Week of January 16th

Hi Everyone,

     I hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend. Please remember that if students are interested in participating in this year’s Invention Convention, they must return the form requesting an information packet. The due date for requests are tomorrow, Wednesday 1/18.

     Students were given permission slips for the field trip to the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens. The field trip is on Friday January 27^th. If you would like to be a chaperone please send in your payment with your child’s. All chaperones must be cleared to by DCPS to be a volunteer.                                                                                                Go to http://dcps.duvalschools.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=7416 to apply.

     Students have also been given information about this year’s Literacy Week activities. Students should be working on their Amazon book summary for the door decorating project. Students were given their word for the Vocabulary Parade. Be creative!!

     In math this week, we will begin using a new computer program called Prodigy games. You can find it by going to www.prodigygame.com/play. Students logged in today in the computer lab and should have their user name and passwords in their trappers. This week for homework students may either complete 15 minutes of i-Ready or 15 minutes of Prodigy. The assignments on prodigy are aligned to our state MAFS standards. I will go on each week and make a new assignment. The assignments will come from both current material and previously taught material.

     In class we will be finishing up our unit on fractions. The students will take their test sometime next week. After fractions we will begin working on decimals.

     In science this week, we will complete our unit on force and motion. Students will take an open book test on Thursday. We will then begin our study of plants and animals. Our unit will start off with how plants reproduce. Did you know that plants have male and female parts? We will be dissecting flowers to see the parts on next Monday.

     In social studies this week, students need to read chapter 4 lesson 2 and complete vocabulary in their journals. In this lesson we will learn about how the British took over control of Florida from Spain. Last week we learned about Fort Mose, the first African American settlement in Florida. It is located between Jacksonville and St. Augustine. According to the website it is open to the public.                                                         Go to https://www.floridastateparks.org/park/Fort-Mose for more information.