Friday, November 27, 2015

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:




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