Week of November 28th-December 2nd

We hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving break!

Early Release will take place on Wednesday.

Mid-year assessments will begin this week on Thursday & Friday students will take the mid-year test for ELA.  

Schedule for Testing:
Thursday, December 1st: ELA Session 1
Friday, December 2nd: ELA Session 2
Monday, December 5th: Science Session 1
Tuesday, December 6th: Science Session 2
Friday, December 9th: Math Session 1
Monday, December 12th: Math Session 2

Academics:
ELA:
We will be studying "roots" this week! Vocabulary test on Friday.

Work jobs this week:
RRJ with CHATdue 12/9* (2 weeks to complete)
Social Studies ticket due 12/9* (2 weeks to complete)
Vocabulary ticket and test 12/2
Achieve: two lessons completed by 12/2
RAH's due Thursday. (add any extra reading to the back!)

We will begin Module  3A this week:  Sports in America.  We will be learning about Jackie Robinson and his contribution to history.

Bin of Happiness winners for the week are Hunter and Isabella D.
New phrase this week: 
"Come on People!  View the Blog and win a chance at Happiness!"

Polite Pigs Earners this week are:
Hunter, Gael, Maria, Gavin and Emily!  Thank you for using great manners and having those winning smiles and attitudes!

Math: We will continue our discussions on Module 4.  This week we will work on Module 4 lessons 2, 3, 5, 6.  
Lesson 2: Interpret fraction as division
Lesson 3: will look at interpreting fraction as division
Lesson 5: Solving word porblems involving the division of whole numbers
Lesson 6: Relating fractions as division

Students can expect to have nightly homework.   Please continue to utilize i-Ready at home for additional math support!  Please check Focus for your child's grades!  Progress reports will be coming home soon!

Science:  We will really dive in to some good discussions on the planets.  We will spend time discussing the inner and outer planets and discussing the different characteristics of each planet.  




Resources:
Monday- Music
Wednesday- Early Release
Thursday- P.E.
Friday- Art

Week of November 14th-22nd

We hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!  We are very thankful we get to work and learn with your child every day! 

Science Fair projects are due on Tuesday!  We cannot wait to see them and have some great discussions about them.

Early Release on Wednesday!

We hope to see everyone at Math & Science Night on Thursday from 6-8PM, the winners of the science fair will be announced at 7:30 in the cafeteria.

Congratulations to our students of the month for November, these two girls were selected for always being respectful to both their peers and their teachers.  Great Job: Peyton G. & Mallory!

Academics:

ELA:
Since we didn't have our test on Friday due to the writing prompt we will have the test Monday!

 Social Studies ticket will be due Tuesday,  11/22.
We will be working on Fables and theme this week. We will also look at our writing prompt results and edit two paragraphs from our finished product.  We will look at examples of model papers to understand what it takes to get certain scores.

The Secret Phrase will remain the same for this week and a winner will be drawn on Tuesday due to the short week!  I will have a new secret phrase next week, I promise!  There is still time to get it in!

Math:
We will complete Module 3 this week, students will take the end of module assessment on the computer before Thanksgiving break.  This will cover: adding and subtracting fractions as well as finding fractions in simplest form.  They can plan to take this on Tuesday, November 22nd.

Week of November 21st & 22nd:
We will begin Module 4 before taking the Module 3 assessment on Tuesday!  Module 4 will still cover fractions, line plots, and how we interpret a fraction as division.

Science:
Students will take the Chapter 7 test on Thursday.  This will cover force and motion, and Newtons 3 laws of motion.  

Week of November 21st & 22nd:
We will begin working on our unit on Earth and Space Science.


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

Week of November 21st:
Monday- Art

Week of November 7th-11th

Thank you to all of those who have served!  We will not have school on Friday, November 11th in observance of Veterans Day!  There will be a flag raising ceremony on Thursday at 8:45 am.

PTA Movie Night on Thursday night!  Come out and enjoy the movie Zootopia!

Other news: This is the last full week before Science Fair projects are due.  Please make sure they are completed and turned in by Tuesday, November 15th.  No exceptions for late projects.

Thanks for all the Halloween Treats! They were yummy!


Academics:
ELA:  Due to the short week we will skip vocabulary this week. We will be doing a social studies task as well as continuing our book study of Esperanza.  We are almost finished with the book and it has been wonderful!  
There will be an RRJ which will be due next Friday, November 18th with chats!
All "Arts and Learning" writing prompts from last week are due Monday, November 7th! Sorry, no exceptions!

We made yarn dolls this week just like the ones in the story! Students are writing stories from the perspective of the dolls with events from the novel.  I have gotten goosebumps already with some of the stories! They are wonderful! Stories are due on Thursday.

We had quite a few high "Achievers" this month and we "Celebrated" with a conga line to Kool and the Gang's Celebration! Keep increasing those Lexile Levels in Achieve 3000 and earn rewards while your reading comprehension improves!It's a win, win!

Bin Of Happiness Winners were: Bella Solis and Brooke L.
Good Job!  New Secret Phrase is:  

Write it on a sticky and turn in to be included in the Friday drawing!

Polite Pig Winners are Marrio P., Jordan, Bella S., and Cayla.
Thanks for your sweet manners and great attitudes this week!

Math: We will finish our discussions on adding and subtracting fractions by finding common denominators.  Students will take a Mid-Module assessment on Thursday.  This test will cover lessons 2-12 in module 3 of their workbooks.

Science:  We will begin Chapter 7 this week, which discusses force and motion.  We will discuss Newton's 3 Laws of Motion.  We will visit the science lab on Thursday to complete a lab called Marble Collision. 

Resources:

Monday- Music/ Ray- Media

Wednesday- P.E.

Thursday- Art/ Flag Raising

Friday- No School

Upcoming Events:

Thursday, November 17th: Math & Science Night from 6-8PM.  The winners of the science fair will be announced that evening at 7:30 PM.