GRADE 5--SUPPLY LIST

2010-2011

1          Roll of contact paper to keep at home

1          One inch Plastic Binder (for Agenda)

1          Hand-held pencil sharpener with receptacle

1          Accordion Folder w pockets for each subject

2          Packages Loose-leaf Paper (200 sheets)

2          Bic Pens–2 pkg. Medium Point-Red

10        Hardcover Composition Book

8          #2 Wooden Pencils (#2 lead)

1          12 inch Plastic Ruler

1 pkg.  Crayola Crayons (16 count)

1 pkg.  Colored Markers

1          School Box (cigar type) for art supplies

1          School Scissors–pointed

2          Large Boxes Kleenex

2          Glue Sticks

4          Highlighters (Yellow)

8          Erasable Ball point pens (Blue or black ink)

1 pkg.  Multi-colored construction paper

1          Storage Tub (3 Gallon, 12 qt Or 16"x11 "x6") with cover (to fit under desk)

2 pkg.  3 x 5 note cards

1          Pencil case (for pencils, pens, and highlighters

1          Box of pencil colors

1          Agenda to be purchased at uniform sale on July 27 or on the first day of school

 

Please note* Art boxes may not be brought home.  Additional supplies should be purchased for home use.

 

Please purchase extra supplies while they are on sale to replenish your child’s supplies as they run out.

 

Dear Parents,

 

As educators we have become increasingly aware over recent years of the necessity of promoting a balance between the time children spend watching the visual media (movies, television, videos, video games) and reading. With such a large and varied array of new and exciting gadgets and activities, it is no wonder why children choose to spend less and

less time with books.

 

One of the goals of the curriculum at St. Anthony School is to foster a love of reading. We are convinced that the majority of our children in grades 3,4,5,6,7 and 8 seldom read

unless there is an assignment, and quite often not even then. Time after time, however, we have witnessed children reluctantly begin to read a book for a book report, become "hooked", and really enjoy finishing the book.

 

We may very well wonder, then, why children do not develop a habit of reading for fun. We believe that the competition for a child's leisure time among the elements of the passive visual media has made reading as a pastime an event of times past.

 

Therefore, in an effort to promote the concept of reading for pleasure among our students, St. Anthony School has established a summer reading program.

 

Students must read two books from Accelerated reading list. No book may be more than 2 grades below the student’s grade in school.  Example: A student entering Grade 6 cannot read a book below level4; s seventh grader below level 5; an 8th grader below level 6.

 

The website for summer reading is www.arbookfind.com. You will find titles of books on this site that your child will be able to read.