Week of March 1st-5th

 

Can you believe we are already in March with SPRING BREAK right around the corner? 

              Science PMA Testing this week-Tuesday and Wednesday! Please be at School!

ELA: Due to the 2 days of morning testing we will only add an RRJ to our work job list this week. The RRJ will be on point of view and needs a thinking map to go with it!

We will have a timed Writing Prompt on Wednesday and Friday. 60 minutes per day. The FSA writing test is slowly approaching-April 6th. We will only have one more practice before the actual test.  Our next practice will be a 2 hour test and it will be very much like the real deal! That will be on March 16th! The writing has been amazing so far and I know everyone will be ready for the test! 💓💓💓💓

We will be working on using multiple sources to gain information. This will be in the Ready book as well as with our Writing prompt!

Math/Science

Math Module 5 test is MONDAY!

Please email Mrs. DeLuna at deluna.puckett@gmail.com with questions concerning math and science.

Resources:

Ray-

Media-Tuesday

Music-Thursday

Puckett/DeLuna-

Music-Wednesday

Week of February 22nd-26th

 PMA TESTING THIS WEEK! ATTENDANCE IS IMPORTANT!

PMA Schedule:

Monday 2/22 ELA session 1                Tuesday 3/2 Science  1

Tuesday 2/23 ELA session 2                Wednesday 3/3 Science 2

Thursday 2/25 Math session 1

Friday 2/26 Math session 2

ELA:  NO vocabulary due to PMA testing. SS due Friday 2/26.  New RRJ due March 5th.

Ready pages this week: Interim Assessment pages 308-317. Due 2/26

Ready skill this week: Finish Point of View and  Locating information from multiple sources. 

MATH/SCIENCE:

Math: This week we will be classifying plane Figures. Defining-polygons, triangles, and quadrilaterals.

Science: We will be comparing plant structures to animal structures. We will review the body organs and their functions.

Please email Mrs. DeLuna with questions relating to math and science at:

deluna.puckett@gmail.com

Resources:

Ray-

Monday-Music

Wednesday-PE

Thursday-Art

Puckett/DeLuna

Thursday-PE

Friday-Art

Week of February 16th-19th

     No School On Monday! 

ELA:

We will not have any vocabulary this week due to the short week. New SS ticket will be due on 2/26. 

We will not have a writing prompt this week but will work with our current prompts to edit, color code and revise in chat groups with peers.

Ready lesson this week is Point of View.

We do have Ready pages due 2/26 for Literary Structure-Independent practice. p288-292.

Math/Science:

Math: We will continue our study of Area with our weekly quiz on Friday.

Science: Test on the Human Body will take place on 2/17,

email Mrs. DeLuna for questions about math and science. deluna.puckett@gmail.com

RESOURCES:

Ray-none this week! Boo!

Puckett-

Art-Tuesday am

Media-Wednesday am

Music-Friday am

Week of February 8th-12th

Progress Reports go home Tuesday, February 9th.  Please sign and return by Friday. Have conversations with your child to set goals for how to maintain or bring up grades before report card time.

Remember Valentines are due on February 8th for those wishing to distribute cards! Thank you for helping to keep everyone safe! 

ELA:

We will have our final list of Homonyms for vocabulary this week with a test on Friday.

its, it's        buy, by        than, then        effect, affect        allowed, aloud      (proper use of a, an)

SS-nonfiction reader packet is due on 2/12.

New Timed Writing Prompt this week!  60minutes/60 minutes. Students are rocking and rolling the writing prompts! We will be READY for the test in April! (Tuesday and Wednesday!)

Ready standard this week will be Literary Structure as well as revisiting point of view! Lesson check on Friday!

Math:

We will continue our study of Units with Module 5, lessons 10-15.

Science: The Human Body

Email Mrs. DeLuna with specific questions about math and science. deluna.puckett@gmail.com

Resources:

Ray-   

Art-Monday pm

Music-Tuesday

PE-Thursday

Art-Friday pm

DeLuna/Puckett-

Music-Monday am

PE-Monday pm

PE-Friday-pm

Week of February 1st-5th

 

Our Region Superintendent has made the following recommendations:

• Students can bring in Valentines Cards to share by Monday, February 8th .

• Cards will sit “quarantined” for the week. 

• Teacher can distribute cards on Friday, February 12th .

• Shared food items are still not allowed. Individually wrapped is okay.

If you do not wish your child to participate or receive cards from classmates, please let us know!

Please adhere to the 2/8/21 deadline to send in valentines!

We presently have 29 students in each homeroom. You can leave the names blank and just fill in the "from" part! Keep in mind that our class list has changed many times this year and may change again. 

ELA:

We will continue our Homonym Study this week with the following words, flash cards to add to our vocabulary ring and a test on Friday:

Whether-weather    which-witch    when-win    whole-hole    know-no    write-right-rite

We will have a new Social Studies Ticket which will be a non-fiction reader task. Due 2/12

We will continue our study of figurative language study this week and move into point of view as well.

We will NOT do a writing prompt this week, but continue with our practice timed prompts the following week.

Math and Science questions should be directed to Mrs. DeLuna at deluna.puckett@gmail.com

Resources:

Ray-

Monday-PE

DeLuna/Puckett-

Wednesday-ART

R   

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Week of January 25th-29th

 Mrs. Deluna has taken over for Mrs. Puckett as of Thursday, January 21st.  Just a reminder she can be reached through class dojo (Mrs. Puckett's account) and she has an e-mail address: deluna.puckett@gmail.com

If you need to get a message about a transportation change or absences, please reach out to Mrs. Ray.  Thank you for your patience during this time.

IT'S LITERACY WEEK! 

HERE IS A SCHEDULE OF FUN EVENTS!

Monday, 1/25
Students will dress in their favorite PJs to represent themselves.

Tuesday, 1/26
Students will dress in camo, so their hunting skills for a good book are sharp.

Wednesday, 1/27
Students will think outside of the box and wear a hat or have crazy hair.

Thursday, 1/28
Students will dress in their favorite sports team attire.

Friday, 1/29

Students will wear crazy socks to remind them to walk in others shoes sometimes.

ALSO: Wellness Wednesday this week!

Academics:

ELA: This week we will begin a homonym study! Flash cards will be added to our vocab. rings. The following homonyms will be included on our test on next Friday. Students will need to spell the words correctly as well as use them sentences appropriately. 

their, there, they're        two, too, to        your, you're

New Writing Prompt this week! Opinion Prompt about Organic Food! We will begin timing the prompts in 60 minute increments to build up to the 2 hour test. 

We will begin studying Figurative language this week! 

SS - non-fiction passages with text structure is due 1/29. 

Math:  We will finish module 4 this week.  Students will review on Thursday and test on Friday.  Module 4 was a big module it covered multiplying and dividing fractions, relationship between fractions and decimals, and simplifying fractions.  Be sure to go over the review sheet and practice any problems in the module 4 workbook to help prepare for the test.  (There will be no daily math quiz this week due to the Module 4 Test).

Science:  We will be continuing our unit on Weather and Climate this week.  Students will have a water cycle and weather test on Friday.  Students will spend the week reviewing.

Weather is the condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place. 

Climate is the general weather of an area over a long period of time.

Factors that affect climate: Proximity to water, elevation, and latitude.

Resources:

Puckett: 

Tuesday- P.E.

Wednesday- Music

Ray:

Tuesday- Art

Thursday- Music

Week of January 18th-22nd

 No school on Monday in observance of MLK Jr. Day!  Enjoy the long weekend!

We had our 3rd Top Quality Luncheon last week! Way to earn those Top Qualities for taking pride in your work product!

Academics:

ELA: Next week we will begin a homonym study! The following homonyms will be included on our test on next Friday. Students will need to spell the words correctly as well as use them sentences appropriately. 

their, there, they're        two, too, to        your, you're

    

 

New Social Studies ticket: non-fiction text structure packet due 1/29.

Homework Writing Prompt is due on Wednesday 1/20. Color coding, chats and reflections.

New standard address: Point of View and analyzing accounts of the same topic.

Lesson Check on Friday addresses Point of View! 

Math: We are continuing to work through Module 4: we will look at word problems, and division of whole numbers and decimals this week.  We will also look at decimal by decimal division.  Module 4 test will be next week.

Science:  We will be discussing the difference between weather and climate this week.  We will discuss the different types of precipitation (rain, sleet, hail, snow), weather tools, cloud types, and climate zones.  The test for water cycle and weather will be next week sometime, likely on Friday the 29th.  

Resources:

Puckett:

Friday- Art

Ray:

Wednesday- P.E.

Friday- Media