Dear Fifth Grade Parents,

Welcome to 2022!!  I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincerest thanks for your generosity during this holiday season.  I would also like to wish you a happy and healthy New Year!  

            Hopefully everyone is fully rested and ready to start the second half of the school year!  We still have lots to accomplish in the fifth grade.  If we continue to work as hard as we have, I have no doubt that we will continue to be as successful as we have been thus far. 

            Being that it is the middle of the school year, midterms will begin on January 17.  At the bottom of this letter, you will find the schedule and outline of what will be covered in the midterm tests. I also posted these outlines on google classroom before winter break.  All material will be reviewed and covered before the tests.  I will not be testing the children on anything I did not cover in class.  If there are any changes in the outline below, I will inform the students as soon as possible.  Students must have silent reading books, pens and sharpened pencils everyday, especially during midterms.

In math, students will continue to work with fractions this month and begin to add and subtract them..  In Science, we will be starting Unit 3: Hydrosphere and Biosphere. 

Important dates this month:

• January 4 - MAP Testing starts
• January 6 - Progress Reports
• January 13 - 11 am Dismissal
• January 16 - No School - MLK Day
• January 17 - MIDTERMS BEGIN
• January 19 -  HAS Meeting 8:00
• January 24 - Candy Sale Begins 
• January 27 - End of 2nd Quarter   
• January 29- February 3 - Catholic School Week - You will be informed of events
• January 31 - SCIENCE FAIR

Yours truly,

Mrs. Pennacchio


 

Name: ___________________________________________________

Grade 5 - Midterm Outlines 2023

Tuesday, January 17, 2023 - Religion Midterm: 

1. Seven Sacraments
   1. What category they each fall into
2. Paschal Mystery
3. Pentecost
4. Miracle
5. Baptism (in detail)
6. Confirmation (in detail)
7. Chapter 10 
8. Chapter 11 

Wednesday, January 18, 2023 - Science Midterm

1. Concept 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
   1. Plant needs
   2. Matter flow in ecosystems
   3. Energy flow in ecosystems
2. Concept 3.1
   1. Hydrosphere and Biosphere interactions

Thursday, January 19, 2023 - Spanish

Mrs. Cangro will inform you of what you need to know.

Friday, January 20, 2023 - Social Studies 

Mrs. Brass will inform you of what you need to know.

Monday, January 23, 2022 - ELA

Mrs. Brass will inform you of what you need to know.

Tuesday, January 24,2022 - Math

1. Place value (thousandths —> billions)
   1. Word form
   2. Place 
   3. Value 
2. Adding Decimals
3. Subtracting Decimals
4. Multiplying Decimals
5. Dividing Decimals
6. Dividing Large Numbers with  Remainders or Decimals
7. Prime Factorization 
8. GCF (Greatest Common Factor)
9. Equivalent Fractions
10. Simplest Form Fraction
11. Mixed Numbers 
12. Improper Fractions
13. Adding Fractions with Like/Unlike Denominators 
14. Subtracting Fractions with Like/Unlike Denominators