February 22

• Please send in the Ft. Menendez field trip form if you have not already.
• Mid-term progress reports will go home on Friday, February 26.
• Wednesday is Early Release.

Resources this week:
Cox:
Monday: music   Bring your recorder!
Tuesday: pe
Wednesday: pe
Thursday: computer lab
Friday: art
Kluge:
Monday: recess
Tuesday: music   Bring your recorder!
Wednesday: music   Bring your recorder!
Thursday: pe
Friday: computer lab

ELA: As our study of Peter Pan continues, we will look closely at how the author uses detailed descriptions to capture our imaginations and paint vivid pictures in our minds. We will connect text from our novel with vintage illustrations of Neverland. We will also read quotes from the text and analyze the language the author uses to describe the setting. We will also begin to work with readers theater scripts of scenes from Peter Pan. These lessons will expose students to different narrative structures,to help them analyze the characters in Peter Pan more deeply, and to practice building their reading fluency.

This week, we will also learn about the Constitution and the 3 branches of the United States government. We will learn about why the Constitution was written and how it explains the role of each branch of government.

MATH: This week in math we will generate simple equivalent fractions by using visual fraction models and the number line.  Express whole numbers as fractions and recognize equivalence with different units.  The students will decompose whole number fractions greater than 1 using whole number equivalence with various models.

               

Homework:                                                                                        

Study for Mid-Module Assessment

Module 5 21 & 22

Module 5 Lesson 23

Module 5 Lesson 24

Module 5 Lesson 26

Things to practice and review at home:

Help your child develop an understanding of fractions as numbers by providing opportunities to discuss parts of whole at home.

Practice identifying number patterns using multiplication, addition or subtraction strategies.

Continue to review  multiplication and division facts 2 to 10  (We will be testing our facts weekly.)

Practice solving two step word word problems involving all four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division).

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 continue learning about energy and discuss some of the behavior of light and how light and matter interact. They will explain what causes a shadow by understanding the way light travels as well as explain refraction of light.

February 15

We would like to thank all of you for the sweet Valentines and gifts we received on Friday. You made us feel very special and loved!

Check out the wonderful star posters 

our students created in science! 

Great teamwork!

Resources this week:

Cox:

Tuesday: Media... Please return all library books!

Thursday: Art

Kluge:

Tuesday: Music

Wednesday: PE

Friday: Art

Field trip on February 29! Permission slips were sent home on Friday. Please return as soon as possible. Fort Menendez is a wonderful trip and we look forward to it! Click on the photograph for the link to the Fort Menendez website.

Jump Rope for Heart will be this Thursday and Friday. Please wear appropriate shoes for this event. We will let you know when we find out which day our classes will participate.

ELA: Students will be bringing home reading homework periodically. Please check the planner for days when it is due and look over it with them at home. 

I'm thrilled with the usage of Achieve3000 this month! Many students have already completed at least 4 lessons in February! Remember the goal is to score at least 75% and to write a complete answer on the thought question at the end of the lesson. Before writing the thought question, click on the blue box that says "Include in your answer" to make sure you know what is expected! Student Lexile growth has been incredible! Thank you for supporting your child in using this program!

We will continue to read Peter Pan. Students will meet in discussion groups to debate about which character's actions affected the events in the story the most. Students will also identify Peter Pan's thoughts, feeling, and actions in chapter 9. All of these guide Peter's motivations. Students will consider all of this in their character analysis of Peter. 

MATH: This week in math we will begin to identify a shaded fractional part in different ways depending on the designation of the whole.  Place whole number fractions and fractions between whole numbers on a number line and compare fractions and whole numbers on a number line by reasoning about their distance from 0.  The students will begin to recognize and show that equivalent fractions refer to the same point on the number line. 

Homework:                                                                                        

Module 5 Lesson 13

Module 5 Lesson 14

Module 5 Lesson 15

Module 5 Lesson 16

Things to practice and review at home:

Help your child partition things at home into equal parts and comparing fractional parts of a whole.

Practice identifying number patterns using multiplication, addition or subtraction strategies.

Continue to review  multiplication and division facts 2 to 10  (We will be testing our facts weekly.)

Practice solving two step word word problems involving all four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division).

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: Students will continue learning about energy and recognize that energy has the ability to cause motion or create change.  Students will identify examples of energy changing form and learn about ways energy can travel from one place to another.

Module 5 Lesson 13:

Module 5 Lesson 14:

Module 5 Lesson 15:

Module 5 Lesson 16:

February 8

Wednesday is Early Release.
Don't forget to make your Valentine boxes and bags for our card exchange on Friday! Class lists were sent home last week.



Resources this week:
Cox:
Monday: Computer lab
Tuesday: Art
Wednesday: Music
Friday: Music

Kluge:
Monday: PE
Tuesday: Computer Lab
Thursday: Art

ELA: This week, students will participate in a Socratic Seminar. This involves two students working as a team. One is the speaker and one is the coach. Then, they switch roles. The speakers all sit in a circle with their coaches behind them. They are given an open ended question and then conduct a self-directed discussion. There is no correct answer to the question and students know the question ahead of time so they can prepare, The question is based on their opinion with evidence to support that opinion. The coaches listen carefully and evaluate their partner based on the following criteria:

Did my partner...

• Respond to other students' comments in a respectful way
• Listen attentively without interrupting
• Keep his/her eyes on the speaker
• Come prepared to the seminar
• Refer back to the text to support his/her comments and opinions
• Participate in the discussion

We will also complete a mid-unit assessment. Students will create a character analysis of the character Peter Pan focusing on traits which describe him, what motivates him to behave as he does, and how his actions move the story forward. This can be based on anything that has happened so far in chapters 1-5. Students will also reread chapter 6 and answer several multiple choice questions.

MATH: This week in math we will begin to build non-unit fractions less than one whole from unit fractions.  The students will represent parts of one whole as fractions with number bonds and build and write fractions greater than one whole using unit fractions. We will also compare unit fractions by reasoning about their size.

Homework:                                                                                        

Module 5 Lesson 6

Module 5 Lesson 8

Module 5 Lesson 9

Module 5 Lesson 10

Module 5 Lesson 11

Things to practice and review at home:

Help your child partition things at home into equal parts (exa.  Pack of crayons, pieces of food, paper)

Practice identifying number patterns using multiplication, addition or subtraction strategies.

Continue to review  multiplication and division facts 2 to 10  (We will be testing our facts weekly.)

Practice solving two step word word problems involving all four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division).

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 identify  some basic forms of energy such as light, heat, sound, electrical and mechanical and recognize that energy has the ability to cause motion or create change.  We will begin to identify ways that energy changes form.