2nd Nine Weeks.

*We have jumped right into the 2nd nine weeks. Reports cards should come home November 2nd.
* If you would like to send in a bag of individual wrapped candy we will distribute it at the end of the school day Friday. We are not having a Halloween Party.
* Students are learning to add fractions with unlike denominators. You may want them to practice this at home with you. They should be aware of finding the LCM to make that happen.
*The new reading goal for this nine weeks = 7 books! This is a fast nine weeks, so make sure you don't fall behind.
* Our schedule for the next few weeks will be quite busy. Please make every effort to arrive at school on-time and with needed supplies. Many students are coming to school without any paper or pencils!!! YIKES!! Our classroom supply is currently - NONE!!
* Remember the Marine Science field trip is Friday, November 19th! If you want to volunteer, you may have to drive your own vehicle. We are taking 96 students and 6 teachers, so we are unsure of bus seating availability.
*Please check planners for homework. We had 14/28 students come to school today without their vocabulary homework! This really interferes with our daily instruction. All students know what they are supposed to do before they leave and it should be written in their planner. A blank planner should NEVER occur!

Don't forget- No School Monday!!

We watched the air show from our driveway today, and from the parking lot of Wolfson High School yesterday! They are just an amazing group of pilots!

Did you see the moon last night? It sure lit up the football field at Wolfson!

Sweet girls! Working hard!!

Really.. we have scratch paper for our MATH test!! don't let us fool you! I know... Joseph is thinking 3 tests in one day.... REALLY??????

Friday's are so nice in Room 138~ We love laptop day! Usually we do interesting things like research, GIZMO's, or cool curriculum related work. Today however, we had to take PMA's ! Oh my goodness- it was a day of testing! I guess you could say we are preparing them for the SAT's! It is NICE that we were able to stay in our room AND use the laptops!

We had no interruptions and we even went outside!

Finally, at 1:45 we have free time! Thanks guys for finishing the PMA's for Math, Reading and Science !

Star students of the week - Alex Y. and Dajana! Good job!

We hope you enjoy your day off Monday! Both your teachers will be busy cleaning our room and planning for the next nine weeks. Historically the 2nd nine weeks is the fastest nine weeks of the year. We have lots of time off during this time. It starts Monday with Teacher Planning Day, and then two days for Veteran Day, 3 days for Thanksgiving, and then we are off the for the Holiday break! And then, the third nine weeks begin!

So- it will be important that you are here everyday!

Enjoy your long weekend! Mrs. Yadon and I will think about you at our HOUR lunch on Monday!!!

A Preview of the Next Few Weeks

Now, what in the world is this? Trying to determine seasons.....

Christian and Nicolas

Alex Y working hard!

Becky with her new book!

Sarah, Erisa, and Madison working hard!

Working on ISS ;-)

Laroy working hard.

It is hard to believe that the first 9 weeks ends tomorrow! In some respects it seems that we just met our new friends, and at other times we are just moving right along like we have been friends forever.

We have really worked hard this first 9 weeks to establish patterns that will help us for the rest of the year. Report card grades will reflect your student's progress during this time. We would encourage you to review your student's subject work folders so you can see how they are progressing through units of study.

These next few weeks we will be working with fractions. Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division of fractions to be exact. This past week we have spent a lot of time with the words: factors, multiples, factor pairs, prime and composite numbers, prime factorization, least common multiples (LCM) and greatest common factors (GCF). It is important that your student understand these terms because this will sink or swim their ship in the next few weeks.

We are also working on INDEPENDENT SILENT SEATWORK (ISS)- Some of us are having a very difficult time focusing during work periods. We are trying to make students aware of "time constraints" and the fact that there is NO REDO on the FCAT. The ability to stay focused, work hard, and finish the task is our goal.

We will begin our second Literature Circles next week. This is a great way to cover many benchmarks in our reading standards. We will still be working in our Reader, but our Literature Circle books will help us reach our reading goal for the 2nd 9 weeks!

In Social Studies we will start the 2nd nine weeks with Explorer Reports. Students have received their explorers and their books. They have also received their rubric which shows them what we expect their final project to look like.

In Science we are studying the Moon, Seasons, and the Earth's movement around the Sun. Moon journals should be completed in the next 10 days. This always seems to stump our students- how the Earth's position can affect the weather and seasons.

Not for the faint of heart!

Gloves, - CHECK, Toothpicks - CHECK, magnifying glass - CHECK!

We had a GREAT time Friday with our Owl Pellets! It wasn't for the faint of heart, that's for sure! Check out the bird skull!

We all participated, and we used our chart to help us determine what was in our pellets- BONES, FUR, TEETH, and ALL!

The weather was great!

We were all anxious to see what we could find!

We love Life Science!

We were all working hard! And we even finished before LUNCH!!

Just for the record, that is Alex Y's cast.. not Mrs. Rowan's :-)

Ummmmm... look at all those feathers!

and ALL those BONES!!!

Our line that goes on FOREVER!!!

Star Students: Jalyn and Joshua!

Hope you had a great weekend! We are loving this COOL weather!!!

A General Note to Our Parents

Dear Mom and Dad,
I am in desperate need of school supplies. These first 8 weeks have really been busy for me. My immediate needs are notebook paper, eraser caps and pencils. I wrote this note in my planner as well, but I forgot to show it to you.

Thank you for helping me be successful in school.
Your son or daughter!

An Amazing Night!

The sky was alive with color tonight! It was hard to capture just how vibrant it was. But WOW! it was so pretty to watch! The colors were so real! Almost like a painting!

The moon was out tonight! At first it was to the right of the lights, and as the night progressed it moved to the left! And it kept right on moving to the West!

* It was fun to see an "old" student today, who reported that she has all A's in 6th grade. Of course we expected that from Mahnoor! Rock On!!

* Tomorrow is the last day to bring in your recorder money- Please bring in $4.50 so you will be able to play in Music

* PE is every other Wednesday. So far, it has worked out that it is on NON- Early Release days. Please make sure you are wearing shoes that you can run in LIKE - Sneakers, tennis shoes, JORDANS or whatever your style may be! Flats, sandals, and Crocs just really don't work well for PE.

* Week 9 starts Monday. Please check with us to make sure you have turned in all your work! We will have a few more grades so there is still time to pull up any low grades! Remember to always do your best!

* Our Reading Celebration is next Thursday. It is a show called "The Miracle of Science". Really looking forward to that!

* PTA Fundraiser is due Friday. Please make sure to turn in your order!

* Gator Bowl tickets are on sale! $20.00 is a great deal!!