Week of April 4th-8th

The 3rd quarter ends on Tuesday, April 5th!

Friday is a planning day, students will not have school.  Report cards will be sent home on Monday, April 18th.

FSA Testing will begin Monday, April 11th for Mrs. Ray's homeroom and Tuesday, April 12th for Ms. Tiberio's homeroom. At the bottom of this post you will find the full testing schedule for April.

Even with all the testing coming up, this is probably the most important thing we can teach children!  I am constantly telling our students this and our classes are chock full of kindness!
Ms. Tiberio and I just love these kids!


Academics:

ELA:
We have completed our FSA vocabulary!  We will NOT have vocabulary this week.  We will have a social studies ticket due on Thursday as Achieve 3000. Ask your child about his or her latest Lexile results!  We are going up every month! :)
The rest of the week we will be doing last minute reviews for our upcoming FSA test beginning on April 11th.  

Bin Of Happiness winners were Lejla-Lou  and Payton D.
Out new word is "Check the Blog People!" 

Math:  We will test on Topic 14 (Data) on Monday.  This will be the final math grade for the 3rd quarter.  The test will cover line plots, data from surveys, making line plots, and measurement data.  After the test we will begin Topic 16 that will cover coordinate grids.  After each math lesson, we spend time reviewing concepts that were taught all year in preparation for the FSA Test.  I wouldn't normally give a test on a Monday but students have really grasped this concept and we need to keep moving through this math curriculum in order to ensure all standards have been reviewed before the FSA.

Science:  We will review the mock FCAT that was taken last week and will continue to work through practice FCAT questions.  The great thing about the science FCAT is that is still all multiple choice so we will review good test tracking strategies of eliminating answer choices, bubbling completely, reviewing our work, and taking our time.  The Science FCAT is an 80 minute test with a break after 40 minutes...many students were finished before the break during our mock test!  

Resources:
Wednesday- P.E.
Thursday- Art
Friday- No School

Testing Schedule for April:
ELA FSA: computer based
Monday, April 11th- Session 1- Ray Homeroom
Tuesday, April 12th- Session 1- Tiberio Homeroom
Wednesday, April 13th- Session 2- Ray Homeroom (Early Release)
Thursday, April 14th- Session 2- Tiberio Homeroom 


Math FSA: computer based
Friday, April 15th- Session 1- Ray Homeroom
Monday, April 18th- Session 1- Tiberio Homeroom
Tuesday, April 19th- Session 2- Ray Homeroom
Wednesday, April 20th- Session 2- Tiberio Homeroom

No Testing on Thursday or Friday of this week, unless make-ups are required.


Science FCAT: Paper-pencil
Monday, April 25th- Session 1- both homerooms
Tuesday, April 26th- Session 2- both homerooms

April Fool's Trickery

Mrs. Ray and I had a little fun with the kids on Friday, April 1st.  We told them that the state decided the kids needed to take the FSA/FCAT early!  We started by reading this very funny testing script about eating a donut!  Needless to say, I think they loved this test! :)

Week of March 28th-April 1st

Welcome back!  We hope everyone had an enjoyable Spring Break!  We sure did! :)

All Spring Break packets will be due upon our return to school on Tuesday, March 29th!

Early Release is on Wednesday!

Class Photo Order Form: Before Spring Break our students took a class photo.  We sent home the order form from Leonards before break.  You can order them online or return the order form after break.

Make checks or money orders payable to: Leonard's

For easy ordering and to pay by credit card, order online as: 
www.leonards.com/photoprepay

Online Password: G355873

Packages you can order:
1- (one) 8 x 10 Class Group with Border
2- (one) 8 x 10 Class Group with Border with protective coating
3- Class Group on a T-Shirt 


Academics:

ELA:

The spring break packets can be listed on the RAH as an entry with the time it took to work on them. I will collect RAHs on Thursday as usual.
We will have our last set of FSA vocabulary words.  Take the time to study them!  These are the types of words that will be in the questions for the upcoming FSA test.

We will NOT have an RRJ due this week.  We WILL have a social studies ticket due on Friday.

We will continue to prepare for the upcoming FSA and wrap up our study of the American Revolution.

The Bin of Happiness winner was Josiah.  Our new phrase is "Great to be Back at School!"

Any missing assignments must be turned in this week or they will not be included in the final grade for the 3rd quarter.  Can you believe this is the end of the third quarter? :)

Math: We will be move on to graphing with line plots and coordinate grids.  Students will need to be able to read data tables and be able to interpret the information.  Also, each day we will spend time reviewing past lessons in order for students to be 100% confident going into the FSA computer test!  Feel free to access the practice test at home to help your child become more and more familiar with the tools they will be using on the test.

http://fsassessments.org/students-and-families/practice-tests/

Science: We will take a mock FCAT Science test on Wednesday and Thursday.  This will give us good information on what we still need to cover before the FCAT in April.  We will also finish all discussions on adaptations of plants and animals.


Resources:
Monday- No School
Tuesday- Art
Wednesday- Early Release

Week of March 14th-18th

Last week before Spring Break!  There will be no school on Friday, March 18th and we will not return to school until Tuesday, March 29th.  We hope everyone has a relaxing and enjoyable break.

Don't forget to change your clocks!

CONGRATULATIONS TO MRS. RAY'S CLASS FOR WINNING TOP DOG THIS TIME!
The Mystery Motivator spelled out "Please May I Have S'Mores!"  This homeroom was treated to a yummy, yet slightly messy treat on Tuesday.  Be on the look out for the next Mystery Motivator!

Academics:

ELA:

We will be continuing our study of FSA vocabulary words.  We will have the test on only the words shown here.  After spring break we will finish off our FSA list!

We WILL have another RRJ due on Friday!  We were treated to a Reader's Theater from Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief courtesy of Rhea!  She did a great job on the script and with her puppets!

We will be concluding our study on Natural Disasters and moving onto the American Revolution!

We will be continue to practice for the FSA with passaages and questions!

Bin of Happiness Winners were: Brady and Brock!  The new phrase is "Spring Forward"! 

Math: We will continue to work on our 2-D shapes, and also review finding area of these shapes.  Some measurements will include fractional measurements.  This will be a great review week before heading out on spring break!  Since the majority of the week will be spent reviewing module 5, we will take the end of module assessment on Thursday before spring break.  Thank you to all the parents that requested a spring break math review packet!  My hope is that you will work on and review this packet with them as they work through it.  It will be of great benefit to them.

Science:  We spent last week discussing plant adaptations, we will look at animal adaptations this week.  When we return from spring break, students will take a mock FCAT.  This will help us determine what areas of weakness we may need to address before they take the FCAT on April 25th & 26th.

Resources:
Tuesday- Music
Thursday- P.E.
Friday- No school

Adaptations Video

Adaptations Video we have watched in class to discuss the many adaptations of a camel.  Enjoy! :)

Week of March 7th-11th

Busy week ahead: 

Please plan to attend the Town Hall Meeting taking place at Bartram Springs, Monday night at 6PM in the cafeteria.  The discussion will center around the curriculum.  The following people from the district will be present: Mason Davis (Curriculum & Instruction), Kim Bays (Our regional superintendent), and Jason Fischer (Our School Board Representative).

Class Pictures will take place on Tuesday, March 8th.  If you want your child to have more individual pictures taken you need to complete the form that was sent home last week.

Early Release on Wednesday.

Thursday will be family night at the Book Fair from 5-7!  All sales will support our school library!

Message from Mrs. Ray: The FSA Writing Test is in the record books!  I am so very proud of each and every student who took the test.  I could not have asked for more.  Everyone put in so much effort and did what they have been practicing for all year.  Fabulous Job!!!!

Congratulations to Mackenzie & Brock for being named our Outstanding Eagle of the Month for March.  They represent the character trait of Honesty!  

Academics:

ELA:

This week we will start working on FSA vocabulary words.  This will be the academic vocabulary associated with the FSA test.  We will work on these words for 3 weeks. (3 separate lists)   We will also have an RRJ due on Friday as well as a Social Studies Ticket due on Friday.

We will continue to work on standards to prepare for the upcoming FSA in April.

Mariana was the Bin of Happiness winner this week.  The secret phrase this week is "Reading is Succeeding" .  Write your phrase on a sticky note and turn it in to Mrs. Ray.

Math: We will look at 2-D and 3-D shapes this week and discuss their properties.

Science:  We will spend the week working on Chapter 9 in our Interactive Science Workbooks.  The topics covered will be: How do environments change?, How do adaptations help plants?, and How do adaptations help animals?  We will take a short quiz on Friday that covers this topic.  The quiz will be open book.

Free quiz question & answer:

Which event would cause an ecosystem to change quickly?
A. a climate change
B. a lake drying up
C. an earthquake
D. a pond becoming a marsh

Correct answer is: C. an earthquake

Resources:  Be sure to return all library books.

Monday- Music

Tuesday- Media (Ray)  

Wednesday- Early Release

Thursday- P.E./ Media (Tiberio)  

Friday- Art

Human Body Systems

Check out our human body systems!  Students worked in groups of 4 to create diagrams of the body system they were given!  The kids did a great job working on these!