Thursday, April 18, 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 this Friday, April 19th. Thank you so much! Checks can be made out to St. Joseph Catholic School.
 
Please send in your free vote every 24hrs for me if you can...I'd greatly appreciate it. I am so humbled to have made it so far already. It started two months ago with tens of thousands of contestants and now I'm in the top 5. It's amazing.
 
 
Math - None (Today we continued to work on weights...mainly tons, pounds and ounces. We focused on knowing that 1 pound = 16 ounces for our conversion. We added that 1 ton = 2000 pounds too. We also did a Check My Progress worksheet to see how we are doing so far with what we have learned. All work was done in class and turned in. I am giving everyone extra practice worksheets to take home and do at home if they would like to. It will take time to truly comprehend this lesson, but we will get it before our Math test on May 8th.)
 
Science - None (Today we took our Lesson 4 Check quiz and used the pages I stated to use as a guidance to find their answers. Then we finished our Climate Change Books by reading chapters 12 & 13 and doing the extra credit crossword puzzle worksheet as well. All books were turned in after being finished.)
 
Social Studies - None (Today we worked on a Westward Expansion Webquest where they looked up the website to read text and then answer the questions asked. They enjoy doing packets like this. Most did not finish, but I appreciated how focused and hard everyone was working the entire class period. Full credit was given to all.)
 
Reminders:
 
~ No School on Friday, April 26, 2024
 
- 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.