Week of January 28th, 2013

Hello students and families,

Welcome to Catholic Schools Week! This is an exciting time where we celebrate the privilege of attending a Catholic School!

Some exciting activities for the week are:
+ Wednesday: Pajama Day (No Slippers)
+ Thursday: Class Colors (Don't forget to wear jeans and bring your $10)
+ Thursday: Pep Rally at 1:00PM in the gym
+ Friday: Whole School Mass (Wear your uniform!)
+ Remember to turn in your essay for the essay contest by Wednesday afternoon to have a chance at winning $50 to Target!


 + Also remember to bring in your field trip slip for the field trip to the Walt Disney Concert Hall on Tuesday, February 5th. Thank you to all of the parents who volunteered to join us.

+ A special congratulations to all of fifth graders for competing in the school wide Spelling Bee! A special congratulations to our 1st place winner Maria Herrera, our 2nd place winner Kamyron Westby, and our 3rd place winner Leslie Lovos!

+ Remember to continue researching your planets for the in class planet research project we'll be doing. Here are some useful websites:
http://www.planetsforkids.org/
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/planets.html

Have a great week!

-Ms. J

Week of January 7th, 2013

Welcome back to school, students!

Welcome to 2013! This will be a year full of learning, adventures, and growth!

+Remember that this Friday is noon dismissal, so please have your parents pick you up on time.

Our school Spelling Bee on on Thursday, January 24th. Please practice spelling both the fifth and sixth grade words which are posted below.

Happy New Year! :-)

Fifth Grade Spelling Bee Words

St. Raphael School

1.    liberty 2.    inquiry 3.    architecture 4.    revolution 5.    protagonist 6.    colonies 7.    villain 8.    amateur 9.    abstain 10.                  discourage 11.                  intolerable 12.                  peristalsis 13.                  conscience 14.                  influential 15.                  dreary 16.                  loiter 17.                  amateur 18.                  massacre 19.                  trachea 20.                  consecutively 21.                  precipitation 22.                  parliament 23.                  aqueduct 24.                  circulatory 25.                  approximate

26.                  apprentice 27.                  address 28.                  sensitive 29.                  dolphin 30.                  district 31.                  mischief 32.                  awkward 33.                  scholar 34.                  conquer 35.                  dreadful 36.                  settlement 37.                  retrieve 38.                  obeying 39.                  advertisement 40.                  rehearsing 41.                  marvelous 42.                  photosynthesis 43.                  propaganda 44.                  atmosphere 45.                  molecule 46.                  senseless 47.                  loveliest 48.                  suspiciously 49.                  separatist 50.                  proprietor

Sixth Grade Spelling Bee Words

1.  horizon 2.  captivated 3.  isolation 4.  prosperous 5.  complexity 6.  assumption 7.  corridor 8.  particular 9.  purification 10.                satire 11.                disposition 12.                proposition 13.                intimidated 14.                receptacle 15.                utterable 16.                reign 17.                experiment 18.                recipient 19.                compress 20.                diverge 21.                virtually 22.                entangled 23.                cultivation 24.                intrinsic 25.                covetous

26.                discrepancy 27.                subsistence 28.                satisfactory 29.                obliterate 30.                transcription 31.                convention 32.                ambitious 33.                magnificent 34.                transatlantic 35.                vaporize 36.                chastise 37.                reactionary 38.                monumental 39.                authoritative 40.                provincial 41.                incoherently 42.                planetarium 43.                innovator 44.                arbitrary 45.                flirtatious 46.                commodity 47.                societal 48.                intuitive 49.                relentlessly 50.                implicit

Week of December 17th, 2012

Hello students and family,

Here are some announcements for the week:

• There will be NO tutoring today after school
• All students are signed up for one item to bring to Friday's class Christmas party and must also turn in $5 to go towards pizza
• Friday is a short day with noon dismissal

Mathematics
In math we are working on prime & composite numbers as well as prime factorization. We will be taking our Topic 9 Test this Thursday. Please review the videos below for practice:
Prime Number Activity
Composite Numbers Activity
Finding factors of a number
Prime Factorization
Prime Factorization Activity


Enjoy some of the pictures below from our Christmas Program:

Week of December 10, 2012

Dear Parents,

The students are going to be performing songs with an Egyptian theme. The following students have specific parts in the performance that require specific costumes.

 

Kamyron Westby, Jaden Sutherland, Angel Sanchez: The Three Wise Men

Haccel Martinez & Scarlet Najera: The King & Queen

Briana: Angel Gabriel

Gerson Portillo, D’Anthony Ward, and David Garcia: Guards

Ianna McClellan & Erik Juarez: Mary and Joseph

Douglas Perez: Court Jester

Angel Martinez: Court Juggler

Every other student is expected to be dressed in either a Roman Toga or as a shepherd, similar to the students’ costumes in last year’s Christmas program. If your child does not have a specific part, or is not a specific character in the program, their costume should look something like this:

  

Estimados padres de familia,

Los estudiantes se van a interpretar canciones con un tema egipcio. Los siguientes estudiantes tienen partes específicas en el desempeño que requieren trajes específicos.

Kamyron Westby, Jaden Sutherland, Angel Sanchez: Los Reyes Magos
Haccel Najera Martinez & Scarlet: El Rey y Reyna
Gerson Portillo, D'Anthony Ward, y David García: Guardias
Ianna McClellan y Erik Juarez:  María y José
Douglas Pérez: Bufón de la Corte
Angel Martinez: Malabaristo

Todos los otros estudiantes se espera que esté bien vestido con una toga romana o como un pastor, similar a los trajes de los estudiantes en el programa de Navidad del año pasado. Si su hijo no tiene una parte específica, o no es un carácter específico en el programa, su traje debería ser algo como los que estan arriba.

Week of November 19th, 2012

Hello students and parents,

I hope you had a restful weekend. We are embarking and short, but fun, week! Here are some reminders:

• We are still having our canned food drive so please continue to bring in canned goods!
• This Tuesday and Wednesday there will be no after school tutoring.
• Wednesday is a whole school mass for Thanksgiving.
• Wednesday is a short day with early dismissal at noon.

Mathematics
In math, we are studying dividing decimals. Review the following videos for extra instruction/practice:

1. http://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/decimals/v/dividing-decimals-2-1
2. http://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/decimals/v/dividing-decimals
3. http://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/decimals/e/dividing_decimals

Science
We are learning about the Water Cycle. Here is a link to the song we listened to in class: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Yi4dAzHsc

Social Studies

We have just finished learning about the Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock--just in time for Thanksgiving! Enjoy reading up on more information about them and share what you've learned with your family over your Thanksgiving meal:

1. http://www.plimoth.org/learn/just-kids/homework-help/who-were-pilgrims
2. http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/History/family.php
3. http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/

Have a beautiful holiday! Happy Thanksgiving!

Week of November 5th, 2012

Hello students and families,

Here is a photograph from our Halloween carnival of all your great costumes!

  

Here are some important announcements for this week:

• This Friday is our A and B Honors/Math Medals Assembly following the 8 AM whole school mass. Tell your families to join us!
• Next Monday, November 12th, there is NO school due to celebrating Veteran's Day.
• Tomorrow, November 6th, is ELECTION DAY--remind your family members who are registered voters to go vote for our next president!
• We are now starting our canned food drive. Start bringing in extra canned foods to donate to those in need.  

Computer Lab Assignment 11/6

Even though you can't register to vote until you're 18, it's important that you know who your candidates for president are and what they both believe.

Here's your assignment: 
Research the two candidates for President, Mitt Romney & Barack Obama, and in the form at the bottom of the blog write who you would vote for and five reasons why you would vote for them and five reasons why you wouldn't vote for the other candidate. Below are some links to websites with information for kids about the candidates and the election. Read through information about BOTH candidates and take notes as you are reading.

What do both candidates think about these important issues?
Meet Barack Obama
Meet Mitt Romney
Meet the Candidates
Video: How do the elections work?
Meet the Candidates Part II

 

Who will win?

Week of October 29th, 2012

Hi students and families,

We have a short, fun week ahead of us! Here are some announcements:

• The costume parade is tomorrow at 8:15AM
• The Halloween carnival is from 12:30PM-3:30PM
• Please make sure to bring $5 and a bag of candy by tomorrow
• Thursday is parent/teacher conferences--make sure you schedule a time with Mrs. Coba in the office!
• There is NO SCHOOL for students on Friday so have a wonderful, long weekend!

Mathematics
In Math, we are working on multiplying decimals by whole numbers and multiplying decimals with decimals. Review the video below for extra help/practice:
Multiplying Decimals

For Ex: 4.53 X 100 = 453.0 or 6.25 X 10 = 62.5

Social Studies
In Social Studies, we are studying the voyage of John Smith and the establishment of the Jamestown colony, one of the first successful colonies in the new land. Here are some fun websites to teach you more about Jamestown:
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/jamestown.htm 
http://www.historyisfun.org/jamestown-settlement.htm 
Jamestown Adventure 

Let's have a great week!

Oh, and have a HAPPY AND SAFE HALLOWEEN!!!!!