The chapter 4 science test will be Tuesday, November 27th. Students have been learning about the Earth’s surface. The study guide will be sent home before break.
Subject: General
History Quiz on Thursday
We will be having a history quiz on Thursday. Students should review and study the answers to their homework questions as well as their study guides that they received today. They should also study their vocabulary lists. The quiz will cover chapters 7-9.
Mr. Weninger
Homework Club cancelled on Thursday, 11/15/18
Due to Parent/Teacher Conferences, Homework Club will be canceled on Thursday, November 15. Please sign up for Scholar Zone if after-school care is needed.
Submit completed registrations to Scholar Zone no later than Tuesday, November 13 at 5pm should you need after-school care that day. For questions regarding Scholar Zone, please contact Ms. Reinhardt.
Please contact Ms. Hernandez with any questions regarding HW Club or conferences.
Spelling Lesson 11
Lesson 11 – /e/ sound
- athlete
- proceed
- delete
- extreme
- repeated
- esteem
- reasonable
- revealed
- complete
- greasy
- achievement
- squeezed
- delivery
- trolley
- ecology
- nieces
- concealed
- guarantee
- believable
- succeeded
Conference signups
Fall conferences are nearly upon us and signup links have been sent out! Please note that you need to sign up using the link for every teacher with whom you would like to meet. As a reminder:
- history is taught by Mr. Weninger (https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0A4AACA728A13-20181910),
- language arts is taught by Ms. Buri (https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0A4AACA728A13-2018198),
- science is taught by Mr. Kimble (https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0A4AACA728A13-2018195), and
- math is taught by Mr. Weninger, Ms. Buri, Mr. Kimble, and Mrs. Ruday (https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0A4AACA728A13-20181919).
All other subjects are taught by your child’s homeroom teacher. Please use this information to determine which conferences you would like to schedule.
We look forward to meeting with you all!
Spelling Lesson 10
Lesson 10 – ear, are, air
- searching
- appeared
- millionaire
- silverware
- compared
- stairway
- earthenware
- carefully
- barely
- squares
- gears
- earning
- unfairly
- unaware
- earrings
- earnest
- research
- despair
- questionnaire
- rehearsal
Ch.3 Science Test Study Guide
Chapter 3 Test Study Guide
Monday, November 5th
Vocabulary (matching)—atmosphere, biosphere, climate, condensation, evaporation, geosphere, groundwater, hydrosphere, mineral, precipitation, rock, rock cycle, transpiration, weather, uplift
Four systems of Earth—biosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere—be able to define and describe each in detail—layers of atmosphere/geosphere and characteristics of each layer, how water is distributed in hydrosphere, interactions between systems (examples in notes and HW)
Types of rocks—igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic—how each forms and how the rock cycle can turn any one kind into another
Weather vs. climate—how are these two terms different
How water vapor enters the atmosphere—evaporation, transpiration, cellular respiration (what each is)
Changing states of water—liquid to gas (evaporation), gas to liquid (condensation)—energy ultimately comes from Sun
Lower School Food Drive
The Lower School will be running their annual food drive November 5-9. The food drive is put on by our Student Proxeny Officers: Alexander Hungs, Lila McNellis, Flannery Page, and Lea Tadmor. Please send non-perishable foods with your child to support this virtuous effort! It is a great way to showcase justice in this season of Thanksgiving. Parent volunteers are needed to help move food from classrooms and load vehicles headed for the food shelf on Friday, November 9th, from 1:30-3:00. Please contact Ms. Halvorson, Student Proxeny adviser, at jhalvorson@novaclassical.org if you are able to help.
FAREWELL!
Dear Fifth Grade Parents and Guardians,
Friday is my last day as the history teacher for the fifth grade. A full-time teacher can provide consistency for the students throughout the school day. Since I do not wish to work full-time, Mr. Weninger will take my place in his new full-time position.
It has been a true joy to share my love of this subject for over 12 years. My hope is that archaeologists, historians, and history educators will emerge from the ranks of these young scholars. However, my dream is that my students become parents who pass along the important lessons of history to their own children.
With my warmest wishes for their continued success,
Kathleen McLarn
Science Test – Monday, November 5th
The chapter 3 science test will be Monday, November 5th. Chapter 3 teaches about our planet Earth. Earth systems (atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere and biosphere) and interactions of the Earth systems (water cycle and rock cycle) are major concepts. I will send home a study guide on Thursday, November 1st.