Upcoming Events and Learning Targets for Next Week

Upcoming Events

March 8th-Publix Math Night 

4:30-6:30 to enjoy some great math activities around the grocery store.

March 24th-Art Show

The Teasley Art Show will be here March 24th.  You will be able to purchase art created by our students.

March 25th-All Pro Dads

March 25th-Talent Show

March 28-31-Teacher Appreciation

Yearbook Sale

Order online at https://www.yearbookmarket.com/landing through April 1, 2016.  Locate Teasley from the drop down menu for Online Ordering.  Don't Delay!

Learning Targets for Next Week

Writing

This coming week we will continue to work on literary essays.  Students are having a lot of trouble creating a deep, and thoughtful thesis about what they read.  Many students are confusing the theme from the story with plot or main idea.  Please model for your students the difference between these topics using common picture books or stories.

Example:The Three Little Pigs.  

Plot -The Wolf blew the first two pigs' houses down and ate them, but the third pig had a sturdy house and outsmarted the wolf.

Moral-"Always be resourceful" or "Make wise choices"

Theme - Resourcefulness or Courage

Thesis - In the story the three Little Pigs, I learned, that in life, one must always be resourceful and make wise choices.

Math

This past week we focused on changing decimals to fractions, and vise versa, as well as finding equivalent decimal fractions.  This week, we will be focusing on comparing and ordering decimals. 

 The students will have a test over NF.5, NF.6, and NF.7  on Friday, March 11.

NF.5 -  Express a fraction with denominator 10 as an equivalent fraction with denominator 100, and use this technique to add two fractions with respective denominators 10 and 100.  For example express 3/10 as 30/100, and add 3/10 + 4/10=34/100

NF.6 - Use decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10 or 100.  For example, rewrite 0.62 as 62/100; described a length as 0.62 meters; locate 0.62 on a number line diagram.

NF.7 - Compare decimals to hundredths by reasoning about their size.  Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two decimals refer to the same whole.  Record the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, or, <, and justify the conclusions, eg., by using a visual model.

Science

S4E1. Students will compare and contrast the physical attributes of stars, star patterns, and planets. 

a. Recognize the physical attributes of stars in the night sky such as number, size, color and patterns

b. Compare the similarities and differences of planets to the stars in appearance, position, and number in the night sky.

c. Explain why the pattern of stars in a constellation stays the same, but a planet can be seen in different locations at different times.

d. Identify how technology is used to observe distant objects in the sky. 

S4E2. Students will model the position and motion of the earth in the solar system and will explain the role of relative position and motion in determining sequence of the phases of the moon. 

a. Explain the day/night cycle of the earth using a model. 

b. Explain the sequence of the phases of the moon. 

c. Demonstrate the revolution of the earth around the sun and the earth’s tilt to explain the seasonal changes.

d. Demonstrate the relative size and order from the sun of the planets in the solar system. 

This week, and next week, our focus has been on the solar system and all of the objects inside of it.  Students had the opportunity to talk about starts with Ms. Sumners on Tuesday during STEM.  We also read a Magic School Bus book on stars that gave a lot of wonderful information.

Today in class we looked closely at rotation, revolution, day and night, seasons, and the phases of the moon.  Students even completed a webquest (which is available for you to see on a previous post!).  We watched this following video to help us better memorize the phases of the moon.  The kids loved it!

Next week, we will be putting a large focus on the objects in the solar system.  We will look at each planet individually, and compare and contrast them with one another.  I will be reading another Magic School Bus book to the students on Monday to help introduce the topic!  They love Ms. Frizzle after I dressed up for character day.

The students will take a solar system test on Tuesday, March 15.  This test will cover, stars, objects in the solar system, day and night, and planet Earth.  Students have a study guide, and must fill out a study guide this weekend for a grade.  We will correct this study guide on Monday so that they can study from it all week long!

For more information on the solar system, look through my older posts, there are some really awesome websites that your child can visit and study from.  

Enjoy your weekend!