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3rd Grade Homeroom, 5th Grade Social Studies, Coding, & Physical Education Week of February 20, 2023

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WEEKLY REMINDERS MONDAY FEBRUARY 20 SCHOOL CLOSED FOR PRESIDENTS DAY. SCHOOL DISMISSIAL FOR ALL STUDENTS AT 2:45 PM FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.  TITLE 1 CLASSES WILL END AT 4:30 PM. AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM WILL STILL RUN UNTIL 7PM. WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 23 IS ASH WEDENSDAY. SCHOOL MASS WILL BE HELD AT 10 AM. PARENTS ARE INVITED. THURSDAY IS A DRESS DOWN DAY FOR THE STUDENTS. 5TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES Students will review Chapter 3 on Tuesday and prepare for the chapter exam on Wednesday. Black History Month projects are cancelled due to the chaos this month. Students will continue working on their Explorers World Map project. Introduction to Chapter 4 will begin on Wednesday. COMPUTER SCIENCE (CODING) Students will continue working with Sphero Robots this week in class. Students will be working through different variables that will make students change their programming. Mr. T will be here this week working with students through Code Speaks. PHYSICAL EDUCATION (GYM) Gym cla...

3rd Grade Homeroom, 5th Grade Social Studies, Coding & Physical Education Week of February 13, 2023

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       WEEKLY REMINDERS Tuesday February 14 is Valentine's Day. Students will be allowed to dress up in the theme of the day. 3rd Grade students will be having a small party Tuesday afternoon following lunch. I will be collecting $5 dollars for pizza. Students can bring in candy or treats to give to their friends if they would like. Wednesday February 15 SCHOOL IS CLOSED! Due to professional development and repairs being made to the school boiler. Thursday February 16 is the 100th day of school. To celebrate the 8th grade students will be holding celebrations in the cafeteria. Students may dress up for the day. Friday February 17 SCHOOL IS CLOSED! Presidents day weekend. 5TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES Students will wrap up Chapter 3 this week. Students will begin reviewing for the chapter test on Monday. Study guide homework will be given on Monday. It will be due on Tuesday. Chapter Exam will be given on Tuesday. Students should be reviewing PowerPoint and study guid...

3rd Grade Homeroom, 5th Grade Social Studies, Coding, & Physical Education Week of February 6, 2023

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WEEKLY REMINDERS Students will receive Report Cards on Thursday February 9, 2023. Please remember if tuition is not up to date, your child will not receive his/her report card. EARLY DISMISSAL FOR ALL STUDENTS on FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10, 2023. NO AFTER SCHOOL ON FRIDAY! PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES BEGIN WITH IN PERSON SESSIONS FROM 1PM-3PM. ZOOM MEETINGS WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 3PM-6PM. Please sign up here for IN PERSON MEETINGS . Please sing up here for  Zoom Meetings Valentines Day is next Tuesday February 14. Students will be able to dress up in Valentine Day colors. We will also be having a party after lunch, so students are welcomed to bring in and candy or sweets they would like to share with the class. I will also be collecting $5 for pizza. 100th Day of School is next Thursday. 8th Grade students will have a number of activities that kids will take part of in the auditorium that day. 5TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES Students will be finishing Chapter 3 this week. Vocabulary quiz w...

3rd Grade Homeroom, 5th Grade Social Studies, Coding, & Physical Education Week of January 30, 2023

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  WEEKLY REMINDERS Friday February 3rd school mass will be held. Blessing of the Throats, mass begins at 10 am. Parents are welcomed. Friday February 3rd is an EARLY DISMISSAL DAY. Students will be dismissed at 12 NOON. AFTER SCHOOL IS OPEN on FRIDAY. Parent/Teacher conferences will be held next week February 10th. Please make sure to sign up with teachers if you wish to speak to them. 5TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES Students have been learning about the Age of Exploration in class, which focuses on the explorations of European explorers into the New World. Students will continue to work on Chapter 3 and finish lessons 3-4 this week. Students have been given a Map outline of the world similar to the one above. Students will be working on these maps for the next two weeks in order to outline the different routes taken by European explorers who discovered new lands. Homework assignments will be given through google classroom. Please make sure to look towards google classroom for more inform...

3rd Grade Homeroom, 5th Grade Social Studies, Coding, & Physical Education Week of January 23, 2023

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  WEEKLY REMINDERS NWEA MAP Testing will continue this week on Tuesday and Thursday. Quarter 2 ends this Friday! Please make sure you are up to date with any missing work and speak to your teachers about improving your grades. 5TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES Students will be working on lessons 2-3 this week in class form chapter 3. Students should be finishing their timeline projects, which they have been working on with Mrs Gonzalez. Students will be receiving two homework assignments this week. Please look towards google classroom for more information. COMPUTER SCIENCE (CODING) Mr. T will be here this week to continue working with students on Code Speak. Students will be starting new projects this week to improve their coding skills. Students will also continue to work on Code.org and continue to work through lessons on Unit 3. Students will continue working with Sphero robots this week and applying what they have learned in order to play coding map games. Games which include Soccer wit...

3rd Grade Homeroom, 5th Grade Social Studies, Coding, & Physical Education Week of January 16, 2023

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  WEEKLY REMINDERS SCHOOL CLOSED MONDAY JANUARY 16 - Martin Luther King Jr Day NWEA MAP TESTING GRADES 3-8 on WEDNESDAY JANUARY 18 5TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES Students will continue to work on Unit 2 from our textbooks. Students will continue to build on their knowledge of the first European explorers of North America. Students will continue to work on their timeline projects from the chapter on Tuesday and Wednesday. COMPUTER SCIENCE (CODING) Students will continue to work on Unit 3 on our coding program. Students will continue to build algorithms using loops, nested loops, and conditionals in their programs. Their will be no CodeSpeak classes this week due to NWEA Map Testing. Code Speak classes will resume next week. PHYSICAL EDUCATION (GYM) Gym classes are on schedule this week. Please remember to wear full gym attire on Friday! As a reminder, please remember you are being graded on your behavior and participation, please make sure you are doing your best when in class. As al...

3rd Grade Homeroom, 5th Grade Social Studies, Coding, & Physical Education Week of January 3, 2023

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  WEEKLY REMINDERS School resumes Tuesday January 3rd 2023. All students are to return to school in full uniform. Mid-term exams begin next week. Students are to make sure to ask teachers for extra help if needed before they take the exam. Friday January 6 the school will have Mass at 10 am for the Feast of the Epiphany. Parents are welcomed. 5TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES Students will continue to review Unit 1 from our textbooks. Students will prepare to wrap up Unit 1 and take the Unit exam on Wednesday. Students will also begin to be introduced to Unit 2. Unit 2 consists of when Europeans began to explore the North American continent. No homework will be given this week. Please use the time to study for the Unit exam. COMPUTER SCIENCE (CODING) Students will move on to Unit 3 on our coding curriculum. Students will learn how to use nested loops and how to read conditionals. Students will also continue to work with Mr. T on CodeSpeak. Students will begin new projects using basic code l...