Dear Fifth Grade Families,                                                                                 

Happy April to you all! I am looking forward to meeting with my wonderful Fifth Grade parents during our spring conferences this week.  It is my hope that, with your continued support, our kiddos will continue to push themselves and finish the year with strength and passion!

  
March was a very busy month for us!  We celebrated our writing skills by penning original narrative stories in small groups or duets.  As a class, we entered a class book into the Oakland Diocese’ Young Authors Fair, highlighting our figurative language skills. Bravo to our young authors!  This month also found Fifth Grade serving as Committed Christians and Active, Positive Leaders in our Church. Our kiddos led the school community in Stations of the Cross. Great job, Fifth Grade!

   
During Math time this month, we’ve been all about measurements and graphing!  Our class has learned all about fractions and mixed numbers, using different operations.  We spent a week measuring different items found around our classroom and graphing the data with line plots. The kiddos even generated their own assessment questions based on their measurements.  In Reading, our class gobbled up yet another class novel, Capture the Flag by Kate Messner.  The kiddos enjoyed the mystery and intrigue of tracking down who may have stolen the Star Spangled Banner!  

   
As we continue to enjoy our spring time together, I’d like to remind you all of important dates/events to pencil into your calendars.  As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!

4/3-4/5: Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences

4/4 and 4/5: 12pm Dismissals

4/6: Pasta Dinner Fundraiser

(Come support our school by bidding on our Silent Auction items!)

4/18: Holy Thursday (12pm dismissal)

4/19-4/28: Easter Break

4/29: School resumes for our final push towards summer!

5/3: Special Persons Day (12pm dismissal)

Blessings to All,

    Ms. Tiedemann

Monday: Math-- daily packet, LA-- daily packet, Reading-- daily story and PR 20 minutes, Vocabulary-- 1-10, ten times each

Tuesday: Math-- daily packet, LA-- daily packet, Reading-- daily packet and 20 minutes PR, Vocabulary-- 11-20, ten times each in cursive.

Wednesday: Math-- daily packet, LA-- daily packet, Reading-- daily packet and 20 minutes PR, Vocabulary--

Thursday: Math-- daily packet, LA-- daily packet, Reading-- daily packet and 20 minutes PR, Vocabulary--

(Weekly spelling/ vocab test each Friday)

Constitution quiz-- Tues, 4/2
Ch. 12 religion test-- Fri, 4/5
Measurement/Graphing quiz-- Mon, 4/8