A Look Ahead

 MAP Testing

The students will take MAP Reading on Tuesday and MAP Math on Wednesday. Our schedule will be a little different both days since we are testing and I will have about half the class testing face to face. We will start testing at 8:45 am so I am asking everyone to be on the Meet at 8:30am both days.  Please make sure your child gets a good night sleep the night before and eats breakfast. I will continue instruction in the afternoon. Virtual students are expected to return to the Google Meet at 12:45. I will be sharing a document with in person students with some reminders, since this is the first time many have been in the school. If you have any questions please let me know. 

LIght It Up Blue- Autism Awareness 

Curriculum

Math-  We continue with Chapter 12: Understand Time and Liquid Volume. We will have a quiz over the first four lessons covering time on Thursday. If you would like to know more about what your child will be learning in this chapter please read the Family Letter.  Please encourage your child to practice their multiplication facts. They can use flashcards or the following website: Math Trainer. 

ELA-  We continue our focus on figurative language (metaphors, personification, idioms, similes). Your child will have a graded assignment on Monday. We will still focus on figurative language after the quiz, but also on poetry.  In writing, we will focus on informational writing. 

Science- We will not focus on on science after break. 

Social Studies- We continue focusing on the region of Africa. 

*Please continue to refer to your child's Week At A Glance for graded assignments next week. 

A Look After Spring Break

 Reading Counts Celebrations

Congrats to Kylie Simon and Laiken Bradley for earning their 200 point rewards!! Congrats to Jacob for earning his 50 point reward! Keep reading! 

Report Cards

The office will mail out report cards for the third nine weeks on Wednesday, April 14th. 

Asynchronous E-Learning Days

Thursday, April 15th and Friday, April 16th are asynchronous e-learning days for the district so teachers can receive their second dose of the vacination. Students will find their work posted in Google Classroom each morning. If your child completes the work they will marked present and if they don't they will be marked absent for these two days. 

Curriculum

Math-  We will start Chapter 12: Understand Time and Liquid Volume. If you would like to know more about what your child will be learning in this chapter please read the Family Letter.  Please encourage your child to practice their multiplication facts. They can use flashcards or the following website: Math Trainer. 

ELA-  We continue our focus on figurative language (metaphors, personification, idioms, similes). The students will have a quiz the week after spring break. In writing, we will focus on informational writing. 

Science- We will not focus on on science after break. 

Social Studies- We will focus the African Region. 

*Please continue to refer to your child's Week At A Glance for graded assignments next week.  

A Look Ahead

Spring Pictures

Monday are spring pictures for in-person and virtual students. Virtual students can come in between 1-2 pm to get their picture taken. No appointment is necessary! 

Comic Club with Dav Pilkey

The students enjoyed listening to Dav Pilkey discuss how he creates some of his characters in his books. We created a funny story (like a Mad Lib) that some students are making a comic about. We will vote on the comic that will represent our class in a contest to possibly win some classroom books. I look forward to seeing the great comics some of the students create!

 Curriculum

Math-  We will wrap up Chapter 11: Understand Fraction Equivalence and Comparison with a test on Thursday.  Your child's Fractional Autobiography is due on Wednesday. Please encourage your child to practice their multiplication facts. They can use flashcards or the following website: Math Trainer. 

ELA-  We continue our focus on figurative language (metaphors, personification, idioms, similes) In writing, we will wrap up our work with literary analysis and move into nonfiction writing. 

Science- We will wrap up natural resources with a quiz on Thursday.

Social Studies- We will not focus on social studies next week. 

*Please continue to refer to your child's Week At A Glance for graded assignments next week.  

A Look Ahead

Asynchronous E-Learning

Thursday and Friday of next week will be asynchronous work days for the students. Their independent work will be posted in Google Classroom. I will discuss this with them on Wednesday. My office hours will be from 9am-11am on Thursday and 8am-10am on Friday. I will available to answer questions via email or phone during those times. 

ELA Escape Room

They all escaped!! The class enjoyed working in teams to escape an ELA virtual escape room that focused on comprehending nonfiction passages. Check out the pictures below...

College Colors Days Image

Curriculum

Math-  We are in Chapter 11: Understand Fraction Equivalence and Comparison. We will have a graded assignment on Wednesday.  If you would like to know more about what your child will be learning in this chapter check out the Family Letter. Please encourage your child to practice their multiplication facts. They can use flashcards the following website: Math Trainer. 

ELA-  We will wrap up our focus on the text structure of problem and solution with a quiz on Tuesday. We will start focusing on figurative language (metaphors, personification, idioms)  In writing, we continue working on literary analysis. This type of writing also involves reading since we will be analyzing texts. 

Science- We will focus on natural resources in science. 

Social Studies- We will not focus on social studies next week. 

*Please continue to refer to your child's Week At A Glance for graded assignments next week.  

A Look Ahead

Lucky Gator Contest

Feeling lucky?? Check out the Communigator to find out how to win a basket full of goodies!

Important Reading Counts Dates:

Next Prize Date: March 29, 2021

Last Date to earn points for the month of March:

March 25th, 2021

Reading Counts Award Dates for the rest of 2021:

March 29th

April 30th

May 21st (Last Day to earn points)

*May 21st will allow time for medals/trophies to be prepared.

Curriculum

Math-  We will wrap up Chapter 10:Understand Fractions with a test on Wednesday. We will start Chapter 11: Understand Fraction Equivalence and Comparison.  If you would like to know more about what your child will be learning in this chapter check out the Family Letter. Please encourage your child to practice their multiplication facts. They can use flashcards the following website: Math Trainer. 

ELA-  We will focus on the text structure of problem and solution. In writing, we continue working on literary analysis. This type of writing also involves reading since we will be analyzing texts. 

Science- We will not focus on science next week.  

Social Studies- We will focus on different regions around the world and in the United States. 

*Please continue to refer to your child's Week At A Glance for graded assignments next week.  

A Look Ahead

Read Across America

We celebrated Read Across America this week with different read alouds/interviews from community members in different career fields. The students made a vision board and watched a magician to celebrate the week. 

Famous African American One-Pagers

The class worked on a famous African American one pager last week. They researched someone that interested them and presented the information on one page (Google Slide). One pagers are an AVID strategy. Below is Catie's one pager...

Curriculum

Math-  We will continue with Chapter 10:Understand Fractions. If you would like to know more about what your child will be learning in this chapter check out the Family Letter. Please encourage your child to practice their multiplication facts. They can use flashcards the following website: Math Trainer. 

ELA-  We will finish up focusing on author's purpose (persuade, inform, entertain) with a quiz on Tuesday or Wednesday.  In writing, we continue working on literary analysis. This type of writing also involves reading since we will be analyzing texts. 

Science- We will not focus on science next week.  

Social Studies- The students are working on a research assignment where they are learning about the different cultures around the world.

*Please continue to refer to your child's Week At A Glance for graded assignments next week.  

A Look Into March

Virtual Learning Reminders

It is hard to believe it has been almost a year since I have had students in my classroom!  I just wanted to go over a couple important reminders that make virtual teaching a little easier for myself. Each day the whole class starts at 9:00am and we return after lunch at 12:15pm.  I am starting to notice more students coming back late from lunch and not returning after related arts, which ends at 1:45, or coming on and then leaving a few minutes later. I am also having more students leave their cameras off the majority of the day, even when I mention turning them on. I know the cameras may need to go off throughout the day for various reasons, but it is hard to know if your child is "with me" when I cannot see them. Also, please continue to let me know if your child has an appointment or has to be out of class for any reason. Thank you for your continued support at home!  

Reading Counts

Congrats to Kylie for earning 150 points!! Keep up the reading! If our class was f2f they would have seen Mrs. Medlock and Mrs. Busch come around with the prize cart. 

South Carolina 2020-2021 Litter Trashes Everyone Art Contest

Congratulations to Laiken Bradley! Her art was picked to represent our school in the art contest. We hope she has success in the next round too! 

Olivia also entered the contest with her creative poster. 

Best Wishes! 

We said goodbye to Joshua on Thursday. His family has been in Germany since January and since the school on base opened back up he decided to start f2f. We wish him and his family all the best!  

Curriculum

Math-  We will start Chapter 10:Understand Fractions. If you would like to know more about what your child will be learning in this chapter check out the Family Letter. Please encourage your child to practice their multiplication facts. They can use flashcards the following website: Math Trainer. 

ELA-  We continue to focus on author's purpose (persuade, inform, entertain). Your child will have a graded assignment towards the middle of the week.  In writing, we continue working on literary analysis. This type of writing also involves reading since we will be analyzing texts. 

Science- We will not focus on science next week.  

Social Studies- We will be focusing on Culture and Regions. Your child will be conducting a family culture interview. 

*Please continue to refer to your child's Week At A Glance for graded assignments next week.