12 Religion Test

Religion: We will be completing our chapters over the seasons of Advent and Christmas. The students will get to complete some fun Advent and Christmas activities over the next few weeks.

Math: We are finishing up the chapter over dividing decimals. We will then start the next chapter over adding and subtracting fractions. 

Science: The students are working on finishing up their animal adaptation projects. They will present this project in front of the class. 

Upcoming Tests:

December 3: Chapter 6 Math Test

December 9: Animal Adaptation Project due 

December 12: Chapter 8 Religion Test

Religion: We will continue to learn about the Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation). 

Math: We will be finishing up our chapter on division and be moving into our new chapter over dividing decimals. Please make sure your child continues to study their multiplication facts.  

Science: We are finishing up our chapter over “Growth and Survival”.  The students will then begin working on their animal adaptation projects. 

Upcoming Tests:

November 7: Chapter 5 Religion Test

November 11: Chapter 5 Math Test

November 14: Chapter 3 Science Test

November 14: Chapter 6 Religion Test

November 20: Chapter 7 Religion Test

Religion: We will be starting to learn about the Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation). We are also hard at work on our Saint projects. Looking forward to our Saint Museum on November3rd!

Math: We are finishing up our chapter on multiplication and will be moving into our chapter over decimal multiplication.

Science: We just started our chapter over Forces and Motion. We will learn about forces, Newton's Laws,  and how forces combine.

Important Dates:

October 1: Chapter 3 Math Test

October 6: Saint Research Worksheet Due

October 7: Field Trip 

October 15: Saint Rough Draft Due

October 15: Chapter 2 Science Test 

October 21: Chapter 4 Math Test 

October 21: Parenting Editing of Saint Rough Draft Due

October 23: Chapter 5 Religion Test

October 23: Saint Final Paper Due

Religion:  We will be learning about the Beatitudes and the Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist). We will continue to have a weekly test over each lesson. 

Math:  We just finished up our chapter over Place Value and will be moving into our chapter over Adding and Subtracting Decimals.

Science: We are working on our chapter over Matter. We will be learning about what makes up matter, how matter can be described, and what chemical and physical changes are. 

Upcoming Tests:

September 10: Fastbridge  Math 

September 12: Chapter 3 Religion Test

September 16: Chapter 2 Math Test

September 19: Chapter 1 Science Test

September 19: Chapter 4 Religion Test

September 26: Chapter 5 Religion Test

October 1: Chapter 3 Math Test

Dear Parents and Students,

Welcome back! I hope everyone had an awesome summer. My name is Ashley Doty and this is my 10th year teaching 5^th grade at Magdalen. I am delighted to have your child in my class this year, and am looking forward to having a very successful school year.

I believe that communication is the key to a great parent-teacher relationship. I encourage you to contact me if you have any questions or concerns at any time. You can e-mail me at adoty@magdalenwichita.com. I will also do my part by sending out monthly newsletters to update you on what we have been doing in class as well as things that are up coming. 

See you soon!

Mrs.  Doty