Week of January 27th-31st

This week we will celebrate literacy week!!  Be sure to ask your child about all of the events that are planned this week.

Field trip money is due by 2/3 for the IMAX field trip!  Also, permission slips went home for our visit to Twin Lakes on Monday.  No payment is required but they need to be signed and returned, ASAP.

Early Release on Wednesday.

Academics:

ELA: We will have Morphs this week! List #8 with a test on Friday.  We will also finish up our Drone writing prompt.  RRJs and chats should be wrapped up this week along with our social studies ticket.  Our ready skill is working with unfamiliar words with a test on Friday.

Math:

Science:  We will begin to discuss weather, climate, and types of clouds this week. I am very proud of our kids PMA scores for science!!  They are rocking! :)

Resources:
Puckett:
Tuesday- Art
Wednesday- Music

Ray:
Monday- P.E.
Friday- Art

Week of January 20th-24th

No School on Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Day!

Reminder to send in field trip money for the IMAX.  The cost is $19.  Money is due on Feb. 3rd.

Middle School Information Night will be on Wednesday, January 22nd at 6 PM in the cafeteria.  Plan to attend to hear from the various middle schools your child has the option to attend.

Just announced FSA testing dates!  Please make note! Please ensure your child is at school on these days.

• ELA Writing Grades 4 & 5
• Thursday, April 2^nd
• Grades 4 & 5 ELA Reading
• Session 1 – Monday, May 4^th
• Session 2 – Tuesday, May 5^th 
• Grade 3 – 5 Mathematics
• Session 1 – Thursday, May 7^th
• Session 2 – Friday, May 8^th
• Grade 5 – Science
• Session 1 – Tuesday, May 12^th
• Session 2 – Wednesday, 13^th

Academics:

ELA: No Vocabulary this week due to it being a short week.  We will have data chats to review PMA scores.
RRJ is due this Friday with a chat.  New SS ticket will be due on 2/7 (People on the Move)
Friday we will complete an independent practice for text structure (cause and effect, compare and contrast) which will count as a test grade.
No secret phrase this week!  Check again next week!


Math:  We will have data chats this week to review mid year i-Ready and PMA data.  We will continue to work on multiplying and dividing fractions in module 4.

Science:  We will discuss our science PMA data.  We will also continue to work through the water cycle.



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

Ray-
Wednesday- Music
Thursday- Art

Week of January 13th- 17th

Report cards will be sent home on Monday!  Please sign the slip and return in the envelope.

Students will continue Progress Monitor Testing.  They will complete Math & Science testing this week.

Field trip forms went home on Tuesday of last week for our upcoming trip to the IMAX.  Please sign and return the permission slip with payment by 2/3.

Students will take a field trip to Twin Lakes on February 4th.  We will the have the opportunity to tour the school and hear about all the exciting things going on for middle school.  This is a free field trip.

Academics:

ELA: We will be continuing our study of text structure this week completing all parts of the Ready lessons 12 and 13.  We will also finish our SS ticket from last week to be due on Friday.
Our RRJ will be due on 1/24 with a chat! We will also complete our Ocean informative prompt this week on WOW!
The winner of the Bin of Happiness will be announced next week! :)

Math:  Due to PMA testing, we will only complete 2 lessons on fractions and division this week.  Students will continue to work on this months task card.  They are due on January 31st.

Science:  We will review for the PMA and begin the water cycle, and discussing weather.

Resources:
Puckett:
Friday- Art/Media

Ray:
Tuesday- Art
Thursday- P.E./Media

Week of January 6th-10th

We hope everyone enjoyed their time off!  We look forward to finishing out the 2nd half of this school year!

Students will have Monday, January 6th off-- it will be a teacher planning day!

Students will be Progress Monitor Testing the next two weeks.  Students will complete an assessment in ELA, Math, & Science.

Academics:

ELA: District PMAs for ELA will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.  We will also begin Expository Writing and complete a new prompt this week for a grade.
We will complete a socials studies ticket on Thursday and our computer  day this week will be Friday.
New secret phrase is:
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” 
----Ralph Waldo Emerson

Math:  We will begin Module 4 this week,  this is a long unit that will cover multiplication and division of fractions.

Science:  We will discuss renewable and nonrenewable resources this week.  We will begin the Water Cycle on Monday.



Resources:
Puckett-
Thursday- Art/P.E.
Friday- Music

Ray:
Wednesday- P.E.
Thursday- Music

Week of December 16th-19th

This Thursday marks the end of Quarter 2! 😃We have made it!
The 5th grade Spelling Bee will take place on Tuesday, 12/17 at 9:00 in the cafe.
Representing Mrs. Puckett's class is Vincent, Adaiya, Jason and Emily!
Representing Mrs. Ray's class is Caleb, Leighton, Noah and Brady. Congrats to these students and best of luck!

Holiday Party is Thursday. Money is due by 12/16.  Cost is $6. Students can bring board games.
🎉🎉🎉🎉⛄⛄⛄⛄🍕🍕🍕🍕
We have a music assembly in the morning as well! Fun for all!


Academics:

ELA:  We will be continuing all work jobs from last week to be due on 12/19. This is the end of the quarter, therefore no late work accepted. If you know you are going to be out on the 19th, be sure to turn in all work ahead of time. ⏰

Assignments:
Social Studies flow map of events.
I-ready Independent practice pages 156-161.
Writing Prompt-Homework, opinion prompt.

No RAH over the break! Happy Holidays!


Secret Phrase will resume after the break!
Aliyah and Adaiya were BOTH winners of  Happiness this week!  Claim your prize on Monday! :)



Math:

We will test on Module 3 on Tuesday.  We will spend Monday reviewing.  A study guide will come home on Monday.  We will begin Module 4 when we return from break!  Module 4 is multiplication and division of fractions.

Science:  We will continue discussing weathering and erosion.  Students need to understand that weathering is the breaking, and erosion is the movement of the broken sediment.  We will complete a few different labs this week.  We will discuss renewable and non renewable resources when we return in January.


Resources:
Ray Art-Thurs.

Puckett Art-Mon.
             Music-Tues.

Week of December 9th-13th

We have early release on Wednesday!

Don't forget to send in the $6.00 for our holiday party on December 19th.


Academics:
ELA:
New Morph list! #7
Test on Friday 12/13.

Also on 12/13 we will have an I-ready test on Using Details to Infer.  New work jobs to be due on Dec. 18th are a social studies ticket (thinking map) and an independent practice from I-Ready on Summarizing.

                                                       

The annual 5th grade Spelling Bee will take place on Tuesday 12/17.  We will have our classroom Bee on 12/9 and the top 4 placers will be in the Bee on the 17th! 

Bin of Happiness Winner for the Week is Deena R.  Way to earn that Happiness Deena!

Secret Phrase for the week is:

Math:  Students will complete the mid-year i-Ready test on Thursday and Friday.  We will be subtracting fractions with whole numbers.  Students can use the number line method or the common denominator method.

Science:  We will continue our discussion on rocks and minerals.

Resources:
Puckett-
Monday- Music/PE
Thursday- P.E.

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

Week of December 2nd-6th

We hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday!

Students will begin i-Ready testing this week for ELA.  Math will take place the following week.
On Wednesday, students will take a writing field test.  This will be similar to the format of the FSA writing test students will take in April.

Academics: 
ELA:
No morphs due to a week of testing and some other things mixed in!
We will continue working on writing by finishing up prompts and working on planning etc.
In reading, we will be working on summarizing as well as making inferences. We will resume new work jobs next week. This week's work job will be to complete a sequence thinking map using the skill of summarizing to retell one of our classroom book a days.
This week I am resuming your opportunity for Happiness!!!
Our secret phrase this week is:

Turn it in on a sticky note for a chance to go to the Bin of Happiness!


Math:  We will add and subtract fractions that involve whole numbers & fractions.

Science: We will wrap up our unit on Space, and begin a unit on rocks & minerals.  We will discuss the properties of minerals as well as the 3 different types of rocks.



Resources:
Puckett
Friday- Art/Media

Ray:
Tuesday- Art
Thursday- P.E..Media