Hello SJBS community! My name is Chloe Van Syckel, and I am the fifth grade teacher here at St. John the Baptist Catholic School. I am so excited to be part of this vibrant community that you all have built. I can't wait to get to know and love each of your children, and I am incredibly blessed to have been called to walk with your children in their faith journey. This year as a class, we will explore the wonders of fractions, dive into a myriad of amazing novels, and learn all about the movements of the mass and about each blessed sacrament. I am most elated, though, to foster meaningful community within our fifth grade class.

Curriculum Resources & Apps

• Math
  • Go Math
  • Adaptive programs: ALEKS
• Science
  • Mystery Science
  • Mobymax Science
  • Generation Genius
  • STEM Lab
• Social Studies
  • Harcourt School Publishers-Reflections: The United States: Making a New Nation
• Religion
  • Finding God - Loyola Press
• English Language Arts and Literature
  • Houghton Mifflin-Journeys
  • Novel Studies:  Wonder, Inside Out and Back Again, The Watsons Go to Birmingham, Esperanza Rising
  • Adaptive program: Lexia
• Writing
  • Lucy Calkins Units of Study
    • narrative
    • informative/explanatory
    • opinion/argumentative
    • research based