Week of December 14th-18th

 We will finish up PMA 2 testing for Science on Monday and Tuesday!  Be sure to review the vocabulary packet with your child! 

If you signed your child up for flu shots, that will take place on Wednesday.

Our class winter break celebration will take place on Friday!  Students can wear pajamas.  Be sure to send in your donation for the celebration by Tuesday.

2ND QUARTER ENDS FRIDAY! 🎉🥳

We hope everyone has a wonderful winter break!  We look forward to seeing everyone back in 2021!

Academics:

ELA: This week we will finish up our Morph Study with list 10. Test on Thursday! Remember it is cumulative!

This week will be used to complete all outstanding work. RRJ's and SS are both due Friday. Ocean Prompt is due Friday! All work due to me by Friday, NO EXCEPTIONS! 

Math:  We will work on multiplying whole numbers by fractions and fraction by fraction multiplication this week.  We will complete Module 4 Lessons 6, 7, 9, 13.

Science: We will finish up our unit on Rocks and Minerals this week.  This should be a review from 4th grade.  Students will also complete the PMA #2 for science on Monday and Tuesday.  A reminder that this will cover all Q1 and Q2 vocabulary words in your child's study packet!  When we return from winter break we will work on natural resources as well as renewable and nonrenewable resources.

Resources:

Puckett-

Wednesday- Art

Thursday- P.E.

Friday- Music

Ray:

Thursday- Art

Week of December 7th-11th

 

Students will begin PMA 2 Testing this week.

ELA dates: Tuesday (8th) & Wednesday (9th)

Math dates: Thursday (10th) & Friday (11th)

Science dates: Following week on Monday (14th) & Tuesday (15th)

**Don't forget to send in $6.00 for our holiday party on 12/18!**  Money due by 12/15!

ALMOST:

Academics:

ELA: We will be back to Morph's this week! With list 9 test on Friday.  Remember the tests are cumulative.

We will have our PMA#2 Tuesday and Wednesday. 

New SS ticket on the Middle Colonies due 12/17.  RRJ is due 12/11 with a chat.

Writing Prompt on Oceans due 12/16. We will be conferencing on these!

If we have time we will begin our Ready lesson on Text Structure. 

Math:  We will begin module 4 which will cover multiplication and division of fractions.  Students will also complete PMA 2 on Thursday and Friday!

Science:  Students have highlighted quarter 2 and 3 words in their SSA study guide packet they are to keep in their take home folders.  Be sure to begin reviewing these words again before the progress monitoring assessment.  The assessment will cover Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 words!

We will continue our discussion on weathering and erosion this week.  Students will have a 10 question quiz on Wednesday.  We will then begin to discuss rocks and minerals.  Rocks and minerals will be our last topic before the winter break.

Resources:

Puckett-

Monday-Music

Tuesday- Music

Ray-

Tuesday- Media

Wednesday- Music

Thursday-Music

Friday- P.E.

Week of November 30-December 4

 We hope everyone had a wonderful break! It is hard to believe December is here!

ELA:

We will be taking one more week off from Morphs! This week's reading skill is working with unfamiliar words! Remember to look: Inside, Outside, Upside Down!

We will be completing all ready pages for Lesson 11. SS ticket is due on 12/4-New England Colonies.

We will be adding bubble maps for this assignment! ⚪⚪⚪

Next RRJ is due on 12/11. 📚

New informative writing prompt this week! 🖉📔

We will be working on some language skills as well! 💁

No secret phrase this week! Keep checking back! 😉

Math:  Students will have a Module 3 test on Thursday.  This will cover adding and subtracting fractions.

Science: Students will have a test on Wednesday covering galaxies, our solar system, and the movement of Earth and the moon around the sun.  Students will need to know the difference between rotation and revolution as it relates to the Earth's movement around the sun.  Students have highlighted new words on their SSA study guide that they keep in their take home folder!  Please begin reviewing those again prior to the next Progress Monitoring Assessment.

Resources:

Puckett-

Monday- P.E.

Thursday- Art

Friday- P.E.

Ray-

Monday- Art

Tuesday- P.E.

Friday- Art

Week of November 23rd-27th

Students will only be in school on Monday and Tuesday of this week.  We hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!  We are very thankful for our students and families! 

ELA: We will be finishing up all work jobs for last week!

Resources:

Puckett-

Monday- Music

Ray-

Tuesday- Music

Wacky Wednesday and Kids At Work!

 Here are a few pictures of Kids Hard at Work with a little Wackiness thrown in for good measure!

Week of November 16th-20th

Our chickens will begin hatching this week!  We have had fun learning about the life cycle of a chicken and even got the opportunity to candle them to see a developing embryo.  

Students will participate in Wellness Wednesday this week.

Academics:

ELA: No Morphs this week in order to catch up on Ready lessons and Writing. Ready pages from last week (p142-147) need to be turned in by Tuesday 11/17. New ready pages are 156-161 and are due on 11/20. RRJs are now due on 11/24. I am extending this a few days from my original due date.  We will complete our Tiger Informative prompts this week.  We will have one more Informative prompt before moving on to opinion prompts. New SS tickets this week to be due on 12/4. (The Middle Colonies!)

No new secret phrase this week. I am repeating last week's secret phrase!  Put it on sticky and give it to Mrs. Ray of 🌞

Math: We will continue to work on fractions and will work on multi-step word problems this week.

Science:  We will discuss the inner and outer planets this week.  Students need to know the difference between the inner and outer planets.  For example, the inner planets are smaller with less moons and have rocky surfaces.  The outer planets are much larger with many moons and are composed mostly of gas.

Resources:

Puckett:

Tuesday- P.E.

Wednesday- Art

Ray:

Monday- P.E.

Tuesday- Art

Week of November 9th-13th

 There will be no school on Wednesday, November 11th in observance of Veteran's Day!  Enjoy the mid-week day off! :) 

Students of the Month for October:KINDNESS!

Brenna and Hayleigh

Academics:

ELA:  This week we will take a break from Morphs due to the 4 day week. We will continue working on our Informative Writing prompt about tigers and finish them by Friday. So far I have seen some amazing writing and this is just our first full essay! Way to go! 💓🎆

We finished up theme last week with poetry but will complete the independent practice for work jobs this week. pages142-147. 

Our new skill is summarizing and we have a fun partner activity for this involving our books of the day to be turned in by 11/20!

SS is due on Friday and we will have a new RRJ due on 11/20.

Winners of the Bin of Happiness are Jack and Kadeance! See Mrs. Ray of 🌞 for your trip to the happy place!

Secret Phrase this week is:

Math:  We will review the module 2 assessment taken last week and begin working in Module 3: Fractions!  We will begin by adding and subtracting fractions.

Science:  We will wrap up our unit on Force and Motion on Monday.  We will then begin our new unit on space beginning with our galaxy.  Students need to know that the Milky Way Galaxy is made up of gas, dust, and many stars.  One of those stars is our Sun. The sun is not the largest star in our solar system, it is actually considered a medium size star.  It just appears so bright to us due to its proximity to Earth.  On Friday, students will have a "virtual field trip" experience during science to visit the Marine Science Center.

Resources:

Puckett:

Tuesday- Music

Friday- Media

Ray:

Thursday- Music

Fun Festivities! Red Ribbon-Literacy Week and Fab Friday!

This week we celebrated Red Ribbon Week along with Literacy Week! Students dressed up according to the day and we had great participation! We also had our first FAB FRIDAY for students who earned ALL conduct points this week!  A fun time was had by all!