Week at a Glance: April 22-25, 2025

Highlights of the Week:

Reading: Project week- Informational Posters

Spelling: Review week

Writing: Research on a town that has changed

Math: Chapter 11 continues with measurement

Religion: Session 20: Easter/ Holy Week

Social Studies: Immigration Chapter continues: Research Country

Other Highlights: 

• Tuesday-Friday-Our class has morning prayer for the school. Students will be reading devotions in pairs every morning this week. I will send an email to the students who will be reading soon.

Spelling Words: Review words from Unit 4:

Ate, eight, minute, research, visible, flexible, likable, thirteen, search, third, earn, thirty, inspect no bonus words this week--

Reading: Unit 4- Week 6 Last week with Unit 4-

This week students will:

• Research communities that have changed over time.
• Create a poster showing a part of a city or town that has changed.

Lesson 1- Compare across texts:

Inquire:

• Introduce Inquiry Project
• Read “From Wood to Stone”
• Generate questions about the topic
• Apply Academic Vocabulary

Lesson 2

Explore and Plan:

• Informational Writing
• Read “Yankee Stadium: Then and Now”
• Set a purpose, identify a topic, and a list research goals

Conduct Research:

• Use the Library of Congress Web site
• Gather information on a research topic

Lesson 3-Collaborate and Discuss

• Analyze a Student Model
• Identify features of an informational poster

Refine Research:

• Identify source types
• Read “History in the Making”
• Apply identifying source types of article

Lesson 4- Extend Research:

• Find or create images
• Incorporate images into posters

Collaborate and Discuss

• Revise & Edit; Clarify and Coherence
• Peer review posters

Lesson 5- Celebrate and Reflect

• Share your posters
• Reflect on your project

Reflect on the Unit:

• Reflect on your goals, reading, and writing

Writing:

*Writing an informational poster-

*Create an informational poster based on research of a town/ community that has changed using the Library of Congress website and Google searches.

Math:  This week’s math is focused on telling time-

Chapter 11- Measuring Time: Mathematical Practices:

• Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
• Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
• Model with mathematics.
• Use appropriate tools strategically.
• Attend to precision.
• Look for and make use of structure.
• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
• Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

Vocabulary words: analog and digital clock, time interval,

Monday- Lesson 4- Solve Mass Problems: Why do we measure? Students practice algebra skills with finding the mass of multiple objects. 

We completed Lesson 5- Measuring Time last week-

Tuesday- Lesson 6- Time intervals; Measurement and data; Students will determine time intervals to solve problems.

Wednesday- Lesson 7- Problem Solving Investigation- Strategy: Work Backward; Students will work backward to solve problems. 

Thursday- Practice for Assessment on Measurement-

-- Daily practice and enrichment math skills with IXL, SeeSaw assignments, and IREADY

Religion: Session 20- Celebrating Lent and Holy Week

Session Theme:  Lent and Holy Week are times to think of how we treat others-

Outcomes:

• Retell the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well.
• Explain Lent is a time to think about how we treat others.
• Describe practices and experiences of Lent and Holy Week.
• Define almsgiving, intercessions, and Prayer of the Faithful.

Daily prayers and devotions-

Tuesday- 8:30 Mass-  no buddies; Our class’ turn to bring up the Gifts and read the morning prayers

--Daily songs, prayers, and devotions

Social Studies Project- Students will be assigned a country to research (in small groups) and will have a role in their research. They will  learn the culture about the country they are immigrating from and what certain roles/ expectations were in their country and answer the following questions:

1. Why are you leaving the county and coming to the USA?
2. What was your role in your country? (Examples: Mom, Dad, Child)
3. What are some words in your native language that we could learn? (five words)
4. What are your hopes and dreams for coming to America?

After research- students will present their immigration country to the class and classmates will record information learned from the other groups. 

H/W for Wednesday, 4/16/25

--No math h/w- we completed this in class

--Write a letter to a friend- spelling homework

We planted special flowers for Easter/ Holy Week with Mrs. Bullock!

Thanks so very much for all the time and effort you put into this most beautiful project to celebrate Spring and Easter!

Tomorrow: No School Friday

- Spelling and Reading Test

-- last meet up with Mrs. MacDonald's class for our Lenten Service project

--Stations of the Cross activity 

 

Have a lovely sunny day!

With Gratitude,

Sharon Shute

Homework for 4/14/25

-- Math Lesson 1- Measurement

--Spelling Words practice worksheet

--SeeSaw work

Tomorrow:

--8:30 Buddy Mass

--Gym

--Start Poetry unit!

 

Have a lovely day!

With Gratitude,

Sharon Shute

 

 

 

 

Homework for 4/10/25

--Spelling- Write a letter to a friend using as many spelling words as possible.

--Math- Sorry, I neglected to pass the math homework yesterday! Today's h/w is a math quiz on fractions.

Tomorrow:

Grandparent's Day- Yay! Looking forward to seeing Grandparents in Church tomorrow! Students can sit w/their families for this most special Mass

--Spelling, Reading, and Religion tests tomorrow

--Social Studies and Science work

 

Have a lovely evening!

Mrs. Sharon Shute

H/W for Tuesday, 4/8/25

--Math sheet to practice equivalent fractions

--Spelling homework practice page

Tomorrow:

- We meet with first grade, Mrs. Fisher's class for our Lenten Service Project to write spring stories.

--ART

--Harry Potter

--Read and learn more about our new reading book story The Green City

--Math- Practicing fractions for Thursday's test

 

Have a lovely evening!

With Gratitude,

Sharon Shute

Homework for Monday, 4/7/25

--Spelling practice sheet

--Math lesson 8- Compare Fractions

--SeeSaw math and spelling activities

Tomorrow:

--GYM no Mass tomorrow

--Lenten Service Project with Mrs. MacDonald's Class- Writing spring stories together.

Have a lovely day!

With Gratitude,

Sharon Shute

Week at a Glance: April 7-11, 2025

Highlights of the Week:

Reading: Narrative Nonfiction genre

Spelling: Homographs

Writing: Opinion writing

Math: Completion of Chapter 10 Fractions

Social Studies: Settling in the US

Religion: Celebrating Reconciliation

Other Highlights:

• No Mass on Tuesday
• Thursday- Stations of the Cross at 12:30
• Friday- Grandparent’s Day Mass at 8:30- Not  buddy Mass; Students can sit with their Grandparents-

Spelling: transplant, consult, finance, content, minute, digest, upset, research, incline, construct- bonus words-- entrances, manifest, invalid

Vocabulary words: destroyed, opportunity, sustainability, reclaimed, constructed-

Unit vocabulary words: benefit, generation, advice, consumer, familiar

High Frequency Words: equation, among

Reading: Unit 4 Week 4- How can a leader’s experiences inspire change?

Learning Goals:

• I can learn about themes concerning events by distinguishing viewpoints in narrative nonfiction.
• I can develop knowledge about language to make connections between reading and writing.
• I can use elements of opinion writing to write an opinion essay.

Objectives:

• Make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society.
• Interact with sources in meaningful ways such as note taking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating.
• Know that information, critical information, scientific problem solving, and the contributions of scientists are used in making decisions.
• Explore timelines
• Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text. 
• Identify, use, and explain the meaning of antonyms, synonyms, idioms, homophones, and homographs in text. 
• Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence and cause and effect. 
• Introduce a topic or text, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons.
• Use linking words and phrases to connect opinion and reasons.
• Provide a concluding statement or section. 

Writing:

• Daily work in Reading book-
• Daily SeeSaw writing activities 
• Daily writing in Simple Solutions Grammar
• Writing an opinion essay- this will take a few weeks to completion.

Math: Completion of Chapter 10 Fractions

Objectives/ Mathematical Practices:

• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
• Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
• Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
• Model with mathematics.
• Attend to precision.
• Look for and make use of structure.

Vocabulary: denominator, equivalent fractions, numerator, is equal to (=), is greater than, is less than, 

Monday- Lesson 8- Compare fractions- Students will use models to compare 2 fractions and record the results. 

Tuesday- Lesson 9- Review fractions chapter to prepare for Thursday’s assessment

Wednesday- Chapter 10 Preparations for fraction assessment- Quiz day!

Thursday- Chapter 10 Assessment for fractions

Daily math assignments:

•  in SeeSaw
• IReady Math lessons
•  Simple Solutions Math Packets
• IXL daily lessons

Social Studies: Continuing Lesson 5- Settling in the USA

Questions to answer in this lesson:

• Why do immigrants come to the states?
• How immigrants came to the USA?
• Where did immigrants settle in the US?
• What was life like for immigrants in the US?
• How to become a US citizen-

Video: How do history and culture shape your community?

Essential Question--How do people become part of our country?Overview: Investigate immigration in the United States by carefully analyzing visual and written primary sources from various time periods.

Objectives:Social Studies

• Analyze why and how people immigrate to the United States.
• Compare benefits and drawbacks of immigrating to the United States.
• Draw conclusions from primary and secondary sources.

Language Arts

• Identify main ideas in text. (reading)
• Describe and illustrate an idea. (writing)

Preview-Think about how it feels to move to a new place and then listen to audio clips from immigrants about their experiences. 

Hands-On Activity: Analyzing Primary Sources-Investigate immigration in the United States by carefully analyzing visual and written primary sources from various time periods.

Show What You Know- Compare opportunities and challenges of immigration. 

Also: Students will present March Book Reports: Study of Ireland

 

Religion: Celebrating Reconciliation Session 17 Unit 4 (Sacraments)

When we turn away from God the Father through personal sin, Jesus the Son calls us to forgiveness in the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. God always forgives us and gives us the grace to be truly sorry for our sins. In this sacrament, we confess our sins to a priest, who shares with us Jesus’ gifts of forgiveness and peace.

Session Theme: When we sin and fail to love God the Father and others, Jesus the Son calls us to forgiveness through the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.

• Daily prayers, devotions, and songs
• Friday Grandparent’s Day Mass at 8:30 Non -buddy Mass

Homework for Tuesday, 4/1/25

--Spelling words practice sheet

--Math Lesson 5 Fractions on a number line

Tomorrow:

--Art

--Harry Potter Reading- Missed that book over break!

-- My favorite day with the class- only one special! Lots of time for learning while enjoying each other's company!

 

With Much Gratitude,

Sharon Shute

Week at a Glance: April 1-4, 2025

Highlights of the Week:

Reading: How do big ideas change communities?

Spelling: Words with suffixes

Writing: Use to tone when writing

Math: Continuing Chapter 10 on Fractions

Social Studies: Back to the book for Settling in the USA

Religion:Back to the Book: 

Spelling: Unit 4 Week 3 Words to know:

Anticipation, civilization, convertible, dependable, flexible, likable, movable, terrible, usable, visible. Bonus words: traceable, invincible, inspiration

High Frequency words: language, clear-

• Daily work with spelling words in spelling menu and homework-

Unit Academic Words: benefit, generation, advice, consumer, familiar

This week’s vocabulary words: succeed, determined, impressed, eventually, imagined-

• Daily homework practice with spelling words
• Daily assignments on SeeSaw to practice spelling words

Reading: Unit 4 Week 3- How do big ideas change communities?

Learning goals:

• I can learn more about biography and explain the author’s purpose in a biography.
• I can develop knowledge about language to make connections between reading and writing.
• I can use elements of opinion writing to write an opinion speech

Objectives:

• Interact with sources in meaningful ways such as note taking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating.
• Describe how individuals, events, and ideas have changed communities, past and present. 
• Listen actively, ask relevant questions to clarify information, and make pertinent comments.
• Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text.
• Use context within and beyond a sentence to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and multiple meaning words.
• Identify, use, and explain the meaning of antonyms, synonyms, idioms, homophones, and homographs in a text.
• Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context.

Word Study-

• Decode words with Latin suffixes.
• Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by decoding words using knowledge of suffixes, including how they can change base words such as dropping -e, changing -y to -i, and doubling final consonants. 
• Suffixes- -able, -ible, -ation

Writing: 

• Write for a reader- using tone and choice words to show feeling
• Writing in Gratitude Journals
• Daily writing in Simple Solutions Grammar and Daily Oral Language Packet

Math: Continue Chapter 10- Fractions: How can fractions  be used to represent numbers and their parts?

New vocabulary: fraction, unit fraction, denominator, numerator, equivalent fractions

Mathematical practices: 

• Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
• Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
• Model with mathematics.
• Use appropriate tools strategically.
• Attend to precision.
• Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
• Look for and make use of structure.
• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
• Use strategies such as: 
• Make a table
• Look for a pattern
• Use models

Tuesday: Lesson 5- Hands on- Fractions on a number line- Students will represent fractions on a number line. Also, Check My Progress page to see how things are going thus far in the chapter. Also: Check my progress- refresher pages for the first set of chapters.

Wednesday- Lesson 6: Equivalent fractions- Students will use models to find equivalent fractions. Additional practice in SeeSaw and IReady lessons

Thursday- Lesson 7: Vocabulary: denominator, equivalent fractions, numerator, is equal to (=), is greater than, is less than- Fractions as one whole- Students will express whole numbers as fractions and recognize fractions equivalent to whole numbers.

• Daily work in Simple Solutions Math packet
• Daily work in SeeSaw on math activities
• Daily work in IReady and IXL math lessons

Religion: Unit 4 Session 16- Sacraments of Initiation

Session Theme: Through the Sacraments of Initiation, we receive the fullness of the holy Spirit and become members of the Church.

We become members of the Church through the Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eurcharist. At our Baptism, we receive the Holy Spirit and become one of the People of God. We begin a new life in Jesus. Confirmation seals the Holy Spirit’s presence in us, and through the Holy Spirit, we receive Jesus in his Body and Blood in the Eurcharist.

Outcomes of this chapter:

• Tell the story of Jesus sending his disciples out to baptize.
• Tell the story of Philip inviting the court official to follow Jesus.
• Define: chrism, People of God

*Daily devotions and prayers, and songs

*Tuesday- 8:30 buddy all school Mass

Social Studies: Back to the Book-

Students will be presenting Ireland Reports slowly but surely!

Essential Question

How do people become part of our country?

Overview of the chapter: Investigate immigration in the United States by carefully analyzing visual and written primary sources from various time periods.

Objectives

Social Studies

• Analyze why and how people immigrate to the United States.
• Compare benefits and drawbacks of immigrating to the United States.
• Draw conclusions from primary and secondary sources.

Language Arts

• Identify main ideas in text. (reading)
• Describe and illustrate an idea. (writing)

Preview chapter with: Think about how it feels to move to a new place and then listen to audio clips from immigrants about their experiences. 

Hands on activity: Analyzing primary sources:

Investigate immigration in the United States by carefully analyzing visual and written primary sources from various time periods.

Show what you know: Compare opportunities and challenges of immigration. 

 Complete the Unit Inquiry supporting question that corresponds to the lesson, play the lesson game, and create an assessment using TCI questions or your own in the test builder. 

A big thanks to the Doherty's for their amazing presentation of Ireland today! 

Everyone went home with a trinity pin and shamrock tattoo! We all went away with a warm feeling in our hearts, too.

Last day of h/w- The Act of Contrition! Everyone has been doing a fabulous job reciting the prayer. Thanks for all your assistance!

 

Have a lovely evening!

With Gratitude,

Sharon Shute and Class

H/W for 3/19/25

--Math Lesson 3 Fractions

--Write the Act of Contrition on lined paper

Tomorrow:

--GYM first period

--The Doherty's help us learn about Ireland!

--Slideshow presentations to

Mrs. Hein for some of our classmates

--More Ireland slideshow presentations! 

--Harry Potter returns- Today was too busy-

 

With Gratitude,

Sharon Shute

HW

--Lesson 2 Fractions

--Write The Act of Contrition-- both homework pages are due tomorrow

Tomorrow:

--St. Joseph Day! Buddy Mass at 8:30

--St. Joseph Day projects

--Ireland presentations/ Reports are due tomorrow-thanks!

--Harry Potter!

Have a lovely day!

With Gratitude,

Sharon Shute

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Homework for today:

--Write The Act of Contrition prayer on lined paper in folder; Practice memorizing the prayer as you write it

--Math Lesson 1 Fractions

Tomorrow:

-NO MASS TOMORROW

--Gym 

--Begin social studies Ireland Slideshow presentations!

 

Have a lovely and lucky day!

With Gratitude,

Sharon Shute