Monday, April 22, 2024 Homework

Tomorrow is yellow and blue dress down as we collect money to support Alex's Lemonade Stand. We are supporting a young girl named, Kyra Smith, with cancer. Please donate as much as you can. Thank you!
 
Please send in your free vote every 24hrs for me if you can...I'd greatly appreciate it. I am so humbled to have made it so far already. It started two months ago with tens of thousands of contestants and now I'm in the top 5. It's amazing.
 
 
Math - None (Today we continued working in our text books on capacity weights for liquids. Please note that 4 quarts = 1 Gallon, 8 pints = 1 Gallon, 2 pints = 1 quart, 4 cups = 1 quart, 4 cups = 2 pints....please use your Gallon Man handout to help you. All work was done in class and turned in. I gave everyone extra practice worksheets to take home and do at home if they would like to. It will take time to truly comprehend this lesson, but we will get it before our Math test on May 8th.)
 
Science - None - Bubis Only (Today we focused on the question...What is climate? We learned works like; climate, latitude, and elevate.  So, what is climate?...Climate describes the pattern of weather conditions over a long time, at least thirty years.  What area of Earth does the sun's energy hit most directly?...The tropical zone.  Name three factors that can influence climate?...Latitude, elevation and distance from water....after this we went into Social Studies and read chapter 4 & 5 of our Seven Wonders of the Ancient World books and packets. These wonders were: The Statue of Zeus at Olympia AND The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. My classroom will be doing this assignment tomorrow.)
 
Social Studies - None (We are now entering the unit on the Civil War. We started reading pages 395 - 410 in our textbooks today about the causes of the Civil War. We learned words like: abolitionists, Civil War, Confederacy, secede, sectionalism, Underground Railroad, and Union. Some questions to ask.... What was the root cause of the Civil War? - The root cause of the Civil War was a dispute over slavery. What crop was popular to plant and harvest by many plantation owners? - Cotton  What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad? - It helped many people make the hard journey from slavery to freedom and abolitionists were the ones who organized the escape system. )
 
Reminders:
 
~ No School on Friday, April 26, 2024
 
- I offer office hours Monday - Thursday if your child needs me to reteach something in Math, Science or Social Studies. Please email me for assistance and we will meet via google meet link. 
 
- I offer afterschool Math group ENRICHMENT on Thursday's of every week until 3:15pm. Some weeks we review and some weeks we go ahead and learn the next lessons. We will also work on strengthening our math facts in multiplication. It is $30 per week if you'd like to join. You can come and go from week to week, but it is very beneficial. Contact me with any questions. 
 
- Amazon wish list, if you can donate to our classroom... https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3RS691H76HBK0?ref_=wl_share
 
Upcoming events:
 
~ Field Trip on May 2nd to Kenosha Public Museum to learn about Native American tribes that lived in Wisconsin and also dissecting Owl Pellets. It's mixture of Science and Social Studies. We also have another Field Trip on May 22nd to the Civil War Museum in Kenosha. This will be a great experience for the students to see artifacts and listen to real life soldier stories as we finish the unit on the Civil War at that time. More info to come for chaperoning by our Room Parent's. Field Trip forms to come home in April. So excited for these opportunities of enrichment. 
 
~ After much research on my end, I have decided to end this year in Science with a bit of Biology. I surprised the students and told them that we will be dissecting a crayfish on May 24th and an earthworm on May 15th. I would say 99% of them were so excited about this. A couple were not thrilled with the idea. Please know that this will not be graded, nor would I make any student do something they do not want to do or feel comfortable doing. This is strictly for fun and is totally optional. If they choose to not participate, they can come to the Science lab with us and read a book in the hallway. I'm very excited about this opportunity for the students.