News from Mrs. Early's fifth grade class
Donald Duck Dr.
Adventureland, NH 03060
November 2008
With the arrival of
November comes the time for report cards and parent-teacher
conferences. I look forward to seeing you at our conference on November
25th or 26th.
During the
month of November the fifth graders are the Infant Jesus School Penny
Pickers. They visit all the classrooms daily, collecting money for the
Nashua Pastoral Care Center. Please help out this worthwhile cause by
sending in your pennies and spare change.
We are
just starting to study about Baptism and Confirmation. When people
receive these sacraments, the Holy Spirit infuses them with the gift of
grace. The children will come to realize that this special gift from
God provides us with the strength and support we need to live our lives
as Jesus taught us.
My reading
group just started reading Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen.
The story is based on the reminiscences of a woman who traveled on the
Oregon Trail as a child.
In English
we are about to finish our unit on nouns. The children have become more
proficient in recognizing how nouns are used in sentences.
Working
with both whole numbers and decimals has been our focus in math. We
recently finished the chapter on multiplication, and we are beginning
division. Our accuracy in division depends on accuracy with both
multiplication and subtraction facts. Please continue to review them
with your child.
Our focus in social
studies is the earliest Americans. The children will be learning about
how the first Americans used natural resources to meet their needs, and
how geography influenced where ancient Indians settled and how they
lived. In the latter part of the month the students will be divided into
groups, each group focusing on one Native American cultural group. They
will create posters and a model to show what they have learned and get
organized to present their information to their classmates after
Thanksgiving break.
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