Hello! And Welcome to the 2020 - 2021 school year. My name is Miss Kowalski and I am overjoyed to be starting my first year teaching here at TCA. It means so much to be back at the school I attended when I was in elementary school/middle school. I cannot wait to start the year off!
Me and everyone at TCA is excited to learn and grow with the students. I will provide a safe and open environment working hard to fulfill all students' needs. My goal is to have a fun and SAFE year. I look forward to working with you all :)
A little about me
I graduated from TCA in 2010 and then attended La Salle Peru Township High School graduating in 2014. After that, I attended Illinois State University to get my Bachelors in Elementary Education. After graduating ISU in the fall of 2019, I substitute taught for Ottawa, Oglesby, Mendota, and La Salle school districts. I am extremely happy to now have a class of my own and start my career that I have been passionate about for a long time.
Notes
I am signing ALL students planners at the end of the day to check homework
Please note that there may be revisions to the schedule due to how far
we may get in class and changes during the week.
Test/Quiz Schedule
Every test (besides spelling and reading) will vary depending on how far we get in class.
Spelling and reading will be the only set test date and it will be every Friday
Dates to Remember
Thursday April 1 Early dismissal 1:30
Spring break April 2nd - April 11
Rips Chicken Night tickets are due April 1st
This Weeks Schedule
Math
Monday: Investigation 10
Homework: IXL
Tuesday: Lesson 101 Tables and Schedules
Homework: Written Practice #1-30
Wednesday: Lesson 102 Tenths and Hundreds on a number line
Homework: Written Practice #1-30
Thursday: Lesson 103 Fractions equal to 1 and fractions equal to 1/2
Homework: Written Practice #1-30
Friday: Lesson 104 Changing improper fractions to mixed numbers
Homework: Written Practice #1-30
Religion
Session 25 Celebrating Easter
(Test Thursday)
Reading
Story: The Fun They Had
Essential Question: How do inventions change the way we do things?
Genre: Science Fiction
Topic: Inventions
Vocabulary: Progress, Calculated, Dispute, Centuries, Superior
Insert, Waste, Inspector, Mechanical, Average
(Test Friday)
Social Studies
Starting Chapter 5 Lesson 2 on Northeast Region resources
(Quiz Thursday)
Science
We will be starting topic 8 Human Body Systems where
we will be talking about the respiratory and circulatory systems
(Quiz Friday)
Grammar
capitalization, extending sentences, commas and use of colons
Spelling words
This week we will be working with words with VCCCV Pattern
(Test will be Thursday)
Word List
Idea
Lion
Usual
Radio
Liar
Poem
India
Piano
January
Quiet
Poet
Science
Diary
Violin
Period
February
Cereal
Video
Meteor
Rodeo
Challenge Words
Variety
Gradual
Geography
Diagram
Punctual
Specials:
Music: Monday 9:05 - 9:35
P.E. Tue/Thu 9:15 - 9:45
Mass: Wednesday 9:15
Library: Thursday 10:20 - 10:50
Art: Friday 9:05 - 9:45
Thank you,
Ms. Kowalski
ckowalski@lasallecatholic.org