Herber Happenings
Mrs. Herber’s 5th Grade Classroom
Prayers to Memorize for 5th grade
Vol. 1 Issue 7
October 4, 2013
jherber@stjoehc.org
*The Seven Sacraments
*The Glorious Mysteries
*Apostles Creed
*Spontaneous Prayer
**As well as the prayers from previous years**
Please ask me if you need a new St. Joe prayer book
***Important Info***
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 Social chapter 3 test
Tues. 10/8/13
 Religion chapter 5 test
Wed. 10/9/13
 Reading quiz Wed.
10/9/13
 Language quiz Fri.
10/11/13
 Spelling test Fri.
10/11/13
 S.S. Projects due Fri.
10/11/13
Reading: This week we
continued the chapter book
Skylark. We read chapters
7-12 in class. Next week,
we’ll finish the book with
chapters 13-15.
Religion: We attended
Please be sure to check your child’s planner for nightly
homework.
Conner Prairie field trip is set for Thursday, Oct. 10th
from 8:00-4:30. Please pray for wonderful weather!
Social Studies projects are due October 11th. Students
may work alone or in a small group. Some class time will
be given to work on projects as well.
When you check your child’s homework at night,
(especially written assignments) PLEASE make sure they
have correct spellings/complete sentences. This is a
MUST by the 5th grade!  Thank you!
Upcoming Week
Test/Quiz
What we are learning:
Mass Tuesday and
Wednesday. We started
chapter 5 this week all about
the Sacrament of Baptism.
Math: We took our chapter
20 math test all about adding
and subtracting fractions.
We started chapter 12 in our
5th grade books about
multiplying and dividing
fractions as well.
Social Studies: Chapter
Specials Schedule
Mon: Gym 10:30-11:20
Tues: Computer 10:00-10:40
Wed: Music/Band 10:30-11:20
Thurs: Computer 8:30-9:05
Band 10:45-11:20
Fri: Art 7:55-8:25
Library 8:30-8:50
Spelling Words
This week’s words go along with the
chapter book we will be starting Skylark
by Patricia McLachlan.
different
scarce
neighbors
homesickness
anticipates
communication
stepmother
illness
nightmares
announce
clothesline
presence
meadow
notices
characters
3 was started which is our
last chapter of Unit 1. Our
Unit 1 Early Americans
projects are due Friday,
October 11th.
Science: Our chapter 3
test was on Wednesday and
we began chapter 4 about
Plants, too. We’re looking
forward to a seed
experiment next week!
Language: Singular, plural,
common, and proper nouns
were all discussed this week.
We took our quiz on Friday.
Next week, we’ll learn about
possessives and combining
more sentences.