Last Week of School! :)

Here we are!  Can you believe it!?!?!  These kids are so ready for summer and more importantly 4th grade!

Schedule for the week:
Monday- End of year activities (Memory Book)
Tuesday- Awards 10:00 AM in the cafeteria/ Math & Reading Activities
Wednesday- Game Day-- students can bring in board games no electronics!
Thursday- End of year party-- Movie and Chik-Fil-A
Friday- Dismissal at noon!  No afternoon extended day!

Students may bring yearbooks all week to have signed throughout the week.

Report cards will be sent home on Friday!  If your child does not come to school on Friday you will need to come to the school the following week to pick it up.

Over the summer:
Continue to read and get on i-Ready!  Reflex Math would be a great tool to continue to build math fluency!

Have a great summer and be sure to come and visit us next year!!! :)

Welcome Home Mr. Banks

Two of our Bartram Springs Students were surprised when their father who has been serving in the Persian Gulf returned home today!  We were so thankful that we were able to witness this reunion!  Thank you for your service!

Week of May 26th-30th

No school Monday in observance of Memorial Day! 


On Tuesday & Wednesday we will be taking the final Curriculum Guide Assessment for Science.  This will cover everything they learned this year.  We have been reviewing and the students should be well prepared.  Please continue to look over the study guides that were sent home last week.

We will attend the Spring Musical on Thursday at 1:45, thank you Mrs. Lim for conducting and organizing this!

Friday, the teachers will challenge the 5th graders to a kickball game at 9AM on the track!

Resources:
Tiberio:
Thursday- Media

Kluge:
Wednesday- Media
Friday- Music

Week of May 19th-23rd

Book Fair will take place this week, our classes will go preview the book fair on Monday afternoon, they may bring money to school on Monday or throughout the week bring money to purchase books.



Our final early release will be this Wednesday!  Dismissal is at 1:30.

ELA: We will continue reading our novel, Dear Mr. Henshaw. I think some of us have been surprised at how an author can tell a detailed story only with letters written by one character! This past week, we learned a new close reading strategy called a "Memory Moment".

We are also continuing our informational reports... several students have finished their drafts and have shared them with the class.  So far we have learned a lot about earthquakes, pandas, Sequoyah, the Indianapolis 500, and Kentucky. 

Math:
We will wrap up our unit on capacity and mass and take a test on Friday.

Science:
We will test on chapter 6 & 7 on Tuesday. We will then begin our end of year review of all the curriculum we have covered, these reviews will be sent home nightly beginning Wednesday, please review them with your child so they are well prepared for their final Curriculum Guide Assessment (CGA) which will be on Tuesday, May 27th.

Resources:
Tiberio:
Monday- Art
Thursday- P.E.
Friday- JEA Program (Go Green)

Kluge:
Tuesday- Art
Friday- P.E./ JEA Program (Go Green)

Monday, May 26th there will be no school in observance of Memorial Day! Enjoy some outdoor time!

Week of May 12th-16th

Children's author Patsy Smith Roberts, will come visit the school on Tuesday!  We look forward to hearing about all her wild adventures! Click on her photograph to explore her website.


Our end of year cook out and water day will take place on Friday afternoon!  Please make sure your child comes to school with a towel, hat, sunglasses, sunscreen (already applied), a change of clothes (just in case)...just a reminder students should not wear bathing suits or flip flops!  :)

ELA: We will begin reading a novel written by Beverly Cleary,
Dear Mr. Henshaw, a Newbery Award winner. This story is not Cleary's usual humorous type of writing, but quite different. The entire story is written in a series of letters from a young boy to a famous author. The boy's letters reveal many details about his every day life and struggles. We will work in groups to discuss our thoughts and opinions about the events in the book and the struggles that Leigh Botts goes through.
                   
We are also continuing to write our informational reports. Students are choosing their topics, which important subtopics they want to include, important vocabulary they think they need to explain to the reader, and text features they think would be helpful.

Math:  Students will take an end of year i-Ready diagnostic on Thursday in the computer lab, it is very important that they do as well as they can, so we can see how much growth they have had this year.  We will take a test on Area on Tuesday of this week, and then will begin a unit on capacity!

Science: We will continue discussing Chapter 6- characteristics of animals & plants!

Resources:
Tiberio:
Wednesday- Media
Thursday- Computer lab
Friday- Music

Kluge:
Tuesday- Media
Thursday- Computer lab & Music

Many thanks...

Wow! Thank you to all of our students and families for making us feel so special this past week. We truly felt extra appreciated! Thank you for the flowers, snacks, gifts, and most of all the touching notes and cards. It has been a wonderful year and we feel very loved!

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Cabbage Plants

Update on one of our cabbage plants!  Wow!  This is doing great! :)

5 little chicks!

Out of the 6 eggs we were given by the 4H program at the University of Florida, we successfully hatched 5 of them!  We are very excited!!  We look forward to showing the students the videos we captured of them hatching and interacting with one another.

Chicks on their way!!!!!

Two chicks are starting to make their way out of the egg!! :)

A Hot Air Balloon Visit

Thank you to Dave Fuller from www.ahotairballoonride.com for coming to BSE today to show our kids his hot air balloon and teach us a few facts about the hot air balloon.  We had a great time! :)  Here are a few pictures:

Week of May 5th-9th

Play Day will take place on Wednesday from 9-11, parents please meet us on the track if you would like to help cheer on our 3rd graders!  We suggest applying sunscreen before coming to school.  Students should wear a hat, sunglasses, their BSE shirt, and tennis shoes.  Bring a water bottle!

Friday, all cookout money is due!  Cost is $5.

Math:
We are working on Area-- Topic 14 in our new Common Core textbooks, we will be talking about the difference between perimeter and area this week.

 

Science:
Our chicks should be arriving this week!!!!!!!!  We will also begin a unit on animals-- we will talk about the characteristics of different animals.  This will be chapter 6 in our Science workbooks.

ELA:
This week we will finish taking our end of year reading assessment. I met with each student and we talked about their score from December. Then each student set a personal goal for how they wanted to do when taking the assessment again. They are working so hard to meet their goals. So proud of them!

We are also working to complete our informational reports. Everyove has been researching and writing in his/her own words. Now they will begin thinking about what important text features they would like to add.

Resources:
Tiberio-
Monday- Music
Tuesday- Art
Thursday- Computer Lab

Kluge-
Wednesday- Art (we will be unable to attend due to play day)
Thursday- Computer lab


Book Fair will take place next week, May 12th.