Thanks from the 5th Grade!

THESE TWO GIRLS WON BEST BAG!

Hello Everyone. On behalf of the fifth grade class and myself, we would like to say Thank You for all of the donations to our class this year. We had a lovely Valentine's Day afternoon on Monday. We couldn't have done without all of you. So again, thanks to all of the families that made it possible.

I am looking forward to our Trade Fair Friday- The advertisement posters look wonderful! There will be an update soon! Also, I cannot wait to see what type of adventures our digestive systems' take over winter break! I hope everyone enjoys their break!

Newsletter- Week of February 14, 2011

Dear Parents: Week of: February 14, 2011

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! I hope you enjoyed your weekend. Here are the reminders and lessons for the upcoming week. Friday is the TRADE FAIR, so please make sure your child has their items in class by Friday morning. We are celebrating Valentine’s Day with a small treat and passing out any valentine cards to the class. We are also having our recycled bag contest! Please make sure you send in your child’s permission slip this week for our upcoming field trip. Thank you to everyone who has donated to our Valentine’s Day party, we truly appreciate your generosity.

Reading: This week will are reading, “The Marble Champ.” Students will work on story maps and will have a short quiz on the story Thursday. We are having a test Tuesday over the complete story for Tuck Everlasting. Book reports are due March 3rd, this includes form and project.

Math: I will be encouraging students to bring their math home every night. If you have time please have your child explain the concepts to you. We will continue graphing this week. We will learn about taking surveys, collecting data, and putting data into various types of graphs. We are also introducing, mean, median and mode. In addition, we are covering and revisiting long division.

Science: We will continue this week with Animal Systems. We are covering the muscular and nervous systems. Please have your child review the main function of each system. We will review each system and I plan to have our animal systems test on Friday. The following week we will work on our partner project, which describes how any two systems work together in our body.

Social Studies: This week we are working on learning about settlers coming to North America. We will focus on the point of view of Native Americans as well as, new colonists. We will discuss hardships of people and learn about why trading was so vital to help people survive. We are also, learning vocabulary and techniques for trade. Our trade fair is on Friday afternoon.

English/Writing: Our spelling this week will be from our books and will align with, “The Marble Champ.” The spelling test will be on Friday. In grammar we are working on verb tenses, and we are writing a short persuasive piece and editing it this week.

Religion: Students will see Ms. Piechoki for religion.

Centers: Students are required to complete ONE center this week.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me via email. God bless you and your families.

Miss Blanton

4th Grade vs. 5th Grade in Kickball!

4th Grade!

Both classes worked well together when playing kickball. They showed nice sportsmanship and had a great time.

St. Pius School Spirit!

Our class showed the school their hidden talents!

Talent Show!



Catholic Schools Week was a great way for the students to show their love and school spirit for St. Pius X Catholic School!

WE all enjoyed dressing up and playing games this week!

February 7th- Weekly Newsletter

Dear Parents or Guardians:


Week of: February 7, 2011

Hello everyone! I hope you enjoyed your weekend. Here are the reminders and lessons for the upcoming week. Friday the advertisement poster for your child’s fair trade item is due. We will be having each student present and advertise their item to the class and a short interview of how the item was made will follow. We also are having pizza on Friday afternoon, donated by my lovely 88 year old grandpa, who said he was, “just proud of the class and thought they deserved to have a pizza party” =). Your child may bring in their own drink or I will provide a juice box.

Reading: We are reading, a chapter book, “Tuck Everlasting.” We will finish the story this week, and we will have a test at the beginning of next week. Book reports are due March 3rd, this includes form and project.

Math: I will be encouraging students to bring their math home every night. If you have time please have your child explain the concepts to you. We will begin graphing this week. We will learn about taking surveys, collecting data, and putting data into various types of graphs. In addition, we are covering and revisiting long division.

Science: We will continue this week with Animal Systems. We are covering execratory, skeletal, and muscular systems. Please have your child review the main function of each system.

Social Studies: This week we are working on learning about settlers coming to North America. We will focus on the point of view of Native Americans as well as, new colonists. We will discuss hardships of people and learn about why trading was so vital to help people survive. We will also learn about facts and opinions of the early times.

English/Writing: This week our spelling list will be created by the class, focusing on words that students did not know the meaning of. We will define these words this week, and work on their meanings as well as, spelling. The test Friday will ask for both spelling and meaning of words. Last week the students did very well on this task. We will discuss interviewing and focus on why it is important to be professional and prepared. We will also be working with verb tenses this week.

Religion: Students will see Ms. Piechoki for religion.

Centers: Students are required to complete ONE center this week.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me via email. God bless you and your families.

Miss Blanton

February's 5th Grade Events

February has come so quickly and our class is very busy with projects and engaging lessons!

February 4th- AR test and summary are due.

February 11th- Trade Fair Advertisement Poster & Class Interview.

February 11th- Pizza Party in the afternoon.

February 14th- Valentine Exchange/Small Treat in the afternoon. <3 Happy Valentine's Day.

February 18th- TRADE FAIR- Come to class with the item designated to you for trading.

February 21-22nd Winter Break

February 28th- Book Order Due or Order online by this date.

Catholic Schools Week -Read In

This was my first "Read In" in a class and the kids and I had a blast! It was truly a joy to see my class fully relaxed and enjoying their time reading with their friends.