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: December 18-22, 2023
Last Week at a Glance for 2023*
Highlights of the Week:
Also, the December book report due Wednesday- Students will present their reports on Wednesday- Friday morning
Reading: Christmas and Winter Holidays around the World
Here are the celebrations. traditions we’ll focus on this week:
We’ll look at videos of these different celebrations and fill out learned information in our Christmas Around the World packet.
Writing:
Students will be writing in:
ELA and Math:
Students will work in a group to construct a gingerbread house and present to class-
Students will need to:
Math: Conclusion on Chapter 6 Multiplication and Division Patterns:
Mathematical Practices:
Vocabulary: unknown,
Monday- Lesson 9- Students will use different strategies, including related multiplication facts, to divide by 10.
Tuesday: Check for understanding before Wednesday’s assessment
Wednesday- Chapter 6 assessment on multiplication and division patterns
Thursday- Multiplication and division facts practice sheet
Religion:
Social Studies: Begin Lesson 3 about Geography
Overview: Create a brochure about the geography of your community and play a matching game to find out how people in different communities adapt to geography.
Essential Question:
How does geography affect our community?
Objectives:
Social Studies:
Language Arts:
Vocabulary: adapt, climate, conservation, natural resource, natural hazard, physical feature, physical geography, pollution, region-
Science: (didn’t get to this last week)
DCI-3-PS2.A.3
Each force acts on one particular object and has both strength and a direction. An object at rest typically has multiple forces acting on it, but they add to give zero net force on the object. Forces that do not sum to zero can cause changes in the object's speed or direction of motion. (Boundary: Qualitative and conceptual, but not quantitative addition of forces are used at this level.)
DCI-3-PS2.A.4
The patterns of an object's motion in various situations can be observed and measured; when that past motion exhibits a regular pattern, future motion can be predicted from it. (Boundary: Technical terms, such as magnitude, velocity, momentum, and vector quantity, are not introduced at this level, but the concept that some quantities need both size and direction to be described is developed.)
DCI-3-PS2.B.2
Objects in contact exert forces on each other.
DCI-3-PS2.B.3
Electric and magnetic forces between a pair of objects do not require that the objects be in contact. The sizes of the forces in each situation depend on the properties of the objects and their distances apart and, for forces between two magnets, on their orientation relative to each other.
PE-3-PS2-1
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
PE-3-PS2-2
Make observations and/or measurements of an object's motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
PE-3-PS2-3
Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
PE-3-PS2-4
Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.*
Here is the link for the story How Things Move
Here is a link for the story we will read together: Forces and Motion All Around Us
This story will review key concepts and vocabulary for this chapter.
Week at a Glance: December 11-15, 2023
Highlights of the Week:
Spelling Words:
I’ve, let’s, can’t, aren’t, didn’t, won’t, couldn’t, wouldn’t, you’ve, doesn’t
Bonus words: would’ve, should’ve, o’clock
Vocabulary Words: interdependence, camouflage, adaptations, food chain, biodiversity-
High Frequency Words: contain, front,
Unit Vocabulary Words: prefer, features, investigate, associate, avoid
Spelling City link to practice spelling words here
Reading: Unit 2- Week 5- Why is it important for animals and plants to depend on each other? Here is the main selection we'll read on Tuesday.
Learning Goals:
Objectives:
Writing:
Students will:
Math: Continue Multiplication and Division Patterns:
Essential question: What is the importance of learning multiplication and division?
Vocabulary words: columns, rows, multiply, partition, skip count
Mathematical Practices:
Social Studies: Begin Lesson 3 about Geography
Overview: Create a brochure about the geography of your community and play a matching game to find out how people in different communities adapt to geography.
Essential Question:
How does geography affect our community?
Objectives:
Social Studies:
Language Arts:
Vocabulary: adapt, climate, conservation, natural resource, natural hazard, physical feature, physical geography, pollution, region-
Science:
DCI-3-PS2.A.3
Each force acts on one particular object and has both strength and a direction. An object at rest typically has multiple forces acting on it, but they add to give zero net force on the object. Forces that do not sum to zero can cause changes in the object's speed or direction of motion. (Boundary: Qualitative and conceptual, but not quantitative addition of forces are used at this level.)
DCI-3-PS2.A.4
The patterns of an object's motion in various situations can be observed and measured; when that past motion exhibits a regular pattern, future motion can be predicted from it. (Boundary: Technical terms, such as magnitude, velocity, momentum, and vector quantity, are not introduced at this level, but the concept that some quantities need both size and direction to be described is developed.)
DCI-3-PS2.B.2
Objects in contact exert forces on each other.
DCI-3-PS2.B.3
Electric and magnetic forces between a pair of objects do not require that the objects be in contact. The sizes of the forces in each situation depend on the properties of the objects and their distances apart and, for forces between two magnets, on their orientation relative to each other.
PE-3-PS2-1
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
PE-3-PS2-2
Make observations and/or measurements of an object's motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
PE-3-PS2-3
Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
PE-3-PS2-4
Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.*
Here is the link for the story How Things Move
Here is a link for the story we will read together: Forces and Motion All Around Us
This story will review key concepts and vocabulary for this chapter.
Religion: Session 12 Theme- The Catholic Church-Outcomes:
After Pentecost, the Church grew rapidly, with individual churches beginning to form in city after city, farther and farther from Jerusalem. Before his Death, Resurrection, and Ascension, Jesus appointed Peter to lead his Church. Today, the pope, bishops, and pastors are the leaders. The Marks of the Church are that it is one, catholic, and apostolic.
Week at a Glance: December 4-8, 2023
Highlights of the Week:
*Presentation of November book reports throughout the week*
Reading: Explore the Infographic genre
Writing: Write a how-to article
Spelling: VCe pattern words/ syllable patterns
Math: Begin Chapter 6 in Math- Patterns in Multiplication and Division
Religion: 8:30 Buddy Mass for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Social Studies: Begin Geography
Science: Lesson 3- Gravity
** Students will begin presenting November book reports this week and December book reports will go out on Monday.**
Spelling Words:
Dispute, expose, mistake, compete, translate, include, explode, despite, subscribe, reptile- Bonus words: incubate, stipulate, confinement
Vocabulary Words to know this week:
Habitat, solitary, multiplied, eliminated, reintroduced-
Unit Vocabulary Words:
Prefer, investigate, associate, avoid-
Language Arts: Unit 2 Week 4; Weekly Question- How does reintroduction of a species affect plants and animals in a habitat?
Learning Goals-
Objectives:
Daily practice w/ grammar/ ELA concepts with Simple Solutions Grammar
Daily practice with daily oral language skills-
Math: Begin Chapter 6- Multiplication and Division Patterns
Essential question: What is the importance of learning multiplication and division?
Vocabulary words: columns, rows, multiply, partition, skip count
Mathematical Practices:
Monday- Lesson 1- Patterns in the multiplication table- Students will identify and explain patterns in the multiplication table.
Tuesday- Lesson 2- Multiply by 2’s- Students will use arrays and drawings, such as bar diagrams, to multiply by 2.
Wednesday- Lesson 3- Divide by 2- Students will use models and related multiplication facts to divide by 2.
Thursday- Lesson 4- Multiply by 5- Students will use different strategies, including patterns, to multiply by 5.
Daily use of mental math, Prodigy, IReady Math lessons, and SeeSaw math assignments-
Daily practicing of math concepts in Simple Solutions Math-
Writing:
Social Studies: Begin Lesson 3 about Geography
Overview: Create a brochure about the geography of your community and play a matching game to find out how people in different communities adapt to geography.
Essential Question:
How does geography affect our community?
Objectives:
Social Studies:
Language Arts:
Vocabulary: adapt, climate, conservation, natural resource, natural hazard, physical feature, physical geography, pollution, region-
Science: Lesson 3 What is gravity?
Lesson overview:
DCI-3-PS2.A.3
Each force acts on one particular object and has both strength and a direction. An object at rest typically has multiple forces acting on it, but they add to give zero net force on the object. Forces that do not sum to zero can cause changes in the object's speed or direction of motion. (Boundary: Qualitative and conceptual, but not quantitative addition of forces are used at this level.)
DCI-3-PS2.A.4
The patterns of an object's motion in various situations can be observed and measured; when that past motion exhibits a regular pattern, future motion can be predicted from it. (Boundary: Technical terms, such as magnitude, velocity, momentum, and vector quantity, are not introduced at this level, but the concept that some quantities need both size and direction to be described is developed.)
DCI-3-PS2.B.2
Objects in contact exert forces on each other.
DCI-3-PS2.B.3
Electric and magnetic forces between a pair of objects do not require that the objects be in contact. The sizes of the forces in each situation depend on the properties of the objects and their distances apart and, for forces between two magnets, on their orientation relative to each other.
PE-3-PS2-1
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
PE-3-PS2-2
Make observations and/or measurements of an object's motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
PE-3-PS2-3
Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
PE-3-PS2-4
Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.*
Week at a Glance: November 27- Dec 1, 2023
Highlights of the Week:
Academic Highlights of the Week:
Reading: Unit 2 Week 3 begins! Food chain effects on plants and animals
Spelling: Compound words are practiced
Writing: Gratitude Books
Math: End of division chapter; Test on Thursday-
Social Studies: Continuation with maps and famous places in the USA
Science: Magnetism and gravity
Religion: Jesus Sends the Holy Spirit- Unitn 3 Session 11
Spelling Words- popcorn, football, moonlight, eyesight, airport, haircut, fireworks, outside, playground, rattlesnake; Bonus words: courthouse, thumbtack, teammate-
Vocabulary words for the week: depended, well-being, population, available, balance
Unit vocabulary words: investigate, prefer, associate, avoid, features-
Language Arts: Unit 2 Week 3- Realistic Fiction (genre focus) Weekly Question- How can a chain affect plants and animals?
Objectives/goals:
Writing:
Math: Continue Chapter 5- Understanding Division-
Vocabulary:
Repeated subtraction, dividend, divisor, quotient, inverse operations, fact family, related facts
Mathematical Practices:
Monday- Lesson 5- Inverse operations-
Tuesday- Lesson 6- Problem Solving Investigation- Strategy: Use Models-
Wednesday- Review in book for division chapter test: Will send homework home for extra practice on division concepts.
Thursday- Chapter 5 Assessment
Friday- Kahoot Chromebook game with class to review multiplication/ division facts
Religion: Unit 3 Session 11:The Church, Our Community in the Spirit
This unit focuses on continuing Jesus’ mission by being active members of the Catholic Church. Our first session is Jesus Sends the Holy Spirit- As he had promised, Jesus the Son sent the Holy Spirit to inspire and guide his followers as they spread the Good News and formed the Church. The Holy Spirit inspires and guides us too, and it leads us to know God the Father.
Students didn’t get to Science and Social Studies last week in my absence, we’ll cover these skills this week.
Science: Standards
DCI-3-PS2.A.3
Each force acts on one particular object and has both strength and a direction. An object at rest typically has multiple forces acting on it, but they add to give zero net force on the object. Forces that do not sum to zero can cause changes in the object's speed or direction of motion. (Boundary: Qualitative and conceptual, but not quantitative addition of forces are used at this level.)
DCI-3-PS2.A.4
The patterns of an object's motion in various situations can be observed and measured; when that past motion exhibits a regular pattern, future motion can be predicted from it. (Boundary: Technical terms, such as magnitude, velocity, momentum, and vector quantity, are not introduced at this level, but the concept that some quantities need both size and direction to be described is developed.)
DCI-3-PS2.B.2
Objects in contact exert forces on each other.
DCI-3-PS2.B.3
Electric and magnetic forces between a pair of objects do not require that the objects be in contact. The sizes of the forces in each situation depend on the properties of the objects and their distances apart and, for forces between two magnets, on their orientation relative to each other.
Words to know: force, friction, magnetism, mass, weight, gravity
What forces cause motion? What is gravity?
Activity: How does gravity pull an object?
Social Studies: Finding Places in the United States: Lesson 2 (cont’d)
Vocabulary: cardinal directions, map key, symbols, scale,
Essential question: Where in the world is our community in the US?
Learn how to use map scales and estimate the distance from their community to famous landmarks in the US.
Objectives:
Learn more about these famous landmarks:
Week at a Glance: November 20-21, 2023
No Homework this week
No spelling words this week
This two-day week will include ELA review of current concepts
Grammar:
Writing:
Reading:
Math:
Religion:
Religion: Unit 2- Session 10 Celebrating Advent-
Advent is a time to prepare ourselves and our homes for the celebration of Jesus’ birth.
The liturgical year begins with Advent, which starts four Sundays before Christmas. It is a time when we prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus, the Savior. During Advent, we pray and sing to welcome God the Father into our hearts as we think of the light he brought to the world through Jesus, his Son.
Science: Standards
DCI-3-PS2.A.3
Each force acts on one particular object and has both strength and a direction. An object at rest typically has multiple forces acting on it, but they add to give zero net force on the object. Forces that do not sum to zero can cause changes in the object's speed or direction of motion. (Boundary: Qualitative and conceptual, but not quantitative addition of forces are used at this level.)
DCI-3-PS2.A.4
The patterns of an object's motion in various situations can be observed and measured; when that past motion exhibits a regular pattern, future motion can be predicted from it. (Boundary: Technical terms, such as magnitude, velocity, momentum, and vector quantity, are not introduced at this level, but the concept that some quantities need both size and direction to be described is developed.)
DCI-3-PS2.B.2
Objects in contact exert forces on each other.
DCI-3-PS2.B.3
Electric and magnetic forces between a pair of objects do not require that the objects be in contact. The sizes of the forces in each situation depend on the properties of the objects and their distances apart and, for forces between two magnets, on their orientation relative to each other.
Words to know: force, friction, magnetism, mass, weight, gravity
What forces cause motion? What is gravity?
Activity: How does gravity pull an object?
Social Studies: Finding Places in the United States: Lesson 2 (cont’d)
Vocabulary: cardinal directions, map key, symbols, scale,
Essential question: Where in the world is our community in the US?
Learn how to use map scales and estimate the distance from their community to famous landmarks in the US.
Objectives:
Learn more about these famous landmarks:
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