November 1, 2021

 

Happy Monday Everyone,

     I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. I would like to thank everyone that participated in our Fall Festival activities. The students enjoyed the treats, the art activities and playing bingo. We also had a great morning going out to enjoy 5th Grade People Fair.

     We will be going on our very first field trip in since 2019!! We will venture to The Fountain of Youth in St. Augustine. Students will participate in activities that go along with our social studies Florida History standards. The field trip will take place on November 16th. Each class is allowed 10 chaperones. Chaperones must be approved on the DCPS Volunteer List. Chaperones will also be responsible for driving themselves to and from the field trip. Students must ride the bus to the field trip, but may be checked out by you after the activities are over. The cost of the field trip for students is $14 and $16 for chaperones.  If you are interested in being a chaperone please use the pay online option to pay the fees and let your child's homeroom teacher with a note or an email. 

11/10 Tuesday

Veteran's Day Activities at JBE

11/10 Tuesday

Module 3 Math Test

11/11-11/12

No School

11/15-11/19

JBE Science Week

11/16 Tuesday

Progress Reports Go Home

11/17 Wednesday

Early Release

11/23 Tuesday

JBE Thanksgiving Luncheon

11/24-11/26

No School

12/17 Friday

Last Day of 2nd Quarter

12/20-1/3

Winter Break

School-to-Home Folder

*Unit 6 Science Test

*Module 3 Quiz

  This week in math, we will begin working on OA.1.a, deciding if two equations are true or false with using computation. 

The problem above is similar to ones that students will see in class and on various assessments. Students can not rely on the fact that 74-32=32 and 70-30=40 to tell that the two equations are not equal to each other. Students instead will use reasoning like pictured below to tell that the answer is letter b. 

We will also work on OA.1.b, using relational thinking to find the value of a variable in one of the two equations. The answer to the problem below is letter d. 

We will end the week working on OA.3.5, which deals with number and shape patterns. 

       This week in science we will continue our work with energy. Our focus for this week will be energy transformations. We will discuss how energy cannot be created or destroyed. It simply changes from one form to another. For example when you plug in a television and turn it on, the electrical energy from the plug is transformed into sound and light energy when the television is turned on. 

Monday: Math: Freckle Facts Practice

Science: HMH Unit 7 Lesson 2 Digital Lesson

Tuesday: Math: Lesson 24 Homework Sheet

Wednesday: Math Lesson 25 Homework Sheet

Thursday: Organization Action Plan

Have a Wonderful Week,

Aesha 

     

Week of 10/25

 

Happy Monday Everyone,

         Last week, we had an election for Student Council Class Representatives. Congratulations to all of the candidates, Abby, Darsh, Advik and Aniket for being brave enough to run and give a speech to the class. Our class representatives for this school year will be Abby and Advik. I know that they will represent us well. 

     This week we celebrate Red Ribbon Week. Please see below for the list of activities and events.

                                                            

Monday        Setting the Purpose “Pledge to Be Drug Free”    October 25, 2021

·       Wear “RED” today in honor of Say No to Drugs Celebration.

·       Homeroom teachers will briefly discuss Red Ribbon Week and why we celebrate.  They will review the activities for the week and give each student a Red Ribbon sticker.

·       Students will be encouraged to sign a Drug Free Pledge Banner during their lunch period to be displayed around the school.

·       5^th Grade students will begin decorating the fence with red solo cups spelling out “Just Say No”.

Tuesday           Sock it to Drugs                       October 26, 2021

·       Students are encouraged to wear crazy socks to display that they have made up their minds to “Sock It” to drugs.

·       Students will receive a sticker with the day’s theme.

Wednesday        Unity Against Bullying Day                October 27, 2021

·       Wear orange to indicate we are a unified body and we stand against drugs, alcohol and bullying!

·       Students will receive a glow in the dark silicone bracelet.

Thursday         STOMP out Drugs                           October 28, 2021

·       Wear camo attire on this day to show that we are “Stomping Out Drugs”.

·       Students will receive a sticker with the day’s theme.

Friday           Team Up Against Drugs                       October 29, 2021

·       Students will wear their favorite sports team attire.

·       Students will receive a sticker with the day’s theme.

     This Wednesday is our next Early Release Day. Students will be dismissed at :1;15. Please make sure your child knows their dismissal plan.

10/25-10/29

Red Ribbon Week

10/27 Wednesday

Early Release

11/11-11/12

No School

11/24-11/26

No School

12/17

Last Day of 2nd Quarter

12/20-1/3

Winter Break

     This week in math we will move into our next standard, MAFS.4.OA.2.4. In this standard we will investigate factors and multiples. Students will be required to:

A. Find all of the factors pairs for numbers between 1-100.

B. Recognize that a whole number is a multiple of each of it's factors. 

C. Determine if a given whole number between 1-100 is a prime number or a composite number. 

*Facts Practice

     This week in science we will begin working on Unit 7, Energy and It's Uses. This week we will focus on the different forms of energy. We will work on kinetic energy, potential energy, and thermal energy. Next week we will learn about light energy and electrical energy.

Monday: Math: Freckle Facts Practice. Cut out items for 10x Greater Kit

Science: Complete Unit 7 Lesson 1 Digital Lesson

Tuesday: Math: Lesson 22 Homework

Wednesday: Math: Lesson 23 Homework

Thursday: Science: Complete pages 41-44 in Pink Book

Friday: Timed Quiz Today

Have Boo-rific Week,

Aesha

Week of 10/18/2021

 

Happy Victory Monday,

       After 390 days the Jaguars went all the way to London to pull off a win!! Hopefully they can win again after being off this week. 

Report Cards

     Students are bringing home their report cards for first quarter this afternoon. All of the paperwork on the inside is yours to review and keep. Please sign the envelope where indicated and return it to school no later than Friday. 

Student Council Class Representative Speeches and Voting

     Students received a form for being our classroom student council representative two weeks ago. Forms are due by Wednesday. In my homeroom students will give their speeches on Thursday. We will vote on Friday. Good Luck to all of the Candidates in both homerooms.

10/18 Monday

Report Cards Come Home

10/20 Wednesday

Student Council Speeches Due

Picture Day

10/21 Thursday

Student Council Speeches

10/22 Friday

*Student Council Election

*Unit 6 Science Test

*Report Card Envelopes Due

10/27 Wednesday

Early Release

11/11-11/12

No School

11/24-11/26

No School

12/17

Last Day of 2nd Quarter

12/20-1/3

Winter Break

School - To - Home Folder

*Math Mid Module 3 Quiz

     This week in math we will complete our study of division strategies. Students will learn how to divide using the multiplying up strategy, area model, partial quotients, and distributive properties to solve division problems (please the models below). 

          

Partial Quotients

        

     Students had their first timed quiz last Friday. After discussion with the other math teachers, we decided to only give the students 25 questions with 3 minutes of work time. Our next two quizzes will be just like the one last week. After that we will move to 50 questions with a 5 minute time limit.

*NBT.2.6 Division (due Tuesday 10/20)

*Facts Practice (due Friday)

*OA.1.2 Multiplicative Comparison Word Problems (due Friday)

     This week in science we will take our test on Unit 6 Matter and Its Changes. In this unit we have learned the difference between physical and chemical changes in matter. Students are familiar with the chemical changes of rusting, burning and decay. Many students are not familiar with the chemical change of tarnish. Tarnish happens when metals such as silver and copper are exposed to air. A famous example is the Statue of Liberty. When France gave the statue to the United States it was a brownish color similar to the color of a penny. Over time the copper statue has turned the green color that we see today.

Monday: Math: Freckle NBT.2,6 (due Tuesday), OA.1.2 and Facts Practice

Tuesday: Math: Lesson 30 Homework

Wednesday: Science: Complete pages 321-322 in science book.

Thursday: Math: Lesson 32 Homework

Science: Study for Unit 6 Test

Friday: Report Card Envelopes Due

Have a GREAT Week!!

Week of 10/11/2021

 

Welcome to the 2nd Quarter,

     I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. Since students had Monday off, this will be a short week. We are now in the 2nd Quarter. This grading period ends on 12/17. We have lots of new content to cover during this nine weeks. Students will learn division strategies and how to use a protractor in math. And in science we will learn about changes in matter, review forms of energy and learn about force and motion.

     If you or your child needs to message me, please send me an email to johnsona4@duvalschools.org or message me on our Class Tag site. Many students have posted questions on TEAMS. I do not check TEAMS as often as I check my email or Class Tag.

10/11 Monday

No School--Teacher Planning Day

10/12 Tuesday

2nd Quarter Begins

10/18 Monday

Report Cards Come Home

10/20 Wednesday

Unit 6 Science Test

10/27 Wednesday

Early Release

11/11-11/12

No School

11/24-11/26

No School

12/17

Last Day of 2nd Quarter

12/20-1/3

Winter Break

School - To - Home Folder

*Unit 5 Science Test

     This week in math we will complete our study of multiplication strategies and move into division strategies. Students will learn how to divide using the multiplying up strategy, area model, partial quotients, and distributive properties to solve division problems (please the models below).           

Partial Quotients

Students will also learn how to interpret remainders. This will apply to word problems. Sometimes the remainder is ignored, sometimes the remainder is the answer and sometimes the quotient needs to rounded up.

*Remainder is Ignored

Ms. Johnson has 21 students. She needs to make as many even groups as she can. How many even groups can she make?

*Remainder is the Answer

Ms. Johnson has 21 students. After she puts all of the students into even groups, how many students are left over?

*Quotient Needs to be Rounded Up

Ms. Johnson has 21 students going on a field trip to the zoo. The vans that will take them to the zoo hold 10 students. How many vans does Ms. Johnson need to take all of the students to the zoo.

     Students will have their first timed quiz this Friday. Students will have 5 minutes to solve 50 problems. The problems will cover basic multiplication facts from 1 x 1 through 10 x 10. The scores students earn will be entered into the skills section of the math grade book.

*Facts Practice

*OA.1.1 Multiplication as a Comparison

     This week in science we will begin working on Unit 6 Matter and Its Changes. In this unit we will learn the difference between physical and chemical changes in matter. Students are familiar with the chemical changes of rusting, burning and decay. Many students are not familiar with the chemical change of tarnish. Tarnish happens when metals such as silver and copper are exposed to air. A famous example is the Statue of Liberty. When France gave the statue to the United States it was a brownish color similar to the color of a penny. Over time the copper statue has turned the green color that we see today.

Monday: No School Teacher Planning Day

Tuesday: Math: Freckle Facts Practice and OA.1.1 Multiplication as a Comparison

Science: Read pages 37-38 Complete pages 38, 39, 40 (Pink Book)

Wednesday: Math: Lesson 14 Homework Sheet

Science: Unit 6 Lesson 2 Digital Lesson

Thursday: Math Lesson 21 Homework Sheet

Friday: Timed Multiplication Quiz (skills grade)

Have a GREAT Week!!

Aesha