Monday, February 12, 2024 Homework

I am posting Monday, February 12th early as I will not be here on this day. I will be back at school on Tuesday, February 13th. 
 
Please note that tomorrow is a pizza lunch for 5th grade as an early celebration for Valentine's Day. If they do not like Domino's they can bring their own lunch. Thank you. It is also Mardi Gras $1 dress down...dress in purple, gold and green!
 
We will be attending Mass on Wednesday this week for Ash Wednesday. Please join us at 8:30am and receive your ashes as well.
 
Math - None... Chapter 8 Math Test is tomorrow, Tuesday - February, 13, 2024 (Today we worked on a couple of Lesson Check pages in the book. They also received another practice test for optional EXTRA CREDIT tonight.)
 
Science - None - Bubis Only  (Today they worked on a Valentine’s Day Webquest where they had to look up certain websites to answer the questions being asked in each section. My class will do this tomorrow. Science test is on Wednesday, Feb. 14th and they are overly ready for it.)
 
Social Studies -None, but D.O.G. is due by Friday (We are entering our studies about The Constitution. They all received books to read and learn about this unit, along with new packets for comprehension. Today we had to finish the intro and Chapter 1 of the book, "What is the Constitution" and answer page 1 of the packet. What were some troubles America was having in 1787?
 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 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.