Week of August 26th-30th

Our first early release will take place this week.  Dismissal will begin at 1:15.

Academics:

ELA: We completed another week of new routines and establishing work habits!  This week we will continue with our focus on finding Main Idea and add to it the skill of Summarizing informational text. This will be helpful when we begin working on our text based writing next week!  Be prepared to dive into some "Pirate Writing"!  You will have to wait to see what I mean by that! 😉 Our Social Studies and RRJs will be due this Friday and I will begin modeling RRJ Chat Groups with all students.  We finished our I-Ready and Achieve testing and students have had DATA CHATS.  They will be bringing home their work jobs journal to share their data with families very soon! 🎉🎉🎉
We will begin some "There's no Glamour in Incorrect Grammar" language lessons this week. ✎

We will also have our first vocabulary test on Friday.  We will begin a study of Morphs-word parts such as prefixes and suffixes.  Our test will be on list #1 only!

Finally, we have our first winner for the Bin of Happiness and it is Makayla! Congratulations! See Mrs. Ray for some Happiness!!!
This week's secret phrase is:

Write it down on a sticky note and give it to Mrs. Ray for your chance at "Happiness"!


Math:  We will work on comparing, rounding, adding & subtracting decimals this week.  See the videos below to help review these concepts.  Students will receive homework a couple nights this week.  The videos can help assist with homework.  Students will have a math quiz every Friday.  It covers many different standards that are a review, students can bring their daily math packets home to study each week--in fact it is encouraged! :)

Science:
We will discuss the roles of scientists and different scientist tools that are used.  We will complete a lab detailing the scientific method. Students will have a science quiz on Friday that covers the scientific method.  We will also have a science vocabulary quiz on Friday 8/30.  See vocabulary words to study below. Next week we will begin properties of matter.
Vocabulary words:
Observation- Information about the natural world gathered through the senses and/or scientific instruments.
Conclusion- A statement that tells what an investigation showed, based on observations and data.
Analyze- to examine methodically be separating into parts and studying their inter relatedness.
Data- Measurements or observations collected and recorded in an experiment or investigation.
Investigation- An organized scientific study of the natural world that may include making systematic observations, asking questions, gathering information, analyzing data, summarizing results, drawing conclusions, and/or communicating results.
Predict- To state what one thinks will happen under certain conditions based on data or observation.
Variable- An event, condition, or factor that can be changed or controlled in order to study or test an hypothesis in a scientific experiment.
Valid- A term used to describe the certainty of data or results of an investigation or experiment.
Experiment- A scientific test or procedure that is carried out under controlled conditions to answer a specific question.

Resources:
Puckett:
Wednesday- Art/Early Release
Thursday- Music/Media

Ray:
Tuesday- P.E.
Wednesday- Media/Early Release

Math Videos:

Module 1 Lesson 6:

Module 1 Lesson 9:

Module 1 Lesson 10:

Week of August 19th-23rd

Woo!!  We have survived the first week of school!  We are off and running...

There will be a SAC meeting this Tuesday night, August 20th, at 6PM in the Media Center.  All are welcome to attend to hear about things going on at our school.

Academics:

ELA:  Hooray for the wonderful first week we had!  😊We put many routines into place last week and we will continue to do so this week.  On Monday and Tuesday we will have  I-ready Testing.  Please bring your headphones/earbuds for the test.🎧
Our first RAH will be due on Thursday so make sure you are reading and recording your pages nightly.
This week we will continue working on Main Idea and finding Key Details.

We will begin working on our first Reader's Response Journal entry (RRJ) with an RRJ Chat.  Make sure you have a chapter book with you at all times! 💓 This will be due on 8/30/19.

We will get our first TASK Sheet this week to introduce our Work Jobs. Book Jackets will be due by 8/23/19.  We will also have our first Social Studies Ticket to be due on 8/30/19.

The Secret Phrase for the this week is:

Write this phrase on a sticky note and give it to Mrs. Ray with your name on it for a chance to win a trip to the Bin of Happiness!!!!!!
🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈

Math:  We are working on place value.  Students need to know how to multiply and divide numbers by powers of 10 as it relates to decimals.  Students will also take the i-Ready computer baseline on Thursday & Friday.  See videos below that discuss the lessons we have covered this week.  Students will take a daily math quiz every Friday.

Science:  We are continuing to learn about scientific investigations.  Students should begin brainstorming for their science fair projects.  More information will come home at the beginning of September.

Resources: 
Puckett:
Tuesday- Art
Wednesday- Music/P.E.

Ray:
Monday- P.E.
Wednesday- Music
Friday- Art

Math Videos:

Module 1 Lesson 2

Module 1 Lesson 3:

Module 1 Lesson 4:

Module 1 Lesson 5:

Week of August 12th-16th

  Happy first week of school!  We are looking forward to a great 2019-2020 school year!  This week will be all about rituals and routines.  We plan to start the week with a team meeting with both homerooms together.  We are big on creating a culture of students who love to learn and work together.

Students will also begin baseline testing for science, Achieve and i-Ready.  We will also begin setting up notebooks, and binders and begin introductory lessons in all our core subjects.  Be sure to check the blog each week for lesson specifics and upcoming events.

Resources:
Puckett:
Tuesday- Art with Mrs. Parrish

Ray:
Thursday- Art with Mrs. Parrish