Fifth Grade Classroom News St Croix Catholic School Unites with Families to Form Confident and Virtuous Leaders March 16th, 2017 Please contact us with any questions or concerns! srmagdalena@stccs.com or amccarty@stccs.com Upcoming Events Supplies March 17 - Stations of the Cross 9:15 Green and White Day March 19-27 - Spring Break March 30 - Celebrate Calm 9:30 Moms 6:30 Couples March 31 - Stations of the Cross 9:15 April 7 - Stations of the Cross 9:15 April 13 - Silhouette Stations of the Cross (SCCS gym) April 14 - Good Friday - No School April 17 - Easter Monday-No School April 25 - 5th Grade Wax Museum Social Hall 2:00 It’s that time of year! The time where students are missing pencils, paper, pens, etc. Please check with your child to see what supplies they need. Safety This week we studied personal safety ideas and topics for staying safe online and in a variety of situations. We Are Learning... Religion - About Mass and the Eucharist Language Arts - About adjectives Reading - How to understand a difficult theme through the eyes of a character enVision - How to find area, perimeter, and volume of geometric shapes Course 2 - How to find area, perimeter, and volume of geometric shapes Science - About the engineer design process and starting Project Lead the Way Social Studies - About early immigrants in Minnesota (Chapter 12) We had great conversations with lots of good insights. Students will be writing and bringing home a list of personal safety rules. Please look it over with them, discuss it, and sign it for your child to keep. Science Project Lead the Way Starts right after spring break. Students will need to bring a black or blue ballpoint pen for their engineering notebooks. We just finished our Circuit board games and they will be coming home after spring break. Over Spring Break, your child should choose their top four inventors that they would like to research for when we come back.