Eiteljorg Visit

We have been studying the Native American tribes in the United States.
The 5th graders worked in partners to create a specific house made by certain Native American tribes.
We then took a trip to the Eiteljorg Museum to learn even more about the culture, resources, and attire of Native Americans living in each region.




Thank you to Mrs. Johnson for helping us with our project in the classroom and to Mrs. Keenan for going to the Eiteljorg with us!

Family Math Night at SJA

MaTh Is FuN!
Please join us on Wednesday, November 11th for Family Math Night.
This event is put on by Marian College and FSF.
Dinner is at 5:30, followed by Math activities from 6:30-7:30.

This is a great opportunity to be involved in Math with your child (outside of homework).
Additionally, any students from the 5th grade that attend will receive 3 extra credit points in Math.
RSVP forms will be sent home this week... please return them by November 6th!
Thank you!

Newsletter

**STUDENT CONFERENCES**
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Students are to be present as well!
1:00 dismissal Tuesday and Wednesday

Math:
●• Ch. 3 Test scheduled for Wednesday, 28th. Study guide was distributed today!
●• We began Math Pentathlon today. We will play these games every Friday. Contig 60 is our focus for 4 weeks now.

Reading:
●• We finished Bud, Not Buddy today!
A culminating project will be assigned Monday, and we will test over the novel when we return from fall break.

Religion:
●• Remember to be practicing the Hail Mary. This week we prayed the rosary as a school and took a short quiz over the rosary.

Vocab/Spelling:
●• None next week due to short week.

English:
●• Writing- We will begin our expository pieces on Monday. Students will write an informational piece and then present/demonstrate the “how to” guide to the class.
●• Grammar- Identifying direct and indirect objects

Social Studies:
●• We are learning about the Native Americans in all areas of the United States.
We began building our Native American shelter models. We will finish on Monday!

Science:
●• Moving on to Ch. 5: Interactions of Living Things

Miscellaneous…
●• Day of the Dead activities at Indiana State Museum Friday Oct. 30th – if you are interested please call or email Janet Panoch (Leo’s mom)
Only $1 for children and $5 for adult if you sign up with her group!

SCRABBLE CLUB! If your child is interested, please contact Janet Panoch (Leo’s mom) at panoch@msn.com or 748-8462
-Practices will be once a week and students will take part in a competition in the Spring!

●• $ 1 HAT DAY Wednesday Oct. 28th
Money donated to Humane Society

Day of the Dead at the Indiana State Museum

Cost is $1/child and $5/adults, and they'll get to do all the Day of the Dead activities (tin art, tissue paper flowers, sugar skull decoration, tie dye flags, altars, etc) plus get admission to the museum for free.

Parents need to call or email Janet Panoch (Leo's mother) 748.8462 or panoch@msn.com to get added to the group list.
Our group is scheduled for noon but she reserved the lunch room for 11:30 if anyone wants to eat first.


Día de los Muertos / Day of the Dead Celebration
Friday, Oct. 30; 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis
The Days of the Dead (Oct. 31 and Nov. 1) are a traditional Mexican holiday with ancient ties to the Aztecs. Students will learn about this colorful celebration of the roll of death in life though demonstrations and hands-on activities.
Meets select Indiana Academic Standards in Social Studies and Visual Arts

Money Bus Photos

Weekly Newsletter

Money Bus pictures will be added this weekend!


5th Grade Times
October 16, 2009

THANK YOU MONEY BUS VOLUNTEERS!
Be sure to ask your child about their Money Bus experience. They received booklets with activities to work on at home.
Great life skills for financial literacy!

Math:
●• More work with long division, factors and divisibility rules, prime and composite numbers, and interpreting remainders
●• Ch. 3 Test scheduled for Wednesday, 28th. Study guide will be distributed next Friday.

Reading:
●• We will finish the novel next week! Then we will have a test over the novel and a culminating project.

ONLY 7 MORE DAYS TO REACH YOUR AR GOAL!

Religion:
●• Remember to be practicing the Hail Mary. This week we learned about the Rosary.
Next week we will discuss the scripture story- Calming of the Sea.

Vocab/Spelling:
●• Unit 7

English:
●• Writing- We will begin our expository pieces on Monday. Students will write an informational piece and then present/demonstrate the “how to” guide to the class.
●• Grammar- Next week we will move on to identifying subjects and direct objects

Social Studies:
●• We are learning about the Native Americans in all areas of the United States.
Next week, students will work in partners and be assigned an Indian tribe. They will build a model of the shelter the people lived in and type up a description about the people’s way of life.
●• States and Capitals Quiz next Thursday!

Science:
●• Interactions of Living Things

Miscellaneous…
●• SCRABBLE CLUB! If your child is interested, please contact Ms. Panoch at panoch@msn.com or 748-8462
- Practices will be once a week and students will take part in a competition in the Spring!



Mrs. Yohe
I can be reached at: kyohe@sjoa.org

56 Football

The SJA 5th and 6th grade boys play on the St. Thomas football team.

I enjoyed watching their victory over St. Susanna on October 4th!
They had an exciting win this week against Holy Spirit in overtime! Way to go boys!