Week of January 4th-8th

Welcome back!  We hope everyone had an enjoyable winter break!

Early Release on Wednesday!

We will visit Twin Lakes Middle School on Thursday!  Please make sure all permission slips have been returned, this is a free field trip, but students are unable to attend if we did not receive a permission slip.  We will be eating at Twin Lakes so students will need to bring a bagged lunch.

Following our field trip to Twin Lakes that evening Bartram Springs will host a Middle School Information Night.  This is a very informative night about the many options for middle school.  This event will start at 6:30PM in the cafeteria.  You will have an opportunity to speak one on one with school representatives, parents, and/or former BSE students who now attend various middle schools.
Schools that will be represented include: Twin Lakes Middle School, LaVilla School of the Arts, Julia Landon, Kirby-Smith, Darnell-Cookman, and James W. Johnson.

The following week we will attend the Marine Science Center on Monday, January 11th.  This is another free field trip, but will require students to bring a bagged lunch (everything must be able to be thrown out!!  Students will also need to decorate their water jug, for collecting shells on the beach!

Academics:

ELA:

This is the vocabulary for our test on Friday. :)
We also have an RRJ due on Friday.  I will give another writing prompt to continue our practice to get ready for our February FSA assessment. This will be due on Friday as well.
Our secret words this week are: Happy New Year!   Write this on a sticky with your name and turn in to Mrs. Ray.  I will announce December's winner in class for our bin of happiness drawing!

Math:  We will come back and review dividing fractions, before moving on to multiplying fractions.

Homework:
Monday: Lesson 6
Tuesday: Lesson 7
Wednesday: Lesson 8
Thursday: Attend Middle School Information Night 6:30pm

Science:  We will begin discussing Force & Motion, this will be covered in Chapter 7 of our science textbooks!

Resources:
Monday- Art
Wednesday- Music
Thursday- Music
Friday- Media (Ray only)

Monday Night Video:

Tuesday Night Video:

Wednesday Night Video:

Thursday/Friday Video:

Spirit Night at Moe's on Thursday 12/17

Welcome to Moe's...

Help support Bartram Springs by dining at Moe's on Thursday, December 17th from 5-8pm!  

Spelling Bee

Our Spelling Bee Champion: Sophie

Congratulations Sophie, you spelled each word with such confidence and ease!  We are so proud of you!

Our Spelling Bee Participants:

Minus Connor B

All the participants:

Week of December 14th-18th

Our last week of school before Winter Break!  We have plenty to keep us busy!

There is no early release this week!

The PTA Store will be open all week for students to purchase small items for siblings & parents.  If students bring in money, they may attend the store.

Monday- Spelling Bee in the Cafeteria at 9:00!  Good luck to all our students participating!  Parents are welcome to attend.
Tuesday- Last session of the Science practice test
and ELA Practice District Writing Test
Wednesday- Field Trip to the IMAX (Students may bring money to purchase popcorn and snacks at the IMAX)
Thursday- Chorus performance
Friday- Our class party--11:45(Thank you to Ms. Williams for planning and organizing)

Winter Break Homework:
Students will have 16 days off for winter break, I am requesting that students complete 6 i-Ready lessons.  These lessons can be completed all in one day or spread out over the course of their time off.  Of course completing more than 6 lessons is definitely OK! :)  Please let us know ahead of time if your child will not have access to the internet over break.
For ELA:
Students should also complete 4 Achieve 3000 lessons.  Those students on I-ready Reading should complete 4 of those as well

Academics:

ELA:  We will not have vocabulary this week due to our field trip, testing and our party.
No RRJ or Social Studies.  We will focus on our reading and writing in our whole group.  Students will still have to complete Achieve lessons and their RAH.
The District Practice Writing Prompt will take place on Tuesday and will be our first opportunity to write a complete paper in one sitting of 120 minutes from plan to final product! :) The writing has been amazing and I am excited to see how it goes!

This week's secret word winners were: Rhea and Cydney!  Keep reading the blog and write down the secret word with your name on a sticky and turn in to Mrs. Ray. 
This week's secret word is "holiday"! 

Math:
We will cover 3 lessons this week in Module 4, these lessons continue to cover how fractions are related to division.  We will model using tape diagrams.  Be sure to watch the videos for further explanation.

Math Homework:
Monday- Module 4 Lesson 3
Tuesday- Module 4 Lesson 4 (due Thursday due to field trip)
Thursday- Module 4 Lesson 5

Science:
We will wrap up Chapter 6 on Energy this week and test on Friday.  This is an open book test.  Science books will come home on Thursday night for students to study.  

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

We enjoyed attending Suessical the Musical last week.  Three of our talented students were in the production: Cydney, Mackenzie, & Maya.  They did a fantastic job! :)

Monday's Math Video: Module 4 Lesson 3

Tuesday's Math Video: Module 4 Lesson 4

Thursday's Math Video: Module 4 Lesson 5

See you in 2016! 

Week of December 7th-11th

We will continue taking our mid-year assessments this week.  Students will take Math Session 1 & 2 on Wednesday & Thursday.  They will then begin the paper/pencil Science assessment on Friday.

Progress reports will be sent home on Wednesday!

Just a reminder, all field trip money is due by Thursday, December 10th!  You can pay online! :)

Come check out Suessical the Musical on either Thursday or Friday night at 6:00 PM in the cafeteria!  Several of our students are performing!

Congratulations to Peyton & Alba for being named our Eagle of the Month for December, the character trait was Kindness.

Congrats to Maya, Dana, Mariana, Taylor and Gabby on finishing the Girls on the Run 5K this weekend at the University of North Florida!  It was cold and windy but that didn't stop these 5 from finishing.  Great job, girls!

Academics:

ELA: For vocabulary this week we will be studying commonly misused homonyms.  We will have a test on Friday.

The RRJ that was assigned last week will be due on Friday as will our social studies ticket! Remember this becomes homework if you do not have time to finish in class. 

We will also be starting an FSA practice prompt today to hopefully be completed by Friday!

We completed our ELA district testing but a practice writing test will be coming up next week! Keep up the great effort! :)

This week the secret word is "Writing".  If you are reading the blog write the word on a sticky with your name and give it to Mrs. Ray.  Last week's blog reading winners were Anyssa and Mariana. They got to visit the Bin of Happiness!

Math: Due to district testing this week, we will only complete lesson 2 and 3 from Module 4.  These lessons cover how to interpret a fraction as division.  Videos added below! :)

This week our classes had an opportunity to participate in an Hour of Code!  It was a huge hit and definitely something you can access and work on at home as a family! www.hourofcode.com


Science: We will work through Chapter 6 in our science workbooks.  This will continue our discussion on forms of energy.  We hope to test on forms of energy before winter break!



Resources:
Monday- Media (Tiberio homeroom-only)/ Art
Wednesday- Music
Friday- P.E.

Module 4 Lesson 2:

Module 4 Lesson 3:

Thank you to all the families who came out to Math & Science night we had a great turnout!  Here are a few pictures from the event!  A big congratulations is in order for Mackenzie who won 1st place for the 5th grade science projects!!  Way to go, Mackenzie!

Week of November 30th-December 4th

Welcome back!  We hope everyone had a restful and enjoyable Thanksgiving break!

Field Trip forms were sent home on Tuesday before Thanksgiving, we will be going to the IMAX, on December 16th.  All money is due by 12/10/15, sorry for the short turn around!  Please see the field trip form for more information.

Math & Science Night will take place on Thursday, December 3rd at 6:00!  Please join us!

The testing window for administering the practice FSA's will begin on Tuesday, December 1st.  The practice science FCAT will be a paper/pencil test.  ELA & Math will be on the computer.  We are requesting that students bring headphones from home on the days of the ELA test. 

Testing will take place in this order:
ELA: (earbuds/headphones needed) – 2 sessions, 75 minutes each
Math: 2 sessions, 80 minutes each
Science: 2 sessions, 70 minute sessions

Testing Calendar for 5th grade:
Thursday, December 3rd: ELA Session 1 (headphones)
Friday, December 4th: ELA Session 2 (headphones)
Wednesday, December 9th: Math Session 1
Thursday, December 10th: Math Session 2
Friday, December 11th: Science Session 1
Tuesday, December 15th: Science Session 2

TOP QUALITY LUNCHEON#1:
12 students enjoyed a nice snack filled lunch in the classroom today for earning our first Top Quality reward!  We will be having another one as soon as we have more students fill up their Top Quality charts! :) This week's secret phrase for our special drawing is...you guessed it! "Top Quality".  Write your name and the phrase on a sticky note and pass it along to Mrs. Ray.  I will enter you in our next drawing !  It pays to check out our blog!

Academics:

ELA:  We will NOT have a vocabulary test this week due to testing.  I am assigning an RRJ but it will not be due until the following week 12/11.
I will also be assigning a Social Studies ticket to be completed and turned in 12/11 as well.
Students are encouraged to go on Achieve 3000 at home as well as I-ready Reading if they are enrolled in that.
Since Progress Reports will be coming out soon I will need all work up to date and turned in for grading by Friday! 12/4.

Math: Before Thanksgiving break, we finished up module 3, we will review and complete the end of unit module this week.  This test will take place on Wednesday, December 2nd.  We will then begin Module 4-- this module covers multiplying and dividing fractions.  Remember, you can find lesson videos at the bottom of this post.

Science: We will be discussing the following forms of energy:
Light energy
Electrical energy
Heat (thermal) energy
Sound energy
Chemical energy
Mechanical energy


Resources/Events:
Monday- No School
Tuesday-Music
Wednesday- Early Release (Science Lab)
Thursday- Math/Science Night
Friday- P.E. / Science Lab

Upcoming Events:
Progress Reports sent home: Wednesday, December 9th
Spelling Bee: Monday, December 14th: 8:45 in the cafeteria

Thursday & Friday Video: Module 4 Lesson 1:

Science Lab Explorations

Wednesday and Thursday we were able to visit the science lab, we conducted an experiment on separating mixtures.  The mixture we were separating was sand, salt, and iron filings.  Here are a few pictures from our exploration.

Week of November 16th-20th & November 23rd & 24th

Tuesday, November 24th will our last day of school until Tuesday, December 1st!  Enjoy your Thanksgiving break!  We are thankful for our 43 students and parents! 

No conduct sheet will be sent home on Monday, November 23rd.  We will combine these 2 days and pass out the week 4 conduct on Tuesday, December 1st.

Congratulations to the students who have earned the first Top Quality Luncheon to be held on Tuesday, Nov. 24th.
Olivia, Alysa, Mariana, Mackenzie, Lejla, Peyton S., Gabby, Dana, Jaci, Kira, Taylor.
These students will enjoy a fun filled lunch with Mrs. Ray and Ms. Tiberio.  Great job producing Top Quality Work!

Academics:

ELA: 
Here are this week's vocabulary words for the test Friday, 11/20.

We will not have any vocabulary the week of 11/23.  

Our RRJ is due 11/19/15 with no RRJ the following week. (It was assigned 11/9.)

We WILL have a social studies assignment due 11/20.

Don't forget to keep turning in those RAH's.  We need to continue to work toward our 

25 book goal!

Just want to add that we have been working diligently on writing.  I am SUPER impressed with the results so far!  I am excited to see just how much better we can get!

This week I am including a secret word in the blog.  If you are reading this blog and see this word, write it on a sticky note with your name on it and leave it on Mrs. Ray's desk.  Do not share the word with your classmates!  It's just for those who read the blog. You will receive 2 tickets for your entry and be eligible for a special drawing the day before the break! 

The secret word is: Thankful

Math: We will continue to work on module 3, by looking at adding and subtracting fractions that are greater than or equal to 1.  We will also be solving multi-step word problems, students will be required to assess the reasonableness of their solutions by relating what they know about benchmark fractions.  Examples of benchmark fractions: 

Science:  During the week of November 16th, we will get the opportunity to visit our science lab!  We will be conducting an experiment on how heat affects change in the states of matter.  We are continuing to work through chapter 5 in our Interactive Science workbooks.  Before Thanksgiving break, we will have a test on Chapter 5.  This covers the 3 states of matter, their properties, physical & chemical change, etc...  Please review Chapter 5!  Test on Tuesday, November 24th!

Resources:
Tuesday- Music
Wednesday- Art
Friday- P.E.
Monday, November 23rd- Art
Tuesday, November 24th- Media (Ray Homeroom only)

Math Video Monday:Module 3 Lesson 9

Math Video Tuesday: Module 3 Lesson 10

Math Video Wednesday: Module 3 Lesson 11

Math Video Thursday: Module 3 Lesson 12

Math Video Monday: Module 3 Lesson 15: