Week of 11/27

Hi Everyone,

     Welcome back after Thanksgiving Break. I hope everyone had an enjoyable time off with family and friends. I know that it was very difficult for me to get up on Monday morning!! I really miss seeing the kids' smiling faces everyday, but it was great to off!!

     Please don't forget that interest forms for Alice in Wonderland Jr. are due on Wednesday 11/29. No late forms will be accepted. Forms for the JBE Spirit Buddy program are due on Friday 12/1.

     This week in math we will finish our unit on prime and composite numbers, factors and multiples, area and perimeter, and multiplication and division strategies. The test will on Wednesday. The test will also include review questions. The one area that students are continuing to have difficulty with is converting customary measurements. Our standard has students converting larger unit to smaller units. Please give your child a few problems like the examples below to practice at home.

6 quarts = _____cups
12 pounds =______ounces
8 yards =_______inches

     Our next unit in math will be fractions. Students will learn:
*how to compare two fractions with different denominators or numerators.
*how to find equivalent fractions using a variety of strategies. 
*how to add and subtract fractions
*how to decompose a fraction into the sum of it parts.
*how to add and subtract mixed numbers with unlike denominators by first finding like denominators.
*how to multiply a fraction by a whole number. 

     This week in science students will begin learning about energy. We will learn some common forms of energy.This will include potential energy, kinetic energy, sound energy, thermal energy, radiant energy. mechanical energy, and electrical energy. In the following weeks we will take a closer look at sound energy and thermal energy. 

     This week in social studies students will take the test for chapter 3. Next week we will begin chapter 4. In chapter 4 we will learn about colonial times in Florida. We will also discuss the struggle over Florida that took place between Spain and Britain. We will discuss slavery in British colonies and get an introduction to the American Revolution.

Have a GREAT week,
Aesha

Week of 11/13

Hi Everyone,

     This week we will participate in our Colonial Kids Festival.  Students will learn what life was like for kids during colonial days. If you haven't already done so please send in $5 cash to pay for materials that they kids will use during the festival. Parents are welcomed to attend to help facilitate the activities. If you would like to help please meet in room 209 on Thursday morning at 8:00.

     This week in math we will begin learning division strategies. Our 4th grade standard has students finding whole‐number quotients and remainders with up to four digit dividends and one‐digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models. Strategies that students will be learning are multiplying up, area models, the distributive property, and partial quotients. Students will not be learning the long division algorithm.

Multiplying Up

Area Model for Division

Distributive Property

Partial Quotient

 This week in science we will finish up our work on matter. The test was originally scheduled for Wednesday, but has been changed to Friday. After finishing chapter 4 we will move on to chapter 5, energy.

     This week in social studies students will complete chapter 3. Students will take the test on chapter 3 the week after the Thanksgiving holiday.

Week of 11-6

Dear Parents,

                                       

     I would like to start by saying Happy Veteran's Day to all of our military members. Thank you so very much for your service!

     This week in honor of Veteran's Day we will have a special Flag Raising Ceremony on Thursday morning beginning a 9:00. Students are asked to wear red, white and blue. We will also not have school on Friday.

 Please remember to send in $5 cash for our Colonial Kids Festival. The Festival will take place on Thursday November 16th. Thank to Mrs. Stone for volunteering to help facilitate our activity. We are still in need at least one more parent volunteer.

     In math this week we will take a test on factors, multiples, prime and composite numbers, multiplication strategies and area and perimeter on Wednesday. Students will bring home their checked study guide on Tuesday. Please have them review their notes. I have also created an assignment in Prodigy to help them review these concepts. 
     After the test on Wednesday we will move on to division. In our division section we will learn four different strategies; multiplying up, area models, distributive property, and partial quotients. The division algorithm is not introduced until 6th grade. 
     Beginning next week the i-Ready requirement will be increased from 15 minutes to 30 minutes per week. Please help your child meet this requirement. Students are allowed to begin their new week of technology on Friday afternoons. And they can spread out their minutes throughout the week to meet this requirement. Students just need to fill out their log each time they go on to the computer.

     This week in science, students will complete two labs. In the first lab we will learn how to calculate the volume of solids using water. The second lab will teach us about the Law of Conservation of Mass. This law states that the parts of an object will have the same total mass as the whole object. We will complete chapter 4 this week. Students will take the test and turn in the vocabulary on Wednesday November 15th. Students have been working on a choice board project for science it will will due on Friday November 17th. 

     This week in social studies we will learn about reading and following directions to plot on a map. Students will also learn about the first colonies in Florida. Did you know that France set up Fort Caroline right here in Jacksonville? Fort Caroline is listed as a National Park and is open to visitors. Follow the link https://www.nps.gov/timu/learn/historyculture/foca.htm for more information. We also read about how the Spanish set up a colony in St. Augustine https://www.nps.gov/casa/index.htm

Have a Wonderful week,
Aesha