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I’m Mrs. Sharon Shute and this is my 17th year here at St. Joseph School! I am thrilled to be your child’s teacher this year and so excited to be leading them on their journey of wonder and wisdom. A bit of background about myself- I have been an early childhood educator for 36 years beginning as a preschool teacher in Chicago. My love of children grew and so did my education! I began teaching Montessori preschool and then went to school and earned an Early Childhood Degree from Kendall College (then in Evanston)with a minor in Psychology. I have been very fortunate to teach in two Catholic schools in Chicago before coming to St. Joe's. I have brought the spirit of my Chicago experiences to this vibrant, thriving, and flourishing school and I am eternally grateful for the opportunity of working at such a wonderful school. I have been nominated for The Golden Apple Award from my work here at St. Joe's and at St. Stanislaus in Chicago.

Though this is my 17th year at St. Joe's, I taught first grade for 14 of those years and now love teaching third grade. Lots of new things this year: Chromebooks, Media class with Mrs. Hoglund and Spanish class with Mrs. Leonhardt, and team building activities every Friday. So excited to journey into Third Grade with such caring and kind parents and students. Thank you for letting your child be a part of our school family.

Please feel free to email me through the website or at [email protected]. Also, feel free to contact me regarding any questions or concerns that arise throughout the school year.

This school year, our class will consist of: Reading, Spelling, Math, Language Arts, Religion, Social Studies, and Science. I will be teaching Social Studies to both 3rd grade classes. Mrs. D'Amore will be teaching Science to both classes. We switch classes twice a week.

I feel so blessed to have been successful at piloting flex seating (with desks also) for the past 2 years in my third grade class. Looking forward to this year with half flex seating and half traditional. Thanks to a wonderful parent for donating some of our flex seating and making this new venture possible.

I feel so honored and blessed to be a part of your child's journey this year!

Most Sincerely,

Mrs. Sharon Shute

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We are going peanut free in the classroom. Please read for snack: Thanks!

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?

Your child’s classroom will remain a “peanut/nut-free zone.” Please do not send in any food items to be consumed in the classroom that contains peanuts, nuts, peanut butter, nut butters, or peanut products.

This includes almonds, filberts, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia nut, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios, and walnuts.
Read labels carefully to make sure the products are nut free.
This includes labels that read “May contain traces of peanuts/nuts” or “processed in a facility that processes products that contain peanuts/nuts.” Food labels and ingredients change over time, so always read the label each time before purchasing snacks.
NO HOMEMADE TREATS MAY BE BROUGHT INTO THE CLASSROOM. All treats/snacks brought to the classroom must have an ingredient label.

A peanut free table will be designated in the lunch room for all students with peanut/nut allergies.

Peanut butter and peanut/nut products may be packed in your child’s lunch, but CANNOT be eaten in the classroom, or at the peanut/nut free lunch table.

Thank you for your continued support with keeping our students safe.

Mrs. Blake

Mrs. Sharon Shute

Third Grade Teacher

St. Joseph Catholic School

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TIME	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
7:30 – 7:34	Homeroom	Homeroom	Homeroom	Homeroom	Homeroom
7:35 – 8:15	Spanish	Math	Math	PE	Prayers, Devotions, Intentions, Songs
8:17 – 8:57	Music	Math 8:30 Mass	Math Groups/ ELA	Math	Spelling, Reading Tests
8:59 – 9:39	Math	9:20- 9:50- PE	Art	Math Groups/ ELA	ELA
9:41 – 10:21	Math Groups	Math/ Begin ELA	ELA	ELA/ Lit Circles	Lit Circles
10:23 – 11:03	ELA	ELA	ELA	SS Switch Classes	STEAM
11:05 – 11:45	Lunch Recess	Lunch Recess	Lunch -	Lunch Recess	Lunch Recess
11:47 – 12:27	ELA Lit Circles/ Workshop	11:37- Lit Circles/ Workshop	ELA Lit Circles/Workshop	Library/ Media	Social Studies- Mrs. D's Class
12:29 – 1:09	Library/ Media	12:19- ELA Lit. Circles/ Workshop	Lit Circles/ Workshop	ELA Lit Circles/ Workshop	Social Studies My Class
1:11 – 1:50	Religion-Gratitude Journal Finish Lit Circles	Gratitude Journal/ SS My Class	Religion Gratitude Journal	Religion Gratitude Journal	Fun Friday Team Building Activities Gratitude Journal
1:50 – 2:00	Dismissal	Dismissal	Dismissal	Dismissal	Dismissal

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Homework for Today- 4/3/25

H/W- 4/3/25

--Spelling Sentences- Remember to study spelling words for tomorrow's test-

--SEESAW activities should be completed for extra practice in math and spelling-

Tomorrow:

--Spelling, Reading, and Religion tests

--Social Studies/ Science/ STEAM

--Lenten visits with Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Applegate's classes-

--Fraction Practice

Have a lovely evening,

With Gratitude,

Sharon Shute

Homework for Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Homework for Tuesday, 4/1/25

--Spelling words practice sheet

--Math Lesson 5 Fractions on a number line

Welcome Back Everyone!

Tomorrow:

--Art

--Harry Potter Reading- Missed that book over break!

-- My favorite day with the class- only one special! Lots of time for learning while enjoying each other's company!

With Much Gratitude,

Sharon Shute

Week at a Glance: April 1-4, 2025

Highlights of the Week:

Reading: How do big ideas change communities?

Spelling: Words with suffixes

Writing: Use to tone when writing

Math: Continuing Chapter 10 on Fractions

Social Studies: Back to the book for Settling in the USA

Religion:Back to the Book:

Spelling: Unit 4 Week 3 Words to know:

Anticipation, civilization, convertible, dependable, flexible, likable, movable, terrible, usable, visible. Bonus words: traceable, invincible, inspiration

High Frequency words: language, clear-

Daily work with spelling words in spelling menu and homework-

Unit Academic Words: benefit, generation, advice, consumer, familiar

This week’s vocabulary words: succeed, determined, impressed, eventually, imagined-

Daily homework practice with spelling words
Daily assignments on SeeSaw to practice spelling words

Reading: Unit 4 Week 3- How do big ideas change communities?

Learning goals:

I can learn more about biography and explain the author’s purpose in a biography.
I can develop knowledge about language to make connections between reading and writing.
I can use elements of opinion writing to write an opinion speech

Objectives:

Interact with sources in meaningful ways such as note taking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating.
Describe how individuals, events, and ideas have changed communities, past and present.
Listen actively, ask relevant questions to clarify information, and make pertinent comments.
Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text.
Use context within and beyond a sentence to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and multiple meaning words.
Identify, use, and explain the meaning of antonyms, synonyms, idioms, homophones, and homographs in a text.
Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context.

Word Study-

Decode words with Latin suffixes.
Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by decoding words using knowledge of suffixes, including how they can change base words such as dropping -e, changing -y to -i, and doubling final consonants.
Suffixes- -able, -ible, -ation

Writing:

Write for a reader- using tone and choice words to show feeling
Writing in Gratitude Journals
Daily writing in Simple Solutions Grammar and Daily Oral Language Packet

Math: Continue Chapter 10- Fractions: How can fractions be used to represent numbers and their parts?

New vocabulary: fraction, unit fraction, denominator, numerator, equivalent fractions

Mathematical practices:

Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
Model with mathematics.
Use appropriate tools strategically.
Attend to precision.
Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
Look for and make use of structure.
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
Use strategies such as:

Make a table
Look for a pattern
Use models

Tuesday: Lesson 5- Hands on- Fractions on a number line- Students will represent fractions on a number line. Also, Check My Progress page to see how things are going thus far in the chapter. Also: Check my progress- refresher pages for the first set of chapters.

Wednesday- Lesson 6: Equivalent fractions- Students will use models to find equivalent fractions. Additional practice in SeeSaw and IReady lessons

Thursday- Lesson 7: Vocabulary: denominator, equivalent fractions, numerator, is equal to (=), is greater than, is less than- Fractions as one whole- Students will express whole numbers as fractions and recognize fractions equivalent to whole numbers.

Daily work in Simple Solutions Math packet
Daily work in SeeSaw on math activities
Daily work in IReady and IXL math lessons

Religion: Unit 4 Session 16- Sacraments of Initiation

Session Theme: Through the Sacraments of Initiation, we receive the fullness of the holy Spirit and become members of the Church.

We become members of the Church through the Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eurcharist. 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 Eurcharist.

Outcomes of this chapter:

Tell the story of Jesus sending his disciples out to baptize.
Tell the story of Philip inviting the court official to follow Jesus.
Define: chrism, People of God

*Daily devotions and prayers, and songs

*Tuesday- 8:30 buddy all school Mass

Social Studies: Back to the Book-

Students will be presenting Ireland Reports slowly but surely!

Essential Question

How do people become part of our country?

Overview of the chapter: Investigate immigration in the United States by carefully analyzing visual and written primary sources from various time periods.

Objectives

Social Studies

Analyze why and how people immigrate to the United States.
Compare benefits and drawbacks of immigrating to the United States.
Draw conclusions from primary and secondary sources.

Language Arts

Identify main ideas in text. (reading)
Describe and illustrate an idea. (writing)

Preview chapter with: 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.

Complete the Unit Inquiry supporting question that corresponds to the lesson, play the lesson game, and create an assessment using TCI questions or your own in the test builder.

Homework for Thursday, 3/20/25

A big thanks to the Doherty's for their amazing presentation of Ireland today!

Everyone went home with a trinity pin and shamrock tattoo! We all went away with a warm feeling in our hearts, too.

Last day of h/w- The Act of Contrition! Everyone has been doing a fabulous job reciting the prayer. Thanks for all your assistance!

Tomorrow is a dress down day for the last day before Spring Break, courtesy of Mrs. Hein!

We are almost done with Ireland presentations- They are stunning and well done!

Have a lovely evening!

With Gratitude,

Sharon Shute and Class

Homework for Wednesday, 3/19/25

H/W for 3/19/25

--Math Lesson 3 Fractions

--Write the Act of Contrition on lined paper

Tomorrow:

--GYM first period

--The Doherty's help us learn about Ireland!

--Slideshow presentations to

Mrs. Hein for some of our classmates

--More Ireland slideshow presentations!

--Harry Potter returns- Today was too busy-

Lastly,

Thanks to Deacon and Joseph for creating a wonderful slideshow presentation for Save the Children- We had an informative Google Meet with Courtney and learned a lot about this fabulous organization!

Thanks also to Mrs. Bullock for a very interesting SEL lesson about our brain. Ask your child about their wise owl, guard dog, and elephant!

Part 2 of this presentation will be in early April. Thanks to Mrs. Bullock for a fabulous and important discussion!

With Gratitude,

Sharon Shute

Homework for Tuesday, 3/18/25

--Lesson 2 Fractions

--Write The Act of Contrition-- both homework pages are due tomorrow

Tomorrow:

--St. Joseph Day! Buddy Mass at 8:30

--St. Joseph Day projects

--Ireland presentations/ Reports are due tomorrow-thanks!

--Harry Potter!

Have a lovely day!

With Gratitude,

Sharon Shute

Homework for Monday, 3/17/25

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Homework for today:

--Write The Act of Contrition prayer on lined paper in folder; Practice memorizing the prayer as you write it

--Math Lesson 1 Fractions

Tomorrow:

-NO MASS TOMORROW

--Gym

--Begin social studies Ireland Slideshow presentations!

Have a lovely and lucky day!

With Gratitude,

Sharon Shute

Week at a Glance: March 17-21, 2025

Reading: Read and listen to stories of St. Patrick and St. Joseph

Spelling: Practice writing the Act of Contrition

Writing: Completing a research project on Canva

Math: Chapter 10 on Fractions

Social Studies:Final week studying Ireland

Religion:St. Joseph Day Celebration!

Can’t wait for Mr. and Mrs. Doherty to come in on Thursday and help us learn more about Ireland! We are so excited to celebrate our study of Ireland in such a educational and exciting way!

Reading, Writing, and Spelling: Research Week-

There will be no new spelling words this week or no new reading story- Instead focus on:

Reading/ Social Studies: Ireland Slideshow due Wednesday as students will begin presenting to the class.
Reading/ Social Studies: Canva report on famous abolitionists: Students will spin the Wheel of Abolitionists and work in a small group to complete a template on the person. The abolitionists are from our Reading Book: John Brown, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, and William Lloyd Garrison. Students will be presenting their findings to the class in their group.
Writing: Students will be working on memorizing the Act of Contrition by writing the prayer everyday for h/w and orally reciting it aloud.
Reading, Religion, Writing- Students will be writing about St. Patrick and St. Joseph in packets devoted to the beloved Saint.

Math: Begin Chapter 10- Fractions: How can fractions be used to represent numbers and their parts?

New vocabulary: fraction, unit fraction, denominator, numerator, equivalent fractions

Mathematical practices:

Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
Model with mathematics.
Use appropriate tools strategically.
Attend to precision.
Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
Look for and make use of structure.
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
Use strategies such as:

Make a table
Look for a pattern
Make a model

Monday- Lesson 1- Students will explore and model with unit fractions- Develop understanding of fractions as numbers.

Tuesday- Lesson 2- Parts of a whole- Students will read and write fractions that name part of a whole.

Wednesday-Lesson 3- Parts of a set- Students will use models to represent fractions that name part of a set.-

Thursday- Multiplication and Division games

Daily IReady math lessons for enrichment
Daily SeeSaw math activities

Religion:

Celebration the life of Saint Joseph with small group research to find:

Key events in St. Joseph’s life to create a timeline
Fill out a question and answer fact sheet on St. Joseph through research.
Write an opinion piece on the importance of the life of our patron saint, Saint Joseph
Daily songs, prayers and devotions.

Wednesday buddy Mass at 8:30 for Saint Joseph Day!

Daily songs and prayers, this week- learning Our Lady of Knock tying in with the Ireland unit.Daily Simple Solutions Math packet

Social Studies:

Continuation of our Ireland Unit- through videos, songs, stories students will explore their chosen county through Google Images and books on Ireland in the classroom. Students will also learn about the culture of Ireland and famous landmarks of Ireland, specifically their county.

--SeeSaw assignment to make a slideshow of their chosen country- listing some facts and images.

Homework for Tuesday, 3/11/25

-- Spelling - Texting Tuesday to practice spelling words for Friday's test

--Math practice test to prepare for Thursday's math test

--SeeSaw assignments-

--Slideshow practice here is the link for project requirements-

Here is the link to know your child's county

Project is due next Wednesday- Students will have time tomorrow to work on their slideshow.

Tomorrow:

--Art

--Harry Potter: Chapter 3

--Slideshow

--Finishing fish for the River Shannon

Have a lovely day!

With Much Gratitude,

Sharon Shute

Homework for Monday, 3/10/25

- Spelling homework

--Students can work on Ireland Slideshow for their Social Studies assignment.

We did math h/w in class as it was quite challenging-

Tomorrow:

--GYM- No Library- We switched our Library back to Thursdays- Sorry for any confusion!

--8:30 Non Buddy Mass

--Harry Potter continues

Have a lovely evening,

With Gratitude,

Sharon Shute

Week at a Glance: March 10-14, 2025

Highlights of the Week:

Reading: Stories about abolitionists

Writing: Slideshow reports Ireland/ Canva project

Spelling: VCCCV patterns

Math: Completion of Chapter 9 and onto Fractions!

Social Studies: Continued study of Ireland

Religion: St. Patrick/ Song: Our Lady of Knock

Spelling:

Surprise, pilgrim, subtract, control, sample, insect, contrast, employ, exclaim, athlete bonus words*** contraction, embrace, completion

Vocabulary Words: slavery, abolitionist, violence, equality, influential

Unit vocab words: benefit, generation, advice, consumer, familiar

High frequency words: common, though

Daily practice with spelling words through spelling menu
Daily h/w w/ spelling words

Reading: Unit 4 Week 2- How can personal stories change society?

Learning Goals:

I can learn more about biography and identify the main idea and key details in a biography.
I can develop knowledge about language to make connections between reading and writing.
I can use elements of opinion writing to write an opinion essay.

Objectives:

Use text evidence to support an appropriate response.
Interact with sources in meaningful ways such as note taking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating.
Describe individuals, events, and ideas that have changed communities, past and present.
Develop oral language through speaking, listening, and discussion.
Recognize characteristics and structure of informational text.
Identify use, and explain the meaning of antonyms, synonyms, idioms, homophones, and homographs in text.
Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by decoding words using knowledge of syllable division patterns such as VCCV, VCV, VCCCV with accent shifts.
Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including sections, tables, graphs, timelines, bullets, numbers and bold and italicized front to support understanding.
Review r-controlled words from last week..
Author’s purpose to achieve specific purpose.
Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding.

Students will be learning about Fredrick Douglass and Sojourner Truth through reading biographies.

Grammar:

Daily work in Simple Solutions packet
Teach VCCCV pattern- Words with the VCCCV pattern have a vowel, three consonants, then another vowel. Two of the consonants form a digraph or a blend. Syllables of these words divide between the blend or digraph and the other consonant.

Writing:

Work on Social Studies Slideshow
Students begin making researching an abolitionist and creating a Canva report on that person- this will done in small groups-

Math: Completion of Chapter 9 and begin Chapter 10 Fractions

Chapter 10- Fractions: How can fractions be used to represent numbers and their parts?

New vocabulary: fraction, unit fraction, denominator, numerator

Mathematical practices:

Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
Model with mathematics.
Use appropriate tools strategically.
Attend to precision.
Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
Look for and make use of structure.

Monday--Lesson 9- Problem Solving Investigation: Use logical reasoning- Students will use logical reasoning to solve problems. Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in arithmetic.

Tuesday- Review of Chapter 9 to prepare for Wednesday’s test

Wednesday- Chapter 9 Assessment

Thursday-Lesson 1- Students will explore and model with unit fractions- Develop understanding of fractions as numbers.

Friday-- Multiplication and Division games

Daily IXL and IReady math lessons for enrichment
Daily SeeSaw math activities
Daily Simple Solutions Math packet

Religion:

Celebration the life of Saint Patrick

Key events in St. Patrick’s life
Daily songs, prayers and devotions.
Tuesday- buddy Mass at 8:30
Daily songs and prayers, this week- learning Our Lady of Knock tying in with the Ireland unit.

Social Studies:

Slideshow of their chosen country- listing some facts and images.
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.
A special visit and presentation by Eleonor Doherty’s parents about the Emerald Isle on Thursday! Can’t wait!

Homework for Thursday, 3/6/25

HW for 3/6/25

-- Spelling h/w- Write a letter to a friend using as many spelling words as possible.

--We completed math h/w in class- difficult strategies today so we wanted to conquer it together!

Tomorrow:

--Feed My Starving Children 9:00-10:45

--Lenten Service Project- Reading to Mrs. Johnson's class

--Spelling and Reading tests

--Present Feb. book reports and begin Ireland!

Have a lovely day!

With Gratitude,

Sharon Shute

Homework for Tuesday, 3/4/25

Homework for 3/4/25

--Spelling- Texting Tuesday spelling paper

--Math Lesson 7- Equations

Tomorrow:

Ash Wednesday All School Buddy Mass at 8:30
Lenten activities in the classroom for the duration of Lent
Art class
We'll leave the doors open tomorrow for some Read a Thon fun- kids can read in either 3rd grade room and read with kids in the other class, too.

Have a lovely evening!

With Much Gratitude,

Sharon Shute

Homework for Monday, 3/3/25

--Spelling homework

--We completed Math lesson 6 in class today; Only a few kids took it home

--Readathon Log is in your child's folder today- Please have your child jot down their reading for today. They can add Harry Potter reading for 35 minutes and Lit. Circle reading for 35 minutes.

Tomorrow:

--No Mass but we do have Reconciliation in the afternoon

--Gym and Library; Please return all library books tomorrow- thanks!

--Harry Potter, we just completed Chapter 1 so onto the packet!

Have a lovely evening,

With Gratitude,

Sharon Shute

Week at a Glance: March 3-7, 2025

Highlights of the Week:

Reading: Begin Unit 4 in reading- Theme: Events

Writing/Social Studies: Students will present their Black History Month Reports

Phonics: R controlled vowels

Math: Continuing Chapter 9 Properties and Equations

Religion: Lent/ Stations of the Cross

Other Highlights:

-Tuesday-3rd and 4th Graders Reconciliation

-Wednesday- All school Mass for Ash Wednesday @12:30

-Friday- Field Trip: Feed My Starving Children- 9:00-10:30

Spelling Words: certainly, earn, return, search, swerve, termite, third, thirsty, thirteen, thirty bonus words: determine, virtual, personable-

High Frequency Words: system, brought

Develop Vocabulary: community, donate, convince, generous, transformed-

Unit Vocabulary Words: benefit, generation, advice, consumer, familiar

Language and Conventions- possessive nouns

Reading Goals for this Unit:

Weekly question: How can one person improve a community?

Focus on Daniel Burham and Jane Addams

Collaborate with others to determine how communities change over time.
Knowing about biography and understand its elements
Use language to make connections between reading and writing narrative nonfiction
Use elements of opinion writing to write a opinion essay

Week 1- Learn more about biography and analyze text structure in a biography

Reading Workshop Minilesson bank:

Primary source- Daniel Burnham
Biography: The House that Jane Built
Words that explain main ideas
Analyze text structure
Correct or confirm predictions
Talk about it: Ask relevant questions

Reading-Writing Workshop Bridge:

Academic vocabulary- related words
Word Study- R controlled vowels: ir, er, ur, ear
Read like a writer- explain the use of descriptive language
Write for a reader-use descriptive language

Writing Workshop: Weekly Focus: Introduce and immerse-

Mini-lesson bank:

Opinion essay: topic, point of view and reasons, brainstorm topics and focus on opinion, plan your opinion essay.

Reading/ Writing continued:

Daily SeeSaw entries for Math and Reading
Simple Solutions Grammar packet and daily Daily Oral Language packet

Math: Continuing Chapter 9- Properties and Equations-

Math Vocabulary words: evaluate, variable, expressions, operations, equation, estimate,

Mathematical Practices:

Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
Model with mathematics.
Attend to precision.
Look for and make use of structure.
Use appropriate tools strategically.
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

Monday- Lesson 7- Write Expressions- Students will represent one- and two step word problems using equations and a variable.

Tuesday: Lesson 8- Solve Using Two-Stop Word Problems- Students will represent and solve two-step word problems using equations and a variable.

Wednesday:- Lesson 9- Problem Solving Investigation: Use logical reasoning- Students will use logical reasoning to solve problems. Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in arithmetic.

Daily SeeSaw math activities
Daily IReady
Daily Simple Solutions Math packet

Social Studies:

Students from both classes will complete presentations from February book reports on Black History Month.
After presentations: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 slideshow report .
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.

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.

Daily songs, prayers, secret agent prayer list, pledge, and devotions
8:30 buddy Mass for Ash Wednesday- All School Mass
Lenten Packet with daily prayers and devotions- Activities to share hope and love to others-