January 31st-February 4th

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

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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.

Week of January 3rd-7th

 

Welcome back and Happy New Year!!  We hope everyone had a great break.  Just a reminder, there is no school on Monday, January 3rd for a teacher planning day.

Upcoming days off for January:

Monday, January 3rd- Planning day

Friday, January 14th- Weather day

Monday, January 17th- No School

Academics:

ELA: We will be working on a new opinion prompt this week! We will be starting to time our prompts to prepare for the two hour time frame that is allowed on the FSA writing test. New morphs list will be given this week with a test on 1/13 of next week. List # 8. We will be celebrating new Lexile levels in Achieve this week! New SS ticket: Native American Task Cards- due on 1/13. New RRJ will be due on 1/21.

Math:  We will continue in module 4 by working on multiplication of fractions.  Students have been introduced to this concept during daily math work.

Science: We will begin the new year discussing the water cycle!  Students need to know the following vocabulary words: Precipitation, Evaporation, Condensation.  Please review these words with your child.

Resources:

Puckett-

Tuesday- Art

Thursday- P.E.

Ray:

Tuesday- Art

Thursday-P.E.

Friday- Music

Week of Dec. 13th-17th

 We will have our final day of PMA testing on Monday--finishing up the Science test!

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

Thank you to all the families who signed up to bring in items for our holiday snack party!  Please send all items in by Thursday so we know if we need any additional items.

School resumes on Tuesday, January 4th.  We hope everyone has a great holiday break!  We will see you back in 2022!!

Academics:

ELA: No new morphs!  New standard is text structure. Lesson check 11 will be on 12/15. The quarter ends on 12/17. All work will need to be in by 12/17/21 in order to be counted for the 2nd quarter. SS ticket is due 12/15-Ancient Civilizations in the yellow SS book.

Math:  We will continuing working through Module 4, working on multiplying fractions.

Science:  After the PMA on Monday, we will wrap up our units on weathering, erosion, rocks, minerals, and resources!  We have a couple labs and activities planned to help review these concepts.  

Resources:

Puckett:

Monday- Art

Wednesday- P.E.

Friday-Media and Music

Ray:

Monday- Art

Wednesday- P.E.

Friday- Music

Week of December 6th-10th

 We will continue with PMA 2 testing this week.  

ELA on Wednesday and Thursday

Science on Friday--we will finish the following Monday.

Field Trip News:

Mrs. Ray's class will attend on Monday!  Students MUST bring a lunch!!

Mrs. Puckett's class will attend on Tuesday!  Students MUST bring a lunch!!

Check the weather and please dress accordingly, we will travel to the beach at the end of the field trip!  It can be very windy at the beach.

Academics:

ELA: We will take our ELA PMA this week! For this reason, we will continue our study of unfamiliar words with our lesson check on Friday. Morph #7 this week. postponed from last week.

We will continue working on our Opinion Writing Prompt- whether or not zoos should be closed.

Writing is going really well and I am super impressed!

New SS ticket is due on 12/15. Ancient civilizations part 2.

Math:  We will be looking at division of fractions.  Students will understand how to interpret fractions as division.

Science: We will have our field trip this week.  We will finish up our discussion weathering and erosion.  We will also discuss some of Florida's resources: Renewable and Non Renewable.  Students will begin the PMA session 1 on Friday, a review sheet will go home.

Resources:

Puckett:

Monday- Art

Wednesday- P.E.

Friday- Music

Ray:

Monday- Art

Wednesday- P.E.

Thursday- Music