Week of April 17, 2023

Happy Monday Everyone, 

     I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. This week I wanted to include information about 5th Grade Leadership clubs. This includes Safety Patrols, TV Production, and ToTs (Teachers of Tomorrow). Students do not have to join a leadership club, however it is highly encourage. Being a part of a club helps students develop their leadership skills and sets them up for future success.

     During the week of April 24-28, we will begin the process of selecting students for 5^th grade Leadership roles. Students will complete a form in Music about their interests in a 5^th grade leadership role. Students will need to have an idea about how they will get to and from school and then rank their interest the following positions: Safety Patrol, ToT-am, Tot-pm, TV production, or no leadership job.

Please keep in mind, students are not guaranteed their first choice in a leadership role. Invitations for leadership roles are distributed in waves so please be patient. There are limited seats for each position.  It is also very important to remember, if your student is invited to a position and they decline in hopes of a different role, there is no guarantee that they will receive an invitation for a second role.

 

Leadership roles are based upon criteria that were discussed at Open House.

1. Students rank their choices.
2. 4^th grade teachers provide feedback on students.
3. Conduct grades (quarters 3+4 in 3^rd grade, and 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd in 4^th grade)
4. Academic grades (A=4pts, B=2 pts, C=1pt each quarter in 3^rd and 4^th grades
5. Attendance

     Please speak with your child about their classroom supplies. Many students have lost their scissors, run out of glue, and misplaced some of their crayons/colored pencils. We will need these supplies for the rest of the school year. 

                                                       

4/18 Tuesday

PTO Playground Play Group

4/19 Wednesday

STAR Math Test

4/19 Wednesday

Purple Up!! Day--Wear purple for Military Kids

4/19 Wednesday

STAR End of Year Test

4/20 Thursday

4th Quarter Progress Reports Go Home

4/21 Friday

Moon Calendars Due

5/3 Wednesday

FAST Testing PM3 for ELA (State)

5/15 Monday

FAST Testing PM3 for Math (State)

5/19 Friday

4th Grade EOC Exam for Science (District)

     This week in math, we will begin unit 15. In unit 15 we will work on our measurement standards. Students will learn the appropriate tools to use for measuring different objects. We will also learn how to convert within units. We will learn metric and customary conversions. We will also work on converting units of time. Students do not have to memorize conversion formula's, a reference sheet will be provided to them in class and for tests. 

                                   

     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 study the life cycles of Florida plants and animals. We will look at the life cycles of birds, mammals, and reptiles. We will also learn about complete and incomplete metamorphosis. Insects that go through a complete metamorphosis go through four stages; egg, larva, pupa, adult. In complete metamorphosis the larva typically looks nothing like the adult version. Insects that go through an incomplete metamorphosis go through three stages: egg, nymph, adult. Insects that go through an incomplete metamorphosis, molt or shed their outer covering until they reach adulthood. In this life cycle nymphs look like adults they just do not have wings. 

     We will also begin learning about heredity, animal instincts, and learned behaviors. Heredity is the study of how inherited traits are passed from parent to offspring. We will also cover the basic idea of dominate and recessive genes. Instincts are inherited behaviors that organisms are genetically programmed into the organism. Behaviors like migration in birds, babies crying when they are hungry, and earthworms knowing to burrow into the earth are all examples of instincts. Learned behaviors are those behaviors that organisms have to be taught in order for them to learn how to do them. Jaguar cubs being taught how to hunt by adult jaguars is an example of a learned behavior.

     Don't forget that the Moon Calendar project is due this Friday. 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. 

  If you would like to earn extra credit for your science grade for the 4^th Quarter listen up!! I have a sweet deal for you. To earn extra credit, simply complete your entire moon calendar for all of March and April. Right now, your calendar only has to be done for March 21^st - April 20^th .  To earn this extra credit your calendar needs to show the moon phases for March 1^st - April 30^th . 

     Students may come into the room before or after school and use my calendar or use the calendar on https://stardate.org/nightsky/moon

Monday: Math: Lessons 15-1 and 15-2 Sheets

Tuesday: Science: Plant and Animal Life Cycles pages 70-74 (pink book)

Wednesday: Math: Lesson 15-3 Customary Length and Width

Thursday: Math: Freckle: Metric Units

Science: HMH: Unit 10 Lesson 3 How Do Animals Reproduce and Lesson 4 What Are Heredity, Instincts and Learned Behaviors

Have Wonderful Week,

Aesha

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