Week of 10/28

Happy Victory Monday Everyone,

     We had a wonderful time with Red Ribbon Week last week. Thank you to everyone that participated in the daily events and activities. 
      Students will be bringing home their report cards for the 1st quarter today. Please sign the envelope and the backs of the gifted progress reports. Please return the envelope and the gifted progress reports no later than this Friday. You will receive a copy of the gifted progress reports at the end of the school year. 
     

October 28th Monday

Report Cards

October 30th Wednesday

Wellness Wednesday Lesson

Early Release @ 1:10

October 31st Thursday

Science Test on Unit 6

Physical and Chemical Changes in Matter

November 1st Friday

Signed Report/Gifted Progress Reports Due

November 5th Tuesday

Alhambra Field Trip

November 8th Friday

Veteran's Day Celebration

     Our field trip to the Alhambra is Tuesday November 5th. We will see Hansel and Gretel. We are planning to leave JBE at 9:15 and return at 11:30. We are asking students to dress nicely, but not super fancy. Upon our return we will go to the cafeteria for our normal lunch time. After lunch we will go out for recess and then have classes in the afternoon. 

     Students will begin working on standards for division this week. Just like our multiplication standards we will not be learning or using the standard long division algorithm. We will learn the strategies of multiplying up, the area model for division, and partial quotients. In 4th grade we will work with problems with up to 4-digit dividends and 1 digit divisors. If students know the long division algorithm and want to use it for a checking strategy they may do that. Along with learning how to divide numbers students will also learn how to interpret remainders. 

Area Model for Division

Multiplying Up

Partial Quotients

     On Thursday students will be particpating in a Math-Or-Treating activity in class. Students will be presented a variety of multiplication and division problems. For every problem they solve correctly they will earn a treat. The treats will range from small pieces of candy, halloween pencils, and tickets. 

     This week in science we will take our test on unit 6, physical and chemical changes in matter. The test will be on this Thursday. 

     Our next unit of study will be energy. In our energy unit students will learn about the different forms of energy. Forms such as potential energy, kinetic energy, mechanial energy, thermal (heat) energy, sound energy, electrical energy, and radiant (light) energy. In fourth grade we have specific standards for sound and thermal energy. For sound energy we will go in depth with pitch and frequency. For themal energy we will look at all the ways that heat moves (conduction, convection, and radiation) and materials that are good conductors and insulators.  

     Students have been working on thier research over the past several weeks. Students are approaching a very important due date. On November 8th students need to have Question #1 turned in to Mrs. Chin. Students work is divided into 4 questions centered around one topic. For each question student complete research to answer that question. For grading, students are rquired to have a complete sentence with appropriate punction. Students are also required to have 2 sources. Please feel free to have your child bring home thier journal so that they can show you what they are working on in class. If students complete their work before November 8th they may turn in thier work early.

Have a GREAT week

Aesha Johnson

Week of 10/21

Happy Monday Everyone,

     This week we will celebrate Red Ribbon Week. Please see the schedule of activities below.

Monday 

Setting our Intention  

• Canine Unit Presentation (9:30-10:00 a.m.) 

• Homeroom teachers will briefly discuss Red Ribbon Week and why we celebrate this event! They will review the activities for the week and give each student a Red Ribbon sticker! • Homeroom teachers will issue the Drug Free Pledge Card to K-5 th students to take home and share with their families! 

Tuesday 

“Turn Your Backs” on Drugs 

• Students are encouraged to wear something backwards (hat, shirt, etc.) to display that they have made up their minds to turn themselves against drugs! 

• Photo booth during lunch sponsored by FOJBE PTO! 

 Wednesday 

“Unity Run” Against Bullying Day 

• Wear something orange to run in unity as a school community and represent that we stand against drugs, alcohol, and bullying! • The run will take place during our regular 100-mile club run from 7:45- 8:15 a.m. 

Thursday 

“Sock It” to Drugs Day 

• Wear your craziest sock combination on this day to show that we are “socking it to drugs”! 

 Friday 

“Team Up” Against Drugs 

• Students will wear their favorite sports team attire! 

• Student participating in the JBE Buddy Program will meet their “buddy”! 

     This week in math we will discuss factors, multiples and prime and composite numbers. Students will learn strategies for factoring numbers. Students will also begin to understand the rules of divisibility. These discussions will help students have a smoother transition for when we begin to learn our division strategies next week. 

      This week students will take their first timed quiz for 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Students will also take their first timed division quiz for a grade. Please help your child practice. Students can make or buy flash cards for practice. You can also have your child visit, http://www.hoodamath.com/games/mathtimedtests.html . Students can select multiplication or division and the site has a timer. Students are aiming to complete 50 problems in 2 minutes and 30 seconds.

     Students did an AWESOME job on last weeks, PMA (Progress Monitoring Assessment). The average for all 44 students was 90%!!! 

     This week in science we will finish our work with magnets and begin to discuss physical and chemical changes in matter. A physical change is a change to the shape, size or state of matter. A physical change does not change the matter to a new substance. A chemical change is a change to matter that results in a new substance being created. Some signs that a chemical change has occurred are:

*a gas forms

*light appears

*heat appears

*there is a change in color

     Please make sure that your child has registered for their Brain Pop account. When they register please make sure that they write down their user name and password. Some students are not being responsible and keeping up with their information. Students are not allowed to register for a new account simply because they can not remember their log in information. Some students have as many as 5 accounts. It is recommended that students use their "s" number for their username and their regular computer password for the password. That way it is something that they already know and don't have to remember. I am going to through next week and purge any extra accounts.

Ms. Johnson

 

     

Week of October 14th

Happy Monday Everyone,

     Even though this is a short week, we still have plenty of activities happening at school. Please carefully review the calendar section.

October 14th Monday
End of 1st Grading Period

October 15th Tuesday
Module 3 Math Quiz on Area/Perimeter and Multiplication Strategies

October 15th Tuesday
Picture Retakes

October 16th Wednesday
District Math PMA #1 Test

October 17th Thursday

Field Trip to the Public Library 10:00-11:30 Wear Class Shirt

October 18th Friday
Teacher Planning Day No School For Students

October 21st-25th
Red Ribbon Week

October 25th Friday
PTO Monster Mash

     We will be going on our first field trip on this Thursday. We will go to the Pablo Creek Library. This is a district required field trip so that students can learn all about the wonderful services that our Jacksonville Public Library offers. Students will complete an activity and also get the chance to check out books. Any books that students check out can either be returned to any Jacksonville Public Library or to our very own JBE library. 

     I would like to thank everyone for their quick response in returning permission slips and money for the Alhambra field trip on November 5th. Even though we will not be eating lunch at the Alhambra we are still asking students to dress nicely for this trip. Girls, nothing too fancy we will be going straight to recess and then to lunch when we return, and you may not have time to change clothes. Tennis shoes are okay given the circumstances. 

     This week in math we continue our work on multiplication. Students will begin applying their learning with multi-step, multi-operation word problems. Up until now our multi-step problems only included addition and subtraction. Our problems will now also include multiplication. Students will also encounter word problems with measurement conversions as part of steps to solve the problem. We will take a quiz on Tuesday covering the concepts that we have worked on so far in Module 3.

     On Wednesday, students will take PMA #1. PMA stands for Progress Monitoring Assessment. These tests are district required to monitor how well schools are following the district pacing guide. They also monitor how well students are learning the standards that have been taught. The test will cover everything that we have worked since school began in August. At JBE we are doing really well in keeping pace. We have covered everything that will be on the test except for our division standard. We will take a grade on this test and put it in as either a test or quiz grade. Depending on the number of division questions that are asked on the test will determine whether or not we throw those questions out or include them in the final grade. Students were exposed to division in third grade. 

     This week in science we will complete a study of magnets. Students need to know and understand magnets can attract magnetic materials and attract and repel other magnets. We will learn this through investigation and study.

Week of 10/7/19

Happy Rainy Monday Everyone,

     This is the last week of the 1st Grading Period. It's hard to believe that we just started school 9 weeks ago. The students are doing tremendously well with all of our rituals and routines. If students have any incomplete grades, I will accept them all the way up to Thursday October 17th. I have to have all of my grades submitted to Ms. Mattingly on Friday October 18th. 

     Students should have brought home two permission slips last week. One slip is for our required trip the Jacksonville Public Library. We will go on this trip on Thursday 10/17. This field trip is free students just need to return the permission slip. We are planning to leave school at 9:30 and return to school at 11:30. We will eat our lunch as we normally do at 12:00 in the cafeteria. Please have your child wear their class shirt on this day (Johnson-Green/ Billiard-Orange). If your child does not have a class shirt they may either wear a t-shirt the same color or any JBE shirt. 

      The other permission slip is for a field trip to the Alhambra Theater to see  
We are planning to leave school at 9:30 and return to school at 11:30. Again we will eat lunch at our regular time in the cafeteria. For this trip we are asking students to dress for the theater. It doesn't have to be too dressy. We will probably not have time to change clothes when we return. 

October 7th-11th

Book Fair
Johnson-Wednesday 8:35-9:05
Billiard-Wednesday 9:05-9:35

October 10th & 11th

Donuts With Dads

October 14th Monday
End of 1st Grading Period

October 15th Tuesday
Picture Retakes

October 17th Thursday

Field Trip to the Public Library 10:00-11:30

October 18th Friday
Teacher Planning Day

October 21st-25th
Red Ribbon Week

October 25th Friday
PTO Monster Mash

    This week in math we will begin Module 3. In this module we will work on several skills. We will start with area and perimeter. Students will be asked to find the area and perimeter of squares and rectangles. Students will also be asked to find the dimensions of missing sides given limited information. Here are some problems that we worked on today:

 

 

If you need a refresher on area and perimeter, please watch the following video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSVMrPu0__U

We will also learn about multiplicative comparison to solve real-world area and perimeter problems. Multiplicative comparison means comparing two things or sets that need multiplication. We worked on the problem below today:

The dimensions of the porch are

4 feet by 12 feet.

The perimeter of the porch is 32 feet.

During the rest of this module we will learn strategies for solving multiplication and division problems. We will learn about factors and multiples. We will end the module with learning about prime and composite numbers. 

     This week in science we will finish our work on the Law of Conservation of Mass. We will then learn about how water behaves in each state of matter. Our study of the states of matter will focus on how the particles behave in each state. 

We will take a test on lessons 1-4 on this Friday.

Have a GREAT Week!!

Week of 9/30/2019

Happy Monday Everyone,

     How about that Jaguars game on Sunday!! It was such a roller coaster, but in the end we got the win!! 

     We had a very busy week last week, the Jaguars Spirit Assembly, Early Release, and the sickness that wouldn't end on Friday. We should have a much quieter week this week. 

     We are approaching the end of the quarter. If your child has make up work that they need to complete for a grade. Please they need to complete it by October 14th. Students may arrange to come in before school or stay after school to complete work. They may also come in during any of the following Resources:
STEM Lab
Book Check Out
Computer Lab
Due to a district mandate students are not allowed to be pulled from art, music, physical education, or library with Mrs. Strong.

October 7th-11th

Book Fair

October 10th & 11th

Donuts With Dads

October 14th Monday
End of 1st Grading Period

October 15th Tuesday
Picture Retakes

October 17th Thursday

Field Trip to the Public Library 10:00-11:30

October 18th Friday
Teacher Planning Day

October 21st-25th
Red Ribbon Week

October 25th Friday
PTO Monster Mash

     This week in math, we will complete our unit on measurement. We will finish our unit with customary measurement units for length, weight, and volume. Students will once again convert units from larger units to smaller units. Students are responsible for the following:

Students do not have to memorize the conversions, they will be able to use their reference sheet. We glued our reference sheets into our math journals last week. Students will allowed to use their reference sheets on any classroom assignment (tests, quizzes, classwork). Our test will be on this Friday 10/4. Next week we will begin our work with multiplication strategies. 

     This week in science we will continue our work with matter. We will wrap up our work with physical properties. We will then begin discussing The Law of Conservation of Mass. This law states that matter can neither be created or destroyed. The matter will simply change form (physical change or chemical change). This law also states that the mass of an object is equal to the sum of it's parts. If we tear up a 1 gram sheet of paper and then find the mass of each of those pieces the sum of those pieces will still have a mass of 1 gram. 

     Our new laptops in the computer lab do not come with a mouse. If your child needs to have a mouse they are welcomed to bring one from home. They can bring either type, one that uses a usb or one with a cord. 

Week of September 23, 2019

Happy Monday Everyone,

   I would like to thank everyone for the wonderful and thoughtful birthday wishes and gifts. 

   We will have our second early release this Wednesday. Students will be dismissed from school at 1:10. Don't forget we will also have our Wellness Wednesday lesson.
    On 9/29/15, the USDOE officially recognized JBE as one of only 335 schools across the nation that year to receive the coveted National Blue Ribbon School Award for exemplary academic excellence. Because of this, the Jacksonville Beach Mayor, Mr. Charlie Latham, proclaimed September 29th, as Jacksonville Beach Elementary School Day! All faculty/staff members and students are asked to wear a Jax Beach shirt this Friday, 9/27/19, to show their school pride and celebrate this tremendous achievement! 
   We will have our first ticket cash in this Friday. Depending on the number of tickets that students have saved, students will be able to purchase a reward.
Please make sure students have their tickets with them on Friday. 

September 24th Tuesday

Jaguars Spirit Assembly (Johnson Homeroom) @ 9:30

Chipotle Spirit Night 5:00-9:00

September 25th Wednesday

Wellness Wednesday Activities with Students

Early Release @ 1:10

September 27th Friday

Jacksonville Beach Elementary Spirit Day-Wear JBE Gear

October 7th-11th

Book Fair

October 10th & 11th

Donuts With Dads

October 17th Thursday

Field Trip to the Public Library 10:00-11:30

     The students did really well on the math test last week. The average score in both classes was 89%. Students will bring home their tests on Tuesday. 

     We have begun our work on Module 2. In this Module students will work on our measurement standards. 

MAFS.4.MD.1.1 Know relative sizes of measurement units within one system of units. Within a single system of measurement, express measurements in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. 

     During this unit we will learn about the metric and customary systems of measurements. Students are expected to know what units would be the appropriate choice in given situations. For example would you use grams or kilograms to measure the mass of a strawberry? Would you use millimeters, centimeters, meters or kilometers to measure the length of a hallway?
    Students will also learn to convert units. In fourth grade students will only have to convert in system at a time and larger units to smaller units. Students will not have to learn how to convert metric units to customary units. 
    Last week we learned about metric units for length. This week we will learn about metric units for mass and capacity. Students will have a quiz on metric units on this Thursday. We will then begin customary units. 

   Students did even better on their science tests last week!! The average score for both classes was 90%. Our new unit will focus on matter. This week we will learn about properties of matter. The properties of matter are those characteristics that help us to identify different types of matter. Things like color, shape, texture, hardness, state of matter, mass, volume, and attraction to magnets are all properties that helps us to identify one type of matter from another. 

 I have been receiving a lot of questions about i-Ready completion so I thought I would send one email instead of answering each one individually.

*i-Ready Weeks- the week runs from Friday afternoon until Friday mornings. Students may complete their i-Ready during the weekend. 

*Teacher Checks-When I check i-Ready minutes I can customize the view. I always set it beginning the Friday of the previous week as the beginning day and Friday of the current week for the ending day.

*Grades-Grades for i-Ready are calculated with the following scale:

45 minutes-100%

40-44 minutes-90%

30-39 minutes-80%

20-29 minutes-70%

10-19 minutes-60%

10-0 minutes 0%

The grade is entered as a homework grade for that week.

     This week in Genius Hour students will begin researching their projects. On Friday your child can show their Word document with the websites and pictures they have collected so far. 

Have a GREAT Week!!

Week of September 16th

Happy Monday Everyone,

     I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. This week students will go to Enrichment Labs. Please see the chart below to know which classes we will get to enjoy.
                                        1:10-1:55                          2:00-2:45
Johnson Homeroom    Fitness and Nutrition               Musical Poetry
Billiard Homeroom      PETS Thinking Skills                Organizational Skills  

Progress reports are coming home today. Please sign the bottom and return it to school no by this Friday. 

September 16th Monday
Progress Reports Come Home

September 18th Wednesday
Parent Academy @ 8:30 A.M.
Enrichment Labs 1:10-2:45
Boy Scout Info Night @ 6:30

September 24th Tuesday
Chipotle Spirit Night 5:00-9:00

September 25th Wednesday
Wellness Wednesday Activities with Students
Early Release @ 1:10

October 17th Thursday
Field Trip to the Public Library 10:00-11:30

     We will take our test on Module 1 on this Wednesday. Students began working on their study guide today in class and should finish it tonight (Monday) for homework. 

     After we complete Module 1 we will begin our work in Module 2. In Module 2 we will begin our work on measurement. Students will learn about the metric and customary systems. We will learn about the Metric System first. Students will learn about units for length (kilometer, meter, centimeter, and millimeter), mass (kilogram and gram), and capacity (liter and milliliter). Students will learn how to convert larger units to smaller units. Students will learn that the Metric System is a decimal based system that moves in units of 10 times greater than the unit to the right. 

    This week in science we will discuss different types of models. We will wrap up this unit with our test on Friday. Next week we will move into Unit 5, Matter. 

     Students have learned how to use a search engine to research their topic. Last week we began learning how to save web addresses in Word document. This word document will eventually turn into a source page for the final project.