Week of April 10, 2023

Happy Monday Everyone,

     I hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend despite the weather. 

4/11 Tuesday

Science Quiz on Unit 10 Lessons 1 and 2

4/14 Friday

Unit 14 Math Test on Geometry  

4/18 Tuesday

PTO Playground Play Group

4/20 Friday

4th Quarter Progress Reports Go Home

     This week in math, finish our work on unit 14. Last week students learned that angles are parts of circles. And a 1 degree angle is equal to 1/360 of a circle. It takes 360, 1 degree angles to equal a circle. This week we will continue our work with angles. Students will identify different types of angles in two dimensional figures.       

We will also learn strategies for finding missing angle measures using given and known information from a diagram

angle x = 35 degrees

angle x = 100 degrees

                      

     We are participating in the Superintendent's Math Challenge. This contest will happen through Freckle. Each week I will place several Freckle math activities in the students' backpacks. The activities for the math challenge will say Math Challenge at the beginning of the title. Math Challenge activities are optional, however students are highly encouraged to complete them as they will also be used to help us review all of our math standards before our final FAST test in May. Students can earn tickets and other prizes for successfully (70% and above) completing activities each week.  

       This week in science, we will begin working on our life science standards. This includes both units 10 and 11 in our book. We will start out learning how plants reproduce. Students will learn the reproductive parts of flowers include both male and female parts. Students will also learn the process by which a flowering plant is pollinated and becomes fertilized and ready to make new seeds.  

Monday: Math: Lessons 14-8 and 14-9 Math Sheets

Tuesday: Math: Lessons 14-10 and 14-11 Math Sheets

Wednesday: Math: Lesson 14-12 Sheet

Thursday: Math: Freckle: Fact Practice and Points, Lines, Line Segments and Rays

Science: HMH: Unit 10 Lesson 2 What Factors Affect Germination Rates

Have a wonderful week,

Aesha

Week of April 3, 2023

 

Welcome to the 1st Week of April,

     A big shout out to the all of the parents that volunteered to be a chaperone for our field trip to the zoo. The kids had a ball!! Thank you so much.

Pajama Day

  

     Students will get two more of their rewards from the Starfish Sprint this week. On Thursday students can wear their pajamas for Pajama Day. Students will also be able to sit wear they want in both classes. As a special treat students can also bring in their favorite stuffed animal. 

4/6 Thursday

Pajama Day and Sit Where You Want Day

4/7 Friday

No School

4/18 Tuesday

PTO Playground Play Group

4/20 Friday

4th Quarter Progress Reports Go Home

     This week in math, will begin the second half of unit 14. This week we will describe and draw points, lines, line segments, and rays. Students will learn about perpendicular and parallel lines. We will also learn about the different types of angles. At the end of the week students will begin learning how to use a protractor to draw and measure angles to any degree. 

     We have both half circle and full circle protractors to use in class. Your child may want to have one to use at home, but it is not required that your child have their own. 

     The students did an AMAZING job on the Districts PMA 3 last week!! They have worked so hard this school year. Please join me in congratulating them. Students will receive their scores this week and bring home a copy of their individual reports in their math journals. Please sign the report so that I know that you had a chance to see and review your child's scores. Use the information below to help you read and understand the score report.

*Under the word Tests is the score that your child earned on the test. 

*The Standard column shows the standards that were assessed on the PMA 3.

*The Description column gives information about the assessed standards.

*PE stands for Points Earned for that standard. 

*PP stands for Points Possible for that standard.

*Percent tells the score that the student earned for that standard.

*NC stands for Not Covered. We still have a few standards left to cover before our final FAST testing in May. 

For Example:

PE           PP       Percent

1.00        2.00    50.00%

This means that there were 2 questions asked for this standard and the student got one question correct and one question incorrect.

                                

     We are participating in the Superintendent's Math Challenge. This contest will happen through Freckle. Each week I will place several Freckle math activities in the students' backpacks. The activities for the math challenge will say Math Challenge at the beginning of the title. Math Challenge activities are optional, however students are highly encouraged to complete them as they will also be used to help us review all of our math standards before our final FAST test in May. Students can earn tickets and other prizes for successfully (70% and above) completing activities each week.  

       This week in science, we will begin working on our life science standards. This include both units 10 and 11 in our book. We will start out learning how plants reproduce. Students will learn the reproductive parts of flowers include both male and female parts. Students will also learn the process by which a flowering plant is pollinated and becomes fertilized and ready to make new seeds.  

Monday: Math: Points, Lines, Line Segments and Rays

Tuesday: Math: Intersecting, Perpendicular and Parallel Lines

Wednesday: Math: Angles

Thursday: Math: Freckle: Fact Practice and Perimeter and Area Problems with Missing Side Lengths

Science: HMH: Unit 10 Lesson 1 How Do Plants Reproduce

Have Wonderful Week,

Ms. Johnson

Week of March 27, 2023

 

Happy Monday Everyone, 

     We will be going on our field trip to the Jacksonville Zoo on this Friday. Students will need to bring a bag lunch with a drink. Students will be receiving a drawstring backpack. Please pack their lunch in the backpack on Friday. Instead of the class coming back together to eat lunch in a large group, they will eat lunch with their field trip group when they get ready at any of the many picnic tables located through out the zoo. 

     Students are asked to wear their class shirt (Johnson-green/ Lomblo-blue) and comfortable walking shoes. Students will not need any money since we will not be visiting the gift shop. Students may also wear hats and sunglasses and you may want to apply sunscreen since we will be outside for most of the day. Students may also bring a phone or camera to take pictures. 

     We are planning to leave at 9:15 and return to campus by 1:30. If you are chaperoning for this field trip please make sure that you have informed your child's homeroom teacher. We have to check that your volunteer status is up to date. Chaperones can follow us from the school or plan to meet us at the zoo. If you are using your zoo membership, show it at the gate upon your arrival and wait for us just inside the gate. If you are paying your admission through the school cash website, please wait for us at the front entrance. 

3/27 Monday

Report Cards Go Home

3/28 Tuesday

Unit 14 Math Quiz

3/29 Wednesday

Unit 3 Science Test on Space

3/29 & 3/30

Math PMA 3 (District Test)

3/29 Wednesday

Early Release

3/31 Friday

Zoo Field Trip

4/6 Thursday

Pajama Day and Sit Where You Want Day

4/7 Friday

No School

4/18 Tuesday

PTO Playground Play Group

4/20 Friday

4th Quarter Progress Reports Go Home

    This week in math we will complete the first half of unit 14. So far in this unit students have learned about perimeter and area. They have solved real world problems involving perimeter and area. They have solved problems where a dimension is missing and have had to use a the other information to find the missing dimension. Students have solved problems when multiple rectangles have to be created with different areas and same perimeters and problems with same areas and different perimeters. Students will take a quiz on Tuesday of this week. 

     Students will take the districts PMA test for math on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. This test will cover all of the 4th grade math standards. The only standards we have left are the rest of our geometry standards and measurement standards. We will use the information from this test to help students in our final push towards the state's FAST Test which will be given in May. Encourage your child to take their time on this test and to use their scratch paper. 

     We will participate in the Superintendent's Math Challenge from March 27 - April 28. Students will be eligible for prizes for simply doing math. The beauty of this program is that it will go along with our work on Freckle!! Students simply need to complete the assignments that I assign in Freckle. That's it!! The more you participate the greater your chances of winning.

     This week in science, we complete our work on unit 3. Students will take their test on Wednesday. If testing and early dismissal do not allow for enough time to take the science test on Wednesday, it will be on Thursday. 

Monday: Science: Complete #'s 1-10 on Unit 3 Benchmark Review on pages 157-158

Tuesday: Math: Freckle: NSO.2.6 Add and Subtract Tenths and Hundredths

Science: HMH Unit 3 Lesson 4 How Does Technology Help Us Learn About Space

Wednesday: Math: Complete Week 2 Review Sheets

Thursday: Math: Complete Week 3 Review Sheets

Have Wonderful Week,

Ms. Johnson

     

Week of March 20, 2023

 

Happy First Day of Spring Everyone, 

     I hope everyone had a wonderful Spring Break. We are now in the 4th Nine Weeks. In just nine weeks you will have a 5th grader!!

     We will be going on our next field trip to the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens on Friday March 31st. For this field trip students will only pay the price of the bus ride. Through a partnership with DCPS students receive free admission to the zoo for field trips. The price for chaperones is $20.95. However if you have a Zoo Membership you can use your membership card at the gate. We are unlimited on chaperones for this trip, but please let either Mrs. Lomblo or myself know if you want to be a chaperone for this trip. 

3/13 - 3/17

Spring Break

3/20 Monday

Planning Day - No School

3/23 & 3/24

ELA PMA 3 (District Test)

3/27 Monday

Report Cards Go Home

3/29 & 3/30

Math PMA 3 (District Test)

3/29 Wednesday

Early Release

3/31 Friday

Zoo Field Trip

     This week in math, we will begin unit 14, Geometric Figures. In this unit students will learn how to identify and classify geometric figures, estimate, classify and find angle measures, and solve problems involving the measures of unknown angles. 

Math Websites

Perimeter for Kids  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTSlKifo4js

Perimeter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAY1bsazcgM

Area and Perimeter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpy09HOkHyI&t=50s

    This week in science, we will continue our study of the moon. This week we will begin learning about moon phases. Students are bringing home a blank calendar. Over the course of the next month students are to record the moon phases. For this project students need to neatly shade in each circle to match the current phase of the moon. Students can use a gray crayon or their pencil. Since the time of the moon rise varies depending on the phase students can copy our classroom moon calendar or use this website, https://stardate.org/nightsky/moon Make sure to set the calendar to March 2023. 

Space Websites

Moon 101: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AviDjR9mmo

Phases of the Moon Rap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79M2lSVZiY4

Phases of the Moon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie2WRraxdPs

Monday: Math: Freckle: Fact Practice and

Science: HMH Unit 3 Lesson 3 What Are Moon Phases

Tuesday: Science: Complete The Sun, Earth, Moon, and Stars (pink book)

Wednesday: Math: Complete problems for 14-1 and 14-2

Thursday: Math: Complete problems for 14-3

Have Wonderful Week,

Ms. Johnson

Week of March 6, 2023

Happy Monday Everyone,

   A big THANK YOU to everyone for participating in our Starfish Sprint fundraiser. Our school community crushed our goal of $60,000!!

The students will get to have a catered lunch in the butterfly garden and a walking field trip to Beaches Gymnastics. 

     We will be going on our next field trip to the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens on Friday March 31st. For this field trip students will only pay the price of the bus ride. Through a partnership with DCPS students receive free admission to the zoo for field trips. The price for chaperones is $20.95. However if you have a Zoo Membership you can use your membership card at the gate. We are unlimited on chaperones for this trip, but please let either Mrs. Lomblo or myself know if you want to be a chaperone for this trip. 

     Students will participate in Play Day this Friday. 4th grade will have their turn from 9:45-11:30. Students will need to bring a reusable water bottle. We would like for students to wear their class shirts, comfortable clothing, and tennis shoes. Students may also wear hats, sunglasses and sunscreen. In the past some of the activities have involved water, so students may want to bring an extra shirt and pair of socks to change into after our fun outside. 

3/9 Thursday

Math Quiz on Unit 13

3/9 Thursday

Ticket Cash In

3/10 Friday

Last Day of 3rd Quarter

3/10 Friday

Play Day

3/13 - 3/17

Spring Break

3/20 Monday

Planning Day - No School

3/29 Wednesday

Early Release

3/31 Friday

Zoo Field Trip

     This week in math, we will complete our work on unit 13 on data. In this unit students learned examine and evaluate data on tables, lists, line plots and stem-and-leaf plots. Students also learned to determine the median, mode, and range of data sets. Students will take a quiz on unit 13 on this Thursday. 

     

     This week in science, we will complete our study of rotation and revolution of Earth. Students have learned that Earth rotates once on it's axis once every 24 hours. Earth's rotation causes the sun to appear to move across the sky during the day and the stars to appear to move across the night sky. Students have also learned that due to Earth's revolution around the sun we see different constellations at different times of the year. Students will take a quiz on these concepts this week.

Space Websites

Earth's Rotation and Revolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbzCA0Lgf3Y

Earth and Moon Viewer: https://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/ 

Seeing Stars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M41yLjQ2ot0

Zodiac Constellations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBIS17Va9sA

Super Stars (Constellations): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZffhapfOgg

Constellation Locations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbzCA0Lgf3Y

Monday: Math: Freckle: Fact Practice and DP.1.2 Determine the Mode, Median or Range

Math: Complete Lesson 13-6 Sheet

Tuesday: Math: Unit 13 Review

Wednesday: Math: Unit 13 Performance Task

Thursday: Math: Unit 13 Math Quiz Today

Have Wonderful Week and Spring Break,

Ms. Johnson