Week of 1/27/2020

Happy Literacy Week,

     This week is Literacy Week, please see the Important Dates section for special activities that students will get to do at school this week.

     Thank you to all of Ms. Billiard's homeroom for participating in Student Led Conferences last Friday. The students were very excited to share with you all of the progress they have made this year learning new all of the fourth grade standards. Conference Day for my homeroom will be on Friday 2/7. Thank you to everyone for signing up so quickly. If you have not selected a time please go https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c054fa5a622a75-msjohnsons1 to select a time that is convenient for your schedule.

January 26th-31st

Literacy Week

Monday- Kick Off Oh the Places You'll Go

Tuesday- Books can take you places-Dress like a Tacky Tourist

Wednesday-Author Visit with Jane Wood

Thursday-Buddy Reading 

Friday- Character Parade-Dress like your favorite character from a book

January 29th, Wednesday

Early Release

January 30th, Thursday

Science Test-Motion

February 7th, Friday

Student Led Conferences-Johnson's Homeroom

February 17th, Monday

President's Day-No School

February 27th, Thursday

PTO Fun"d" Run

March 3rd, Tuesday

Module 5-Math Test

March 6th, Friday

Field Day

March 9th-13th

Spring Break

     This week in math we will leave equivalent fractions and begin comparing fractions. Students can compare fractions by giving both fractions common denominators, using benchmark fractions such as 1/2, 2/3 etc, or by using visual fraction models. Which ever strategy students use they must be able to explain and justify their reasoning.

     We will have our next timed quiz this Friday. Please remember students now have 2 minutes to complete 50 problems. 

     This week in science we will complete our work with motion. Our test will be on this Thursday.

     Our next unit will focus on weathering/erosion, rocks, minerals and earths resources. 

     

Week of 1/13/2020

Happy Monday Everyone,

     I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. Unfortunately instead of the four day weekend that was originally on the calendar for this upcoming weekend, we will have to settle for a 3 day weekend. The weather day that was scheduled for Friday is a day of school due to the days we missed for the hurricane. We will have Monday off in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. 

January 13th

Report Cards come home

January 14th and 15th

Math PMA #2 

January 20th, Monday

MLK Jr. Holiday-No School

January 24th, Friday

Student Led Conferences-Billiard's Homeroom

January 26th-31st

Literacy Week

February 7th, Friday

Student Led Conferences-Johnson's Homeroom

February 17th, Monday

President's Day-No School

February 27th, Thursday

PTO Fun"d" Run

March 3rd, Tuesday

Module 5-Math Test

March 6th, Friday

Field Trip-St. Augustine

March 9th-13th

Spring Break

     

     This week in math we will continue to work on our fractions unit. Students will learn how to make visual models to explain how fractions that are made up of different numbers are equivalent. We will model equivalence with tape diagrams and the area models. Students will also learn how to use math strategies to find equivalent fractions. 

     On Tuesday and Wednesday we will take PMA #2. This PMA will be made up of questions from Modules 1-4. The test will be taken in two sessions. Session one is on Tuesday and session 2 is on Wednesday. 

     On Friday students will take their next set of timed quizzes. We are now in the third nine weeks so the time for our facts quizzes will now be 2 minutes.

     This week in science we will begin working on our next unit, force and motion. At the end of this unit students will be able to explain motion, speed, acceleration and the effects forces have on motion. Since the units on heat and motion are short. The two will be combined to make one test. 

     Students have completed work on their first research question. This week students are expected to turn in their research for question 2. 

Have a GREAT week,

Ms. Johnson

      

  

Thank You

     I would like to thank everyone for the wonderful Christmas and Holiday gifts. It was so thoughtful notes and gifts me so much to me. It was so kind of you to think of me. 

Thank You,

Aesha

Week of December 16, 2019

Happy Last Week of School,

     I hope everyone is having a great week so far. We have a short week of school this week. Please remember that this is no school on Friday 12/20 and students do not return until Tuesday 1/7. 

     

December 17th, Tuesday

*Spelling Bee @ 9:00

*Chorus Field Trip

*Math Test on Module 4

December 19th, Thursday

*Last day to turn in 2nd Quarter Assignments

*Winter Festival-Wear a holiday shirt or sweater

December 20th-January 6th

Winter Break

January 6th, Monday

*Last day to complete optional Winter Break Assignment

*Teacher Planning Day

January 14th and 15th

Math PMA #2 

January 20th, Monday

MLK Jr. Holiday-No School

January 24th, Friday

Student Led Conferences-Billiard's Homeroom

January 26th-31st

Literacy Week

February 7th, Friday

Student Led Conferences-Johnson's Homeroom

February 17th, Monday

President's Day-No School

March 3rd, Tuesday

Module 5-Math Test

March 6th, Friday

Field Trip-St. Augustine

March 9th-13th

Spring Break

     This week in math, we will take our end of module test for geometry. Students will take their test on Tuesday. When we return to school in January we will begin module 5. Our new module will cover fraction concepts. Students will learn how to decompose fractions, add and subtract fractions, multiply fractions by fractions and whole numbers, how to change an improper fraction into a mixed number, how to compare fractions with unlike denominators, and how to find equivalent fractions.

     Students will have an optional assignment to complete during winter break. I will give students a hard copy in class. I will also email a copy to parents. Students can earn both extra credit for their math grade and tickets. 

     This week in science we will dicuss conductors and insulators. Conductors are materials that let heat pass easily through them and insulators limit the amount of heat that is let through. We will discuss that sometimes having one type of material is better than the others, depending on the job to be done. 

Have a wonderful winter break,

Week of December 2nd

Happy Monday Everyone, 

     I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break. Time off to spend with family and friends. We will be on Winter Break in 3 short weeks. In the meantime our schedule is full of activities. Please see the Important Dates section below.

     Because of the passing of Joe Dewaele, we had a school counselor come in to speak with the students today.  

     As we draw closer to mid-year, please take this time to talk with your child a supply refresh. Many students have run out of glue and pencils. Some students have also managed to misplace their scissors. 

     

December 2nd-4th

Book Swap Collection Period

December 4th Wednesday

Science Test on Energy

December 5th Thursday

*Geometry Mid-Module Quiz

*PTO Book Swap

December 6th Friday

i-Ready Math Diagnostic Testing

December 11th Wednesday

*Cultural Assembly

*Wellness Wednesday

*Early Release @ 1:15

December 12th Thursay

PTO Family Dinner 6:00-8:00

December 17th Tuesday

Geometry End of Module Test

December 19th Thursday

Winter Festival Party

December 20th - January 6th

Winter Break-No School

     This week in math students will learn how to use a protractor to both measure angles and draw angles of a specified degree. We will take a quiz on Thursday that will cover everything that we discussed so far in Module 4. 

    

     This week in science we will finish our unit on energy. Students will take their test on Wednesday. We will then begin working on a unit on heat energy. Students will learn what heat is and how moves. We will learn that heat moves from warmer objects/places to cooler objects/places until the temperture of both objects/places are the same. We will learn that heat is transfered in 3 ways. Conduction-heat transfer when objects touch each other. Convection-heat transfer through liquids or gases. Radiation-heat transferred without matter to carry it. 

Have a great week,

Ms. Johnson

Week of November 4, 2019

Happy Monday Everyone,

     Our field trip to the Alhambra is tomorrow, 11/5. We are planning to leave school at 9:15 and return at 11:30. We will have a mostly normal day. My homeroom will work on math in the morning and Ms. Billiard's homeroom will work on reading. When we return we will go to lunch and recess and then switch classes for our afternoon work.

     On Friday we will have our annual JBE Veteran's Day Flag Raising Ceremony. All military members, retired and active duty, are invited to attend. The ceremony will begin at 9:00. 

November 5th, Tuesday

Alhambra Field Trip

November 8th, Friday

Veteran's Day Flag Raising @ 9:00

November 8th, Friday

Unit 1 Science Choice Board Project Due

November 8th, Friday

Genius Hour Question 1 Due

November 11th, Monday

Veteran's Day No School

November 12th-15th

Ms. Johnson will be out

November 21st, Thursday

Colonial Kids In-School Field Trip

November 27th-28th

Thanksgiving Holiday No School

     This week in math we will continue to work on division. Students will also begin learning about relational thinking to decide if an equation is true or false. You may be familiar with this concept by the name, balanced equations. Relational thinking mostly concerns examining the relations between the given quantities rather than finding the result of operations. Students will be asked to look at two equations with an equal sign in between them and decide if the two equations are equal to each other. This skill uses place value understanding and the ability to use mental math. I am including some examples of these types of problems below. 

127 + 46 = 131 + 42

1 Look at the first number in each equation.

2 Determine how far the numbers are from each other.

3 Use the inverse operation from addition, which is subtraction, to determine how much greater on numbers is than other. If the inverse gives you the opposite, then the equation is true. 

127 – 49 = 131 – 53

1 Look at the first number in each equation.

2 Determine how far the numbers are from each other.

3 Look at the numbers after the minus sign.

4 Determine how far the numbers are from each other.

5 In order for the equation to be true, the second set of numbers must use the same operation and be the same distance apart as the first set of numbers. 

     This week in science we will work on forms of energy. In fourth grade we will learn about potential, kinetic, mechanical, electrical, radiant, thermal and sound energies. This week we will complete our discussion of the main forms mentioned above and begin to discuss sound energy. In fourth grade students have to investigate and explain that sound is produced by vibrating objects and that pitch depends on how fast or slow the object vibrates.

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