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: March 4-8, 2024
Highlights of the Week:
Reading: Last week of Unit 3 in Reading; Project Week!
Writing: Historical Fiction story and Opinion speech-two big writing projects this week!
Spelling: 13 Review words from Unit 3 in Reading
Math: Continue Chapter 9
Social Studies: Begin unit on Ireland/ Present Feb. book reports
Science: Open and closed circuits
Religion: Lenten activities and Reconciliation on Tuesday
Spelling Words: Review of Unit 3- no new words or no bonus words- all review words:
Wolves, choose, geese, heroes, balloon, rescue, happiness, graceful, peaceful, impolite, nonfiction, children, incorrect
Reading: Unit 3- Week 6: Project based learning week
This week students will
Lesson 1 Compare Across Texts Inquire
Lesson 2 Explore and Plan Conduct Research-- Argumentative Writing
Lesson 3 Collaborate and Discuss Refine Research- Read a Student Model
Lesson 4- Extend Research Collaborate and Discuss-Investigate a variety of media
Lesson 5 Celebrate and Reflect Reflect on the Unit-- Present your opinion speeches
Writing: Big week for our class this week in writing:
Math: Chapter 9- Properties and Equations
Vocabulary Words: Associative Property of Multiplication, Distributive Property, equation, evaluate, expression, operations, variable,
Mathematical Practices:
Monday- Lesson 4- The Associative Property--Apply the Associative Property of Multiplication to find products. Students will apply the Associative Property of Multiplication to find products.
Tuesday- Check my Progress thus far in the chapter- 2 page review; Lesson 5- Write Expressions- Students will write expressions using the 4 operations-
Wednesday- Lesson 6-Evaluate Expressions- Students will write, then find the value of expressions.
Thursday- Lesson 7- Write Expressions- Students will represent one- and two step word problems using equations and a variable.
Friday- Review of math concepts learned this week-
Social Studies: Ireland Unit Begins-
Students in both classes will engage in a month-long look at Ireland through images, videos, and story books. Each student will receive a county in Ireland and that will be the county the students researches for their March book report (due Thursday, April 4, 2024) . This week, students will research fish that swim in the Shannon River, the longest river in Ireland, and create the fish for our model river. Students will research the four provinces of Ireland and learn about St. Patrick- Ireland’s patron saint. Students will also learn some songs interconnected with Ireland.
Science: Lesson 6 What is Electrical Energy?
Lesson Objectives:
Religion: Lent Discussion Continues:
Students will discuss the importance of Lent and a special time to get closer to Jesus through activities and discussions. Through coloring a cross in a stained glass style and coloring an Easter egg with traits of Lenten hopes/ goals.
Reconciliation on Tuesday afternoon at Church
Week at a Glance: February 26- March 1, 2024
Highlights of the Week:
*This week, students will complete January animal book report presentations.
*No School Friday- Archdiocese meetings
Spelling Words:
Wolves, knives, children, sheep, heroes, scarves, geese, calves, volcanoes, loaves-
Bonus spelling words: crises, cacti, vertebrae
Unit Vocab words: encourage, defeat, distinguish, achieve, command
Weekly Vocabulary Words: triumphant, company challenge, twinkle, curious
High Frequency Words: ago, stood
Here is the link for Spelling City to practice spelling words
Students will practice spelling words through h/w and daily Spelling Menu activities-
**Daily practice with spelling words in spelling packets
Reading: Unit 3 Week 5- Theme- Heroes- Weekly Question- What kind of actions can be heroic? People can be heroes in many ways, big and small.
Questions to guide discussions:
Objectives:
Learning Goals:
**Daily Simple Solutions Grammar and Daily Oral Language packets to practice and enrich skills learned in grammar and phonics.
*IReady Reading Progress Growth Monitoring begins this week-
Writing: Students will write daily in their February creative writing notebooks and follow the writing prompts in their February Journal.
Math: Chapter 9- Properties and Equations
Vocabulary Words: Associative Property of Multiplication, Distributive Property, equation, evaluate, expression, operations, variable,
Mathematical Practices:
Monday- Lesson 1- Hands on: Take apart to multiply- Explore how to take apart factors to multiply. Students will explore how to take apart factors to multiply.
Tuesday- Lesson 2- The Distributive Property- Apply the Distributive Property of Multiplication to find products. Students will apply the Distributive Property of Multiplication to find products.
Wednesday- Lesson 3- Hands on: Multiply Three Factors- Explore how to find the product of 3 numbers. Students will explore how to find the product of three factors.
Thursday- Lesson 4- The Associative Property--Apply the Associative Property of Multiplication to find products. Students will apply the Associative Property of Multiplication to find products.
Social Studies:
Conclusion of Black History Month with presentations of February book reports and students will assemble in small groups to study abolitionists and create a biographical report on the person to present in class. Wednesday-Friday will be devoted to abolitionist studies.
Students will also learn more about Harriet Tubman and other civil rights leaders
Science: What is sound energy?
By the end of this lesson, the student should be able to use models to demonstrate how different vibrations result in different sounds.
Religion: Lenten Journey
Students will be discussing feelings and emotions during this Lenten journey by coloring a cross with different traits of Lent- We’ll also discuss, as a school family, how we can become closer by acting on these positive actions to become closer to God and each other.
Week at a Glance: February 20-23, 2024
Highlights of the Week:
Reading: Unit 3 Week 4- Genre: Biography
Spelling: Vowel teams
Writing: February journal writing/ test prompt
Math: Conclusion of Chapter 8: Apply Multiplication and Division
Social Studies: Freedom Tea practice/ Civil Rights
Science: Thermal and light energy
Religion: Discussion of Lent/ 8:30 Tuesday Mass
Other Highlights:
Reading: Reading: Unit 3 Week 4; Weekly Question- Why do people need heroes?
Learning Goals:
Objectives:
Phonics: Vowel teams for this week: oo, ew, ue, ui, eu-
Language of the Biography Genre vocabulary words: historical time, time order, facts, details, story elements
Vocabulary words: ceremonies, tradition, medicine, lamenting, offering-
Unit Vocabulary words: encourage, defeat, distinguish, achieve, command-
Spelling Words: balloon, choose, feud, newest, recruit, rescue, spooky, statue, suitable, threw-- bonus words: soothe, renewal, nuisance-
Writing:
Math: Chapter 8-Apply Division and Multiplication
Vocabulary Words: dividend, divisor, quotient
Science: What are heat and light energy? How can energy change?
Words to know: heat and thermal energy
Lesson objectives:
Social Studies: Civil Rights Month
Goal: Students will read and discuss historical fiction and make connections between text and primary sources [photographs] that provide evidence of social conditions in the past. Students will follow guidelines from worksheets adapted from the National Archives and Records Administration. At the end of the unit, students will “blog” or make a written entry into a classroom writing folder where the question is: “What is worth standing up for?” Objectives: Students will be able to define primary sources, investigate evidence of past events through analysis of photographs and develop new vocabulary in context. Students will be able to make connections between primary sources and historical fiction text as they relate to the Civil Rights Movement.
Book: Here- The Other Side by Jacqueine Woodson will be the basis for our discussion
Also, Dr. King will be introduced this week through stories, videos and songs.
Social Studies: Civil Rights Movement continued-
Continuing our Civil rights unit with discussions about Dr. King, Rosa Parks and Harriet Tubman- Through stories and songs, we look and learn about the consequences of segregation and inequalities. This week we’ll focus on Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad.
Religion: Practice for the Freedom Tea and Lent Discussion:
This week students will practice for the Freedom Tea for Friday’s special event. Both classes will practice Wednesday morning in the Koenig Center. Students have written their views of what world peace would look like from their perspective and will share at the Freedom Tea.
Also, we will discuss Lent with video explaining Lent, Almsgiving, and fasting; Lent questions answered in this video by Father Tim. Mary Katherine Nelson, the school’s after school religious coordinator, sent the students one more video to watch to gain more insight into Lent.
Daily songs (Freedom Tea) and devotions, and prayers
Week at a Glance: February 12-16, 2024
Highlights of the Week:
Reading: How do challenges turn ordinary people into heroes?
Spelling: Words with suffixes
Writing: February journals
Math: Continuing Multiplication and Division
Social Studies: Civil Rights Movement
Science: Light Energy
Religion: Ash Wednesday Mass at 8:30
Other Highlights:
Tuesday: $1.00 Dress Down for Mardi Gras Gala
Tuesday- 12:30-1:30- Valentine Party
Wednesday- Ash Wednesday Mass at 8:30 Non-Buddy
Spelling: readiness, cloudy, stormy, peaceful, eagerness, illness, freshness, happiness, graceful, frightful, bonus words- plentiful, billowy, fierceness
Academic Vocabulary: horribly, furious, insisted, terribly, disturbed
Unit Vocabulary Words: encourage, defeat, distinguish, achieve, command
High Frequency Words: nothing, scientists
Reading: Focus on American Heroes- Weekly Question- How do challenges turn ordinary people into heroes? See objectives below-
Learning goals-
Writing:
Math: Continuing Chapter 8 Apply Multiplication and Division
Mathematical Practices:
Vocabulary: Decompose, dividend, divisor, quotient
Monday- Check My Progress thus far
Monday- Lesson 7- Problem Solving Investigation- Make an organized list; Students will make an organized list to solve problems. (Operations and Algebraic thinking)
Tuesday- Lesson 8- Multiply by 11 and 12- Students will use different strategies, such as patterns, models, and arrays, to multiply by 11 and 12
Wednesday- Lesson 9- Divide by 11 and 12- Students will use different strategies, such as equal groups, repeated subtraction, and related facts, to divide by 11 and 12.
Thursday- Fluency Practice- Review of Chapter 8 concepts
Social Studies: Civil Rights Month-
Goal: Students will read and discuss historical fiction and make connections between text and primary sources [photographs] that provide evidence of social conditions in the past. Students will follow guidelines from worksheets adapted from the National Archives and Records Administration. At the end of the unit, students will “blog” or make a written entry into a classroom writing folder where the question is: “What is worth standing up for?” Objectives: Students will be able to define primary sources, investigate evidence of past events through analysis of photographs and develop new vocabulary in context. Students will be able to make connections between primary sources and historical fiction text as they relate to the Civil Rights Movement.
Book: Here- The Other Side by Jacqueine Woodson will be the basis for our discussion
We will read more non fiction books about the Civil Rights Movement as we prepare for the Freedom Tea- Rosa Parks and Harriet Tubman will be highlighted this week along with Dr. King.
Students will be writing what their dream of peace looks like as we begin to examine Dr. King’s I Have a Dream speech.
Science: Chapter 2 Lesson 3 How do light and matter interact?
Description
By the end of this lesson, the student should be able to analyze how light is reflected, refracted, and absorbed and will describe how light forms shadows.
This activity provides an opportunity for students to compare and contrast how light and milk reflect, refract, and absorb light.
translucent, compare, data analysis, opaque, explore, reflection, virtual lab activities, absorption, investigate, lab, absorb, virtual lab activity, light energy, straight lines, transparent, compare and contrast, reflect, labs, virtual lab, light, investigation, straight line
Lesson plans here
This activity provides an opportunity for students to make observations about light and identify examples of light being reflected, refracted, and absorbed.
refract, reflect, absorb, light energy
Religion: Unit 4: Sacraments, Our Way of Life
Session 16- Sacraments of Initiation:
We become members of the Church through the Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist. At our Baptism, we receive the Holy Spirit and become one of the People of God. We begin a new life in Jesus. Confirmation seals the Holy Spirit’s presence in us, and through the Holy Spirit, we receive Jesus in his Body and Blood in the Eucharist.
After Jesus died, news of his REsurrection and SAscension spread, and churches were formed in places that were distant from one another. At that time, the only long distance was by writing letters. We will learn about the apostles and missionary, Saint Paul, who traveled to many of the churches and then wrote letters to those he met.
Saint- Saint Paul the Apostle and Saint Patrick
Session Theme: Through the Sacraments of Initiation, we receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit and become members of the Church.
---Daily devotions, prayers, and songs (Freedom Tea songs)
--- Secret Agents of Kindness prayer list
February 5-8, 2024
Highlights of the Week:
Spelling: No spelling words this week due to the shortened week-
Reading: Reading and researching the life of Dr. King
Writing: Writing about Dr. King and different civil rights leaders
Math: Continuing Chapter on multiplication and division
Social Studies: Learning about the civil rights movement and learning the songs for the Freedom Tea
Science- Experiment with energy
Religion- Mass on Tuesday at 8:30; Morning Devotions/ Prayers
Reading: Students will be in small groups reading and extrapolating information about Dr. Martin Luther King this week. We will then come together to put our learned information together and create a collage about Dr. King. This shortened week will lend to gained knowledge of civil rights leaders and put that information into action by writing narratives on their view of peacefulness- and what that looks like.
Writing:
Social Studies: Continued discussion of the life and legacy of Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement-
Math: Continuing Chapter 8 Apply Multiplication and Division-
Mathematical Practices:
Math Vocabulary: Repeated subtraction, known fact,
Essential Question: How can multiplication and division facts with smaller numbers be applied to larger numbers?
Monday- Lesson 3 Operations and Algebraic Thinking: Students will use different strategies, including arrays and repeated subtraction, to divide 6 and 7
Tuesday- Check my progress (review of lessons 1-3; Lesson 4- Multiply by 8; Students will use different strategies, such as arrays, drawings, and known facts, to multiply by 8
Wednesday- Lesson 5- Multiply by 9- Students will use different strategies, such as properties, known facts, or patterns to multiply by 9.
Thursday- Play multiplication Bingo and Multiplication War with playing cards to find who has the higher product.
Science: How do light and matter interact? Chapter 1; Lesson 3
By the end of this lesson, the student should be able to analyze how light is reflected, refracted, and absorbed and will describe how light forms shadows.
DCI-3-ESS2.D.2
Scientists record patterns of the weather across different times and areas so that they can make predictions about what kind of weather might happen next.
PE-3-ESS2-1
Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
How do light and matter interact? This activity provides an opportunity for students to make observations about light and identify examples of light being reflected, refracted, and absorbed.
What happens when light strikes material? This activity provides an opportunity for students to compare and contrast how light and milk reflect, refract, and absorb light.
translucent, compare, data analysis, opaque, explore, reflection, virtual lab activities, absorption, investigate, lab, absorb, virtual lab activity, light energy, straight lines, transparent, compare and contrast, reflect, labs, virtual lab, light, investigation, straight line
refract, reflect, absorb, light energy
Religion: Buddy Mass on Tuesday at 8:30
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