Week of May 23rd-27th

Schedule of Events for the last week of school!

Monday & Tuesday- Normal instruction

**Students can purchase ice cream sundaes on Monday**

**Students can purchase Water Play during recess on Tuesday**

*Purchase with their good behavior tokens--it does not actually cost money* :)

Wednesday- Promotional Ceremony 8:50 in the Cafeteria.  All our welcome to attend!  We will conclude the ceremony with pictures outside in front of the school.

Thursday- Class Party

Friday- Clap Out at 10:30 am-- parents can view the clap out from the car rider area.  Students can be checked out right after the clap out.  Otherwise, dismissal begins at noon.

Resources:

Puckett-

Tuesday- Music

Wednesday- Art

Ray:

Monday- Music

Wednesday- Art

Week of May 16th-20th

2 weeks of school to go! 

We will have Early Release on Wednesday!

Academics:

ELA:

Math:  We are continuing to work on math lessons that will help to prepare students for middle school math.

Science:  We are working on health lessons for the remainder of the year.  This week we will look at healthy food and exercise choices.

Resources:

Puckett

Tuesday- Music

Wednesday- Art

Friday- P.E.

Ray:

Monday- Music

Wednesday- Art

Friday- P.E.

Week of May 9th-13th

 

Our chicks should be hatching this week!  We look forward to watching the process.

FSA Science Test will take place on Thursday and Friday!

We hope to be able to have an End of Testing Movie on Friday to celebration the conclusion of state testing!

Academics:

ELA: We will be working on our final social studies packet this week. It will be due by Friday. 

Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights, and 3 branches of government.

We will be working in literature circles for ELA. 

Math:  We will be working on 6th grade standards now that testing is over!  We will be working to prepare the kids for middle school.

Science: We will continue to review a few standards and then begin health lessons!

Resources:

Puckett-

Tuesday- Music

Wednesday- Art

Friday- P.E.

Ray:

Monday- Music

Wednesday- Art

Friday- P.E.

Week of May 2nd-6th

 

FSA Testing will take place this week!  Students will complete the ELA and Math FSA on Tuesday - Friday.  Please make sure your child gets a great night of sleep, has a filling breakfast and is ready to rock!  We know they are ready!

Science FSA will be the following week on Wednesday and Thursday!

Academics:

ELA: On Monday we will do a language skills review. SS is due on Friday. 

We have completed our Ready text book. We will begin novel studies for the last part of the year as well as some narrative writing! We also have a social studies project. 

Math: We will review on Monday-Wednesday.  After the math FSA is complete we will work on preparing the kids for middle school math!

Science:  We will continue to review prior to the FSA test next week.  We will also continue to discuss embryology and look forward to having some baby chicks next week.

Resources:

Puckett-

Tuesday- Music

Wednesday- Art

Friday- P.E.

Ray-

Monday- Music

Wednesday- Art

Friday- P.E.

Week of April 25th-29th

Progress reports go home Tuesday!  Please be sure to sign and return.

Early release on Wednesday!  Dismissal begins at 1:15.

FSA testing begins next week!

Schedule:

May 3rd & 4th- ELA FSA

May 5th & 6th- Math FSA

May 11th & 12th- Science FSA

Academics:

ELA:  We will continue working on FSA vocabulary words. Completing Knowledge is Power posters.  New standard is comparing texts of the same genre. We will take the lesson check for visualization as well as the new standard.

Students will take the end of the year STAR assessment on Freckle on Tuesday.

Work jobs: New SS ticket, ELA scrimmage practice

Math:  Students will take the end of year STAR assessment on Freckle on Monday!  We will use this data to continue to review and remediate prior to FSA testing next week.

Science: We will review a couple of labs this week.  FSA testing will be May, 11th and 12th!  Our baby chicks should be hatching on May 11th!

Resources:

Puckett-

Tuesday- Music

Wednesday- Art

Friday- P.E.

Ray-

Monday- Music

Wednesday- Art

Thursday-Media

Friday- P.E.

Week of April 18th-22nd

Students return to school on Tuesday!  We hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend.

Our eggs arrive this week to begin the incubation process!!  We look forward to hatching some chicks in May!

Academics:

ELA: New FSA vocabulary will be introduced and students will make "knowledge is power" posters and play games with last week's words. Students will continue with work jobs and add a new standard review sheet. New standard: Analyzing how visual elements contribute to a text. Lesson checks for lesson 20 and 21. 

Math: We will review the following topics: place value, comparing decimals, and division.

Science:  We will review the following concepts this week: Adaptations, and the Practice of Science.  We will also discuss some embryology and life cycle changes of our eggs and chickens.

Resources:

Puckett-

Tuesday- Music

Wednesday- Art

Friday-P.E.

Ray:

Wednesday- Art

Friday- P.E.

Week of April 11th-15th

 There will be no school on Friday, April 15th in observance of Good Friday.  There is also no school on Monday, April 18th.  We hope everyone enjoys the long weekend!

Academics:

ELA: New FSA vocabulary will be introduced this week but there will be no test. Students will complete a post it poster to review words and we will play a game with these next week. New SS ticket and standards review worksheet due 4/22. new standard: Combining Multiple texts to integrate and understand information. 

Math:  We will review the following concepts this week: Adding and subtraction fractions, volume, and conversions.

Science:  We will review the following topics this week: Earths movement, Weather and Climate (with a lab), and Empirical Observations.

Resources:
Puckett-

Monday- Art

Wednesday- P.E./Media

Ray-

Monday- Art

Wednesday- P.E.

Thursday- Music

Week of April 4th-8th

 FSA Writing takes place on Thursday!  These kids are ready to write!!  

Please ensure that your child has a good breakfast, and is at school on time.  

Academics:

ELA: Students will work on comparative texts this week as well as prepare for the writing FSA!  They are ready!

Math: We will begin reviewing for the FSA by reviewing place value and adding and subtracting decimals.  Students should be working on the review material that was sent home last week.  Students can use this for extra credit in math.  The packet is due Monday, May 2nd.

Science: We will start reviewing for the FSA by reviewing the following concepts:

Earths Movement

Moon Phases

Weather and Climate

Resources:

Puckett-

Monday- Art

Wednesday- PE

Friday-Music

Ray-

Monday- Art

Wednesday- PE

Thursday- Music

Week of March 28th-April 1st

Report cards will be sent home on Monday.  Please sign and return by Friday. 

Early Release on Wednesday!  Dismissal begins at 1:15.

Academics:

ELA: We will do one more writing prompt this week over two days to prepare for the BIG TEST next week! The FSA writing test is on Thursday, April 7! 

Our standard for the week is understanding supporting evidence. We will NOT have vocab. this week, but SS ticket is due on Friday. Lesson check will be on Friday as well.

Math:  We are continuing to learn about the coordinate grid.  Students will play a game similar to battleship to review this concept.

Science:  We will begin reviewing all our science standards!  We will review PowerPoints, complete more labs and investigations.  Science Test Dates: May 11th & 12th

Resources:

Puckett- 

Monday- Art

Wednesday- PE

Friday- Music

Ray:

Monday- Art

Wednesday- PE/Media

Thursday- Music

Week of March 21st-25th

 

We hope everyone enjoyed Spring Break!

We are in our 4th quarter.

Students will have a 2-hour practice writing prompt on Tuesday! 

Academics:

ELA: New Homonyms! List #3 With a test on Friday. New SS ticket due on 4/1 lesson 1 The French and Indian War. We will be having a practice FSA 2 hour writing prompt on Tuesday, March 22, 2020.

Our Standard is Drawing on information in multiple print and digital sources. 

Homonyms List #3

1.       its/it's    by/bye/buy    than/then    effect/affect    allowed/aloud    

 

Math:  We will begin Module 6 (our last module of the year).  This module covers the coordinate grid and finding patterns.

Science:  We will finish up our topic on food webs and food chains.

Resources:

Puckett-

Monday- Art

Wednesday- P.E.

Friday- Music

Ray-

Monday-Art

Wednesday- P.E.

Thursday- Music

Week of March 7th-11th

 Last week of school before Spring Break!!  Students do not have school on Friday, March 11th--this is a teacher planning day!  Which means it is the end of the 3rd quarter. 

One more quarter to go before you have a middle schooler! 😎

Academics:

ELA: All late work must be turned in by Wednesday! No exceptions! We will not have any vocabulary this week due to the short week. We will continue our study of Point of View-how the speaker or narrator feels about the topic. We will continue to work on writing strategies, with a practice FSA writing prompt when we return from spring break.

We will finally present our group projects for social studies! We ran out of time last week due to PMA testing.

Math:  Students will complete the Module 5 test on Thursday!  A review will be sent home on Wednesday.  Module 5 covers-- Volume, Area, and Polygons.

We will begin Module 6 after spring break--  this will cover coordinate grids and patterns.

Science:  We will finish our unit on animal and plant adaptations and begin working on food chains.

Resources:

Puckett-

Tuesday- P.E.

Thursday- Music

Ray:

Tuesday- P.E.

Wednesday- Music

Week of February 28th-March 4th

 

We will finish up PMA testing this week.

Monday, Wednesday and Thursday--please make sure your child is on time as we will begin first thing in the morning each day.

Academics:

ELA: New list of homophones. Test on Friday!

whether/weather    which/witch    when/win    whole/hole    know/no    hour/our/are

We will continue working on Point of View this week with passages as well as poetry.

We will revise, reflect, and color code previous informative prompt about drones.

We will present the group projects for the 13 colonies and begin to look at the American Revolution.

Math: We will continue working on volume and area.  Students will take the Module 5 test prior to spring break.  Test date is next Thursday, March 10th.

Science:  We will be working on animal and plant adaptations this week.  Students will complete a science lab on Friday.

Resources:

Puckett-

Tuesday- P.E.

Thursday- Music

Friday- Art

Ray:

Tuesday- P.E.

Wednesday- Music

Friday- Art

Week of February 21st-25th

 No School Monday!  We will see everyone back on Tuesday.  Early Release on Wednesday. Dismissal begins at 1:15.

Progress Monitoring Assessments will begin this week.  Please ensure your child is at school on time.

PMA Schedule:

Wednesday, February 23rd- ELA Session 1

Thursday, February 24th- ELA Session 2

Friday, February 25th- Math Session 1

Monday, February 28th- Math Session 2

Wednesday, March 2nd- Science Session 1

Thursday, March 3rd- Science Session 2

Academics:

ELA: We will be working on Point of View as our standard. We have our RRJ due 2/25. Group project presentations this week for the 13 colonies. We will also be working on Homonyms. We will not have a writing prompt this week, but will work on some writing strategies.

Math: We are continuing to work on volume of irregular shapes.  We will take our Module 5 assessment prior to spring break.

Science: We will be looking at the life cycle of plants and animals. Students will need to know the difference between complete and incomplete metamorphosis. 

Resources:

Puckett-

Tuesday- P.E.

Thursday- Music

Friday- Art

Ray-

Tuesday- P.E. & Media

Wednesday- Music

Friday- Art

Week of February 14th-18th

 

 No school, Monday, February 21st in observance of President's Day!

Academics:

ELA: I will be out the first three days of the week. These are the tasks that students will be working on in my absence. 

Students will complete the tasks from Friday first: 

   *Two lesson checks for text structure and a non-fiction reader activity.

·      *Social Studies ticket with yellow book.

·      *RRJ with a chat due 2/25

·      *Ready pages to complete: 

--Analyzing accounts of the same topic pages 244-248

--Interim Test pages 250-260

--Literary Structure pages 288-292

*Scholastic reader activity and a writing practice for those students who complete the above tasks.

Math:  We are continuing our unit on volume, but this will will focus on the volume of irregular shapes.  

Science:  We will discuss the differences between flowering and nonflowering plants.  We will also compare plants and animals.  We will then begin studying the life cycle of plants and animals.

Resources:

Puckett-

Monday- P.E.

Wednesday-Music

Thursday- Art

Ray:

Monday- P.E.

Tuesday- Music

Thursday- Art

Week of February 7th-11th

Valentine's Day:

If students wish to participate:

Students can bring in Valentines Cards to share. 

Valentine's list of names:

Class List Ray:

22 students

Nicholas 

Rilon 

Shane 

Aiden 

Mi’are 

Ariana 

JP

Cayden 

Hope 

Kyle 

Adianna 

Natalie 

Isabella 

Ava 

Logan

Bryce 

Drayden

Mason 

Kendall 

Kerem 

Bryan 

Kobe 

Class List Puckett:

22 students

Aiden 

Ishan 

Jaiden 

Thaman 

Isabella 

Alexia 

Justin 

Autumn

Emma 

Sydney

Leila 

Tavish 

Jude 

Edmir 

Sheyda 

Suri 

Jonathan 

Carlos 

Savannah 

Brandon 

Izayah 

Jorden 

Academics:

ELA: We have completed our Morphs for the year, but will begin new vocabulary words next week. New standard this week is Literary Structure. We will have a lesson check on Friday. Social Studies Ticket/group project due 2/18. Independent Practice pages due on 2/11. (274-279)

New writing prompt carried over from last week: Informative- Drones-their use now and how it may increase in the future.

Math:  We will begin Module 5 and begin with volume.  In order to find volume students will need to know the length, the width, and the height of the object.  Units will be written in units cubed.

Science:  We will continue with our unit on the human body.  Students will take a quiz on Wednesday.  We will then move into comparing plants and animals.  How are plant parts similar to human body parts?  For example, plant stems provides support, just like the skeleton of the human body.

Resources:

Puckett-

Monday- Media/ PE

Wednesday- Music

Thursday- Art

Ray:

Monday- P.E.

Tuesday- Music

Thursday- Art

January 31st-February 4th

Check out the link to register for the Kids Heart Challenge from Coach Carney and Coach Lopez:

https://www2.heart.org/site/SPageNavigator/ym_khc_get_started_guide.html

Academics:

ELA: Morph list #10 with a test on Friday! This is our last Morph list so we will be moving on with different vocabulary. 

RRJ is due 2/4. New Social Studies Ticket will be due in 3 weeks on  2/18 with a group project due that day as well. We will be presenting the following week!

New standard is figurative language. Various activities this week with a lesson check on Friday.

New Informative Prompt! Drones-how they are used and how their usage may increase in the future!

Math: We will finish up Module 4 this week.  Students should be prepared for a test on Friday!  There will be no daily math quiz this week due to the test.  Module 4 covered adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions.

Science:  We will continue our unit on plants and begin our studies on the human body.  Students need to know the function and purpose of our organs.

Resources:

Puckett-

Monday- P.E.

Wednesday- Music

Thursday- Art

Ray:

Monday- P.E.

Tuesday- Music

Thursday- Art

Week of January 24th-28th

 Early Release on Wednesday!  Dismissal begins at 1:15.

Academics:

ELA: We will continue working on Analyzing multiple accounts of the same event or topic with a lesson check on Friday.

New Morphs #9 with a test on Friday.

Social Studies ticket due Friday-exploration and technology.

Text Structure activity due Friday, 1/28.

New RRJ will be due on 2/4 with chats.

Writing prompts will be color coded. We will complete reflections and revisions.

Math:  We will work on division of fractions.  We are coming to the end of module 4.  Students can expect to have a Module 4 Test on Friday, Feb. 4th.  We will spend time reviewing prior to the test.

Science:  We have finished up our unit on the water cycle, weather and climate.  We will begin a unit on Plants.  This should be a review from 3rd grade.

Resources:

Puckett-

Monday- P.E.

Wednesday- Music

Thursday- Art

Ray:

Monday- P.E./Media

Tuesday- Music

Thursday- Art 

Week of January 17th-21st

There will be no school Monday in observance of MLK Jr. Day!

Academics:

ELA: We will not have Morphs this week but will resume with list #9 next week. RRJ is due this Friday with a chat!  New Social Studies ticket to be due 1/28.

We have a text structure packet to be turned in on Friday. 

Math:  We will look at how fractions and decimals are related.

Science:  We will continue to work on the differences between weather and climate.  Students will have a quiz on Friday.  Students should continue to study their yellow science packets for our science fluency games and for test review.

Resources:

Puckett-

Wednesday- Music

Thursday- Art

Ray-

Tuesday- Music

Thursday- Art

Week of January 10th-14th

 Students will have Friday, January 14th and Monday, January 17th off of school.  We hope everyone enjoys the long weekend.

Academics:

ELA: We will continue our work jobs from last week. New Morphs' list #8 with a test on Thursday. Social Studies packet due on 1/13. New RRJ is due on 1/21. We will be working on text structure this week but will not have a test until 1/21. 

We finished our first timed writing prompt last week and I am overjoyed with with the results! I am so proud of the writing I am seeing and feel confident we will be ready for the state test in April. We will work on some elaboration techniques this week and have another timed prompt next week. 

Math:  We are continuing to work through Module 4.  We will continue to multiply fractions.

Science:  We will finish up the Water Cycle and move onto Weather and Climate.  Students will need to know the different weather tools and how they are used.  They will also need to know the different climate zones and the type of weather you would expect to find there.

Resources:

Puckett-

Monday- Music

Tuesday- Art

Thursday- P.E.

Ray:

Tuesday- Art

Thursday- P.E.