Thursday, March 14, 2024 Homework
We finished our 3 country's presentations in class and all the students did an excellent job with this project. I'm so proud of them. Ask your child to present it to you at home from the Chromebook. You'll be impressed with the facts they found about each country. Great job!
Great job to all of 5th grade with their performance of the Stations of the Cross today in Church. It was very well done and I thank Mr. Showstead in his lead role of teaching them their lines and putting on the play for us all to watch.
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Math - None (Today we worked on multiplying fractions again...same concept as yesterday, but just bigger numbers to multiply... example 5/6 x 18 = 90/6 = 15 whole. I gave them another IXL lesson as well and all work was done in class and turned into me.)
Science - None (We have our Chapter 4 Test in Science tomorrow, but there is nothing to study for as I have a surprise for the kids to use on the test. It'll be super easy to take. Since we are ahead in pacing for Science we did a packet on the Louisiana Purchase in class. This packet taught them all the key players in the game, as I like to call it...like: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Federalists, Napoleon Bonaparte, etc...lots of great information taught with this packet. )
Social Studies - None (Today we worked on a packet about the War of 1812. This helped the students earn some national pride for the American's and learn how we claimed the land now known as the eastern United States. They also learned vocabulary words, like: impressment, nationalism, anthem, and secede.)
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 ENRICHMENT 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.
