St. Joseph Montessori School Upper Elementary Week 5: Monday, April

St. Joseph Montessori School Upper Elementary

Week 5: Monday, April 20 - Thursday, April 24 Week 6: Tuesday, April 27 - Friday, May 1

New instructions: There is a new list of suggestions called “Works for Personal Well-Being” with ideas for how students can spend a few moments “slowing down” each day. These options can be especially helpful for those moments where students are starting to feel upset or overwhelmed. Remember - it’s normal and acceptable for students to be experiencing anxiety and/or sadness, but it is important to be able to help guide the students in handling those feelings in safe and healthy ways. We encourage students to work with these tools not only independently, but also with members of their family.

No change to: Students will continue to complete work on a daily basis, a mix of assigned work and work individually chosen. Each day, teachers will continue to host online gatherings at which students can optionally log-in for some virtual face-to-face time. This is an opportunity for them to ask questions and receive feedback on their work. Students are expected to upload their work daily for teacher review and feedback.

Teachers will continue offering Virtual Lessons, during which they will present new work to small groups. Lesson invites will be sent the night before a scheduled lesson. If students are unable to attend at the assigned time, they should contact their teacher for alternative presentations.

Daily To-Do List Gathering Hours in GoogleMeet: Wednesday - Friday from 10-11am and 2-3pm Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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Earth Day is Wednesday, April 22, 2020

This year, 2020, marks the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day and the 5th Anniversary of the Pope’s encyclical letter, Laudato Si’. Please celebrate our earth with us this week as SJMS celebrates Earth Day all week. Check out lots of science and faith activities under Religion!

Small changes can make a big impact on our planet

We all want a healthy planet for today and tomorrow. The small choices we make each day can help us get there. Learn simple tips from Google, the California Academy of Sciences, and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to help people and the planet thrive together.

To learn more, students are encouraged to visit Google’s Your Plan, Your Planet site.

Work for Upper Elementary

Math

● Estimate (make a good guess about) the number of plates there are in your house. Write down your estimate and then count. Was your estimate close? ● Find an acute angle, an obtuse angle, and a right angle in your house. Draw or take a picture of the angles that you find. ● October is National Popcorn Poppin’ Month. If your family has regular popcorn, measure out 1 tablespoon and estimate how many kernels are in it. Then count them and see how close you came. What would you estimate for 1 cup? For ⅓ cup? Help your family pop the corn and enjoy it! ● Venn diagrams show differences and similarities between things. Draw a Venn diagram that shows similarities and differences between you and another person (a family member, friend, etc). ● December 4 is National Cookie Day. Did you miss it? Help an adult make cookies. You might even want to try a new recipe. How did they come out? ● Research how to count down from 10 to 0 in six different languages. Can you also find out how to say, “Happy New Year” in that language? ● Explore the website, https://www.adaptedmind.com/index.php and try out some of the math games. ● Look through the store ads online (Target, Kroger, Walmart, etc.). Do some comparative shopping of at least five items that are in multiple ads. Which store had the best deals? Make a chart of the information you found. ● Explore Khan Academy. www.khanacademy.com Make sure to add your teacher as your mentor, so they can see your work! ● Draw a map of a room in your house on graph paper. Be sure to label everything. ● We have been working with money in coins. Find some coins in your house and find five different ways to make $1.00. Write down how many of each coin you used for each combination. For a challenge, find 10 or 15 ways! ● Choose and complete a Research Card from https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Nvy8oFfzw-mi-6BbpxePbdY_h2eDP9sI?usp=sharing

Language

● Instead of phoning, write letters to your friends and relatives. ● Make a list of three (or more!) novels you will read this coming summer. They should be novels you haven’t read before. Ideally, each book will be more than 70 pages long. Bring in your list to share. ● Choose a favorite book and create a front and back book cover for it. Decorate it, write the title and author, include a back cover description, and so on. Try to make it different from the cover that the book already has. ● Write a review of a movie you saw. Tell the basic idea and what you liked about it. What did the writer of the movie do to tell the story? What did they not do so well? ● Practice telling stories. Think of a story that you know well and try to tell it in several different ways. For example, tell the story from a different point of view or in a different setting. ● Explore YouTube videos about how things are made and decide on two or three of the videos that you would like to watch on how they are made. BEFORE watching them, make a prediction on how you think the item is made. Then, watch the video and write the way the item is actually made. Were you close or did it surprise you? ● Interview a family member. First, come up with at least 10 questions to ask them. Then, sit with or call them to ask your questions. Be sure to be a good listener and ask more questions if you think of them during the interview. Write down the answers you get. ● Interview your family and make a family newspaper.

● Explore the website, www.howstuffworks.com and find a section that interests you (animals, adventure, cars, etc.). Write down some interesting facts that you learn and bring them in to share. ● June is National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month. Try a new fruit or vegetable this week and write at least one paragraph (with a topic sentence, supporting sentences, and a concluding sentence) what you thought of it. ● Write a persuasive letter to your parents, explaining what the perfect summer vacation would be. Be sure to do research about the places you want to visit so that you can include facts in your letter. Also be sure to write each paragraph with a topic sentence! ● Interview a parent asking 4 questions about their childhood. ● Although we traditionally sing the only first verse, the Star Spangled Banner is actually several verses long. See how many verses you can memorize. ● May 16 is “Love a Tree Day”. Using a tree in your yard, neighborhood, or in a park near you, write a poem to or about the tree. ● Did you get holiday or birthday gifts recently? Write thank you notes to people for gifts or for the gift of their time. ● Teach someone in your family about a type of poetry that you have learned in class. Write a poem together with that person. ● Write a 1-2 page story using this writing prompt: “I was sledding down the biggest slope when....” ● Write a 1-2 page story using this writing prompt: “Spring is coming and I’m going to…” ● Make a list of 20 powerful verbs and use them to write a story. ● Be a book reviewer for Scholastic News. Pick a great book that you've read recently and write a short summary (about 100 words). Introduce the main character and briefly describe the plot but don't give away the ending! Explain why you liked the book and why you think other kids might enjoy reading it. Is it an important book? What is something interesting you learned from it? Is it funny, sad, happy, exciting, or a combination of these or something else? When you are done, mail it to: Scholastic News, Edition 4, 557 Broadway 4th Floor, New York, NY 10012-3999. ● Write a thank you note to someone. For example, thank a grandparent for spending time with you, thank a brother or sister for helping you learn something, thank a coach for helping you learn a sport, etc. Make sure to give them the note! ● Write a review of a book you read. Tell the basic idea and what you liked about it. What did the author do to tell the story? What did they not do so well? Explain whether you would or would not recommend it and explain why. ● Explore the Kids Press Corp website at http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/press_corps/index.asp. Look through a few of the stories. Write a synopsis of your favorite story you came across. Did you find the information on this website informative? ● Read some poetry. Then, memorize your favorite poem and recite it to your family. ● Choose and complete a Research Card from https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Nvy8oFfzw-mi-6BbpxePbdY_h2eDP9sI?usp=sharing

Science

● Investigate a Rube Goldberg project. Visit https://sciencing.com/rube-goldberg-science-project-ideas-12749577.html. Read about Rube Goldberg, gather materials, and see if you can design a working “machine”. Take a picture or write about what you created. ● Make a botany map of your backyard. Place each plant in its place on the map and label each plant with its common name. Can you also find out the scientific names of the plants? ● Go on an adventure in your backyard. Bring a camera along and take pictures of the biggest, smallest, most unusual, and 12 other objects that you find.

● March 20 is the first day of spring. Go for a walk with someone in your family. Find 5 signs of spring and write about them, draw them, or photograph them and bring in your work to share. ● Research what types of flowers, fruits, or vegetables grow best in Ohio in April. Then, prepare a planter or garden to grow what you researched. ● Explore the website https://www.brainpop.com/science/weather/snowflakes/ Learn about the six different types of snowflakes and maybe even do an activity or two! ● Explore the website https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ and read through some of the news stories. ● Explore the website www.weather.com. Look up what the weather for your town is forecasted to be like. Compare the weather where you live with the weather in two other cities in other parts of the country. Can you find a place that is much warmer than Ohio? Much colder? Besides temperature, what other things are predicted on this web site? ● Explore the European Space Agency's website at www.esa.int/esaKIDSen/ and find a section that interests you. Write down some interesting facts that you learn and want to share. ● Earth Day is coming up. We often hear “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” when talking about the earth. This week, research three ways that you can reduce, reuse, or recycle what in your life. Try to find at least one thing that’s new to your family. Write down your ideas and share them. ● Look through this list of “Kitchen Science” experiments. Choose one to complete, then write 2 or more paragraphs about what you observed. ● Choose and complete a Research Card from https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Nvy8oFfzw-mi-6BbpxePbdY_h2eDP9sI?usp=sharing

Social Studies

● Explore the website www.history.com and find 20-30 facts about the Ancient Egyptians that you can share with the class. ● Look through the local newspaper and find a story about an issue you care about in the community or world. Write letters to elected officials, or to the editors of the newspaper, expressing your opinions about the issues you've read about. ● Research a famous woman in history. After gathering some information, write a report that you can present to the class to share the details of her life. ● Read a book of Ancient Mythology. Practice retelling the myth to members of your family. ● Some classes are learning about Ancient Greek civilization. Check out the website, http://greece.mrdonn.org/ to get some information about life in Ancient Greece. Write 2-4 paragraphs to share the information you gathered. ● Is your family planning a summer vacation this year? If so, help to research the destination you will visit. Look up places to visit, landmarks, geography, routes to take, the culture of the area, calculate the numbers of miles you will travel, and/or make a map. ● Research the history of the American flag. Tell your parents about the meaning of the stars and stripes on the flag. ● May 30th is Memorial Day, when we honor those people who have died while serving America. Find out what Memorial Day celebrations will be taking place around the country. You might want to find out if there is a parade or celebration taking place in your town. What do they do at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC? ● In celebration of Memorial Day, learn the story of how the Star Spangled Banner became our National Anthem. What story does the song tell? ● Manners and etiquette are important in any civilization but they vary from country to country and over time. For example, in China when a meal is served, everyone waits for the host to begin eating before anyone else eats. In India, it is the eldest person who begins eating first. Research table manners in America and make a list of the rules we observe here. Then talk to someone who has visited another country and ask about the differences. You can also ask a grandparent or another elder if they recall any changes in manners over time. Write about your findings.

● Learn about the Civil Rights Movement by either checking out books at the library or looking on the internet with a parent. Write down some of the things that surprised you. ● Explore the website https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ and read through some of the news stories. Choose one and write a one paragraph summary. ● Explore the website www.biography.com by looking up some of the famous people that interest you. Choose a Research Card to guide you. ● Do you celebrate President's Day? Find a list of the 44 presidents and try to memorize the names of the presidents beginning with George Washington. How many can you remember? ● Research how to count down from 10 to 0 in six different languages. Can you also find out how to say, “Happy New Year” in that language? ● Read the story of Thanksgiving on http://wilstar.com/holidays/thankstr.htm. If you would like to, when you are done reading the story, try the quiz at the end. ● Explore the CIA's World Factbook at https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html. Look through some of the facts they keep on countries and compare them to the United States. ● Have you heard of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day? Talk about one of your dreams with your parent(s) and write one thing you can do to help your dream come true. ● Several famous museums offer virtual tours (including the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC; the Musee d’Orsay in Paris; the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul; the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam; and the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City) Take a virtual tour at one of these museums and write a paragraph or two about something you saw. ● Choose and complete a Research Card from https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Nvy8oFfzw-mi-6BbpxePbdY_h2eDP9sI?usp=sharing

Practical Life

● Learn how to cook a food that is generally made in the fall like pumpkin bread, applesauce, or sweet potatoes. ● November 14 was National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day. Did you miss it? Help a parent clean out your refrigerator, including cleaning it and throwing out old stuff. ● Help your parents create a menu for the week. Try to include one food or recipe you’ve never tried before. Help your parents make the meal. ● Make out a calendar for your summer break. Include any classes, trips, or camps you are planning on attending as well as people who might be visiting you. Also schedule the books you will read, when you will practice math facts, and any other research or skills that you want to learn during the summer. ● Write eight acknowledgments for important people in your life. ● Manners are very important to show respect to people, but they may change from culture to culture. Imagine that a person from a different culture was coming to visit you and your family and that he/she needed your help. Make a list of the 3 most important table manners that your visitor will need to know about, such as making sure you wait until everyone is served before eating. Make sure you practice your own rules! ● Manners and etiquette are important in any civilization but they vary from country to country and over time. For example, in China when a meal is served, everyone waits for the host to begin eating before anyone else eats. In India, it is the eldest person who begins eating first. Research table manners in America and make a list of the rules we observe here. Then talk to someone who has visited another country and ask about the differences. You can also ask a grandparent or another elder if they recall any changes in manners over time. Write about your findings. ● Fold laundry this week. If you’re not sure how, ask a parent for a lesson. ● Practice your typing skills on www.typingweb.com. Try not to look down at your hands while you type. This may be easier if you use a dish towel to cover your hands while typing.

● Have a conference with your parents about what you think you do well and what you think you need to practice more. ● Did you get holiday or birthday gifts recently? Write thank you notes to people for gifts or for the gift of their time. ● December 4 was National Cookie Day. Help an adult make cookies. You might even want to try a new recipe. How did they come out? ● With your parent’s permission, call an aunt, uncle, cousin, or grandparent and chat. Don’t forget to ask how she/he is! ● Write or copy this week’s grocery store list for your family. ● On New Year's Eve, many people make resolutions for the upcoming year. Write one resolution you had and describe how well you’ve been able to stick with it. ● Learn the proper way to set the table. Set the table for the next seven days. ● Write a thank you note to someone. For example, thank a grandparent for spending time with you, thank a brother or sister for helping you learn something, thank a coach for helping you learn a sport, etc. Make sure to give them the note! ● Daylight Savings Time began last Sunday. Did you adjust the clocks in your house to show the new time? How many clocks in your house needed to be reset? Many fire departments recommend changing the batteries in your smoke detectors. Did your family need to do that as well? ● Learn a new household skill like washing clothes, doing dishes, ironing, or polishing silver. ● Work with someone who knows how to build a fence, a bike ramp, a bookcase, a bench, etc. ● Practice greeting people with a family member. Find out how your parents want you to be polite without sharing too much personal information. Greet three people as your parents teach you this week. ● Learn how to cook a food that is generally made in the fall like pumpkin bread, applesauce, or sweet potatoes. ● Earth Day is coming up. We often hear “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” when talking about the earth. This week, find three ways that you can reduce, reuse, or recycle what you use. Try to find at least one thing that’s new to your family. Write down your ideas and bring them in to share. ● January 28th was National Blueberry Pancake Day. Research a recipe for blueberry pancakes and make breakfast for your family. ● Prepare your own lunch this week. ● Choose and complete a Research Card from https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Nvy8oFfzw-mi-6BbpxePbdY_h2eDP9sI?usp=sharing

Works of Personal Well-Being

● Look up some yoga poses online, and spend 20 minutes doing them. Notice how your body feels before and after. How might you describe those feelings? Share those feelings with a family member ● Create a "Gratitude List". Write down 5 things that you are grateful for, and why you are grateful for them. ● When the weather is nice, get an old blanket and a hardboard and choose to do some of your work outside. Notice how you feel spending time in the sunshine. ● Write a journal entry about the feelings you experienced today. How did you handle them? What might you do differently in the future? ● Write a letter to yourself for when we are back in school. What do you want your future self to know about what you are going through now? ● Write a collaborative story or poem with a friend. ● Put on some of your favorite music and have a dance party in your living room. Ask your parents to join in and teach you some new dance moves! ● Look up some funny jokes and share them with people you love.

● Write notes to your family members telling them how important they are, and hide them around the house. ● Make an inspiration collage using words and pictures. You could do this digitally or use magazines and other materials ● Keep a list of all the different things you felt throughout the day. What do you notice about this list? How might your emotions affect your ability to do school work, or interact with your family? ● Create a scrapbook page of a favorite memory. Share it with a friend or family member. ● Take some pictures making the silliest faces you can! ● Think about someone who could use some cheering up, or a little extra kindness. What is something you could do for that person? ● Write a list of things you are proud of. ● Plan a trip to someplace you've never been before. Why do you want to go there? What might you like to do while you're there?

Art

Art with Roxanne Videos ● Jackson Pollock Splatter Art Box ● Gradation Painting with a Silhouette ● Watercolor Resist ● Sistine Chapel with Michelangelo ● Cave Paintings with Sticks ● Printmaking with Styrofoam

Optional Art Projects Please share your work in your Special Subjects Google Drive folder or share with Roxanne at [email protected].

● Celebrate Earth Day with Art! Collect items that would usually land in the recycle bin and create an assemblage like Louise Nevelson. Learn more about Louise and her style at: http://www.artnet.com/artists/louise-nevelson/ ● April Artist Birthdays. Choose an artist from the list below and research them. Create a Google Slideshow with general information, fun facts, education, inspiration, and samples of their artwork. April 15, 1452: Leonardo da Vinci 1452 April 20, 1893: Joan Miro 1893 April 23, 1775: J.M.W. Turner 1775 April 24, 1931: Bridget Riley 1931 April 24, 1904: Willem de Kooning 1904 April 26, 1785: John James Audubon 1785 April 26, 1798: Eugene Delacroix 1798 ● Fun with Fonts! Design your own font! Use the samples you find on Google Docs to create a fun font. Scan or take a picture of your work for your Google Drive account. ● Design a comic strip/graphic novel with a character that you developed and designed. ● Write a poem and illustrate it. ● Watch a DIY art video on YouTube, and try it for yourself. ● May 16 is “Love a Tree Day”. Using a tree in your yard, neighborhood, or in a park near you, write a poem to or about the tree.

● May is National Photography Month. Work with a member of your family to put together a family collage using your favorite photographs. Be creative! ● Learn a new skill: knit, crochet, spin, weave, quilting, hook rugs, embroider, tie-dye, beadwork, paint, or sculpt. You can even find a class that teaches some of these basics as craft stores or on YouTube. ● Have you heard of the artist Piet Mondrian and the fact that he liked to use primary colors? Using paint or food coloring (with a parent’s permission!), mix primary colors (red, blue, yellow) to see if you can make secondary colors (green, orange, purple). If you make a mess, make sure that you clean it up! ● Learn how to make a friendship bracelet by finding directions on YouTube or on the library’s online e-books. Make a bracelet for a friend. ● Get a lesson on how to take pictures with your family camera. Learn to use the different settings and research the names of the different parts of the camera like the lens, shutter, aperture, and flash. ● Make some sort of a sculpture or structure with clay, Styrofoam, cotton balls, toothpicks, etc. and take a picture of it. Can you make something unlike anything you have never made before? ● The toothpick was patented on February 20, 1872. What can you make with toothpicks? Build it and draw it or glue it and take a picture of it. There are also puzzles at https://www.stemlittleexplorers.com/en/create-amazing-structures/

Music

● Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven- otherwise known as the big three ● Bach- Date of Birth, Death, What musical period was he a part of, and a famous piece you listened to composed by Bach? ● Mozart- Date of Birth, Death, What musical period was he a part of, and a famous piece you listened to composed by Mozart? ● Beethoven- Date of Birth, Death, What musical period was he a part of, and a famous piece you listened to composed by Beethoven? ● Why are these the three most prominent names in music history? Why has their music been around this long? What artists/ musicians today do you think will have their music be recognized for 300 years or more? ● Upper Elementary Spring 2020 ● Listen, explore, describe, and experience the classical selections in the playlist ● Listen, explore, describe, and experience the professional performances of the world instruments that we have studied in class ● Upper Elementary Choir 2020 ● Sing, listen, describe and explore the musical selections for the choir portion of the concert ● Upper Elementary Band Spring 2020 ● Practice, listen, and continue to work on the band tunes

Spanish Assignments (not optional)

En mi Hogar (In my home) To practice with the new vocabulary for rooms in a house, be sure to: _____ Label rooms in your house with the Spanish vocabulary word like I did in my video

_____ “En Mi Hogar” Project: Take Photos OR draw colorful pictures of the following tasks/actions. Then make a slideshow, a book or a picture collage showing at least 6 of the 10. Make sure to label the rooms in Spanish too. Share it with me when finished. It is due by Friday, May 1.

Here are the tasks/actions to pick from New words are underlined and vocabulary words are in bold ● Mi madre o mi padre trabaja (works) en la oficina ● Mi madre o mi padre prepara la cena (prepares dinner) en la cocina ● Yo estudio (I study) en mi dormitorio ● Mi hermano o mi hermana mira la televisión (watches TV) en la sala ● Yo como fruta (I eat fruit) en el comedor ● Yo me lavo los dientes (I brush my teeth) en el baño ● Mi mascota duerme (my pet sleeps) en la sala ● Yo paso el rato (I hang out) en el sótano ● Mi hermano o mi hermana baila en el garaje (dances) ● Mi madre o mi padre bebe agua en el comedor (drinks water)

_____ Continue to check in with me in Google Meet Office Hours. This is time for us to check in with each other “live”. You should plan to come to one of the times in the two week block, but are welcome to come to both times:

UE 2 on April 21 and/or April 28 (Tuesdays) 6th graders: 1:30-2:00 4/5th graders: 2:00-2:30 UE 1 on April 23 and/or April 30 (Thursdays) 6th graders: 1:30-2:00 4/5th graders: 2:00-2:30

Physical Education Assignments (not optional)

● I have optional office hours on Wednesdays from 12:30- 1:00 if you have any questions or I can be reached quickly via email. I miss seeing everyone! Aim for 60 minutes of exercise everyday!

● What’s due for PE? send to [email protected] by May 2nd: Read on for more details 1. Exercise log with workouts completed 2. Your .5 mile time 3. What other optional work you did

● Complete one of the plans below (depending on your ability). This is preparing us for a potential virtual race. Make a COPY of the exercise log and insert the workouts once you have completed them. ● Intermediate to Advanced Run/Walk Plan- April 20-May 2 This is for those who run a good amount and who would be able to run a mile without stopping ● Beginner Run/Walk plan April 20-May 2- This is for those that run some and are looking to do some running and some walking ● Walking 5 K plan April 20-May 2- This is an all walking plan ● By May 2nd send your log and your half mile time. You can also enter your .5 mile time or see others on here: UE and MS Half a Mile Log. We are walking/running together even when we are apart. :) Easiest way to measure .5 miles is to use an app such as MapMyRun or Strava and send or attach a picture of it. Please be honest and actually do the workouts. Encourage your family members to join you! ● When you go on your walks/runs take time to enjoy the nature that surrounds you and to appreciate the wonderful Earth that we have for Earth Day! Happy Earth Day! ● Other work (choose at least one and send to Jen what you did) ● Play a game of kickball or modified game Modified Kickball- Kick for Power.MOV

● Play a game of “stick ball” or modified baseball game Modified "Baseball" Game.MOV ● Play a lawn game (croquet, cornhole, etc) that you have at your house ● Try at least three of the Minute Challenges ● Do an exercise video that you find for at least 30 minutes ● Complete a workout for at least 30 minutes ● Pick up trash around your neighborhood (with gloves) for Earth Day! ● Go on a Nature hunt or hike through the woods! Enjoy the wonderful Earth! ● Try an app called HomeCourt. It’s free for this month and has ways to practice agility and basketball skills. Do at least 5 of the challenges. Can challenge Jen if you want.

Health- 6th years (not optional, do both)

1. We will meet on April 24th and will be invited via email. This class will start at 12:30 and end by 1:15. This will be a relaxing class so make sure you have some space to remove. If you can not make it, let me know. There are other times or ways you can make up the class. 2. Asian studies- Choose a country in Asia and explore its similarities and/or differences compared to the United States. Choose any health related topics or statistics that interest you. Send at least 10 items by May 1st to [email protected]

Library Skills

● Read 30 min a day and record on your Reading Log.

● April is National Poetry Month. Look at this presentation about Haiku, a Japanese style of poetry. Haiku Lesson LE UE MS ● You will need to click on Present to view it with audio clips recorded by ME! ● At the end of the slide show, you will write your own haiku. ● Make a haiga to illustrate your poem. ● Take a picture or scan and send to Jessica [email protected] ■ I will compile into a book

Religion Assignments (not optional) for Week 5 & 6

● You will receive an email inviting you to a Google Meet on the day you typically have religion. Sixth years will meet (either Tuesday or Thursday, whatever is your regular religion day) from 1:00-1:30. Fourth and fifth years will meet (either Tuesday or Thursday) from 1:30-2:00.

th th This week marks the 50 anniversary of Earth Day and the 5 Anniversary of Pope Francis’ letter to the world called “Laudato Si.” In that letter, the Pope asks every man, woman and child on the planet to care for the environment because it is the home we all share! He reminds us that God gave us this earth so that we could care for it – not use it and abuse it! When we have a selfish attitude towards God’s beautiful creation, that selfishness spills over into the ways we treat others. For your religion learning these next two weeks, please watch this video from Australia that reminds us about the science and faith that impacts caring for our common home. Then, I invite you to choose from any of these activities. Set a goal for yourself and work to help the earth! Monday-- Happy Monday! It is the beginning of the work-week and the school-week, so today, let’s think about beginnings. We know Jesus’ parable of the mustard seed – something so tiny that mysteriously grows to be a tree so large that birds shelter in it. We know other things that start small. Scientists tell us that life on earth began long ago with a single cell and now look at the abundance and variety of life! Tiny beginnings can lead to abundant life – this was a theme in Jesus’ preaching and it is a pattern we see in our world. Here are some suggestions for ways you can live that today:

OBSERVE/ WONDER LEARN SERVE about small things about small things small things

Get a string or peace of yarn You probably know about How can you show that you about 48 inches long. Go outside honeybees. They are social appreciate little things in nature? and use it to make the perimeter insects that live and work together With your parents’ permission, (outline) of a square on the grass in hives. Did you know there is a make a mason bee hotel. This will or in the garden, 12 inches on smaller kind of bee called a attract these pollinators to your each side. Now observe silently mason bee? It is small and backyard and help them to make for 10 minutes to see what you blue-black metallic. It kind of looks provide for the next generation of can notice within your small like a fly. It is a solitary insect – bees square. Like a scientist recording meaning it does not work with data, draw a picture of all that you others of its kind. It likes to live by saw. Say, draw or write a prayer itself in a tiny tube. It is a great of thanks to God about His pollinator – even better than the creation. honey bee. And it is so very busy that it rarely stings people.

If you want to share your prayer, Learn more about mason bees Here is a simple video showing email it to Ms. Cathy here. here how.

Tuesday – Happy Tuesday of Earth Week! You may have learned the origin of the name Tuesday. It comes from the Nordic Tīwesdæg or the day of the Norse god of war. It seems that in Spanish and French, the words for this day also reflect “war.” War is not something that we like to think about! Jesus preached peace and non-violence, after all. However, even in nature, conflict happens. It is how we handle that conflict that really matters: Do we heal the environment or do we hurt the environment in moments of conflict? Here are some suggestions for ways you can live peace today:

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Look out your window or find a You know about honeybees. Studying bees we can see spot to sit in your yard. Now Typically, they live together, examples of both cooperation and observe silently for 10 minutes to sharing resources and work for conflict in nature!. These see what you can notice among the good of the hive’s survival. In examples show us how important animals, insect, birds or people. evolutionary terms, this gave it is to have rules that promote the Do you see cooperation, them an adaptive advantage. Did common good. In atrium, we have competition, or conflict? What you know that sometimes bees talked about the Beatitudes, the seems to cause this? Like a from one hive rob other hives? Ten Commandments and the scientist recording data, draw a Bees can even battle against natural laws that order the picture of what you saw. Say, each other and tear the hairs off universe. How can you foster draw or write a prayer of to God the bodies of the guard bees they peace and balance in nature? about bringing peace to His attack! This happened to a hive First, make sure your choices creation. in my own backyard and it was reflect the common good. Next, crazy! Even though we tried to try to encourage your parent to stop it, the hive that was attacked avoid pesticide use in the yard. died out. However, humans who Explain that pesticides are linked raise bees work to cooperate with to Colony Collapse Disorder. You them – we help the hive survive can volunteer to do some and thrive and they share their weeding by hand to help! extra honey with us.

If you want to share your prayer, Learn more about different types email it to Ms. Cathy here. of bees in a video. Watch a 2 minute video about bees robbing others here. Even humans sometimes rob hives as shown in this crime-fighting video.

Wednesday – Happy Earth Day! On this day, 50 years ago, the first official Earth Day celebration was held. On this day, 5 years ago, Pope Francis published Laudato Si – his letter to the world which asked people in every country, people of every race, and people of every religion to unite to care for our common home – planet earth. Here are some ideas for ways you can celebrate earth today!

O Creator, Our world is large, and yet your Creation is so fragile. We glimpse the needs of our common home, of our sisters and brothers, and those needs are great. We want to turn away, but you call us back. We want simple solutions, but you want us to help solve the complex problems. Through your Church, you call us to listen, to learn, to reflect and to act. Give us a deep sense of our place in this web of Creation. Give us the wisdom of mind and generosity of heart to seek your will in the world today. Inspire us to respond to the call to live in solidarity with all of your Creation, so that the Earth, and all children of God might live in dignity and peace. Amen § (Written by Education for Justice staff. Copyright © Reprinted with permission.)

OBSERVE/ WONDER LEARN SERVE about nature’s beauty about Laudato Si your community Take a moment to recall a time You probably have heard your How can you show your when you felt awed by a sunset, teachers speaking of ways they commitment to the health of our the waves at the ocean, the song prepare the learning environment world? At school, every year, we of a bird, the green-ness of grass. so that you can learn best. God do a trash walk to clean up the Now pray the prayer above to God prepared our natural environment streets and sidewalks around about His creation. so that all of creation could live SJMS. With your parents’ best. Sadly, we have not done our permission, take a walk to pick up part in keeping it that way. That is garbage in your neighborhood. what Laudato Si is all about. Talk You will want to wear a mask and with someone about this after you gloves. Chat with a parent about watch the videos below. safety first.

Here is a link to St. Francis’ This 4 minute video highlights the beautiful prayer for which Laudato main points of Laudato Si. Tell the Si is named. Which images are SJMS community what is your favorite? important to you with this survey.

Thursday – Celebrating the earth continues! Remember Jesus’ parable of the precious pearl? He told us that the Kingdom of God is like a merchant searching for a fine pearl. Sometimes, the beautiful things in the natural world are things we have to search out to find! Nature can surprise us. OBSERVE/ WONDER LEARN SERVE about hidden things about hidden garbage hidden life Get outside and explore – turn Scientists are like the merchant, How can you support the hidden over a rock –what do you find? always searching for the hidden beauty of nature? Become a Examine the backside of a leaf – truth and beauty of the natural scientist! You can also upcycle what do you see? Dig a little – world. Some study the great your trash – find a creative new what is down there? Can you find garbage gyre in the Pacific. use for what would be trash. moss? Spores on ferns? Lichens? Others study how to grow plants Maybe help a plant: seeds and Insects? Rocks? Like a scientist in space. Still others study urban bulbs are hidden sources of life recording data, sketch a picture of habitats. and growth. You can care for all that you saw. plants indoors or outside. Make a birdfeeder to support our avian friends. Collect a pile of twigs or sticks to provide a habitat for insects and wildlife.

Can you turn that sketch into a Video on ocean plastic prayer for creation and for Video on plants in space scientists? Video on urban habitats.

Friday— We are one human family. Jesus taught us all to call God, “Our Father.” He helped all kinds of people, but especially the poor and forgotten. They were important to him and should be important to us. Remember this Montessori Chart of Human Interdependence?

From https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1112253.pdf

OBSERVE/ WONDER LEARN SERVE about people as God’s creation about helping God’s people people as God’s creation

Take a moment to recall the At school, we try to learn about How can you show your natural world in the Lenten other cultures so we can be global commitment to the rest of God’s Catholic Relief Services videos we citizens. This means we don’t just children? It can be a challenge watched about Trinh, Maria Ana care about our own lives, we care when you are stuck at home. Talk and Yvone. What natural sounds, about the lives of all people and all with a parent about things you can sights and smells greet them each of creation. We believe we are do locally – making cards for morning? What is it like for them called to act. Living a life of neighbors who are elderly, to walk barefoot near their virtue, empowered by the Holy sending an email to a homes? How is their experience of Spirit, we know we can build grandparent, even playing with a our earth connected to your God’s kingdom of truth, beauty younger sibling while Mom or Dad experience? Speak to God in your and goodness! works. Doing kind things for a heart about the poor and family member is a way of caring vulnerable and about the earth for God’s creation, too! Try to do you share with them. 10 small acts of kindness today!

Listen to this familiar song of Use this link to see how some thanks. kids are making a difference. Use this link to see photos of how some of God’s people in Pakistan are helping each other.