Monday, December 12, 2022

Week of December 12, 2022

 

Happy Monday Everyone,

     It's hard to believe but this is our last week of school before Winter Break!! We had a very different kind of school day on last Thursday and Friday. I would like to say again how well the students handled themselves while we were having our "Big Adventure" is how one of the kids described it and another said "That was a very different kind of fire drill." Mrs. Lomblo and I are very proud of them!! Ms. Mattingly even gave every class a large golden starfish for everyone's excellent behavior. 

    We will have our Winter Festival this Friday. Be on the look out for information from our Class Parents. The festivities will begin at 10:15 and the parents usually get here at about 9:30 to begin setting everything up. In addition to the fun activities that the parents are planning for us, Friday will also be pajama day. Students may wear their pajamas if they wish. Please make sure that your child wears regular shoes so that they can participate in recess. 


12/15 Thursday
Unit 8 Math Quiz

12/16 Friday
Last Day of 2nd Quarter

12/16 Friday
Winter Festival

12/16 Friday
Pajama Day

12/19-1/2
Winter Break

1/3 Tuesday
No School Teacher Planning Day

1/4 Wednesday
Students Return to School

     This week in math, we will be finishing up Unit 8. We will learn more strategies for comparing fractions and strategies for ordering fractions. The strategies that students we will learn include giving the fractions like numerators or like denominators. Students will take an assessment on Thursday. 

     This week in science, we will begin learning about force and motion. This will be our last unit on physical science. When we finish this unit we will move to our earth/space science standards. This week we will begin learning that objects have a position. If the position changes the object is in motion. Objects can move in different ways: in a straight line, curved lines, or back and forth. Students will learn that speed tells you how the position of an object changes during a certain amount of time. Students will also learn how to calculate speed by dividing how far an object goes by the time it takes to get there. Students will also learn the difference between speed and velocity. Velocity is the speed and direction of an object. So for example, That she is walking at a speed of 3o meters per second. She is walking at a velocity of 30 meters per second south. And finally we will learn about acceleration. Acceleration is any change in velocity. An objects velocity changes if the object speeds up, slows down, or changes direction. 

Monday: Math: Freckle Facts Practice
Science: Florida Science: What Is Motion?

Tuesday: Math: Complete assigned problems on math study guide.

Wednesday: Math: Complete Unit 8 Performance Task

Thursday: No Homework

Have a Wonderful Week,
Ms. Johnson
 




Sunday, December 4, 2022

Week of December 5, 2022

 

Happy Monday Everyone,

     We have two more weeks of school before Winter Break!!! That also means that there are only two weeks left in the second quarter. Since the our class white board was removed to prepare for the installation of our new white board/technology wall, I had to erase our list of which students had make up work to complete. I will be sending out emails to let you know if your child has work that needs to be completed. To complete make up work students can come to my room before school, after school or during one of their resource classes in order to complete the assignments. 
     With so many of the students have colds right now, we are going through our supply of tissue very quickly. Any students that donates a box of tissue to the class will earn 4 tickets.


12/1 - 12/2
District ELA PMA Testing

12/7 - 12/8
District Math PMA Testing

12/9 Friday
Units 7 & 8 Science Test

12/15 Thursday
Unit 8 Math Quiz

12/16 Friday
Last Day of 2nd Quarter

12/16 Friday
Winter Festival

12/16 Friday
Pajama Day

12/19-1/2
Winter Break

1/3 Tuesday
No School Teacher Planning Day

1/4 Wednesday
Students Return to School

    This week in math, we will be working on our fraction standards. This week we will cover, generating equivalent fractions using models, number lines, and multiplication and division facts. We will also cover comparing, ordering and plotting fractions on number lines. 


     On Wednesday and Thursday, students will take the District's PMA 2 for math. This test will cover all of the 4th grade standards. When I receive the data I will be focused on just those topics that we have studied so far this year. The test is broken into two sessions and students will get 60 minutes for each session. Please make sure your child gets plenty of rest and has a filling breakfast. 

     This week in science we will finish our discussion of heat energy. Heat (thermal) energy is the energy that moves between objects of different temperatures. Heat moves from warmer objects/places to cooler objects/places until both are the same temperature. Heat moves in three different ways; conduction, convection, and radiation. Conduction is when heat moves between objects that touch. Convection is heat movement through a liquid or a gas. Radiation is the transfer of heat without matter to carry it. Heat simply leaves one object and goes directly to another. Suppose you're standing near a campfire. You can feel the heat from the fire because it warms the air. But you can also feel the heat because it warms you directly through radiation. The test will be on this Friday.



Monday: Math: Freckle Facts Practice and Equivalent Fractions
Science: Study Island lesson on Energy.

Tuesday: Math: Complete assigned problems from lesson 8-1.

Wednesday: Math: Complete assigned problems from lessons 8-2, 8-3, and 8-4.

Thursday: Science: Study for units 7 and 8 test.

Have a Wonderful Week,
Ms. Johnson