I hope everyone had a wonderful and restful Winter Break full of fun, good food to eat and lots of time with family. Today is officially the first day of the 3rd nine weeks. We have managed to make it two nine weeks with only one day of virtual school!!
I would like to thank everyone for participating in our Winter Holidays and Traditions activity. It was nice to learn how everyone celebrates. I would also like to thank everyone for the wonderful Christmas gifts. I really appreciate your kindness and thoughtfulness.
1/4 Monday
Teacher Planning Day
1/5 Tuesday
Students Return from Winter Break
1/15 Friday
Unit 9 Science Test
1/18 Monday
Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School
This week in math we will begin working on Module 5. In Module 5 we will work on our standards for fractions. This week we will learn how to decompose fractions in a variety of ways. If students are asked to decompose a fraction into unit fractions, then each fraction in the decomposition should have a numerator of 1. Sometimes students will be asked to simply decompose a fraction. In those situations the fractions used can have any number as the numerator, however the end result should equal the fraction in the question.
For Example:
Decompose 5/6 into unit fractions.
*5/6= 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6
Decompose 5/6 three different ways.
*5/6= 2/6 + 3/6
*5/6= 4/6 + 1/6
*5/6= 3/6 + 1/6 + 1/6
We will also begin learning strategies to show fraction equivalence.
Now that we are in the third nine weeks, there will be an update to the weekly expectations for i-Ready. Students will now be required to complete at least one i-Ready lesson. During weeks that there is a teacher assigned lesson, students will need to complete two lessons; the teacher assigned and one from the students individual learning path. If students do not complete a lesson the grade they earn from their 40 minutes assignment will be lowered one letter grade. For example if a student does complete all 40 minutes of the assignment, but does not complete a lesson then a grade of 89 will be entered into the grade book for that week.
During the month of January students will be taking their second i-Ready diagnostic. This testing will take place at school. Depending on when we are assigned to take our test our normal weekly in class math lessons may change. As soon as I know when we are scheduled I will let you know. Please encourage your child to take their time during this diagnostic. They will be allowed to have scratch paper, however many students still try to do the majority of their work in heads because they don't feel like writing it down. This leads to careless mistakes. Students will also have plenty of time to complete the diagnostic, this test is not timed so students should not feel rushed. During the week we take the diagnostic students will not be required to complete their 40 minute assignment.
This week in science we will continue working on our unit on motion. This week will focus on forces, and how to calculate the speed, time it took for travel, or the distance traveled of a moving object. Using the formulas below
Speed = Distance/Time
Time = Distance/Speed
Distance = Speed x Time
Monday: Math: i-Ready Math 40 minutes due on Friday.
Tuesday: Math: PMA 2 Data Chat Report. Review the report with a parent. Have a parent sign the report.
Wednesday: Math: Complete Lesson 2 Homework sheet.
Thursday: Science: Complete Pack and Stack Worksheet
Friday: i-Ready minutes due. Signed PMA 2 Data Sheets due.
Have a wonderful week,
Aesha
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