About Rosemary Kufta

Announcements

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Announcements

Welcome Back!!! I hope you all enjoyed the weekend! What beautiful weather!! I hope you got out to enjoy it before Winter returns once again this week! Make sure you dress for the weather.

This Friday marks the end of the second trimester (There did the time go?). Please check Powerschool for any missing assignments. Let’s finish strong!!!

We will be working on  i-Ready lessons this week. In preparation for that, please bring in headphones or ear buds. You must have your own headphones or ear buds. We cannot let students share these for sanitary issues.

Every Thursday and Friday , I will be hosting a clinic for students who want help in math or science. Fourth graders may come on Thursdays and fifth graders may come on Fridays. It will begin at 7:40. Ring the doorbell by the Linden Ave. door and I will let you in.

Parents, SAVE THE DATE!!! The Black and Gold and Green is Saturday, March 14 form 6:30 p.m. until 11:30 p.m.. Pease come out and support St. Giles!!

Week of February 24, 2020

Math – We will continue with Chapter 7, looking at order of operations, writing expressions, and coordinate graphing. Next week we will finally move into Book 2 and start fractions!

Fifth Science –  We will continue our study of Topic 5 on natural resources. We will identify advantages and disadvantages of individual resources and explore human impacts on the environment, both good and bad.  We will definitely wrap up Topic 5 next week.

Fourth Science – We will wrap up Topic 3 on waves and information. We will study ways that waves are used in communication and work on our Quest. Next week we will start looking at Topic 8 on the human body.

Week of February 17, 2020

Math – We will wrap up our work with decimals. We will do some more practice with dividing decimals by whole numbers and the test will be on Thursday. We will also begin looking at Chapter 7.

Fifth Science –  We will continue our study of Topic 5 on natural resources. We will compare and contrast renewable and nonrenewable resources as well as identify advantages and disadvantages of individual resources. I hope to wrap up Topic 5 next week.

Fourth Science – We are continuing Topic 3 on waves and information. We will study light and the electromagnetic spectrum (Lesson 3). We will have a quiz on Lessons 2 and 3 on Friday. Here is the link to the Quizlet:

https://quizlet.com/_81c6fd?x=1qqt&i=v997

Week of February 10, 2020

Math – We will continue our work with decimals, focusing on multiplication properties, estimating quotients with decimals and dividing decimals by whole numbers.. Next week we will definitely  wrap up Chapter 6.

Fifth Science –  We will wrap up our algae unit this week. We will look at the effects of algae growth on living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) features of the pond. The assessment will be on Wednesday. We will also start Topic 5 on natural resources. Next week we will continue with Topic 5.

Fourth Science – We are continuing Topic 3 on waves and information. Instead of doing one big test on the whole topic, there will be quizzes on lessons. Tuesday will be the quiz on lesson 1. Please study your notes as well as the textbook. Here is a link to the quizlet:

https://quizlet.com/_7z4hmq?x=1jqt&i=v997

Week of February 3, 2020

Math – We will continue our work with decimals, focusing on multiplying decimals and estimating quotients with decimals. Next week I hope to wrap up Chapter 6.

Fifth Science – We will continue our unit on algae. This is a unit developed by the University of Illinois and one that I piloted last year. It is different than our textbook program but is connected to water (our last topic). We will discuss what caused the algae growth in the pond as well as how it could be prevented. We will wrap up our algae unit next week.

Fourth Science – We are continuing Topic 3 on waves and information. We will continue to look at types of waves and their different parts. We will also be creating our own secret codes!

Week of January 27, 2020

Math – We will continue our work with decimals, focusing on estimating products and multiplying decimals and whole numbers. Next week we will move onto dividing decimals.

Fifth Science – We will continue our unit on algae. This is a unit developed by the University of Illinois and one that I piloted last year. It is different than our textbook program but is connected to water (our last topic). We will discuss what algae is and what it needs to survive. There will also be an extra credit opportunity related to the algae unit. And of course we will be preparing for our trip to the Field Museum! Hopefully we will wrap up the algae unit next week.

Fourth Science – We are going back to Topic 3 on waves and information. We will look at types of waves and their different parts. We will be using coiled spring toys and ropes to model waves as well. And of course we will be preparing for our trip to the Field Museum!

Class Schedule

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SCHEDULE

Specials Schedule

Monday – Gym (Group A), Technology (107), and Music (Group B)

Tuesday – Spanish (110) and Art (Group B)

Wednesday – Technology (107) and Gym (everyone)

Thursday – Music (Group A)

Friday – Spanish (107), Art (Group A), and Gym (Group B)

Room 107 also has study hall on Thursdays and Fridays

Links & Resources

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Link and Resources

http://quizlet.com

This is a great website to review vocabulary! You don’t have to have an account to use the quizlets I have created. I don’t have a quizlet for every chapter, but I will tell you when I have one for a particular chapter or topic.

http:/www.sheppardsoftware.com

This a great website to review concepts in science. It has lots of activities and games. There are also activities for math and other subjects.