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 18.  At the bottom of this letter, you will find the schedule and outline of what will be covered in the midterm tests. I also sent a hard copy home and posted it on google classroom.  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.

We have lots to learn this month! In math, students will work on GCF, LCM and fractions.  In Science, we will be starting Unit 3: Hydrosphere and Biosphere. 

Important dates this month:

• January 6 - School Mass
• January 8 - Father Jacob’s Installation 4:00 at Church
• January 10 - MAP testing begins
• January 14 - 12:00 Dismissal
• January 17 - No School - MLK Day 
• January 18 - MIDTERMS BEGIN
• January - 20 Virtual HAS Meeting
• January 24 - Candy Sale Begins 
• January 28 - End of 2nd Quarter   
• January 30- February 4 - Catholi School Week - You will be informed of events

Yours truly,

Mrs. Pennacchio

Grade 5 - Midterm Outlines

Tuesday, January 18, 2022 - 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 19, 2022 - ELA

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

Thursday, January 20, 2022 - Math Midterm:

1. Place value (thousandths —> billions)
   1. Word form
   2. Place 
   3. Value 
2. Powers of Ten
3. Adding Decimals
4. Subtracting Decimals
5. Multiplying Decimals
6. Dividing Decimals
7. Area Models
8. Dividing Large Numbers with Remainders
9. Prime Factorization 
10. GCF (Greatest Common Factor)
11. Equivalent Fractions
12. Simplest Form Fraction

Friday, January 22, 2022 - Social Studies 

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

Monday, January 24, 2022 - 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

Tuesday, January 25,2022 - Spanish

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