Week of February 26th-March 2nd

PTA Spirit Night at Tijuana Flats will take place on Monday Night!  Help raise funds for our school by dining at Tijuana Flats Monday evening.

Academics:

ELA: We survived the Practice Writing Prompt!  All classes have been working super hard on improving their writing skills and I am so proud of YOU!  We will continue to practice pieces and parts of the writing process so that we will ready for the big test on March 6th.✎📔

We will have list #2 of Commonly Misused Homonyms this week:
whether, weather     which, witch       when,   win     whole, hole     know, no     hour, our, are
Test on Friday!

We will also have a reading skills quiz on Friday.
Social Studies and RRJ are both due on Friday!

We will also be discussing the Harlem Renaissance and reading a short story by Langston Hughes.

No secret phrase this week!

Math:
There will be a test this week, assessing content from Module 5 Lessons 1 -6.

Lesson 7: Solve word problems involving the volume of rectangular prisms with whole number edge lengths.

Lesson 8 & 9: Apply concepts and formulas of volume to design a sculpture using rectangular prisms within given parameters. 

Lesson 10: Find the area of rectangles with whole-by-mixed and whole-by-fractional number side lengths by tiling, record by drawing, and relate to fraction multiplication. 

Lesson 11:  Find the area of rectangles with mixed-by-mixed and fraction-by-fraction side lengths by tiling, record by drawing, and relate to fraction multiplication. 

Science:  We will begin discussing animal & plant classification.  Students will compare the human body structure to the structure of a plant.  Students will have homework on Monday and Tuesday.

Resources:
Ray-
Monday- Music
Wednesday- Art

Tiberio:
Tuesday- Art
Thursday- Music

Groeteke:
Tue-Music
Thu-Art

Week of February 19th-23rd

No school on Monday in observance of Presidents' day!

Tuesday is the Mid-year SAC stakeholders meeting.  You'll get to hear about all the progress Bartram is making.  Hope to see some of you there! - Ms. Tiberio

Jump Rope for Heart will take place on Friday.

Academics:

ELA:
This week for vocabulary we will be working on commonly misused Homonyms:
they're, their, and there
your and you're
too, two and to

Other work jobs are as follows:
RRJ due 3/2/18
Social Studies due on 3/2/18
Reflections on the light pollution prompt

On Friday we will have a practice two hour Writing Prompt to mimic the state writing prompt to occur on March 6.  Students will complete the prompt in their homerooms just as we will be doing during the actual test. This is the only time we will be able to practice with a complete 2 hour block since our normal class time is 90 minutes.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE IN SCHOOL TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PRACTICE PROMPT!  THANK YOU!

No secret phrase this week! 😃

Math:
We continue to explore volume in Module 5.
Lesson 3: Compose and decompose rectangular prisms using layers.
Lesson 4:  Use multiplication to calculate volume.
Lesson 6: Find the total volume of solid figures composed of two non overlapping prisms.
Lesson 7:  Solve word problems involving volume of rectangular prisms with whole number length sides.

Science:
Students will complete a progress monitoring assessment on Wednesday, this assessment will cover-- plants, weathering, and erosion.  We will begin looking at how plants and animals have different adaptations to survive in their environments.

Resources:
Ray:
Wednesday- Art
Thursday- P.E.
Friday- P.E.

Tiberio:
Tuesday- Art
Thursday- Music
Friday- Media (return all library books)

Groeteke:
Tue: Music
Thu: Art

Week of February 12th-16th

Early Release on Wednesday.  Students can also bring in Valentine's for their homeroom class.  Students must bring for everyone if they are going to pass out Valentines.  Homeroom teachers will send home a list of classmates.

There will be no school next Monday, February 19th.

Academics:

ELA:
No morphs this week!  Monday and Tuesday we will have a timed practice writing prompt.  We are getting closer to the actual Florida State Writing Assessment!  It is important for everyone to be in school.  We will continue our same work jobs from last week and add a writing reflection for our Drone prompt.
No secret phrase this week.  Ria is our winner from last week for the Bin of Happiness!


Math:There will be an end of Module 4 computer based test this week.
Lesson 32: Interpret and evaluate numerical expressions including the language of scaling and fraction division.
Lesson 33: Create story contexts for numerical expressions and tape diagrams and solve word problems.
Module 5 Lesson 1: Explore volume by building with and counting cubes.
Lesson2:  Find the volume of a right rectangular prism.


Science:  Human body!  We will be able to do some fun things to learn the different organ systems and the importance of each organ.


Resources:
Ray:
Tuesday- Art
Friday-Music

Tiberio:
Monday- Art
Wednesday- Music
Friday- P.E.

Groeteke:
Mon:  Music
Tue: PE
Wed: Art

Week of February 5th-9th

Family Literacy Night will take place on Tuesday.  The book fair will be going on all week.

Academics:

ELA:
We will wrap up list #10 of our Morphs!

New work jobs: Morph tasks due Friday and a test that day!
RRJ due 2/16.
Social Studies Ticket on the 1960s due 2/16.
We will be working on Writing this week with conferences and activities. I will return the prompts we did about Drones!  We will also begin our Promises to Keep book about Jackie Robinson.

Bin of Happiness Winner for this week is Mia H.

Our new secret phrase is:


Math:
Lesson 26: Divide a unit fraction by a whole number.
Lesson 27:  Solve word problems involving fraction division.
Lesson 28: Wrote equations and word problems.
Lesson 29: Connect division of a unit fraction to division of 1 tenth and 1 hundredth.
Lesson 30-31: Divided decimal dividends by non unit decimal divisors.

Science:  We will be discussing plants (flowering and nonflowering).  We will hopefully get the chance to begin our unit on the human body this week also.

Resources:
Ray:
Tuesday- Art
Wednesday- P.E.
Thursday- Media
Friday- Music

Tiberio:
Monday: Art
Wednesday: Music
Thursday: P.E.

Groeteke:
Mon:Music
Wed:Art & PE

Week of January 29th-February 2nd

We will have an Early Release on Wednesday.  Dismissal will begin at 1:40.

Academics:

ELA: This week we will have list #9 of our Morphs.  Remember this is cumulative so go back and study the previous lists.  It has been quite awhile since we had these!

Our RRJs and Social Studies Tickets are both due this Friday, 2/2.
We will be color coding our Drone Essays this week and meeting in Writing groups.

We will continue our study of Jackie Robinson and the Civil Rights Era.
Bin of Happiness Winner for this week is Ria!
New Secret Phrase goes with our character trait of the month and  is:





Math:
Thursday there will be a fraction multiplication test.

Lesson 20: Convert mixed unit measurements, and solve multi-step word problems. 

Lesson 21: Explain the size of the product, and relate fraction and decimal equivalence to multiplying a fraction by 1. 

Lesson 22:  Compare the size of the product to the size of the factors.

Lesson 25: Divide a whole number by a unit fraction.

Science: We will finish up weather and  take a quiz on Wednesday.  We will move into plants.  We will complete a readers theater about flowering and nonflowering plants.  Cloud Finder Data sheet is due on Tuesday!

Resources:
Ray:
Tuesday: Art
Friday: Music

Tiberio:
Monday: Art
Wednesday: Music
Friday: P.E

Groeteke:
Mon: Music
Tue: P.E.
Wed: Art

Week of January 22nd-26th

There is a SAC (School Advisory Council) meeting on Tuesday at 6PM in the Media Center.  Come learn about our school and all the progress we have made this year.

Monday, students will finish up all mid-year testing by taking the second session of science.

Academics:

ELA:
No morphs due to Science Baseline testing on Monday.  We will be going back to them next week!
We will begin a new RRJ this week as well as a new Social Studies Ticket on the Civil Rights Movement.  These will be due on 2/2/18.
Tuesday and Wednesday of this week will be Writing Prompt Practice!  PLEASE BE IN SCHOOL!  THIS IS IMPORTANT!  ✍We will have a timed prompt-1 hour each day to prepare students for the 2 hour State Writing  Test the week of March 5th.
We will also begin reading our non-fiction selection for the 9 weeks: Promises to Keep.  This is a book about Jackie Robinson and his impact on the country at that time.⚾⚾⚾⚾
Bin of Happiness Winners were Sophia P. and Jason W.
The new secret phrase for the week is:


Math: We will have a Mid Module Assessment Tuesday.
Lesson 13: Multiply unit fractions by unit fractions.
Lesson 14 -15: Multiply unit fractions by non unit fractions.
Lesson 16: Solve word problems using tape diagrams and fraction by fraction multiplication.

Lesson 19: Convert measures involving whole numbers, and solve multi-step word problems. 

Science: We will finish up weathering and erosion and have a quiz on Tuesday.  We will discuss renewable and non renewable resources and move on to weather.  Students should be working on their cloud finders over the weekend.

Resources:
Ray:
Tuesday- Art
Wednesday- P.E.
Friday- Music/P.E.

Tiberio:
Monday- Art
Wednesday- Music
Friday- Media (return all library books)

Groeteke:
Mon -Music
Wed - Art & Media

Week of January 15th-19th

No school Monday due to the observance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday!

SCRIMMAGE TESTING THIS WEEK:
Tuesday and Wednesday will be Math testing.
Science testing will take place on Friday and continue next Monday.
Please ensure you are in school and on time these days to take the assessments!

REPORT CARDS GO HOME ON WEDNESDAY, 1/17/18

Our very first TQ luncheon will take place on Friday January 19th for all of those students who have completed there Top Quality Charts in Mrs. Ray's room. CONGRATULATIONS!  Keep up that super top quality work!

ELA:
Due to testing we will NOT have new vocabulary this week.
Social Studies Ticket for the 1950's and the RRJ with a chat are due on Friday.
Baseball Graphic Organizer is due on Friday also!
We will complete a reading short Mid-Unit Assessment on Thursday.

Now that we have had our first group of students complete the Top Quality Charts we will be starting our Quality Control Team!
The following students are the new members and will be available to their classmates to review the quality of their work and make suggestions on how they can achieve Top  Quality work!
Ray: Sienna, Maddy, Kashvi, Jason, Mia H., Anna, Krisha
Tiberio: Sophia P., Abigail, Meg, Yasmim, Riley
Groeteke:  Emmy, Addision O., Addison S., Ria

Math:

Science:
We will continue to discuss weathering and erosion.  We will also talk about renewable and nonrenewable resources.  Students will have a quiz next week on weathering, erosion, and deposition.  Ask your child to explain the differences of each and give you an example.


Bin Of Happiness Winner for the week are Riley and Kyleigh! Hey, that rhymes!
New secret phrase is:




Resources:
Tiberio:
Wed. Music
Fri. PE

Ray:
Tues. Art
Fri. Music


Groeteke