Homework for Thursday, 4/24/24

--Word Art with the 13 Spelling Words to prepare for tomorrow's test

Tomorrow:

Have a lovely evening,

Mrs. Sharon Shute

Monday, 4/22/24

Lemonade Stand Eve

No Homework tonight- The students did a fabulous job with our Google Meet last week, for Alex's Lemonade Stand, that we issued a no homework day for today. 

The only hw is praying Mother Nature cooperates with our stand tomorrow.

 

Have a lovely evening,

With Gratitude,

Mrs. Sharon Shute

Week at a Glance: April 22-25, 2024

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

Social Studies: Immigration Chapter continues: Research Country

Science: Lesson 2- How do plants use leaves to make food?

 

Other Highlights: 

• Tuesday- Alex’s Lemonade Stand! Hooray- it’s showtime!
• Monday-Thursday Our class has morning prayer for the school. 
• Friday- No School Teachers Archdiocese Inservice

 

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:

*Daily journal entries into: Spelling Menu, April  creative writing journal, Daily April  prompts, 

*Writing an informational poster-

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

 

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

 

Science: Chapter 3 Lesson 3- How do plants use roots and stems to grow?

Students will know how roots and stems take in, transport, and store water and nutrients the plant needs to grow. By the end of this lesson, the student should be able to use models that describe how roots and stems help plants in their life cycles.

Words to Know: Nutrients

Chapter 3 Lesson 4- How do plants use flowers or cones to reproduce?

Students will know how plants reproduce using seeds and cones. By the end of this lesson, the student should be able to communicate how plants reproduce using seeds and cones.

Words to know: reproduce, pollinate, germinate

• DCI-3-LS1.B.2
  Reproduction is essential to the continued existence of every kind of organism. Plants and animals have unique and diverse life cycles.
• PE-3-LS1-1
  Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.

Social Studies:

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, Teacher, Student)
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. 

Homework for Thursday, 4/18/24

--Spelling with homophones- Write a letter to someone using the homophones.

Tomorrow:

--Spelling and Reading Test

--Religion, Social Studies, Science-

We had a very engaging conversation with two representatives from Alex's Lemonade Stand- getting ready for 4/23- THANKS for spreading the word-- we have already $650!!! Amazing and beautiful

 

With Much Gratitude,

Mrs. Sharon Shute

Homework for Wednesday, April 17, 2024

-----Wednesday sentences with homophones to practice for Friday's test

-----Tomorrow: Gym and Library- please send library books back to school

-----10:00 Zoom call with a rep. from Alex's Lemonade Stand

 

Have a lovely day,

With Gratitude,

Mrs. Sharon Shute

 

Homework for Tuesday, 4/16/24

-- Texting Tuesday h/w

Tomorrow: Art Class

Tomorrow- we have our long term science project with Nate, Leo, and Anthony and we are making signs for the Lemonade Stand!

Have a lovely evening,

With Gratitude,

Mrs. Shute

Homework for Monday, 4/15/24

--Spelling practice for the homophones

We finished Ireland today! Yippee! Onward and upward!

Enjoy the sunshine!

Much Gratitude,

Sharon Shute

Homework for Thursday, 4/11/24

--Word art homework to practice for the test tomorrow-

 

Tomorrow:

Most Sincerely,

Sharon Shute

 

Homework for Wacky Wednesday:

--Monday's homework to practice for Friday's spelling test .... because it's Wacky Wednesday.

 

Good News: We are half way done with the fabulous Ireland reports- we intend to finish presentations by Friday.

 

Tomorrow:

--Gym and Library- Please bring back library books-

--Risk Watch presentation for safety 

 

Please make sure to sign up for the 4/23 Lemonade Stand- either volunteering or donating baked goods (if possible) to help with our important service project.

Thanks for ALL you do to our school family.

 

With Gratitude,

Mrs. Sharon Shute

 

Homework for Tuesday, 4/9/24

- Texting Tuesday h/w- practice for Friday's test-

Tomorrow:

--More Ireland presentations! They are all so nice to we're devoting Wednesday to lots of presentations!

--April/ May book report information (Planets) is in your child folder. Please make sure to check it out.

 

Enjoy the lovely weather!

With Gratitude,

Mrs. Shute

Homework for Monday, 4/8/24

--Spelling Words h/w- to practice for Friday's test

--Mass (non Buddy)

--Gym

--Begin Ireland presentations-- Students will bring reports home after presentations.

--April / May book report information goes home tomorrow.

--

Thanks for everything you do for us!

With Gratitude,

Mrs. Sharon Shute

 Week at a Glance: April 8-12, 2024

Highlights of the Week:

Reading: Narrative Nonfiction genre

Spelling: Homographs

Writing: Opinion writing

Math: Completion of Chapter 10 Fractions

Science: Continue Chapter 2- Plants

Social Studies: Continuing with Settling in the US

Religion: Celebrating Reconciliation

Other Highlights:

Spirit Week- Please check email for daily dress!

Thursday- Risk Watch Presentation in our classroom

Friday- Field Trip to Feed My Starving Children in the morning and in the afternoon, we meet w/ our 7th grade buddies in the afternoon.

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 writing in journal entries
• Daily monthly prompts in notebook
• Daily SeeSaw writing activities 
• 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, and Simple Solutions Math Packets

Science: Chapter 3 Lesson 2- How Do Plants Make Food?

Words to Know: carbon dioxide, oxygen, photosynthesis, sugar, sun, water, variable

Lesson Objectives for Chapter 2:

• Students will classify plants into major groups, such as flowering and non flowering plants, based on physical characteristics.

• Students will develop models that describe how leaves help plants live, grow, and produce food. This week’s lesson- 

• Students will use models that describe the roots and stems of plants that take in, transport, or store water and nutrients that the plant needs to survive.
• Students will communicate how plants reproduce using seeds and cones.
• Students will develop and use models to describe how plants change during their life cycle.

Inquiry: How do plants change? Students will observe and record how plants adapt to changing conditions with pinto beans sprouting on a paper towel in a baggie. Students will choose a variable to change when the seeds grow roots. Example: Change the direction of the bag, the amount of light the bag receives, or the temperature inside the bag. 

Experiment: How does sunlight affect plant survival? Cover one leaf with foil and wait one week and observe changes in the covered leaf.

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
• Tuesday All School Mass at 8:30 Non -buddy Mass

Homework for Thursday, 4/4/24

--Spelling stories homework to prepare for tomorrow's test

-- Permission slip and $5.00 due 

Tomorrow:

This has been a short yet very busy week! Please be on the look out for an email regarding Alex's Lemonade Stand today- very important information.

Some of the fourth graders visited our class today to inform the 3rd graders about the Lemonade Stand. Very neat, indeed!

Have a lovely evening,

With Gratitude,

Mrs. Sharon Shute

April 3, 2024 Homework

--Spelling text messages to practice for Friday's spelling test

--Tomorrow- Ireland's book report due tomorrow- please email me if you have any questions.

 

What a day- Writing and typing the biographies took our whole afternoon- big project! Everyone's almost done!

 

Our Canva presentations are pushed to tomorrow and Ireland presentations will now start on Friday. 

 

Tomorrow: Gym and Library day!

Have a lovely evening,

Mrs. Shute