THE FIFTH GRADE FLYER November 13, 2008 Dear Parents, As Thanksgiving approaches we will again have the opportunity to share some of our blessings with those who are less fortunate. RCS will be collecting non-perishable items for donation to a local food bank. Please plan to send your donations to school on November 24 or 25. We will be having our Thanksgiving Chapel on Tuesday afternoon. I am sending home Scholastic book and software orders today that will be due next week Friday. That way I can place the order before the Thanksgiving weekend, and the orders will be back well before Christmas. Books and software make great gifts! If you would like to order Christmas gifts from one or more of the offers just indicate that on the order form or with a note, and I’ll find a way to get the order to you without your child knowing about it. Please make sure your child’s name is on the order form when you send it in, and please send in exact change or make out your check to me.   In His service, Linda Cieminis     Peek at the Week From Mrs. Cieminis… Reading—Today we finished reading On My Honor, and we now will review and prepare for the test on the novel which will be next week Friday, November 21. The students need to study their novel packet and be prepared to answer questions on vocabulary, literary elements, and the plot of the story. We will also write a practice essay to prepare for the test’s short essay question. Your student will receive information about this month’s book report project next. Part of it will due on Friday, December 5, and then we will learn how to write a book review. If your child spends a little extra time “polishing” the review I will submit it to the newspaper for possible publication in Wednesday’s “Our Towns” section. English—We will finish up our unit on nouns next week and take a test on Tuesday, November, 18. We are also working on the essay about our favorite season. Today the students learned about writing introductory and concluding paragraphs. Now they need to write the first draft of their 5-paragraph essay. Spelling—We will take our third and final spelling test on the vocabulary words from On My Honor tomorrow. The students need to study all of the words for tomorrow’s test. Math—Today we finished the new material in this unit on division with 2-digit divisors. Next, the students will have review assignments and a practice test to prepare them for next week Wednesday’s chapter test. Science—Tomorrow we will be taking the test on our current chapter of study—“Earth, Moon, and Beyond.” I hope your child has been studying his/her vocabulary words and review packet this week since I have taken all the test questions from those two sources. Next, we will move into Physical Science with a chapter on the properties of matter. From Mr. Dawson… Social Studies—It’s hard to believe that the days have arrived when we are doing the NYS SS test! The students have worked hard to get to this moment, and I have been praying that they wouldn’t be too worked up over it and that they could relax through the process. I’ll correct the tests as quickly as I can even while we move onto the next chapter in our book. We may be able to squeeze it all in (including a chapter test) before Thanksgiving break. I’ll let you know next week, though. Bible—The students did very well on the first part of their memorizing John 1:1-14. The next verses in this passage are due on Tuesday, Nov. 25. They are John 1:6-14. Please check them over the next week and a half. In class we are just beginning our work on Unit 5 which is about Jesus’ earthly ministry.