Fifth Grade, Ms. Sally Butzer
Ms. Sally Butzer
Years Experience:
Years at Holy Cross: 1
B.A. English Literature
M.A. Teaching
Welcome!
My name is Sally Butzer, and I am so excited to join the Holy Cross community as the new fifth-grade teacher. I grew up in North Portland and attended Catholic school through high school at St. Mary's Academy (Go Blues!). I graduated from Knox College with a degree in English Literature, then completed the PACE program at the University of Portland with my Master of Arts in Teaching. I taught fifth grade at St. Mary's School in Boise, ID, before moving home to Portland this May. In my free time, I like to run in the forest, drink coffee, hand quilt, and read!
Important Dates
Curriculum Highlights
Language Arts:
- Quoting text accurately when explaining what the text says, and when drawing inferences
- Critical Thinking, and integrating information from several texts on the same topic
- Persuasive Writing
- Comprehension and reading fluency
Math:
- Adding and subtracting fractions
- Multiplying and dividing fractions
- Finding the lowest common denominator
Religion
- SLE's
- Second Step
- God's Creation
- Sacraments
- Parts of Mass
- The Church's Message
- The Mystery of the Trinity
Science:
- Properties of Matter
- Ecosystems
- Water cycle and water on the Earth.
Social Studies:
- 13 Colonies
- American Revolution
- The US states
- Biztown
