Thursday, April 4, 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, along with learning how to get mixed numbers as some of our answers that have remainders when we divide the fractions. They all received an extra worksheet of enrichment on this lesson as well. We're doing great! All work was done in class and turned into me.)
Science - None (Today we continued to read about the different spheres of the Earth with an extension and enrichment packet, so we can truly master the lesson of the week. What spheres did we read about?...atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere)
Social Studies - None (Today we continued to read chapters 2 & 3 about the Gold Rush. These chapters were called Gold Fever and Rushing West. Some questions to ask.... How did the news of the gold strike travel in the 1840's?...By word of mouth. Jewelry made of pure gold has gold consisting of how many karats?...24 karats. What were wagons pulled by heading west?...Oxen. How long did it take to travel by land from New York to California?...7 months. Why was it hard to travel from East coast to California during 1848?...Snow and cold weather made it much harder to travel across the country to California.)
Reminders:
- Next Thursday, April 11th is our next Food Collection Drive and 5th grade is in charge of donating canned soups. Please donate anything you can as it is much appreciated.
- 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.
