Caroling Trip
The month of December has been very busy for 5th grade. We have been rehearsing for the Christmas celebration, and we have also been rehearsing for our caroling trip. This trip was a great success. The fifth graders practice Christmas carols and we sang at two separate places. I can say that we brought Christmas joy to those that heard our students. The students showed their joy and served the community by spreading their joy and ministering by singing carols that mentioned the Joy that we celebrate because of the Christ child’s birth. It was touching to see how the people were blessed. We went out to bless them and in return they blessed us with gifts for each student and even with a donation to our fund for our graduation trip in June. We had fun and thanked the Lord for his blessings.
Mrs. Ruiz
Thankfulness
In bible we have talked about obedience as we learned about Moses and the Judges of Israel. We also took time to thank the Lord for his blessings and celebrated with a Thanksgiving Feast in our classroom. We also enjoyed the harvest fair.
Mrs. Ruiz
Ancient Civilizations
In Social Studies we have focused on ancient civilizations such as the Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas. As a final project the students created booklets about one civilization of their choice. They did an amazing job!
Mrs. Ruiz
Periodic Table
For the month of November students continued their unit on chemistry and have become experts on reading the periodic table. It is amazing to see their enthusiasm.
Mrs. Ruiz
Memoirs
For writer’s workshop students worked on a Memoir piece and again celebrated with a successful publishing party were they shared their pieces. We held our second bake sale in which we also achieved great success, thanks to all of you who have supported us.
Mrs. Ruiz
Math Strategies
In mathematics we learned new strategies for multiplication such as the area model and partial products strategy.
Mrs. Ruiz
Exploration
In Social Studies we learned about explorers and the reasons for exploration.
Mrs. Ruiz
Chemistry
In October students learned about Chemistry in science class. They enjoyed this hands-on unit and experimenting with chemicals and observing reactions. We also enjoyed the lab in which we constructed molecules with marshmallows.
Mrs. Ruiz
Publishing Party
In writing they have worked on a personal narrative piece for the entire month and celebrated their accomplishment with a publishing party. We also held our 1st bake sale to raise funds for our end of year trip and graduation expenses. It was a great success.
Mrs. Ruiz
HABIT
Our bible time has been of great blessing because our students memorize scripture and they are trying to form the bible reading H.A.B.I.T!
Mrs. Ruiz