Fifth Grade

Mrs. Warner

jwarner@trinityhudson.org

My Favorite Bible Verse

This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. - Psalm 118:24

My Greatest Joy in working in a Christian School

Every time a student is acting like Jesus towards another person and when students make the connection that academics and God are tied together.

I Love Trinity Academy because

I have the pleasure of teaching students with wonderful, supportive families who believe in the importance of a faith-based education.

About Me

Teaching has always been my passion even though I have worked in other career fields. I live on a farm north of Baldwin with my husband. We have four children, four llamas, chickens, rabbits, and a variety of small animals. We raise honeybees and enjoy our life in the country.

Dear Parents,
 It is with great joy that I welcome your child to my class. This is a very special time in your child's life. He or she will be learning many new things this year-academic skills, organizational skills, social skills, self-confidence, and responsibility. In fact, the year your child spends in fifth grade will be one of the most important and valuable years in his or her development, readying him or her for the years ahead in middle school.
 You play a major role in helping your child reach the maximum of his or her potential. Research in the area of child development points out that most of a child's intellectual development takes place outside the formal classroom. This means that children spend a great deal of time with their first and most important teachers-their parents. Indeed, as parents, your involvement in your child's learning experiences will have much to do with how well your child succeeds in school and in later life. By working together, I believe we can all help your child become the best person possible-socially, emotionally, spiritually, and academically.
 I have prepared a handbook to give you and your child some ideas as to what to expect over the course of the next year. if you have any questions or concerns throughout the year, please do not hesitate to contact me.
 I am looking forward to working with you this year as we help your child experience all the joys of learning. Your participation and encouragement will be contributions to your child's success this year! I hope your child enjoys 5th grade as much as I do!

 In Christian love,
 
 Mrs. Joanne Warner






 

Assignments posted will be long term assignments. Daily assignmnets are the responsibility of each student to write in his/her assignment book.

Homerun Reading: Read 30 minutes every night 
 Turn in February Homerun Reading sheets by 3/3

Bible Memory Work Quiz:  March 31

Music: Practice 10 minutes of recorder 5 days a week. Songs change every 1-3 weeks 
           and vary by class.

Book of the Quarter: Biography or Autobiography
                               Speeches due  March 29 & 31




Country Research Paper Checklist:

 Country chosen 1/29
 Economic Aspect Outline 2/5
 Typed Economic Paragraph 2/12
 Political Aspect Outline  2/19
 Typed Political Paragraph 2/25
 Cultural Aspect Outline 3/5
 Typed Cultural Aspect Outline 3/12
 Geographic Aspect Outline 3/26
 Typed Geographic Paragraph 3/31
 Introduction and conclusion to report (typed)  4/5
 Bibliography (typed)     4/6
     Trifold Poster
 Poster needs to be brought to school  3/22
 Completed Poster  4/5


Inventors' Fair

Invention Plan turned into teacher  4/23
Inventors' Fair  ( Project completed) 5/21

                       

                                             March Calendar

• 3/1 Dawson Schmitz Birthday
        Math on the Menu

• 3/4 P.T.O. Meeting 7:00-8:00 p.m.

• 3/7 Isabel Sweere’s Birthday
        Public Library Grades 5-8

• 3/8-3/12 LUTHERAN SCHOOLS WEEK

• 3/8 Math on the Menu

• 3/9 All School Field Trip Concordia University

• 3/10 Chapel ( Kindergarten leads)

• 3/11 Pop and Popcorn

• 3/12 Talent Show
          EARLY RELEASE

• 3/15-3/19 SPRING BREAK

• 3/22 Math on the Menu

• 3/29 Math on the Menu
         Book of the Quarter Speeches

• 3/31 Small Group Chapel
         Book of the Quarter Speeches

• 4/1 GOOD FRIDAY NO SCHOOL

 

     
 

 

                                                                        


 

Around the Corner with Mrs. Warner
March 8-12

Lutheran Schools Week


Monday: Band lessons
             Math on the Menu 3:30 
              Pajama Day

Tuesday: All School Field Trip to Concordia University
                (Wear jeans and a uniform top)

Wednesday: Chapel 9:00 a.m. (Kindergarten leads)
                    Dress your Best!


Thursday: Phy Ed 
                Art
                 Decade Day!! Dress in clothing from your favorite decade
                Pop and Popcorn

Friday: Early Dismissal
           Talent Show
            Spelling Test
Cultural Aspect Typed Paragraph due

March 15-19 Spring Break!!

News and Announcements:
  • The prayer family for this week is the Sweere Family. Please let me know of any specific prayer requests you may have. God Bless your week!

What's going on. . . . .?

Reading/Language Arts

The 5th and 6th graders are mixed into new Literature Circle groups. These groups were determined by interest and ability. We meet with the Middle School 3 days a week. Every other time is a work day to work on their literature logs. We will be starting new literature circle groups this week.
We should complete our reading of My Brother Sam Is Dead.
We will read a short book together titled, Across the Oregon Trail. Each student will have the opportunity to read one chapter aloud to the class. The book ties in with our westward expansion unit in Social Studies.
Students should be reading 30 minutes every night at home.

We will continue work in the G.U.M. book. It is a practice book focusing on grammar, usage and mechanic skills.

Writing:
Our next project in writing will be learning how to write a research paper. This is a big project and will be a major portion of the 3rd quarter grade for Language Arts. Each student will choose a country to research and also have a display. I have sent home a large packet of information with all the requirements and timelines. They will learn how to write a bibliography and how to site their sources. Students will need to write an outline before they write their paragraphs. The cultural aspect typed paragraphs are due Friday, March 12.


Book of the Quarter:
The genre for this quarter will be biography or autobiography. The students will need to choose a book at their reading level. The project will involve each student dressing up as the main character and giving a speech about the character’s life. The speeches will be given on March 29 and March 31. Requirements and specifications for this project have been handed out to the students.

Math:
We are continuing our work on fractions. It is imperative that students know their math facts or they will be frustrated in completing the assignments.
Chapter 13 will focus on multiplying fractions! We will estimate products and learn how to solve a multi-step word problem.



Health:
We will continue our Health unit study with The Great Body Shop.
To conclude our Health unit, Mrs. Warner and Pastor Booth will spend one class period, Wednesday, March 31, talking about Human Growth and Development. Pastor Booth will work with the boys and Mrs. Warner will talk with the girls. I will send a letter and permission slip home in Thursday Folder, March 4.

Social Studies
The next unit is another simulation learning experience!!!! We become pioneers and learn about the Westward expansion of the United States!!!!!! The students will simulate situations and events similar to those experienced by pioneers who headed west in early wagon trains. As settlers heading west during the mid-1800s the students face challenges such as floods, droughts, blocked trails, snakes Native Americans, and lack of food. The would-be homesteaders must make numerous individual and small group decisions (e.g. what to do about a lack of water, how to cross a flooded river, which trail to take). These decisions and the other events provide the students with a realistic view of what pioneer life was like, why people went west, and what happened to them along the trail.

Spelling:
This week’s spelling words focus on words from Social Studies. Workbook pages 121-126 are due Friday, March 12. Final test is Friday, March 12.

Religion:
March Memory Work Quiz: March 31
1Peter 5:8-9 Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of suffering.





 

 



         

            

                         

          
 

 

  

 

        

 

           

 

 

             


           


 

                                                        5th Grade Schedule   2009-2010

Time

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

8:45-8:55

CPR

Strings/CPR

 

CPR

CPR

9:00-9:40

 

 

Chapel

 

 

 

Science

Science

 

Science

Science

9:40-9:50

Snack

Snack

Snack

Snack

Snack

9:50-10:40

History

History

History

History

History

 

 

 

10:25-11:08/Music

 

 

10:45-11:35

Language Arts

Language Arts

Language Arts

Language Arts

Language Arts

11:35-12:25

Recess/Lunch

Band/Lunch

Recess/Lunch

Recess/Lunch

Recess/Lunch

12:25-1:08

Literature

Physical

Literature

Physical

Literature

 

5-8

Education

5-8

Education

5-8

1:10-1:53

Math

Math

Math

Math

Math

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:55-2:38

Religion

Reading

Religion

Reading

Spelling2:00-2:20

 

Media

Recess 2:25-2:35

Media

Recess 2:25-2:35

Recess 2:20-2:40

2:40-3:25

Recess 2:40-3:00

Spanish

Recess 2:40-3:00

Art

Current Events

 

Spelling 3:00-3:25

 

Kindergarten Buddies

 

 

3:25

Dismissal

Dismissal

Dismissal

Dismissal

Dismissal

Thursday Piano: Isabel 1:10-1:30/Sara 1:35-1:55

Public Library 2nd Friday 12:35-1:00    Trinity Library Fridays  9:45-10:15 

Computers: Thursday  10:00-10:45

   Band lessons:   Monday   
   Group Band: Wednesday, Friday                                                                                        

 

 

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.                                          Memory Work Verses
September John 14:6 Jesus answered, " I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

October  Matthew 22:37 Jesus replied, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind."

November Romans 8:26  In the same way the spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.

December 1John3:1 How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God.

January  Acts 2 38-39 Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."

February Matthew 6:34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enought trouble of its own.

March 1 Peter 5  8-9  Be self-controlled and alert. your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of suffering.

April James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

May Acts 2:42 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.


Faith Formation

The fifth grade reading curriculum includes a variety of reading materials from many genres to expose students to the different forms of literature. A reading textbook, McGraw-Hill, is included in the program as well as several novels that are read over the course of the year. These novels are read as a whole group as well as with literature circles, which challenge students to make choices about the literature they read. Additionally, it improves reading skills such as decoding and the use of context clues to comprehend text. Literature circles allow the students to put the skills they have learned into practice. Teaching reading strategies and skills including making predictions, compare and contrast, drawing conclusions, recognizing main idea and supporting details are the foundations of the reading program.

Reading

The fifth grade reading curriculum includes a variety of reading materials from many genres to expose students to the different forms of literature. A reading textbook, McGraw-Hill, is included in the program as well as several novels that are read over the course of the year. These novels are read as a whole group as well as with literature circles, which challenge students to make choices about the literature they read. Additionally, it improves reading skills such as decoding and the use of context clues to comprehend text. Literature circles allow the students to put the skills they have learned into practice. Teaching reading strategies and skills including making predictions, compare and contrast, drawing conclusions, recognizing main idea and supporting details are the foundations of the reading program.

Writing


Spelling

The spelling curriculum is based on sound patterns in words. The spelling lists correspond to the spelling strategies. Each week students are engaged in activities that allow the students to learn about prefixes, suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, etc. The students are expected to transfer this knowledge and apply correct spelling in their daily written work.

Handwriting


Language Arts

The fifth grade program works to make connections between and across subject areas. Integrating Language Arts into other subjects allows students to understand the need for proper writing, grammar, and spelling. Students will complete an expository piece of writing, a short persuasive piece, a descriptive paragraph, write a complete response to essay questions, and complete a research paper. The six traits of writing is the basis for our program. Ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions become an integral part of the writing process. Throughout the year, students learn to write in a variety of styles and genres.

The students will practice giving oral presentations. They will learn to present effectively, using appropriate eye contact, projection, tone, volume, rate, and articulation.

Science

The science curriculum provides a balance of hands-on learning opportunities and learning information from an expository text. Chapters are grouped together, creating units on specific topics. The fifth grade curriculum focuses on the solar system, mixtures and solutions, landforms, matter and energy, and electricity and magnets. Every three years a Science Fair is held at our school where third, fourth, and fifth graders showcase a science project using the Scientific Method. The fifth grade students also spend a three- day emersion experience studying environmental science at Camp St. Croix .

Literature

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Mission Class


Bible


Math

Students’ mathematical skills are learned and refined through the MacMillan/McGraw-Hill series. We begin the year working on place value skills with whole numbers and decimals. We practice multiplying whole numbers and decimals, dividing whole numbers and decimals, and learning different graphs and interpreting data. Additionally, we add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions. We work on measurement, geometry, perimeter and area, surface area, volume, and symmetry. Pre-algebra concepts are introduced. The fifth grade curriculum focuses on decimals and fractions as well as geometry, probability, and graphing. The students demonstrate their skills and knowledge in daily assignments, tests, and unit projects.

Social Studies

The fifth grade curriculum begins with the Native Americans in the 1600’sand moves through the Explorers of the New World, the colonists, the Revolutionary War, the new government, the pioneers, the Industrial Revolution, and up through the Civil War. The students are involved in some simulation games where they are able to make connections to history in an interactive way. Students will work independently and in cooperative groupings. Through a variety of activities, worksheets, and projects, skills are developed in interpreting and using maps, understanding and creating charts and graphs, and explaining and constructing timelines.

Art

The class will create using the knowledge of the elements of art and principals of design in drawing, painting, mixed media, collage, print making and sculpture. They will exhibit proper care of supplies, as well as undertaking in-depth projects. Taking an art project from the planning phase to completion over two or three art periods.

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Music & Band

In the upper level grades, students explore advance tonal and rhythm exploration, improvisation, two-part singing, rounds, and music theory. They play simple instruments while singing and play along to various types of music. Correct posture, breathing, and vocalizing techniques are taught throughout the year. These students complete a year long comprehensive study of comprehension study of composers from various time periods on a historical time line. Fourth and fifth grade students have the opportunity to play band or orchestra instruments and also to participate in private piano lessons that are available during the school day. Cooperation with a local private school allows the band and orchestra students to play in an ensemble band and orchestra. Students are required to participate in the annual Christmas Musical and spring choral concert.

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Technology

Fifth graders showcase the ability to use a variety of technology skills that includes using touch keyboarding techniques, sending and retrieving e-mail, and using “special features” in a presentation software program. Students are able to identify the importance of privacy for personal information as well as demonstrate proper etiquette in all forms of communication.

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Physical Education

Fifth graders showcase the ability to display their skills in the traditional games and activities as well as games including team challenges, create-a-game, rhythms, parachute activities, fitness, jump rope, scoops games, track and field, four-square, racquet sports, manipulatives, kickball, and lawn games. Fitness levels are assessed throughout the year.

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Spanish

Fifth graders freely converse with one another on the particular thematic unit we are studying. Heavy emphasis will be placed on speaking and listening in Spanish as students prepare reports on various subjects. Correct pronunciation is stressed. Verb conjugation into the present tense is practiced, along with introduction to irregular verbs.

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