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.