Mrs. Holthouse 2024-2025
Welcome to our class web page! I am so happy to have your child as a part of my Holthouse Hero crew! Please use this website to keep up with the latest updates in our classroom. Below, you will find a "Week at a Glance" which provides a general outline for instruction. On the side ➡ of this page you will find links to additional information, such as homework, important dates, and cool links. Please keep in mind that instruction & homework may vary or change throughout the week based on student needs and understanding. I look forward to partnering with families to make this the best year ever for our kids!
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Week at a Glance: March 10th-14th
*Reading:📚
EQ: How can people work together to make a change?
We are working in our literature unit which focuses on summarizing a story, using context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words and phrases, identifying lessons in literature, and describing how illustrations help us understand a story. This week we will wrap up our novel, Me and Mister P. by Maria Ferrer. Students are having great discussions about themes in the story!
*Math:📊
Module 5 - Fractions on a Number Line
This week we will work on lessons 18, 21, 22, & 25. We will also have geometry mini lessons in preparation for IAR testing.
*Writing:📝
Students will review for IAR testing
*Science: 🧲
We will continue our unit on forces and motion.
*Governor Pat Quinn signed Erin's Law in January of 2013, which requires all schools in the state of Illinois to provide age appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education programs for students in grades Pre-K through 12. Our lessons 3rd grade students will begin the week of February 1st. The Chelsea Intermediate School Social Workers will be teaching each lesson in the child’s classroom. The "Think First and Stay Safe" program will be the curriculum utilized for these lessons with a focus on Child Lures.
