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I’m Mrs. Sharon Shute and this is my 17th year here at St. Joseph School! I am thrilled to be your child’s teacher this year and so excited to be leading them on their journey of wonder and wisdom. A bit of background about myself- I have been an early childhood educator for 36 years beginning as a preschool teacher in Chicago. My love of children grew and so did my education! I began teaching Montessori preschool and then went to school and earned an Early Childhood Degree from Kendall College (then in Evanston)with a minor in Psychology. I have been very fortunate to teach in two Catholic schools in Chicago before coming to St. Joe's. I have brought the spirit of my Chicago experiences to this vibrant, thriving, and flourishing school and I am eternally grateful for the opportunity of working at such a wonderful school. I have been nominated for The Golden Apple Award from my work here at St. Joe's and at St. Stanislaus in Chicago.
 
Though this is my 17th year at St. Joe's, I taught first grade for 14 of those years and now love teaching third grade. Lots of new things this year: Chromebooks, Media class with Mrs. Hoglund and Spanish class with Mrs. Leonhardt, and team building activities every Friday. So excited to journey into Third Grade with such caring and kind parents and students. Thank you for letting your child be a part of our school family. 
 
Please feel free to email me through the website or at [email protected]. Also, feel free to contact me regarding any questions or concerns that arise throughout the school year. 
 
This school year, our class will consist of: Reading, Spelling, Math, Language Arts, Religion, Social Studies, and Science. I will be teaching Social Studies to both 3rd grade classes. Mrs. D'Amore will be teaching Science to both classes. We switch classes twice a week. 
 
I feel so blessed to have been successful at piloting flex seating (with desks also) for the past 2 years in my third grade class. Looking forward to this year with half flex seating and half traditional. Thanks to a wonderful parent for donating some of our flex seating and making this new venture possible. 
 
I feel so honored and blessed to be a part of your child's journey this year! 
Most Sincerely,
Mrs. Sharon Shute
PS: Never expected but always welcomed- Amazon Wish List link below:
 
We are going peanut free in the classroom. Please read for snack: Thanks!

Our aim is to provide a safe learning environment for all people in our school Community. To support this, SJCS is designating your child’s classroom as “nut-free”. This policy aims to increase our community awareness in order to minimize the risk for children with documented allergies to nut products. Our school has developed and will maintain a whole-school action and implementation plan when dealing with students who have critically life-threatening allergies.  


WHY? Anaphylaxis is a severe form of allergic reaction which is potentially life-threatening. It can be fatal within minutes; either through swelling that shuts off airways or through a dramatic drop in blood pressure. There are many causative agents for anaphylaxis with nuts often being the precipitative factor.  Anaphylaxis is preventable.  Avoidance of specific triggers is by far the best option. Management is via immediate injection of epinephrine and emergency transport to the hospital. 


Allergy to peanuts appears to be on the rise in children. According to a FARE-funded study, the number of children in the U.S. with peanut allergy more than tripled between 1997 and 2008. Studies in the United Kingdom and Canada also showed a high prevalence of peanut allergy in school children.  

Based on recent studies, an estimated 25-40 percent of people who have peanut allergy are also allergic to tree nuts. In addition, peanuts and tree nuts often come into contact with one another during manufacturing and serving processes. For these reasons, allergists usually tell their patients with peanut allergy to avoid tree nuts as well.  


Trace amounts of peanut can cause an allergic reaction. Casual contact with peanuts, such as touching peanuts or peanut butter residue, is less likely to trigger a severe reaction. Casual contact becomes a concern if the area that comes into contact with peanuts then comes into contact with the eyes, nose or mouth (for example, a child with peanut allergy gets peanut butter on her fingers, and then rubs her eyes).  


What does this mean for me?  

  • Your child’s classroom will remain a “peanut/nut-free zone.”  Please do not send in any food items to be consumed in the classroom that contains peanuts, nuts, peanut butter, nut butters, or peanut products. 
    • This includes almonds, filberts, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia nut, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios, and walnuts.
    • Read labels carefully to make sure the products are nut free.  
    • This includes labels that read “May contain traces of peanuts/nuts” or “processed in a facility that processes products that contain peanuts/nuts.”  Food labels and ingredients change over time, so always read the label each time before purchasing snacks. 
    • NO HOMEMADE TREATS MAY BE BROUGHT INTO THE CLASSROOM. All treats/snacks brought to the classroom must have an ingredient label.

  • A peanut free table will be designated in the lunch room for all students with peanut/nut allergies.  
  • Peanut butter and peanut/nut products may be packed in your child’s lunch, but CANNOT be eaten in the classroom, or at the peanut/nut free lunch table.  

Thank you for your continued support with keeping our students safe.

Mrs. Blake    

 

 




 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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TIME

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

7:30 – 7:34

Homeroom

Homeroom

Homeroom

Homeroom

Homeroom

7:35 – 8:15

Spanish

Math 

Math

PE

Prayers, Devotions, Intentions, Songs

8:17 – 8:57

Music

Math

8:30 Mass

Math Groups/ ELA

Math 

Spelling, Reading Tests

8:59 – 9:39

Math

9:20- 9:50- PE

Art

Math Groups/ ELA

ELA

9:41 – 10:21

Math Groups

Math/ Begin ELA

ELA

ELA/ Lit Circles

Lit Circles

10:23 – 11:03

ELA

ELA

ELA

SS Switch Classes

STEAM

11:05 – 11:45

Lunch Recess

Lunch Recess

Lunch -

Lunch Recess

Lunch Recess

11:47 – 12:27

ELA Lit Circles/ Workshop

11:37- Lit Circles/ Workshop

ELA Lit Circles/Workshop

Library/ Media

Social Studies- Mrs. D's Class

12:29 – 1:09

Library/ Media

12:19- ELA Lit. Circles/ Workshop

Lit Circles/ Workshop

ELA Lit Circles/ Workshop

Social Studies My Class

1:11 – 1:50

Religion-Gratitude Journal

Finish Lit Circles

Gratitude Journal/ SS My Class

Religion

Gratitude Journal

Religion

Gratitude Journal

Fun Friday Team Building Activities

Gratitude Journal

1:50 – 2:00

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Homework for Wednesday, 11/20/24

Homework for Wednesday, 11/20/24
--Math Lesson 3- Using repeated subtraction to divide
--Spelling practice for Friday's spelling test
--Division worksheet
 
Tomorrow:
--Gym and Library- Please return all library books- Thanks!
--Lit Circles, The One and Only Bob and More division!
--Switch classes for Science, too
 
Have a lovely evening,
With Gratitude,
Mrs. Sharon Shute

Homework for Tuesday, 11/19/24

Homework for Tuesday, 11/19/24
--Math Lesson 2 division
--Spelling- Practice compound words for Friday's spelling test
Tomorrow:
--Art
--Lots of time to catch up on The One and Only Bob and Wolf Island!
Have a lovely afternoon!
With Gratitude,
Mrs. Shute

Homework for Monday, November 18, 2024

Homework for Monday, November 18, 2024
--Math 2 sheets of Homework- 1) from math book/ chapter 5 lesson 1 
2) Math color by code- you don't have to color though
--Spelling words- all compound words this week.
 
Tomorrow:
--8:30 Mass
--Gym
--Back to The One and Only Bob
--Lit Circles and diving into division
 
Have a lovely evening,
With Gratitude,
Mrs. Sharon Shute

Week at a Glance: November 18-22, 2024

Week at a Glance: November 18-22, 2024

Academic Highlights of the Week:

Reading: Unit 2 Week 3 begins! Food chain effects on plants and animals

Spelling: Compound words are practiced

Writing: 

Math: Begin Division chapter

Social Studies: Continuation with maps and famous places in the USA

Religion: Jesus Sends the Holy Spirit- Unitn 3 Session 11


Spelling Words- popcorn, football, moonlight, eyesight, airport, haircut, fireworks, outside, playground, rattlesnake; Bonus words: courthouse, thumbtack, teammate-

Vocabulary words for the week: depended, well-being, population, available, balance

Unit vocabulary words: investigate, prefer, associate, avoid, features-

  • Daily practice with spelling words on SeeSaw activities
  • Work with spelling and vocabulary words in daily reading book
  • M-Thursday homework w/ spelling words

Language Arts: Unit 2 Week 3- Realistic Fiction (genre focus) Weekly Question- How can a chain affect plants and animals?

Objectives/goals:

  • I can learn more about themes concerning interactions by analyzing illustrations in realistic fiction.
  • I can develop knowledge about language to make connections between reading and writing.
  • I can use elements of an informational text to write a how-to-article.
  • Interact with sources in meaningful ways, such as: note taking, annotating, freewriting, and illustrating.
  • Identify and describe the flow of energy in a food chain and predict how changes in a food chain affect the ecosystem such as removal of frogs from ponds or bees from a field.
  • Read a story about consumers and producers.
  • Use print or digital resources to determine meaning, syllabication, and pronunciation.
  • Use context within and beyond a sentence to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and multiple meaning words.
  • Decode compound words, contractions, and abbreviations.
  • Generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information.
  • Make correct, or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structure.
  • Make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society.

Writing:

  • Daily writing practice in Simple Solutions Grammar book
  • Continued writing in Fall packet

Math: Begin Chapter 5-Understanding Division

inverse operations, quotient, repeated subtraction, division, divide, partition, division sentence, dividend, divisor, quotient-

Mathematical practices:

  • Make sense of problems and persevere in solving problems
  • Reason abstractly and quantitatively
  • Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning.
  • Model with mathematics
  • Attend to precision

Monday- Lesson 1- Hands on- Model Division/ Students will explore two meanings of division.

Tuesday- Lesson 2- Division as equal sharing/ Students will model division as equal sharing.

Wednesday- Lesson 3- Relate Division and Subtraction/ Use models to relate division and subtraction.

Thursday- Lesson 4- Hands on: Relate division and Multiplication/ Explore how division and multiplication are related.

Friday- Math review of division

  • Daily practice with math concepts in Simple Solutions Math book

Religion: Unit 2- Session 10 Celebrating Advent-

Advent is a time to prepare ourselves and our homes for the celebration of Jesus’ birth.

The liturgical year begins with Advent, which starts four Sundays before Christmas. It is a time when we prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus, the Savior. During Advent, we pray and sing to welcome God the Father into our hearts as we think of the light he brought to the world through Jesus, his Son. 

  • Discuss how through the prophets like Isiah, God has called us to prepare the way for Jesus.
  • Explain that Advent is a time to prepare our hearts and homes to celebrate the birth of Jesus.
  • Define ADVENT
  • Song O Come, O Come, Emmanuel link here
  • Tuesday non-buddy Mass at 8:30
  • Daily songs, prayers and devotions

Social Studies: Continue Lesson 3 about Geography

Overview: Create a brochure about the geography of your community and play a matching game to find out how people in different communities adapt to geography.

Essential Question:

How does geography affect our community?

Objectives:

Social Studies:

  •  Identify and describe the physical features, climate, and natural resources of various geographic areas, including the local community.
  • Compare and contrast different regions in terms of their geographical characteristics.
  • Use map tools: scale, grid, key (legend), symbols, title, and compass rose.

Language Arts:

  • Orally present solutions to environmental problems in response to ideas by others. (speaking, listening)
  • Organize information in chart form. (writing)
  • Identity examples of categories found in text. (reading)
  • Write and illustrate descriptions of geographic locations. (writing)

Vocabulary: adapt, climate, conservation, natural resource, natural hazard, physical feature, physical geography, pollution, region-

  • Work with a partner to create a slideshow about one of the four places in the US we read about in our social studies book, including:
    • Roseburg, Oregon
    • Galveston, Texas
    • Las Cruces, New Mexico
    • Gloucester, Massachusetts
  • Students will work on researching the geography of these places and create a slideshow to present to their class.

Homework for Tuesday, 11/12/24

Homework for 11/12/24
-Multiplication color by code worksheet
--Spelling h/w practice for Friday's test
Tomorrow:
--Art
--Lit Circles, The One and Only Bob book-
--Math- Take a practice multiplication quiz to prep for Thursday's math test
 
Have a lovely evening,
With Gratitude,
Sharon Shute

Homework for Monday, November 11, 2024

Homework for Monday, 11/11/24
--Multiplication coloring page
--Spelling words practice worksheet
Tomorrow:
--8:30 Buddy Mass
-- GYM
--Back to Lit Circles and hopefully The One and Only Bob
Have a lovely afternoon,
With Much Gratitude,
Mrs. Sharon Shute

Week at a Glance: November 11-15, 2024

Week at a Glance: November 11-15, 2024

Highlights of the Week:

Monday- Veterans Day Service at Church at 12:30

Tuesday- 8:30 Buddy Mass

Wednesday- Food Pantry Collection- thanks in advance-

Friday- Bears/ Packers Dress down day


Academic Highlights of the Week:

Highlights of the Week:

Reading: Unit 2 Week 2 begins

Spelling:  R controlled vowel words

Writing: November journal work

Math: Continue Review on Multiplication for Thursday’s assessment

Social Studies: Mapping places in the US

Religion: Our turn for morning prayer this week- and bringing up the gifts at Tuesday’s Mass: Morning Prayer students: 

  • Monday: Noah S, LIly, Oliver
  • Tuesday: Colette, Matthew, Joseph/ Gift Bearers at Church: Alejandro, Cora
  • Wednesday: Penelope, John
  • Thursday: Alice, Molly
  • Friday: Madeline, Cameron

Please have students at school by 7:22 so they can be on time for morning prayer with Mrs. Hein. All students will have a turn reading prayers- our next turn is in April.


Reading:

Spelling Words: morning, format, explore, cardboard, soared, darkness, alarm, adore, target, absorb; Bonus words: bargain, argument, departure


Vocabulary Words: predators, protection, immune, species, emerges

Unit Vocabulary Words: prefer, features, investigate, associate, avoid

High Frequency Words: finally, money


Reading: Unit 2 Week 2: Weird Friends: Unlikely Allies in the Animal Kingdom; Learn more about informational texts by analyzing text structure.

Learning Goals:

  • I can learn more about informational texts and analyze the structure of an informational text.
  • I can develop knowledge of language to make connections between reading and writing.
  • I can use elements of an informational text to write a how-to-article.

Also: Students will…

  • Speak coherently about the topic under discussion,employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, and the conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively.
  • Interact with sources in a meaningful way such as note taking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating.
  • Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
  • Knows and can describe patterns, cycles, systems, and relationships within the environments.
  • Identify,use, and explain the meaning of antonyms, synonyms, idioms, homophones and homographs in a text.
  • Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by decoding multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs, and diphthongs;r- controlled syllables; and final stable syllables.

Writing:

  • Students will record gratitude ideas in a November Gratitude themed journal-
  • This week students will write a how-to-article.
  • Students will continue to write partner stories in their Fall writing packet

Daily work in Packets:

  • Simple Solutions Grammar 
  •  Daily Oral Language
  • November Spelling Menu to practice spelling words
  • Daily SeeSaw activities

Math: This week students will review all concepts of multiplication that we’ve learned thus far. 

  • Students will practice fact fluency through partner activities, quizzes, and review sheets
  • Assessment on Multiplication on Thursday- Practice makes progress so we are packing lots of multiplication activities this week.
  • SeeSaw Math activities, IXL lessons, and IReady practice activities

Religion:

Religion: Unit 2 Session 9- Jesus Dies and Rises-

Session Theme:  Through Jesus’ Death. Resurrection and Ascension, we are offered Salvation.

**God the Father loves us so much that he sent his only Son, Jesus, to save us. Saint Paul wrote letters proclaiming the Paschal Mystery of Jesus’ Death, Resurrection, and Ascension through which we are saved. We proclaim our belief in the Paschal Mystery when we pray the Apostles’ Creed. Through the grace of the Holy Spirit, we are called to be faithful to Jesus and serve others. *Look at an online flip book for symbols for Jesus.*

Outcomes of this Session:

  • Discuss Jesus’ gift of new life.
  • Discuss Jesus’ passage from Death to Resurrection.
  • Describe what Saint Paul wrote about the Paschal Mystery in his letters.
  • Explain that we show our love for others through our actions.
  • Define Paschal Mystery

Daily songs, devotions, and prayers-

8:30 Tuesday Mass- Buddy Mass


Social Studies: Begin Lesson 3 about Geography

Overview: Create a brochure about the geography of your community and play a matching game to find out how people in different communities adapt to geography.

Essential Question:

How does geography affect our community?

Objectives:

Social Studies:

  •  Identify and describe the physical features, climate, and natural resources of various geographic areas, including the local community.
  • Compare and contrast different regions in terms of their geographical characteristics.
  • Use map tools: scale, grid, key (legend), symbols, title, and compass rose.

Language Arts:

  • Orally present solutions to environmental problems in response to ideas by others. (speaking, listening)
  • Organize information in chart form. (writing)
  • Identity examples of categories found in text. (reading)
  • Write and illustrate descriptions of geographic locations. (writing)

Vocabulary: adapt, climate, conservation, natural resource, natural hazard, physical feature, physical geography, pollution, region-

Homework for Wednesday, 11/6/24

Homework for Wednesday, 11/6/24
--Math homework sheet
--Spelling worksheet to practice for tomorrow's test
Tomorrow:
--Spelling, Religion, and Reading Tests
--Math- practice multiplication for next week's test
--Switch for Science
Good news! We finished everyone's pumpkin presentations! They were so much fun! Thanks for all the assistance!
 
Have a lovely evening,
Sharon Shute
 

homework for Tuesday, 11/5/24

Homework for Tuesday, 11/5/24
-- Math Worksheet
--Spelling h/w to practice for Thursday's test
Please encourage your child to charge their Chromebook so they are ready for tomorrow's Kahoot, SeeSaw, IReady, and IXL. Thanks!
 
Today:
Most students presented their pumpkin projects- excellent and entertaining!
Tomorrow:
--Art
--Kahoot to practice for reading test on Thursday
--Continue reading The One and Only Bob whole class- so much fun!
 
Have a lovely day!
With Much Gratitude,
Sharon Shute

Homework for Monday, 11/4/24

Homework for Monday, 11/4/24
--Spelling h/w for Thursday's test since no school on Friday-
--No Math h/w today- it was a trickier concept so we completed the h/w in class.
Tomorrow-
--Character pumpkin presentations-Yay!
--GYM
--8:30 Mass
--Whole class reading The One and Only Bob
 
Have a lovely day!
With Gratitude,
Sharon Shute

Week at a Glance: November 4-7, 2024

Highlights of the Week:

  • Reading: Begin Unit 2- Interactions
  • Writing: How to article
  • Spelling: Two syllable words
  • Math: Complete Introduction to Multiplication Chapter
  • Social Studies: Lesson 2- Finding Places in the US
  • Religion: Jesus and the Disciples
  • Presentations of October book reports- Character Pumpkins
  • Thursday- First meet up with our buddies from Mr. Rebman’s class (6th grade)

No School on Friday due to Professional Development with Archdiocese-

Spelling Words:

  • total, digit, talent, human, minus, defend, finish, equal, salad, famous
  • Challenge spelling words: library, mishap, spiral
  • Vocabulary words: patterns, nature, repeat, sequence, symmetry
  • Unit 2 Vocabulary words: prefer, features, investigate, associate, avoid
  • High frequency words: certain, half
  • Practice w/ spelling words M-Th in SeeSaw activities
 

Reading: Unit 2 Week 1 - Patterns in Nature- How do patterns in nature help plants and animals?

Unit theme: Interactions/ Essential Question- How do plants and animals live together?

  • Students will learn about informational texts by identifying main ideas and details.
  • Self-selected text and read independently for a sustained period of time.
  • Describe personal connections to a variety of sources, including self-selected texts.
  • Recognize characteristics of digital texts.
  • Use elements of informational text to write a how-to-article
  • Understand and use graphic features

Grammar:

  • Singular and plural nouns
  • Irregular nouns
  • Plural possessive nouns
  • Main verbs and helping verbs

Writing:

  • How-to-article/ compose a headline and lead
  • Compose facts and details
  • Brainstorm and set a purpose
  • Plan how-to-article
  • Simple Solutions Grammar
  • Daily Oral Language Packet
 

Math:  Continuation of Multiplication Chapter 4

Vocabulary Math Words: array, Commutative Property of Multiplication, equal groups, factors, multiplication, multiplication sentence, multiply, product, repeated addition, combination, tree diagram, 

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.
  • Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
  • Look for and make use of structure.
  • Attend to precision.
  • Use appropriate tools strategically.

Monday- Check My Progress- practice vocabulary math words-Lesson 5- Students will use a make a table strategy to solve problems.- Problem solving investigation-

Tuesday- - Lesson 6- Students will use multiplication to find the total number of combinations that can be made when given two groups of objects.- Use multiplication to find combinations.

Wednesday- Chapter 4 Review and Reflect; Vocabulary Check/ Problem Solving, 

Thursday- Assessment on Chapter 4 Introduction to Multiplication

Also: Daily mental math questions, daily IReady math lessons, SeeSaw activities,IXL activities throughout the week-

  • Daily work in Simple Solutions Math Packet
 

Religion: Session 8 Unit 2- Jesus Gathers Disciples-

Session Theme- Jesus invites his followers to enter the Kingdom of God.

Jesus the Son invites his followers to work together to spread the Good News of the kingdom. The Twelve Apostles accepted the mission that Jesus gave them: to proclaim the Kingdom of God. We too are called to work together as disciples of Jesus and proclaim the Kingdom of God.

  • Discuss how Jesus gathered the disciples.
  • Tell the story of how Jesus chose Peter to follow him.
  • Explore why Jeus needed apostles and disciples to help him. 
  • Discuss reasons why we need to work together to serve the kingdom.
  • Define Gospel and mission.

All School Mass on Wednesday for All Saint’s Day (non buddy Mass)

Daily prayers, songs, and devotions to God.

 

Social Studies: Only switch once this week since no school on Friday- We didn’t get to switch last week due to Halloween party and special Saint’s Day Mass-

Wrap up of Lesson 2- Finding places in the US-

  • Finish workbook pages on famous landmarks: Lake Winnipeg, Willis Tower, Mt. Rushmore, Golden Gate Bridge, Grand Canyon, Statue of Liberty and the Everglades-

Next Week: Students will go in small groups, around the school with a trusty compass and a directional guide to learn more about immediate directions. Students will also be assessed on their knowledge of Lesson 2- Finding Places in the US.

 
 

Homework for Wednesday, 10/30/24

Homework for Wednesday, 10/30/24
--Spelling Traffic light worksheet to practice spelling words for Friday's test
--Math Lesson 3- Multiplication arrays page
Tomorrow-
--Writing letters to the Mayor of Libertyville with our suggestions on how to make the park safer.
--Library tomorrow- please bring back library books-
--Halloween Party 12:30-1:30! Can't wait! Thanks to the room moms and everyone for organizing this fun event. We have gym at 7:35 so please be mindful of costumes and shoes for gym. 
The character pumpkins look spectacular! Thanks for all your hard work- we'll start presentations soon!
 
With Gratitude,
Mrs. Sharon Shute
 

Homework for Monday, 10/28/24

Homework for Monday, 10/28/24
--Math h/w lesson 1 for Multiplication- Repeated Addition
--Spelling- Practice writing/spelling words for Friday's test- These are all review words from Unit 1- no bonus words this week.
--Reminder- The October book report (packet and decorated character pumpkin) is due no Wednesday, please email me if you have any questions. Thanks!
-- Students can work on SeeSaw assignments in the evening, too.
 
Tomorrow:
--Gym- longer gym class- No Mass tomorrow
-- How to Catch a Witch - packet work in small groups
 
With Much Gratitude,
Mrs. Sharon Shute
 

Week at a Glance: October 28- November 1, 2024

Week at a Glance: October 28-November 1, 2024

Highlights of the Week:

Reading: Last week in Unit 1 of Reading

Spelling: Review of spelling words from this unit

Writing: Write personal narratives about an important event

Math:  Begin Chapter 4- Understand Multiplication

Religion: All Saints Day Mass on Friday 

Social Studies: Cardinal Directions 

Other Highlights:

  • October book reports, Character pumpkin and packet are due this Wednesday, October 30.
  • Presentation of October book reports beginning Wednesday 
  • Halloween party on Thursday from 12:30-1:30- thanks to our room moms for all the work in planning this!

Spelling Words (a review of past words)-

fantastic, lesson, absent, families, glasses, pennies, beginning, dragging, carried, easier, dream, shadow, maintain ---13 words this week but no bonus since this is a review week.

Reading: Unit 1 Week 6

Monday- Lesson 1- Compare across texts; Answer the inquiry question:

  • Introduce Inquiry project
  • Read “What Makes a Playground Safe?”
  • Build Background

Tuesday- Lesson 2- Explore and Plan

  • Argumentative writing
  • Read: “Getting Outside”
  • Apply characteristics of text
    • Conduct field research
    • Apply field research

Wednesday- Lesson 3- Collaborate and Discuss

  • Analyze a Student Model
  • Identify features of argumentative texts
    • Identify Primary and Secondary Sources
    • Read “Discovering Great Smoky Mountain National Park”
    • Apply primary and secondary research sources to article

Thursday- Lesson 4- Extend Research:

  • Analyze structure of a thank you note
  • Incorporate plans to write a thank you letter
    • Collaborate and Discuss
    • Revise, Edit: Adding Details
    • Peer review letters

Friday- Lesson 5- Celebrate and Reflect

  • Present your letters; Reflect on project
    • Reflect on your goals, reading, and writing

Friday- Reading Test- Unit 1


Writing:

  • Writing in October Spelling Menu
  • Writing in notebook- short stories with October prompts
  • Writing in graphic organizers and writing personal narratives
  • Continuation of Fall writing stories with partners
  • Halloween directed writing 

Math: Begin Chapter 4 Multiplication

Objectives:

  • 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.
  • Use appropriate tools strategically.

New Vocabulary: equal groups, multiplication, multiplication sentence, multiply, factors, product, Commutative Property of Multiplication, 

Monday- Lesson 1- What does multiplication mean? Students use models to explore the meaning of multiplication- 

Tuesday-Lesson 2-  Multiplication as repeated addition- Students will relate multiplication and addition.

Wednesday- Lesson 3- Students will use arrays to explore and model multiplication.- Multiplication with arrays-

Thursday- Lesson 4- Arrays and Multiplication: Students will use arrays to multiply-

  •  Reflect on learned lessons with multiplication and extra practice with SeeSaw activities, IReady, IXL-
  •  

Social Studies: Continuation of Lesson 2 Finding Places in the USA

  • Review of previous lesson:This lesson teaches students where places are on Earth using maps. The names of hemispheres, continents, oceans, countries, and states all help us to say where a place is located. Maps show borders of places. Some borders are made by mountains and rivers, but others are decided on by people.
  • Overview- Use a compass to find designated areas in the school; Stude will record intermediate directions in small groups in our school. Then, compare directions with classmates. 

Objectives:

Social Studies:

  • Identify cardinal directions and intermediate directions and use a compass rose.
  •  Use map skills to locate communities on a map, determine directions, and measure distances between various locations.
  • Single out a landmark for which your community is known and commemorate it with a drawing.

Language Arts:

  • Use information gained from illustrations and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of a text.
  • Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
  • The following landmarks will be focused on: The Golden Gate Bridge, Lake Winnipeg, Willis Tower, The Statue of Liberty, The Everglades, The Grand Canyon, Mt. Rushmore, 

Vocabulary Words: canyon, cardinal directionsm map key, scale, symbol

Religion: Session 8 Unit 2- Jesus Gathers Disciples-

Session Theme- Jesus invites his followers to enter the Kingdom of God.

Jesus the Son invites his followers to work together to spread the Good News of the kingdom. The Twelve Apostles accepted the mission that Jesus gave them: to proclaim the Kingdom of God. We too are called to work together as disciples of Jesus and proclaim the Kingdom of God.

  • Discuss how Jesus gathered the disciples.
  • Tell the story of how Jesus chose Peter to follow him.
  • Explore why Jeus needed apostles and disciples to help him. 
  • Discuss reasons why we need to work together to serve the kingdom.
  • Define Gospel and mission.

All School Mass on Friday for All Saint’s Day ( buddy Mass)

Daily prayers, songs, and devotions to God.



Homework for Thursday, 10/24/24

Homework for Thursday, 10/24/24
--Spelling Sentences to practice for tomorrow's spelling test
--Math one side of subtraction worksheet
Tomorrow:
--STEAM
--Spelling, Reading, and Religion Test
--Social Studies- Cardinal Directions
Great day today! Freddie (Prom. bd) wasn't working for Kahoot but we made the best of it! 
Have a lovely evening,
Sharon Shute