St.

Pius X School
Mission Statement
The St. Pius Catholic School
Community strives to follow the
mission of Jesus as we
Study, Pray, and Serve.

Week of January 15, 2018

Mrs. Treusch’s Classroom Newsletter

Reminders:
Science (Mrs. Ballantyne):
* Take a look at our classroom website: We will begin our Animal Classification unit.
http://saintpius5thgrade.weebly.com
* SCRIP is due on Tuesday. Math (Mrs. Ballantyne):
* Bagel forms are due on Tuesday. Tentative Homework:
* Friday is the last day of the quarter. AR points are Tuesday: p. 203; 6-32
due! Make sure you take AR tests this week if you Wednesday: p. 206-207; 9-35 odd
need to! Thursday: p. 216-217; 10-39 odd
Friday: timed test/activity
IXL – D1, D13 for 20 minutes. Multiplication log due next
Monday!
Spelling/Vocabulary:
The spelling and vocabulary meaning tests Social Studies (Mrs. Ballantyne):
will be on Thursday, January 18th. Finish up Chapter 4: Spain Builds an Empire. Test scheduled
for Wednesday, January 17. Jeopardy game for review:
Students are expected to know the meanings of http://http//www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/usergam
each of the following words as well as how to es/Feb201305/game1359756151.php
spell each word:
English/Writing (Mrs. Treusch):
Brisk We will be continuing on our precept final drafts, which
Cherish will be published into softcover books for the Spring Fling.
Considerate
Displace Reading (Mrs. Treusch):
Downfall We are going to be continuing to read Esperanza Rising.
Estimate We will be reviewing for our first test, which will be over
Humiliate the Prologue, Chapter 1, and Chapter 2. Our test will be
Identical next week. AR points are due on Friday, the last day of the
Improper quarter.
Poll
Soothe
Vicinity
Religion (Mrs. Demerly):
Mass is on Thursday at 8:30 am. We will be participating in
the Mass on January 25th, so we will spend some time
NOTE: For each unit, your child will be required
practicing. We will start Chapter 8; Holy Eucharist.
to complete the Tic-Tac-Toe Vocabulary Activity
Boxes. They will receive this at the beginning of
each unit. This assignment is always due the day
of the test!