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: April 28th - May 2nd
*Reading:📚
EQ: How do people inspire change in others?
This week will wrap up our Q4 Advanced ELA novel - Extra Credit by Andrew Clements. With this unit students will review character traits, motivations, and themes. Students will participate in daily, rotating reading discussion groups and respond to their reading by writing in their journals.
*Math:📊
Module 7 - Geometry and Measurement Word Problems
This week we will begin Module 7 - Geometry and Measurement Word Problems and completed lessons 1, 2, 4, 5, & 6. We reviewed 2-step problem solving and the attributes of polygons.
*Writing:📝
This week we will begin our opinion writing unit!
*Science: 🧲
We will continue our new unit on plants and life cycles. This week we will learn about the life cycle of mosquitoes.
*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.
