Week of November 27th-December 1st

We hope everyone enjoyed Thanksgiving break!

There will be an early release on Wednesday.

Academics:
ELA:
Morphs List #8 with a test on Friday.

We will have a timed Writing Prompt on Monday and Tuesday. 1 hour per day.

Students will partner read and color code these prompts during the week.

Work jobs will continue from previous weeks with a due date of 12/1 for RRJs with chats as well as social studies tickets.

We will read Esperanza chapter 11 and have a reading skills test set on Friday.

New secret phrase is:

Write it on a sticky and turn in to Ms. Ray for a chance at Happiness! 💙💚💛💜💟

Math:

Lesson 13: Use fraction benchmark numbers to assess reasonableness of addition and subtraction equations. Home help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWLImVJ3Fnc
Lesson 15: Solve multi-step word problems; assess reasonableness of solutions using benchmark numbers. 
Homework help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDbwtetX4mE
Lesson 16: Explore part to whole relationships. 
Homework help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDbwtetX4mE

Science:  We will be moving on to Earth and space science!  Students will study the planets, the moon, and Earth's rotation and revolution around the sun.  Moon journals will be going home this week.  Students are to record the shape of the moon each night for 4 weeks.  This will be checked weekly for a homework grade.
 


Resources:
Ray:
Monday: Art & P.E.
Wednesday: Art
Friday: Music & Media

Tiberio:
Monday: Media
Tuesday: Music
Friday: P.E. & P.E.

Groeteke:
Mon: PE
Tue: Art
Wed: PE
Thu: PE

November 20th & 21st

We will take our field trip to the Marine Science Center on Tuesday.  Chaperones can follow the buses or meet us there around 9:30.  Students will need to bring a bagged lunch, the Marine Science Center asks that everything can be thrown away (no lunch boxes or Tupperware).  Students can also decorate a jug for collecting shells on the beach. The best decorated jug for each bus will earn a prize.

We hope everyone enjoys some time off for Thanksgiving!  We will see everyone back on Monday, November 27th!



Resources:
Ray:
Monday: Music
We will read Chapter 10 of Esperanza! No new work jobs.

Tiberio:
Monday: Art 2-2:50 PM

Week of November 13th-17th

Math and Science Night will take place on Thursday from 6-7:30, we hope to see everyone there.  Winners of the science fair will be announced at this time.

The Marine Science Center Field Trip will take place on Tuesday, November 21st.  Students will be required to being a bagged lunch on this day.  They are also asked to decorate a water or milk jug for collecting shells on the beach.  One student from each bus will win a prize for the best decorated jug.

Academics:

ELA:
This week we will resume our study of Morphs #7 with our test on Friday.  Remember all morph tests are cumulative.  Study all word lists #1 through #7.

For work jobs this week we will have an RRJ and a Social Studies ticket (Immigrants in America) due December 1.

We will will read chapter 9 in Esperanza Rising and complete a mid unit assessment on  this chapter on Wednesday, 11/15.

For Magic Monday we will be reading a book called Dorthea's Eyes and completing a Character "Cheart" 💓to go along with this.

Keep working on improving Achieve and I-ready levels at home and recording them for prizes!

This week's secret phrase is:

Write it on a sticky and turn it into Ms. Ray for a chance to go to the Bin of Happiness! 🎉🎈

Math:
We will wrap up using a picture and number line to add fractions with a test on Tuesday.  This will cover content from Module 3 lessons 1 -7.  As we progress through Module 3, we will make like fraction units numerically. 

Lesson 8 Add fractions to and subtract fractions from whole numbers using equivalence and the number line as strategies. 
Homework help  at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elR48i1gs90

Lesson 9: Add fractions making like units numerically. 
Homework help  at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvVPBuGo9Hk
Lesson 10: Add fractions with sums greater than 2. 
Homework help  at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDpB88GubTE
Lesson 11: Subtract fractions making like units numerically. 
Homework help  at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc75kYwOTEM
Lesson 12: Subtract fractions greater than or equal to one. 
Homework help  at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMELyiTY0yQ

Science:  Due to the Science Fair Projects, we got a little bit behind and will continue to finish up Force & Motion-- our quiz will be moved to this week on Wednesday.  We will then begin our unit on Earth & Space! During this unit we will discuss-- the suns movement, moon phases, weathering and erosion, planets (inner & outer), clouds

Resources:
Ray:
Monday: Music/Media
Wednesday: Art

Tiberio:
Monday: P.E/P.E
Tuesday: Art
Thursday: Music

Groeteke:
Tue: Music
Thu: Art & Media

Week of November 6th-10th

All Science Fair projects are due on Wednesday morning!  No exceptions!  Math & Science Night will take place on Thursday, November 16th from 6-7:30 PM.  We hope to see everyone there.

We will have a flag raising ceremony on Thursday, November 9th.  All our welcome to attend!

No School Friday in observance of Veteran's Day!

Academics:

ELA: No morphs this week due to a 4 day week! 😙
We will have a Social Studies  ticket this week!
We will complete a text structure activity for Magic Monday and we will read chapter 8 in Esperanza.
Bin of Happiness Winners are:
Kashvi  and Matthew (no one from Ms. Tiberio's room participated!)
No secret phrase this week.

For the remainder of the year, 150 pages will equal 1 book for our 25 book logs per district guidelines.
Also, late work will be deducted by 10 points.


Math: Got candy?  If your kiddo would like to donate any excess candy to the math treasure chest or candy jar, I'd be happy to take it!

We will work with fractions, focusing on making like units pictorially.

Lesson 2: Make equivalent fractions with sums of fractions with like denominators. 
Homework help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L96zujfLPok

Lesson 3-4: Add fractions with unlike units using the strategy of creating equivalent fractions, including adding fractions with numbers between 1 and 2.
Homework help  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J46SY3ZPDdI

Lesson 5-6: Subtract fractions with unlike units using the strategy of creating equivalent fractions, including subtracting fractions with numbers between 1 and 2
Homework help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u6pZ1F0xAs

Lesson 7: Solve two-step word problems. 

Homework help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u6pZ1F0xAs

Science:  We will spend time this week presenting our science fair projects and will finish up our work on force & motion.  Students will take a short quiz on Thursday.

Resources:
Ray:
Tuesday: Art

Tiberio:
Monday: Art
Wednesday: Music

Groeteke:
Mon: Music
Tue: PE
Wed: Art