Its hard to believe it's December already! We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families.
This week students will take the DCPS mid-year tests in reading and math. The tests cover all the standards that are listed in the Test Design Summary and Item Specifications on the FSA Assessments website.
Although your child’s grade will NOT be affected by the test results, it must be taken seriously. The data we gather will help us determine what students already know and what they need more help with.
Please help your child have a good night of sleep on these days and a good breakfast too!
Science Fair projects are due December 2.
Thursday, December 3 is Math and Science Night beginning at 6:00 PM.
The PTA sponsored Holiday Shop will be the week of December 14th - 18th.
Resource schedule this week: Wednesday is early release.
Cox:
Tuesday: art
Friday: music
Kluge:
Wednesday: p.e.
Thursday: art
ELA: There will be no spelling this week. Remember your RAH log is due December 1!!! We are so excited about our new informational text... see below! It is filled with cool information about all types of frogs! This week we will focus on frog skin and frog habitats. As we closely read specific pages, we will ask questions and search for answers using specific details from the text. We will also continue finding the main idea and will describe steps in several procedures such as the frog life cycle and how a frog sheds its skin. Students will also compare 4 unique types of frogs and research their habitats and what special adaptations they have that help them survive there.
We will also explore a lot of new vocabulary as we read this text. Some words to talk about and use in conversation at home are:
plan - draft - revise - edit - peer conference - publish
MATH: The
students will count by sixes and sevens, composing up to and then over the next
ten. For example, students might count
6, 12, 18, and then mentally add 18 + 2 + 4 to make 24. This skip-counting method utilizes make ten
strategies. Students will begin to understand that multiples of 6 can be
thought of as (5 + 1) x n to make 5 and 1 more groups, or 6 groups of n. Multiples
of 7 can be thought of as (5 + 2) x n to make 5 and 2 more groups, or 7 groups
of n. In working with division students
will decompose the dividend using a multiple of 5 and then add the quotients of
the smaller division facts to find the quotient of the larger unknown division
fact. For example:
54
6 = (30
6) + (24
6)
=
5 + 4
=
9
Homework:
Module 3 Lesson 4
Module 3 Lesson 5
Module 3 Lesson 6
Things to practice and review at home:
Practice adding and subtracting numbers within 1000.
Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time
intervals in minutes.
Continue practicing multiplication facts 2 to 10
Continue practicing division facts
Please check out our DCPS site http://www.duvalschools.org/Page/17284
for homework help and strategies to help with solving
homework problems. You may also find the
homework videos helpful.
SCIENCE: The students will study the properties of stars. Students will describe how stars are different and what makes up star patterns. They will explain that stars can be different; some are smaller, some are larger, and some appear brighter than others; all except the sun are so far away that they look like points of light.
Module 3 Lesson 4:
Module 3 Lesson 5:
Module 3 Lesson 6:
Module 3 Lesson 7:
