Week of December 18th-22nd

We will have no school on Thursday or Friday!  We hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable Winter Break!  Students will return to school on Tuesday, January 9th.

We will finish up session 2 of the ELA test on Monday.

Our Spelling Bee will take place on Tuesday, December 19th at 9AM in the cafeteria.  Parents are welcome to attend.

Our class holiday parties will take place on Wednesday from 12-3.  Students will enjoy pizza, movies, and board games.  Students can bring board games on Wednesday.

Upcoming Events in January:  Students will take a field trip to Twin Lakes Academy Middle School on Thursday, January 11th.  Following the field trip that evening at Bartram Springs, we will host Middle School Information Night.Middle Schools, and the Choice School Office will be here to present options for middle school.  This event will take place in the cafeteria at 6:00 pm.  We hope to see many of you there!  **Be on the look out for the permission slip, cost is free*

Resources:

Ray:

Monday: Music

Tuesday: Spelling Bee

Wednesday: Art

Tiberio:

Monday: Art

Tuesday: Spelling Bee

Wednesday: P.E.

Groeteke:
Tue: Spelling Bee

Week of December 11th-15th

There is a SAC (School Advisory Counsel) meeting on Tuesday at 6:00pm in the media center.  Everyone is welcome to attend.

We will have early release on Wednesday.  There will only be 3 early release dates when we return from winter break.  January 31st, February 14th, and April 25th.

Music Ensemble will perform on Friday for the school.

Academics:

ELA:
We have completed Achieve 3000 and I-ready mid year testing.  We will have our District Scrimmage this week and next week.  The work jobs for the week are continued from last week.
No new Morphs until after the break.
We conducted our class spelling bees and the top 4 from each class will compete in the 5th grade spelling bee on Tuesday, the 19th.
We will finish Esperanza Rising on Monday and take an end of the unit test on Tuesday.  We will also write our point of view stories and complete yarn dolls!
We have really enjoyed this novel!

Secret phrases will resume after the break!

Math:
Last week we learned how to play a math fluency game, Make 10 or Bust.  All three classes enjoyed practicing decimal addition through this game.  Ask you student to teach you how to play.  All you need is a die to play.
A few students still need to continue the iReady mid year test.  Students will complete the test during math centers.  Test correction forms from last week's topic test are due Monday.
Lesson 3: Interpret a fraction as division. Homework Help
Lesson 5: Solve word problems involving the division of whole numbers with answers in the form of fractions or whole numbers. Homework Help

Lesson 6:Relate fractions as division to fraction of a set. Homework Help

Lesson 7:Multiply any whole number by a fraction using tape diagrams.  Homework Help

Science:We are moving into rocks and minerals.  Students will need to be able to identify different properties of minerals and know the difference between the following types of rocks: metamorphic, sedimentary, and igneous.  We will complete a mineral detective lab this week.



Resources:
Ray:
Tuesday: Art

Tiberio:
Monday: Art
Wednesday: Music
Thursday: Music

Groeteke:
Mon: Music
Tue: PE
Wed: Art & Media
Thu: Art