Week of January 6th

Happy New Year, fifth grade families!

Our Week at a Glance

Spalding
2x dictation
Phonograms
Test Friday

Grammar/Writing
Biographical Sketch
Create an Outline of a Reading
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Citation and Avoiding Plagiarism

Mathematics
Expressing Fractions as Decimals
Review
Division to the Nearest Tenth or Hundredth
Multiplying and Dividing Decimals by Tens, Hundreds, and Thousands
Quiz Thursday

Science
Weathering and Land Formations
Physical and Chemical Weathering
Plains, Deltas, Canyons, Plateaus
Quiz Friday

History
Johannes Gutenberg and the Printing Press
Northern Renaissance Art and the Printing Press
Reformation
Martin Luther and "The 95 Theses"

Literature
Ch. 14-16 of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Annotation

Vocabulary
Servile
Haughty
Contrary
Tapestry
Corridor
Invalid
Indifferent
Vexed
Fretful

Poetry
"Lepanto" by G.K. Chesterton, lines 1-28

Assessments
Thursday - Math Quiz
Friday - Science Quiz, Spalding Test

Upcoming Events
January 10, 17, 31 - Early Release Fridays
January 11 - Intramural games soccer and mathletes
January 18 - Intramural games: soccer
January 24 - Full Day Friday
January 20 - Martin Luther  King Jr. Day - School Holiday
January 21-23 - Independent Study Days


Use these links for update on what your students are doing in Art, Latin, Music, and P.E.