The Month of December

Field Trip

 

We went to The Media Theater to see "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat" with our Third Grade Prayer Partners.

 

The girls loved the show.

 

Some thoughts....."I liked how they told a Bible Story in a Musical way."

" It was fun seeing a Bible Story come to life"

"It was an interesting play with a lot of Music."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHRISTMAS BAZAAR: A Victorian Christmas

 

We celebrated Christmas... Villa style with the annual Christmas Bazaar where we bought gifts for family and friends, had pictures taken with Santa and told him what we wanted for Christmas, and entered raffle tickets to win big prizes.

We brought gifts for the less fortunate and put them under the Giving Tree.

A good time was had by all.

 

 

D.A.R.E. GRADUATION

 

On Friday, December 13th, the Fifth Grade celebrated the completion of the D.A.R.E. program. The program included  DARE Prayers, DARE essays and Awarding of Certificates.

The fifth grade gave a tribute to the DARE Officer for her 13 years of service to the girls at VMA. They sang a song, "It Starts with Me", to conclude the program.

The DARE Officer had a special surprise for the graduates......"Darin" the DARE mascot for everybody.

The girls celebrated with refreshments in the cafeteria.

 

 

 

 

Week of November 4th

A Baptism Celebration

 

On Monday, the fifth grade girls brought in dolls from home dressed in their BEST (some even in their own Christening gowns). We went to the VMA oratory, chose Godparents, and names, and used Holy Water to "Baptize" each of the Babies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A VISIT TO THE IHM MOTHERHOUSE

 

Today the Fifth Grade Girls went over to the IHM Motherhouse to entertain the Sisters at lunchtime. On Sunday 11/10....The Sisters will celebrate "Founders Day" which honors the 168 years of the Founding of the"Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary".  The Sisters were thrilled with their wonderful performance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FALL SPORTS AWARDS CEREMONY

 

On Thursday, our Athletic Director recognized the Girls who participated in the Fall Sports......Volleyball & Field Hockey. The Athletes received a pin for their participation & sportsmanship.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of October 14th

SOCIAL STUDIES

 

In Social Studies this week, we learned about the Natural Resources of the United States. Natural Resources are materials supplied by nature.....for example: minerals, forests & water power.

 

"The Grand Coulee Dam in the state of Washington produces more hydroelectricity than any other dam in the U.S."

 

 

5TH GRADE SERVICE PROJECT

 

 

The Fifth Grade is collecting Halloween Treats for the St. John's Hospice Center to share with the people that come to the Shelter and serve as a dessert for the holidays.

"We can make a difference for the people during the holidays.....and it is easy to do....and it will make people happy."

 

 

 

Week of October 7th

In Language Arts this week, we worked on a compare and contrast essay. We found similarities and differences between characters from our summer reading books and ourselves.

One student said, "It was fun....it helped me understand the character traits better".

Another, "It was interesting learning things that are alike and different from a fictional character".

 

 

 

 

Also in Language Arts, we wrote Hinky Pinkies. These are fun word riddles that we illustrated. We showed our creativity with rhyming and matching it up with pictures.

"They were fun to make and fun to guess our classmates' riddles."

"Making our own was crazy and silly."

 

 

Week of October 1st

In D.A.R.E. this week, we got our T-shirts. A few weeks ago, we voted on 3 choices that the DARE Officer brought to the classroom. This picture is the winning shirt. The lesson this week was about the harmful effects of tobacco and marijuana.
Reaction: "We love our DARE T-shirts and like wearing them around school for everyone to see"

The Book Fair was held this week in the library......the Theme was...UP UP and AWAY with a GOOD BOOK. There was a poster contest and a Spirit...Villa Wear...Dress-Down Day. The girls' reactions to the Book Fair: "There was alot of interesting books"....Weird but True was a big
 hit as well as Spirit Animals. It ends tonight with Family Bingo in the Gym.

OUR FIRST POST ON THE FIFTH GRADE BLOG.......Week of September 23rd

The Prayer Partner Service

 

 





The Fifth Grade, for the first time, got to select their own "prayer partner". We are partners with the Third Grade. We had a chance to meet with our partners and get to know a little bit about them on Friday.

 

 

 

 

 

The Fifth Grade Learned What "State" They Will Be Researching This Year!

 

Everyone chose 3 states that they would want to learn more about. They  were assigned their state by the "reason" they chose it. We are excited to begin our journey across the USA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We elected our very first Student Council Representative!

 

The Fifth Grade, 5A & 5B, elected a representative for the Student Council based on Leadership, Responsibility and Kindness. After a discussion during Morning Meeting, we thought about it and voted.

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