Week of April 3rd

Hi Everyone,

     Mrs. Pavlinek and I are extremely grateful to everyone that donated to our Donors Choose projects last week. Both of our projects were fully funded!! We have already received the tablets and are learning how to use the Seesaw program. 
     After receiving the tablets we have realized that they are extremely fragile. We both have started another Donors Choose project to purchase cases and screen protectors for the tablets. If you are interested in giving to either project you may use the links below.

Ms. Johnson--21st Century Learners Protect Their 21st Century Tools
Mrs. Pavlinek--Promise to Protect

     Your child should have brought home their report card on last Friday. Please review all of  the enclosed papers; report card, FSA Testing information, virtual school information, and gifted progress report (for those that are in the Gifted Program). All of the enclosed paperwork is for you to keep. We just need for you to sign the outside of the envelope for the 3rd nine weeks and return it to school no later than Friday. 

     This week in math we will finish up our unit on measurement. Students have been learning about both the metric and customary systems of measurement. Students will need to know which units are best for measuring different objects. Students will also need to be able to convert within each system. Students will not have to convert metric units to customary units. We will also learn how to convert units of time. Students do not have to memorize the conversion numbers. They will get a reference sheet to use during the test. Students were given a copy to use in class and on their homework. It can also be found at Measurement Reference Sheet. 

     To further help us to see what to expect on the day of testing, students have taken a practice test for math. We learned how to navigate through the test, how to answer the different types of responses, and how to use the different mathematical tools. You can see the practice test that we took by going to Math Practice Test.

     We will finish up our work in our FSA practice books both in class and for homework. For computer homework this week I am asking students to work on Prodigy. There is a special FSA review section that has been assigned. Students need to do complete at 30 minutes. Please complete more if you have time. 

     This week in science we will learn about the different parts of a food chain. Students should begin using words like producers, consumers, and decomposers when describing different plants and animals. What would happen if all of the producers died off?

     This week in social studies we will learn about the Civil War. We have already discussed the causes of the war. This week we will take a closer look at the war itself, the Gettysburg Address, and time period immediately after the war.