Monday, April 15, 2024 Homework
Field Trip forms for Kenosha Public Museum on May 2nd went home with your child today. Please have the signed form and payment back by April 19th. Thank you so much! Checks can be made out to St. Joseph Catholic School.
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Math - None (We worked on an extension worksheet that had to do with converting units of measure into other units...example: 10 yards = ?ft ..= 30ft)
Science - None - Bubis Only (Today we started the next lesson in our book which asked us the important question, How do clouds and precipitation form? Some questions you might want to ask are; Is it possible to have hail fall when the air temperature is above 0 degrees Celcius?..Yes, because the wind and freezing temperature at the top of the clouds is what forms hail and not what the temperature of Earth is. What form of precipitation does most rain start as?...Ice Crystals Types of clouds?...Cirrus, Cumulonimbus, Altocumulus, Stratus, Fog - After they were done, they read chapters 10 & 11 in Climate Change books and answered questions in packet. - My classroom will be reading doing this all tomorrow.)
Social Studies - None ((Today we went deeper into the history of the Gold Rush with a packet of facts and questions. All packets will go home on Friday for parents to view. I also allowed for some time to play Oregon Trail game on their chromebooks. An oldie, but a goodie!)
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.
