Fifth Grade
Fifth grade strives to teach children how to learn. The emphasis of classroom activities, projects, and instruction is structured to teach critical thinking skills. Fifth grade promotes in students mastery of core knowledge that is essential to their competence as learners in later grades.
The daily schedule includes classes in religion, reading, math, language arts, social studies, science, physical education, art, and computers. Each day classes begin at 8:25 and end at 3:15. The students attend Mass the first Friday of each month.
Ms. Carla Ritzman
Latest Blog Entry: 2010-08-25
Wow-summer sure went by fast! I am so excited to begin a new year with so many wonderful opportunities. We will experience so many new concepts and fun ways to interpret them. Obviously, states and capitals are a big deal in our grade and I have so many wonderful hands-on learning experiences. We will continue to review our math facts, learn long division, and spend time reviewing the seven sacraments. We have a brand new smart board and will use it a great deal. Many fun field trips will be experienced as we journey through the year.
During the meet and greet tomorrow night, I will have a classroom newsletter for each of the families to take home. I apologize that it is a little long but it is a great resource that you can look back on during the year. It explains all my policies and procedures. However, please feel free to contact me at any time with questions or concerns. Communication is very important to me and definitely leads to a successful year.
Please remember and remind all students that they need an assignment notebook everyday in class. This will be looked at by both myself and a parent each night. A parent will be able to clearly see what homework is assigned every night. I will be checking on a daily basis to see if it was signed by an adult at hiome. It is also a wonderful communication tool because we can write notes back and forth as needed.
Please stop in whenever you feel the need because my door is always open. We are going to have such a great year!
Carla Ritzman