Tuesday, April 9, 2024 Homework
This 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 our Practice test in class again. We will have done the Practice test 3 times before we take the actual test this Wednesday, April 10th. We will be pros at multiplying and dividing fractions for sure!)
Science - None- Schiff Only (Today we started the next lesson in our book which asked us the important question, What is Weather? We will go deeper in this topic later this week with a weather packet. The kids were given their observations journals for the process/life cycle of the baby chicks today that I have created for them. We will continuously go in to the Lab to make our observations throughout the process until they hatch. They also received a sheet where they chose one name they would like to see one chick named and why. Once they are all done, I will give to Mr. R to look over and possible pick a name from each class. Miss Bubis's class did this yesterday.)
Social Studies - None (Today we went back into reading our Seven Wonders of the Ancient World books and focused on Chapter 2, which was about the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. This was such a historic and gorgeous wonder that once existed. The students learned so much from it by answering questions from their packet. Ask them to tell you about its history.)
Reminders:
- This 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.
