Week of May 2nd-6th

On Friday, we will have our FSA Movie Celebration in the cafeteria for those students who earned the party based on their testing effort!

Hopefully, you saw our note about the Suns field trip, this has been changed to a field trip to the bowling alley on Wednesday, May 25th.

On Monday, students will bring home a note about our individual end of year celebration.  Cost is $6.

Students will begin end of course tests in all of their resource classes this week.  These test will take place in the morning during their resource block.

Faculty vs. 5th Grade Kickball Game will be held on Monday, June 6th.  Student behavior during the month of May and 1st week of June will determine if your child gets to participate in the game.  If a student loses 3 or more conduct points they will be unable to play in the game.  This is done to ensure that all behavior stays at its best all year long.  We will send a note home to ensure that you understand these guidelines.

Academics:
ELA:
With testing over we will be back full swing into our normal schedule.  While we will not have a vocabulary test this week we will have an RRJ and a social studies ticket.  We will also have a unit assessment on the rain forest. This is not something to study for but participation in the lessons in class will prepare students for this assessment. Writing News: Students have been working hard on narratives on the Trail of Tears.  I am very proud of the final products.

Math:  We will take the end of Module 6 assessment this week, this will take place on Friday.  This is the end of our discussion on the coordinate grid systems, and patterns.

Science: We will begin working in our Health textbooks for the remainder of the year!  We will start by talking about personal hygiene and caring for our ears and eyes! :)

Resources:
Monday- Media (Tiberio)
Tuesday- P.E. (afternoon-- no test)
Wednesday- Art (8:40-9:50)
Friday- Music (8:40-9:50)

P.E. test will be on Tuesday, May 10th at 8:40

Our incubator with hopefully 9 chicks developing inside!  21 days to find out!! :)

Week of April 25th-29th

Science FCAT testing on Monday and Tuesday of this week!

Early Release on Wednesday and No School on Friday!

Congratulations to our Top Quality students!  We enjoyed a nice lunch together last week!

Academics:
ELA:
No vocabulary this week!  We will be working on our  Narrative Project for the Trail of Tears.
There will also be an RRJ due Thursday but no social studies ticket.
Many students did not turn in SS from last week so that needs to be turned in to me by Thursday.
We will continue our study of the Rain Forest!

We had only one Bin Of Happiness winner this week and it was Olivia.  The Bin of Happiness is now the Bin of Sadness because no one is putting in the secret phrase!!!!  Make it happy again and read the blog and turn in the phrase! The new phrase is "Sloths are Slow but not Lazy!"

This week Mrs. Ray's homeroom performed songs that they wrote about various Rain Forest animals to the tunes of popular songs.  It was fabulous!

Math:  We will continue to work through Module 6 which deals with graphing and coordinate grids.  Next week on Tuesday, May 3rd students will take the end of unit Module 6 assessment.

Science:  Our science block will be spent testing on Monday & Tuesday.  Both homerooms will test at the same time from about 9am-10:30am.

Resources:
Wednesday- Music/Early Release
Thursday- Music
Friday- No School

Week of April 18th-22nd

Report cards will be sent home on Monday!  Please review, sign and return.

Students will finish up the Math FSA this week.  Ms. Tiberio's class will test on Monday & Wednesday.  Mrs. Ray's class will only test on Tuesday.

The following week: April 25th & 26th students will take the Science FCAT with their homeroom teacher.



Academics:

ELA:
Whew!  We are all finished with FSA testing for ELA!  I could not be more proud of the effort I saw put forth on the test.  Now we can continue with our school year and enjoy what's left to learn!
We have begun our new module on the Rain Forest and it has been exciting so far!  We are working on charts, songs and will later research various topics.  We will have an RRJ due this week but no vocabulary test.  We will have a social studies ticket due on Friday as well and talk about the Trail of Tears, later writing a Narrative on this topic. Bin of Happiness Winners were Sophie and Karleigh.  The new secret phrase is : Stay Focused on the FSA!

Please enjoy these pictures of our Rain Forest Learning!

Math: Due to Math FSA testing, we will not work on math until after Wednesday, April 20th.  On Thursday, we will finish up the rest of Module 6 which deals with the coordinate grid systems and number patterns.

Science:  We will spend the week reviewing all science standards, including the scientific method, rocks & minerals, planets, etc...  We will look at many different test questions to prepare students for the multiple choice FCAT they will take on Monday & Tuesday.

Resources:
Monday- Music
Thursday- P.E./ Top Quality Party
Friday- Art/ Ray-Media

Upcoming Event:
No School, Friday, April 29th
5th grade Promotional Ceremony: Tentative Date of Wednesday, June 8th at 9AM

Week of April 11th-15th

FSA Testing has officially arrived and we couldn't be prouder of this group of kids!  They will rock these tests!

Mrs. Ray's Homeroom will test on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of this week.
Ms. Tiberio's Homeroom will test on Tuesday & Thursday of this week.

Don't forget headphones if you have them, if not the school will provide headphones.

Tuesday will also be the last tutoring session for math!

Wednesday is early release.

Congratulations to Payton & Rhea for being named our Outstanding Eagles of the Month for showing self-control.  We are very proud of them.

Academics:

ELA:

Testing begins!  We are ready! This is the time for everyone to SHINE!  I am confident that students have worked hard and are prepared! We can do this!

Due to testing we will not have specific work jobs due.  We will be working on curriculum and review.  Regular work jobs will resume after testing.

Bin of Happiness Winners this week were: Taylor and Brock!
This week's secret phrase is "Rock the Test!"

Math:  We will review all past standards throughout the week, students will have nightly practice problems to work on at home.  Please be on the lookout.

Science:  We will also review standards in science until the science FCAT on Monday, April 25th & Tuesday, April 26th.

Resources:
Monday- Music
Wednesday- Early Release

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! :)