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The Refrigerator Magnet fifth grade update |
Volume II, Issue #6 3rd Quarter April 1, 1998
Wyneken Memorial Lutheran School Mr. Richard Schwantz
5th grade Home Page Address: www.geocities.com/heartland/prairie/6225
NEW!!! E-mail address: wishwewerekids@juno.com
Book-it: Thanks for Helping!
Thanks to our parent-teacher-student partnership, our Book-It program was very successful this year. All 28 students read four months out of five, and 15 read all five months. Our children earned a Pizza Hut party and bowling day, held Friday, March 20th, and two free Fort Wayne Wizards tickets. Good job, students!
Field trip reminder:
We have a very busy day on Thursday, April 23rd. In the morning, the students travel to the Embassy Theater to view the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. We return for lunch, then go to McMillen Health Center for health education. Parents are welcome to the McMillen trip, but we won’t have additional tickets for the Philharmonic. Let me know if you would like to attend the McMillen Center trip—your attendance is encouraged.
Finally our last field trip, Wild Nights at the Zoo, will be held Fri., May 15th at 6pm to Sat., May 16th at 9am. Parents are welcome to attend—but reserve your space as soon as possible.
Next publication date:
Next report card will be sent home the week of May 4th. Included will be the last issue
of the Refrigerator Magnet for the school year.Course Updates:
Religion M,T,R,F 8:40-9:10 A.M.
Students have finished their study about the Israelites entering the Promised Land, and will finish learning about the Passion Week by next Thursday.. After Easter, our focus will be on Jesus’ resurrection, ascension, and the beginnings of the Christian Church on Earth. These lessons are taken from Faith Alive 109-120.
Memory M,T,F 8:25-8:40 A.M.
Bible memory is still in the third and final cycle. Catechism memory is finishing up with Baptism, then will focus on the books of the Old and New Testament (spelling books correctly needs to be a goal). Near the end of April, we will again review Baptism.
MEMORY QUIZZES:
Mon., April 6 #145 Psalm 91:11,12
#146 Psalm 139:14
Tues., April 7 #147 Acts 4:12
#148 2 Corinthians 5:15
Thurs., April 9 #149 Signs of Baptizing
with Water: Where Is
This Written?
Mon., April 13 #150 Matthew 28:19
#151 1 Peter 2:9
Tues., April 14 #152 John 15:5
#153 Romans 3:22-24
Fri., April 17 #154 Old Testament
Books in order.
Mon., April 20 #155 Luke 2:29,30
#156 1 Corinthians 10:16
Tues., April 21 #157 Hebrews 10:14,18
#158 1 Corinthians 11:26
Fri., April 24 #159 New Testament
Books in order
Mon., April 27 #160 Luke 10:16
#161 Romans 12:20
Tues., Mar. 31 #162 Matthew 19:9
#163 Matthew 5:28
Fri., Feb. 13 #164 Nature of Baptism
(in full)
Math M-F 9:10-9:55 A.M.
Our work with decimal numbers will continue, as we now learn how to multiply and divide them. Other skills concentrated upon will be addition and subtraction of fractions and mixed numbers, finding averages, and finding areas.
MATH TEST DATES:
Thurs., April 9 Test 23 (through Lesson 115)
Mon., April 20 Test 24 (through Lesson 120)
Mon., April 27 Test 25 (through Lesson 125)
English M-F 10:10-10:50 A.M.
Grammar:
Our upcoming lessons are about parts of punctuation: commas; dialogue quotation marks; and using capitalization, quotation marks, and underlines in titles.
ENGLISH TEST:Thurs.., Apr. 9 UNIT FIVE TEST
(Material covered from Grammar
Practice book pages 52-61).
Spelling:
There is no true commonality between our next lessons. They cover: words ending -sure and –ture, words with three syllables, and words which are related to each other (wise and wisdom).
SPELLING TESTS:
WED. APR. 8 UNIT FIVE TEST (L25-29)
Thurs., Apr. 16 Lesson 31
Thurs., Apr. 23 Lesson 32
Thurs., Apr. 30 Lesson 33
Reading:
We are completing our "Lifeline" stories in Unit Five. Our last unit, "Flights", features stories about changes in time and space.
READING TESTS:
Mon., Apr. 6 UNIT FIVE Holistic
Reading Assessment
Tues., Apr. 7 UNIT FIVE Reading Skills
Assessment (students study
vocabulary for this exam).
Social Studies M-F 12:15-1:00 P.M.
World War I has now been fought and won. We will now learn about the 1920’s with its Idealism, Prosperity, and Great Depression. Then we will learn the causes and effects from this era that lead to World War II.
SOCIAL STUDIES TESTS:
Thurs., April 16 Chapter 18 test (The 1920’s)
Wed., April 29 Chapter 19 test (Great Depr.)
Physical Education 1:00-1:45 P.M.
BOYS: T & R GIRLS: M & W
We have now returned to our normal schedule. Boys will be enjoying outdoor sunshine, and will participate in track & field style events.
Health : 1:00-1:45 P.M.
GIRLS: M & W BOYS: T & R
We have now returned to our normal schedule. We are now studying our last Current Health magazine for the year, and will be preparing for our trip to McMillen.
HEALTH TEST: none this month
Art F 1:00-1:45 P.M.
Current projects include perspective drawings (drawing buildings three-dimensionally), and "garbage art" (recycling items into works of art).
Science
Science has officially ended for the year, as we prepare for other class projects (One on-going project from Miss Hormann is the growing tadpoles! They grow larger every day, and it has been fun learning about frog development). We will still have science-related lessons in some classes (especially literature with space and flight).
Choir T,R 1:45-2:05 P.M.
Our nine girls will play handbells in chapel on Wed., Apr. 22. THAT IS ALSO THE DAY OF THE SPRING CONCERT! Please note this day on your calendar.
BLESSINGS TO YOUR FAMILY, AS YOU PREPARE TO CELEBRATE THE JOYS OF EASTER!
Mr. Schwantz