Ms. Masserant's 5th Grade

Our Mission: Monroe Catholic Elementary Schools is a Christ centered, Catholic learning community committed to the academic excellence and spiritual development of every student. 
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Reminders:​​

  • Students may start wearing uniform shorts if they wish.
  • If you have dead, dried up markers, please give them to your child to recycle. We are recycling any marker that is no good anymore. Doesn't matter the brand. The markers are recycled into fuel! 
  • ​My Class Code for Scholastic is: T6XK6 ​



Dear Families,

   Just some reminders/refreshers: please make sure your child brings in a lunch with appropriate utensils; a snack; and a water bottle. Please make sure they wear a coat and bring a hat and gloves. We go outside as long as it's above 20 degrees. Please make sure they have a mask and a few back ups! Every student should be filling out their planner every day and getting it initialed every day. Lastly, many students took all their stuff home when we went online and forgot to bring back crayons, markers, and such. Please make sure they have all their supplies back in their desk. 
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 Starting 3rd Quarter and beyond, there will be no exceptions for late work. According to the school's late policy, if an assignment or project is one day late, I will take off 20%. If it's two days late, I will take off 30%. If it's three days late, I will take off 40%. Anything after three days will be a 0. If they just forgot to put their name on their paper and it's on the no name board, they will receive the grade they got, but will lose an effort point. Of course if they are absent, they have however many days they were absent to make up their absent work. So if they were absent 3 days, they have 3 school days to make up their work and to turn it in. If it's after those three days and they still didn't turn it in then the late policy will kick in. 

On Tuesday, I will be introducing the class to IXL which is a math and reading online supplement. Each student will be given a username and password. They will spend some time in class on the program, but can also be utilized at home as a great resource to enhance their math and reading skills. 
 
Please make sure students have a water bottle. They will not be able to go to the drinking fountain to get a drink. Drinking fountains will only be used to refill water bottles. If they have a coaster they want to bring in, they may. They will get one snack in the afternoon during Science. The snack needs to be healthy and needs no silverware. It can't contain nuts either because we have a student who is allergic to tree nuts. No candy or cookies either. 

The only extra credit that I will offer is: students are receiving a free book from a sponsor every month. They must read the book and write at least a 1 page summary of the book. This includes what happened at the beginning, middle, and end. It can be handwritten or typed. They can choose what subject they want the extra credit to go to. They must write on the paper what they want the extra credit to go to before turning it in. 
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Important Note: If you're child ever needs to stay after school to ask questions or get help with work, I am here to help them. My goal is to leave school at 3:45. As long as I don't have a meeting or have to leave for anything else, they can stay after any day.  
 
Thank you for your continued support and patience. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at masserant@monroecatholicschools.com.

Have a Blessed Week!

Miss Masserant
Week of April 12th. - 16th
Monday - Gym
Tuesday - Band
Wednesday - Gym/Mass at Church
Thursday - Band
Friday - Band

ELA

 Read Aloud: We will be reading Rules by Cynthia Lord. The students will receive a comprehension packet that they will work on as we read the book. 

Reading: They should be reading 20 minutes every day.



Grammar:  We will be starting Unit 4 which is on Verbs. On Tuesday, we will be doing 4.1 Action and Being Verbs. On Thursday, we will be doing 4.2 Verb Phrases. 
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Writing: Students will  be writing in their journals this week. They will have a writing prompt every morning. I will collect journals on Fridays. Journals are worth 10pts. The rubric is inside their journal. 

On Monday, the 12th, we will be starting our Spring Poetry Unit. We will be learning about 12 different styles of poems. I will be giving students a poetry folder that will contain all necessary materials. Students will have time in class to work on their poems. If they don't finish in class or are absent, then it will be up to them to work on the poem in their own time. The final draft of the poetry book is due Wednesday, May 12th. 
 

​Important notice about English Tests: Students will not receive a study guide for English tests. To study, they need to review their notes; they can practice any of the exercises that are in the lessons; review the end of the unit review problems from the book (they have the answers in their ELA notebook); worksheets they did for homework; and/or use the online review games. To use the online review game, go to www.voyagesinenglish.com. Once you are there go to parent and student resources and then select grade 5. Students then click the correct unit that they will be tested on. We will also play the review game in class, so they will be familiar on how to navigate the website. Students will be able to use the notes that we take and that they write in their ELA notebook during the English Tests. 
Spelling/Vocabulary Words 
Week 9 Packet is due Friday, the 23rd
Week 9 Test is Friday, the 23rd

1. baby-sit
2. first aid
3. flashlight
4. high school
5. goalkeeper
6. all right
7. airmail
8. one-way
9. bodyguard
10. something
11. good-bye 
12. birthday
13. outside
14. everybody
15. everyone
16. anything
17. themselves
18. himself

Bonus Words:
1. forfeit
2. wheelbarrow

Sentences: 
1. In high school everybody learned something about first aid. 
​2. Is it all right to send everyone's birthday cards by airmail?

Religion

On Monday, we are going to look at the second classroom retreat in our book which focuses on Liturgy and Sacraments. On Tuesday, we will be starting Ch. 15 which is on the Sacrament of Reconciliation. On Wednesday, we will be going to Church for Mass. 
​ For extra study practice, your child can go to religion.sadlierconnect.com. Click on the purple box (Sadlier Religion Resources), scroll towards the bottom and select We Believe Project Disciple K-6. From there, click on the We Believe, Grade 5. Once you click that, there are study guide options and games and study aids for each chapter of each unit. 

Social Studies

Please see Mrs. Berns Website for more information. 

Science

 On Monday, we are going to do the review for Unit 3 Lesson 1. On Tuesday, the students will be taking the quiz for Unit 3 Lesson 1. On Thursday, we will be starting Unit 3 Lesson 3. 
Reminder: Students can do corrections on any assignment, test or quiz. They can turn it back in when corrections are done. They must have two or more wrong to do corrections. 

Math

On Monday, we will be starting Ch. 8 which is on Decimals. We will be looking at 8.1 Decimal Sense. On Tuesday, we will be looking at 8.2 Decimals and Place Value. On Wednesday, we will be looking at 8.3 Add Decimals. On Thursday, we will be looking at 8.5 Add More Decimals. On Friday, students will be completing 5 review problems, then working on IXL. 

Multiplication Timed Tests will be every Tuesday.  It will be how many they can get right out of 100 in 2:00 minutes. These timed tests will not be a grade but I will grade them each week and record it in a spreadsheet to see how they are doing week to week.  I want the students to practice their multiplication flash cards for 5 minutes every night. This will help them to start memorizing their multiplication facts by memory. If you don't have flash cards, the students can make flash cards.