Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Homework
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Math - None (Today I stepped out of the textbook and provided a packet on the metric system of measurement. The books lesson was a bit wonky, so I printed out my own lessons to teach. Metric system is tricky, but we will get the hang of it with more practice. They did great overall! All work was done in class and turned in to me.)
Science - None (Today we took Lesson 5 weekly quiz. The students were allowed to use their books and the pages that aligned with the quiz. After that we into extra Social Studies and read Chapter 7 of Wonders of the Ancient World about The Lighthouse of Alexandria in Greece. So many interesting facts about this Wonder...ask your child about it. We also did the questions in our packet that went with this chapter.)
Social Studies - None (Today we were in our textbooks reading about what the Civil War was all about. They had to focus on the main question, What factors contributed to the outcome of the Civil War? Some questions to ask: True or False? The Civil War was the deadliest war in American history?...TRUE In the Emancipation Proclamation what did Lincoln order people in the South to do?... He ordered the freedom of people who were enslaved in the Southern states. Why did each army adopt special uniforms?... They adopted special uniforms to prevent confusion on the battlefield.)
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.
