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5th GRADE OUTREACH UPDATE:

We had a wonderful trip to Alexian Village for our Christmas giving. The children gave cards with symbols of Christmas matched with meaningful messages showing creative and considerate thought, and they were greatly appreciated. They also enjoyed the puzzles and PEACE signs, but were most appreciative of the gift of time.

Our next service trip will be Valentines Day. After making flowers for the flower gram sale, we'll design something special for our Alexian friends - maybe bouquets for the common rooms! Parents, please help us keep the focus on outreach and remember that the 5th grade, being the oldest, celebrates holidays differently at St. Peter's. Instead of parties, games, goodie bags, and treats for ourselves, we head out and give. I know that we all enjoy celebrating the holidays in our own homes and with our own friends, but let's keep the school outreach focus intact.

Valentines Day is on a Tuesday, following Winter Break. We will have finished all flower gram orders and our gifts for Alexian before the break. When we return, we'll have chapel, classes, our Alexian Village visit from 10:45-12:15, and then regular afternoon classes. As part of Language Arts in the morning, we'll design old fashioned Valentines cards for our Alexian friends. Bringing a Valentine box is a good option, and they are welcome to send out Valentine cards. Remember to only send cards if you are doing the whole class or grade. Do not send candy or treats with the cards. It's a busy day, coming off a four day weekend, and it becomes very difficult to have classes. Send a regular snack for our morning walk.

As we enter 2012, help us set the example for our Go Green, Go Healthy initiative at St. Peter's. It is making a difference in the children's health, attention, and fitness. Jaime Melton represented us at the White House several years ago for our efforts, and we would like to be honored again someday. Please help us keep our status! Healthy snacks...nutritious lunches...daily exercise...good rest. We will be talking to the children in January about the importance of sleep and charting our hours. It's always good to step back and evaluate how we are taking care of our bodies. Thanks for your support.

Fifth graders come to my class for math and history or science.

They need one 1" binder with 5 dividers. Dividers should be labeled: Notes, Homework, Powerups, Tests, and History (the 1st 4 dividers are all for math).

All homework and tests for math will be passed back in class and kept in the binder for later reference.

For science, students will need a spiral notebook for note taking.

Year at a glance:

	History (1^st semester); Science (2^nd semester)	Math
1^st quarter	Westward Expansion Civil War Native Americans	Saxon Lessons 1-40
2^nd quarter	Maya, Aztec, and Inca Civilizations Renaissance Reformation England Explorers Russia Japan	Lessons 41-80
3^rd quarter	Chemistry Cells Classification	Lessons 80-105
4^th quarter	Plants Life Cycles and Reproduction Body Systems-Reproductive and Endocrine Science Biographies *Science Fair will be scheduled for the 4^th quarter	Lessons 105-120

Daily schedule

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
8:30-8:40	Homeroom	Chapel	Homeroom
8:40-9:30	History/Science	History/Science 9:05-9:45	History/Science
9:30-10:15	Reading	Reading 9:45-12:05	Reading
10:15-10:35	snack and walk	snack and walk 10:25-10:45	snack and walk
10:35-11:25	math/English	math/English 10:45-11:30	math/English
11:25-12:15	English/math	English/math 11:30-12:10	English/math
12:20-12:50	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
	12:50-1:30	12:50-1:10 Recess	12:50-1:35 Whole group/rec.
	Faith/ Whole group & recess	1:10-1:40 Library	1:35-2:05 PE
	1:35-2:05 PE	1:20-2:25 Study Hall/Pack up	2:10-2:45 Music
	2:10-2:45 Music	2:25-2:55 Computer	2:45-2:55 Pack up
	2:45-2:55 Pack up

Thursday	Friday
Homeroom	Homeroom
History/Science	History/Science
Reading	Reading
snack and walk	snack and walk
math/English	math/English
English/math	English/math
Lunch	Lunch
12:50-1:05 Whole group	12:50-1 Whole group
1:10-1:40 Library	1-1:30 PE
1:40-2:25 Spanish	1:35-2:20 Faith mkup/recess
2:25-2:55 Recess	2:25-2:55 Computer

5th graders go to Mrs. Lockrow for Language Arts and Art, Mr. Tyson for Computer and Music, Ms. Parsons for Library, Miss Blaes for PE, and Ms. Hernandez for Spanish.

For information about how the 5th graders raise money for our end of the year trip to Kanuga, see Mrs. Lockrow's page.

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