We WON!!! :)

Our class poster was chosen to hang at the new fire station on Bartram Parkway!  We are so excited!  We have such creative students, we are proud of them!  :)

Field Trip Slide Show!

We had the best time on Tuesday! The weather was beautiful and we learned so much about local history. We explored two snapshots of history:

Pre-European Florida 1565 when the Timucua Indians inhabited what is now St. Augustine. These Native Americans were said to be a handsome people with most achieving an average height of 6 feet or more. They were hunters, gatherers, and farmers. The women took care of the home, children, and cooking while the men provided food and protection for the family. These Indians developed a way of life that enabled them to live and prosper in the world they lived in. Our students took part in dug out canoe making, using Indian tools, grinding corn, gardening and Native American games.

Spanish Colonial Ft. Mose 1565-1763: Students sampled a soldiers life in Spanish Florida, and learned how hard it was to start a new colony. We took part in fence building, weaving, dipping candles, smashing shells for tabby, and wood working.

Check out the slide show!!

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Week of February 24th-28th

We will head to St. Augustine for our field trip on Tuesday, please remember a bag lunch and your BSE T-shirt!

Thursday is spirit night at Zaxby's from 5-8!  Help Bartram Springs PTA by enjoying some chicken!

ELA:

Two Days in May is realistic fiction. This story is about a young girl, her father, and a group of neighbors, who launch a peaceful protest to help five deer that have wandered into the middle of their big city neighborhood. This is the perfect text to use to focus on the reading skill of making judgments:

- considering all the facts

- looking at all sides of an issue

- considering personal experiences and beliefs

We will also look at author's point of view / author's perspective...

•An author's words enable you to see the topic from his/her point of view or through his/her eyes.

•In many instances, you will be able to tell if the author feels strongly about something or disagrees with it.

Author's Perspective Practice: Click on the photo

Math:
We will begin our discussion on congruence and symmetry.


These shapes all have one line of symmetry!
Which of these shapes have more than one line of symmetry??

Congruent means that shapes MUST be the same size AND same shape!

Science:
We will discuss how temperatures differ based on shady or sunny conditions.

Resources:
Tiberio
Tuesday- Field Trip (will miss Media)
Wednesday- Computer Lab
Thursday- Music/ Teacher directed P.E.
Friday- Art

Kluge-
Tuesday- Field Trip
Wednesday- Music/ Computer Lab
Thursday- Teacher directed P.E. (wear tennis shoes)

Best wishes to all our 4th grade friends as they take the Florida Writes on Tuesday! :)

Wanted: Headphones

Mrs. Kluge & I got 2 new Mac computers but unfortunately, did not receive headphones for these computers.  If any of you have extra headphones or happen to be out near the dollar store and can find a pair, we would love the donation!  Each class needs one additional pair.  Thank you in advance! :)

Saturday Baseball Fun

Mrs. Kluge and I got to enjoy a little fun at the baseball fields cheering on one of our students!  We had a great time and even got to see him hit a home run!  Thank you for the invitation! 

Feeling the love...

We had a great Valentine's Day... Students chose positive character traits to describe each classmate and then delivered them. Everyone left with a little red bag full of how their friends see them. Lots of fun and smiles!

Week of February 17th-21st

                     

Thank you for all of the wonderful Valentine cards and treats!

No school Monday, in observance of President's Day!  Early release on Wednesday.

All field trip money is due this Friday!  Progress reports will be sent home on Friday.

Next week, we will go to St. Augustine on Tuesday, students will need to pack a bag lunch!!

Math:  We will look at combining and separating shapes this week to make new shapes.  We will have a test on topic 11 on Friday!

ELA:
This week, we will read a Chris Van Allsburg story,
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi.
        

Our lessons will focus on the following:

1. Student led discussions of text dependent questions. Students will work in small groups to answer questions that require locating and quoting evidence from the text. An example of this type of question would be:
Reread page 398. What evidence from the text can you cite to defend the idea that Alan takes pet-sitting Fritz seriously? 

2. Revisiting elements of plot... character development, setting, problem, and the solution as a series of events. 

3. Reading informational text and identifying the text structure (how the author organized the text) by using text clues and signals. We will read several pieces of text tied to a common topic and see how an author can organize the text in a specific way.
  
       

Science:
We will talk about what happens in the sky during day time and night time.  A common misconception is that students think stars "come out" at night, we will conduct an investigation that will show them what happens during the daylight.


Resources:
Tiberio
Tuesday- P.E
Thursday- Teacher directed PE
Friday- Computer Lab

Kluge-
Thursday- PE
Friday- Computer lab/ Media- return all library books!