I hope that everyone had a wonderful winter break!! I know I did! It was hard coming in last Thursday. The students must have had a great vacation too, because they have been attentive and eager to get back to work.
It is hard to believe but we are now at the midway point of the school year. Please check your child's pencil pouch to see if they are in need of a supply replenishment. Many students have come to class with out pencils or checking pens. Students need those two items everyday. Students may also need new glue sticks, scissors, and colored pencils.
Don't forget we will be going on our first out of the building field trip on Friday January 27th. We will be traveling by bus to the Jacksonville Zoo. We will be ordering our lunches from the zoo. Students should have brought home a lunch order form to you last week or the beginning of this week. We need to have these forms back no later than this Friday 1/13. We have to call the zoo and give a final count for lunch. Students have a choice of a hamburger, hot dog, or peanut butter and jelly uncrustable. Each lunch also comes with chips, animal crackers and a drink. If students also have the option of not ordering a lunch. In that case students will need to bring a bag lunch with a drink on the day of the field trip.
You may also order a lunch. Just fill out that portion of the lunch order form. Also if you are planning to chaperone for the field trip, please make sure your DCPS volunteer status is up to date.
In math this week we will learn how to add and subtract fractions using a variety of strategies.
subtraction with a tape diagram
subtraction with a number line
subtraction with decomposition
Students will also learn how to use a line plot. A line plot is a graph that shows frequency of data along a number line. It is best to use a line plot when comparing fewer than 25 numbers. It is a quick, simple way to organize data.
The line plot above shows data for the amount of snowfall for the month of December. Each time a number appears in the data you place an X above that number on the number line. In addition to constructing a line plot students will also be asked questions about the data. For example, How many total inches of snow fell during the month of December?
In science this week, we will become physicists and learn about forces, motion, and speed. Did you know that the gravity is considered a non contact force. This means that the object that is affected by gravity doesn't need to be touching anything. Chapter 6 is a very short chapter, there are only two lessons. We will take an open book test next week. Students are also not being assigned vocabulary words or choices for chapter 6.
In social studies this week we will begin working on chapter 4. In chapter 4 we will learn about how the English, French, and Spanish all fought over Florida. Did you know that today's South Carolina was part of Spanish Florida and the British wanted the land? The French wanted the land near Pensacola. Students need to read and be ready to discuss chapter 4 lesson 1 on this Friday.
Have a GREAT week,
Aesha
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