Welcome to Fifth Grade!
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Curriculum...
Dear Parents and Students,
Being the oldest students in the main building means that we have several special responsibilities. Our excellent behavior sets the example for all the younger students in grades Kindergarten through fourth. We are buddies with the 1st graders. We take turns helping them learn to play games at recess. We sit with them at Masses and assemblies to help them learn how to be excellent Cabrini students.
Because I truly appreciate having a partnership relationship with parents, I often communicate with parents. Parents are kept well informed about their son/daughter’s progress.
- Newsletters are sent home monthly telling about what’s going on in 5th grade and what’s coming up.
- Student work is sent home weekly in Friday folders. Parents review the work and can contact me with questions and concerns.
- Report cards are sent home at the end of each trimester, and progress reports go home every 6 weeks.
- Conferences are scheduled twice per year – in fall and again in spring.
- I have voice mail and can be contacted at 253-584-3850-voice mail box #339. Voice mail is checked daily.
5th grade is a year when children change a great deal. Here are some of the common characteristics you might see in your 5th grader:
CHARACTERISTICS OF 5TH GRADERS
(Used with permission of The Department of Education Green Bay Diocese, WI)
 PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS:
- Sex differences are pronounced
- Girls especially are approaching puberty
- There is a great variation of maturity physically, emotionally, intellectually, and socially
SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS of 5th GRADERS
- Peer group is becoming more important
- Becoming more aware of individuality of others and himself/herself
- Receptive to social information
- Has a fairly critical sense of justice and can make comparative judgments
- Create talents are visible – wants to be an individual
MORAL CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS of 5th GRADERS
- Marked maturation in moral development
- Beginning to realize that intention is important in deciding whether an action is good or bad
INTELLECTUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS of 5th GRADERS
- Has intense curiosity, thirst for knowledge, and desire to organize facts they collect
- Power of reasoning is fast developing
FAITH CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS of 5th GRADERS
- Because a 5th grader is beginning to be conscious of others, they can begin to better understand others, Jesus and sin
- Concern for others is beginning to develop – will not demonstrate it consistently and openly
SPECIAL ACTIVITIES IN 5TH GRADE
- Fifth graders attend Olympia Junior Program plays each year.
- We attend a spring symphony concert in Tacoma
- We are buddies with our first grade class at Cabrini
- We are trained to be Altar Servers
- We take part in All-school Masses
- We attend Mass each Wednesday morning at 9:00A.M.
- We enjoy READ-INS! We bring sleeping bags and pillow and our favorite reading material and read away the afternoon several times per year.
- Our service project is to support a variety of charities. To do this we sponsor bake sales to raise money. This past year we used the money earned to shop for needed items for Guadalupe House and Operation Keep ‘em Warm and Fed, as well as sponsoring a “sponsor brother” in India through Children International.
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