Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Homework

Please sign up for February virtual Parent/Teacher conferences to discuss iReady Math scores. Here is the link: https://www.schoolbookings.net/bkyXVH0/step1
 
Tomorrow is our pillow drive collection for the bed ministry. Please consider donating brand new standard sized pillows at drop off. Thank you!
 
Tomorrow is our Field My Starving Children field trip. Please refer to the email sent a couple of days ago about jewelry and sickness policy to attend. Thank you!
 
 
Math - NONE (Today we started working on finding the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of numbers or sets of numbers. We worked out many examples and all homework and worksheets were done is class and turned into me.)  
 
Science - NONE  (Today I used our Science time to rent out the Koenig Center to have a Social Studies reenactment of the Revolutionary War by playing Capture the Flag with each class. We had rules and reasonings behind how we were playing. The red team was the British, the blue team was the Americans and the white team were the French. For example: in Round 1 I had red team warm up while I had blue team do nothing...Why? It shows how the British was better trained then the American forces. The white team was cheering on the blue team and not the red team...Why?...France sent financial aid and supplies to the Americans early on in the war. We had lots of fun and was a great visual and interactive way to end our unit on Revolutionary War. )
 
Social Studies - NONE, but D.O.G. is due by Friday (Today I assigned a Key Vocabulary Quiz in Google Classroom. Each student had to write the definition of each key word used throughout the Revolutionary War and resubmit their doc back to me for a final grade. All definitions had to be put into their own words...no copy and paste was allowed. Also...I have already provided many resources (songs, games, etc..) in Google Classroom for students to start practicing their state capitals for our test on 2/29/24. Please practice and we will practice with worksheets in class as well starting this week.)
 
Reminders:
 
- 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 tutoring 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 to Feed My Starving Children on Thursday, February 1st for our service project for Catholic Schools Week from 11:15am to 1:15pm. Also, please make note that all jewelry must be removed prior to attending the facility...earrings, necklaces, bracelets, etc. Thank you!
 
~ Field Trip on May 2nd to Kenosha Public Museum to learn about Native American tribes that lived in Wisconsin and also dissecting Owl Pellets. We also have another Field Trip on May 22nd to the Civil War Museum in Kenosha. 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 and an earthworm in May sometime. 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.