Wednesday, April 3, 2024 Homework
Next week (4/8 to 4/12) is Spirit Week -
Monday - Pajama Day
Tuesday - Hat day
Wednesday - Wacky Wednesday
Thursday - Sports Team Day
Friday - Color Wars (wear Red)
Math - None (Today we worked on dividing unit fractions again. I gave all groups today a extra enrichment worksheet to extend on. Group 3 received an extra worksheet that was a harder level extension on this work as a crossword puzzle, but using numbers. You will notice more math work being done from now on as we approach 6th grade. This will be work that is a push for all group levels to excel and stretch their skills. All work was done in class and turned into me.)
Science - None - Bubis only (Today we read about the different spheres of the Earth. What are the four major sphere's of Earth's system?....air, water, land and all living things. What are the two main gases in the Earth's atmosphere?...nitrogen and oxygen What spheres did we read about?...atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere. My class did this yesterday. Both classrooms did a BrainPop lesson on Earth's Atmospheres as well.)
Social Studies - None (Today we started our new unit on the Gold Rush. The students were very excited about this! Intro and Chapter 1 was about striking gold. Some questions to ask.... Which mineral is known as Fool's Gold?...pyrite What were two tests James Marshall performed on the shinny nuggets to prove it was gold?...1- He hit the gold with a hammer and 2- He boiled the gold in a pot of water with lye soap.)
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. It's mixture of Science and Social Studies. We also have another Field Trip on May 22nd to the Civil War Museum in Kenosha. This will be a great experience for the students to see artifacts and listen to real life soldier stories as we finish the unit on the Civil War at that time. 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 on May 24th and an earthworm on May 15th. 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.
