Our aim is to provide a safe learning environment for all people in our school Community. To support this, SJCS is designating your child’s classroom as “nut-free”. This policy aims to increase our community awareness in order to minimize the risk for children with documented allergies to nut products. Our school has developed and will maintain a whole-school action and implementation plan when dealing with students who have critically life-threatening allergies.
WHY? Anaphylaxis is a severe form of allergic reaction which is potentially life-threatening. It can be fatal within minutes; either through swelling that shuts off airways or through a dramatic drop in blood pressure. There are many causative agents for anaphylaxis with nuts often being the precipitative factor. Anaphylaxis is preventable. Avoidance of specific triggers is by far the best option. Management is via immediate injection of epinephrine and emergency transport to the hospital.
Allergy to peanuts appears to be on the rise in children. According to a FARE-funded study, the number of children in the U.S. with peanut allergy more than tripled between 1997 and 2008. Studies in the United Kingdom and Canada also showed a high prevalence of peanut allergy in school children.
Based on recent studies, an estimated 25-40 percent of people who have peanut allergy are also allergic to tree nuts. In addition, peanuts and tree nuts often come into contact with one another during manufacturing and serving processes. For these reasons, allergists usually tell their patients with peanut allergy to avoid tree nuts as well.
Trace amounts of peanut can cause an allergic reaction. Casual contact with peanuts, such as touching peanuts or peanut butter residue, is less likely to trigger a severe reaction. Casual contact becomes a concern if the area that comes into contact with peanuts then comes into contact with the eyes, nose or mouth (for example, a child with peanut allergy gets peanut butter on her fingers, and then rubs her eyes).
What does this mean for me?
Thank you for your continued support with keeping our students safe.
Mrs. Wegener
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Mrs. Sharon Shute
Third Grade Teacher
St. Joseph Catholic School
 2009 and 2017 National Blue Ribbon Recipient
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Week at a Glance: April 22-25, 2024
Highlights of the Week:
Reading: Project week- Informational Posters
Spelling: Review week
Writing: Research on a town that has changed
Math: Chapter 11 continues with measurement
Social Studies: Immigration Chapter continues: Research Country
Science: Lesson 2- How do plants use leaves to make food?
Other Highlights:
Spelling Words: Review words from Unit 4:
Ate, eight, minute, research, visible, flexible, likable, thirteen, search, third, earn, thirty, inspect no bonus words this week--
Reading: Unit 4- Week 6 Last week with Unit 4-
This week students will:
Lesson 1- Compare across texts:
Inquire:
Lesson 2
Explore and Plan:
Conduct Research:
Lesson 3-Collaborate and Discuss
Refine Research:
Lesson 4- Extend Research:
Collaborate and Discuss
Lesson 5- Celebrate and Reflect
Reflect on the Unit:
Writing:
*Daily journal entries into: Spelling Menu, April creative writing journal, Daily April prompts,
*Writing an informational poster-
*Create an informational poster based on research of a town/ community that has changed using the Library of Congress website.
Math: This week’s math is focused on telling time-
Chapter 11- Measuring Time: Mathematical Practices:
Vocabulary words: analog and digital clock, time interval,
Monday- Lesson 4- Solve Mass Problems: Why do we measure? Students practice algebra skills with finding the mass of multiple objects.
We completed Lesson 5- Measuring Time last week-
Tuesday- Lesson 6- Time intervals; Measurement and data; Students will determine time intervals to solve problems.
Wednesday- Lesson 7- Problem Solving Investigation- Strategy: Work Backward; Students will work backward to solve problems.
Thursday- Practice for Assessment on Measurement-
-- Daily practice and enrichment math skills with IXL, SeeSaw assignments, and IREADY
Religion: Session 20- Celebrating Lent and Holy Week
Session Theme: Lent and Holy Week are times to think of how we treat others-
Outcomes:
Daily prayers and devotions-
Tuesday- 8:30 Mass- no buddies; Our class’ turn to bring up the Gifts and read the morning prayers
--Daily songs, prayers, and devotions
Science: Chapter 3 Lesson 3- How do plants use roots and stems to grow?
Students will know how roots and stems take in, transport, and store water and nutrients the plant needs to grow. By the end of this lesson, the student should be able to use models that describe how roots and stems help plants in their life cycles.
Words to Know: Nutrients
Chapter 3 Lesson 4- How do plants use flowers or cones to reproduce?
Students will know how plants reproduce using seeds and cones. By the end of this lesson, the student should be able to communicate how plants reproduce using seeds and cones.
Words to know: reproduce, pollinate, germinate
Social Studies:
Social Studies Project- Students will be assigned a country to research (in small groups) and will have a role in their research. They will learn the culture about the country they are immigrating from and what certain roles/ expectations were in their country and answer the following questions:
After research- students will present their immigration country to the class and classmates will record information learned from the other groups.
Week at a Glance: April 15-19, 2024
Highlights of the Week:
Spelling: Homophones
Reading: Reading a drama
Writing: Writing work in our packets
Math: Begin Measurement Unit
Social Studies: Immigration Project
Science: Plant power
Religion: Celebrating the Eucharist
Spelling-
Ate, eight, cell, sell, dear, deer, duel, dual, pause, paws, bonus words: weather, whether, seize
Vocabulary Words: heritage, immigrants, interview, permission, arrival
High Frequency Words: government and material
Unit Vocabulary Words: benefit, generation, advice, consumer, familiar
Reading: Unit 4 Week 5- Weekly Question: How do people support each other in difficult times?
Learning Goals:
Objectives:
**IReady Reading lessons
Writing:
Math: Chapter 11- Measurement
Mathematical Practices this week:
Math vocabulary words: capacity, liquid volume, liter, metric unit, milliliter, unit, gram, kilogram, mass,
Monday- Lesson 1- Hands On: Estimate and Measure Capacity- Students will explore estimating and measuring liquid volume using metric units of capacity.
Tuesday- Lesson 2- Solve Capacity Problems- Students will use the four operations to solve one-step word problems involving liquid volume.
Wednesday- Lesson 3- Hands On- Estimate and Measure Mass- Students will explore estimating and measuring metric units of mass.
Thursday- (after field trip)- Lesson 4- Solve Mass Problems: Students will use the four operations to solve one-step word problems involving mass.
---Daily practice with math skills SeeSaw and IReady math skills practice
--- Daily practice with Simple Solutions Math Packet
Religion: Session 18 Celebrating the Eucharist
Session Theme: The celebration of the Eucharist is at the center of Catholic life.
The Mass is the most important celebration of the Church. It is the heart of the Catholic life of worship. We celebrate it every Sunday, the Lord’s Day, and on holy days of obligation. In the Eucharist, we remember Jesus’ life, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension.
Outcomes:
--Tuesday All School Mass
--Daily prayers and devotions
Science: Chapter 3 Lesson 2- How Do Plants Make Food? We didn’t get to this last week due to a busy schedule. Anthony, Leo, and Nate are ready for their projects!
Words to Know: carbon dioxide, oxygen, photosynthesis, sugar, sun, water, variable
Lesson Objectives for Chapter 2:
Inquiry: How do plants change? Students will observe and record how plants adapt to changing conditions with pinto beans sprouting on a paper towel in a baggie. Students will choose a variable to change when the seeds grow roots. Example: Change the direction of the bag, the amount of light the bag receives, or the temperature inside the bag.
Experiment: How does sunlight affect plant survival? Cover one leaf with foil and wait one week and observe changes in the covered leaf.
Social Studies: Continuing Lesson 5- Settling in the USA
Questions to answer in this lesson:
Video: How do history and culture shape your community?
Essential Question--How do people become part of our country? Overview: Investigate immigration in the United States by carefully analyzing visual and written primary sources from various time periods.
Objectives:Social Studies
Language Arts
Preview-Think about how it feels to move to a new place and then listen to audio clips from immigrants about their experiences.
Hands-On Activity: Analyzing Primary Sources-Investigate immigration in the United States by carefully analyzing visual and written primary sources from various time periods.
Show What You Know- Compare opportunities and challenges of immigration.
Also: Students will present March Book Reports: Study of Ireland- ALMOST COMPLETE- 2 left!
Social Studies Project- Students will be assigned a country to research (in small groups) and will have a role in their research. They will learn the culture about the country they are immigrating from and what certain roles/ expectations were in their country and answer the following questions:
After research- students will present their immigration country to the class and classmates will record information learned from the other groups.
Week at a Glance: April 8-12, 2024
Highlights of the Week:
Reading: Narrative Nonfiction genre
Spelling: Homographs
Writing: Opinion writing
Math: Completion of Chapter 10 Fractions
Science: Continue Chapter 2- Plants
Social Studies: Continuing with Settling in the US
Religion: Celebrating Reconciliation
Other Highlights:
Spirit Week- Please check email for daily dress!
Thursday- Risk Watch Presentation in our classroom
Friday- Field Trip to Feed My Starving Children in the morning and in the afternoon, we meet w/ our 7th grade buddies in the afternoon.
Spelling: transplant, consult, finance, content, minute, digest, upset, research, incline, construct- bonus words-- entrances, manifest, invalid
Vocabulary words: destroyed, opportunity, sustainability, reclaimed, constructed-
Unit vocabulary words: benefit, generation, advice, consumer, familiar
High Frequency Words: equation, among
Reading: Unit 4 Week 4- How can a leader’s experiences inspire change?
Learning Goals:
Objectives:
Writing:
Math: Completion of Chapter 10 Fractions
Objectives/ Mathematical Practices:
Vocabulary: denominator, equivalent fractions, numerator, is equal to (=), is greater than, is less than,
Monday- Lesson 8- Compare fractions- Students will use models to compare 2 fractions and record the results.
Tuesday- Lesson 9- Review fractions chapter to prepare for Thursday’s assessment
Wednesday- Chapter 10 Preparations for fraction assessment- Quiz day!
Thursday- Chapter 10 Assessment for fractions
Daily math assignments in SeeSaw, IReady Math lessons, and Simple Solutions Math Packets
Science: Chapter 3 Lesson 2- How Do Plants Make Food?
Words to Know: carbon dioxide, oxygen, photosynthesis, sugar, sun, water, variable
Lesson Objectives for Chapter 2:
Inquiry: How do plants change? Students will observe and record how plants adapt to changing conditions with pinto beans sprouting on a paper towel in a baggie. Students will choose a variable to change when the seeds grow roots. Example: Change the direction of the bag, the amount of light the bag receives, or the temperature inside the bag.
Experiment: How does sunlight affect plant survival? Cover one leaf with foil and wait one week and observe changes in the covered leaf.
Social Studies: Continuing Lesson 5- Settling in the USA
Questions to answer in this lesson:
Video: How do history and culture shape your community?
Essential Question--How do people become part of our country?Overview: Investigate immigration in the United States by carefully analyzing visual and written primary sources from various time periods.
Objectives:Social Studies
Language Arts
Preview-Think about how it feels to move to a new place and then listen to audio clips from immigrants about their experiences.
Hands-On Activity: Analyzing Primary Sources-Investigate immigration in the United States by carefully analyzing visual and written primary sources from various time periods.
Show What You Know- Compare opportunities and challenges of immigration.
Also: Students will present March Book Reports: Study of Ireland
Religion: Celebrating Reconciliation Session 17 Unit 4 (Sacraments)
When we turn away from God the Father through personal sin, Jesus the Son calls us to forgiveness in the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. God always forgives us and gives us the grace to be truly sorry for our sins. In this sacrament, we confess our sins to a priest, who shares with us Jesus’ gifts of forgiveness and peace.
Session Theme: When we sin and fail to love God the Father and others, Jesus the Son calls us to forgiveness through the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.
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