Week of December 5th

Hi Everyone, 

     We have a very busy schedule for these last weeks before vacation. Please take a look at the Important Dates section to see when things are due and when tests will be given. We also have a Winter Festival coming up. Ms.  Johnson's class will have their activities on Thursday 12/22 beginning at 11:15. Please see Mrs. Pavlinek's webpage for the time and day of your Festival. 

     As part of our festival we will be ordering pizza for lunch. Please be on the look out for an order form to come home. 

     This week in math we will be taking our mid year scrimmage. This test will cover 4th grade standards. It will have questions that go with the content that we have covered and the content that is still to come. We will also learn how to use the area model to find equivalent fractions using division. Then we will learn how to plot fractions on a number line. I am including some links to games that students can play to practice.
Equivalent Fractions
http://www.mathplayground.com/Triplets/Triplets.html 
http://www.abcya.com/equivalent_fractions_bingo.htm
Number Lines
https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fractions/AnimalRescueFractionsNumberLineGame.htm

     This week in science we will learn how heat moves. Did you know that heat moves from warm objects to cooler objects? Did you know that heat moves in 3 ways; convection, conduction, and radiation. Students will read and annotate chapter 5 lesson 4 and answer the assigned questions. We will finish up our work on chapter 5 next week and take the test next Friday 12/16. The vocabulary for chapter 5 will also be due that day. The choices for chapter 5 will be due on 12/20. 

    This week in social studies we will learn about the first colonies in Florida and what life was like in La Florida under Spanish rule. In addition to reading the book students were also given a sheet to complete. This sheet is designed to help students be able to more easily know the important points to help with our discussion. We will take the test on chapter 3 on Monday 12/19. The vocabulary for chapter 3 will also be due that day. Below is a link to a virtual tour for a Mission San Louis. This is a  real Spanish mission that has been restored. Click on the link and scroll to the bottom of the page for the virtual tour.
https://www.missionsanluis.org/index.cfm 

Have A Wonderful Week,
Aesha