Happy Holidays!

Yesterday until the New Year is my favorite time of year! Why you ask?? Well, it's the time when people are usually in a mood of good cheer :-) Too bad we can't make it last all year!
We get to see our family, we have time off from school, and I love Christmas Music!!

We had a great time with our family yesterday, and hope you did too!

Can't wait to see you Monday! Get ready... these 3 weeks will be a blur... kind of like a blizzard!

Happy Holidays!

Marine Science and Catching UP!!

A scene from the beach - REALLY!!

Microscope Lab

Tomorrow is my favorite holiday! Probably because I like to cook and my family likes to eat :-)

We hope that each of you enjoy this time off with your family! In our house that means sleeping in, big breakfast, lazy day of football and then a huge family dinner with some close friends! And then Friday is the BIG Alabama vs. Auburn Game!!! Should be interesting to say the least!

When you look at the calendar you will see that we have three weeks until our big winter break. We will be very busy during this time- we will have three students compete in our Spelling Bee, we will take Benchmark Assessments, have a few holiday activities, and we will be wrapping up our unit on Fractions, Decimals, and Percents!

Make sure that your student is current on their 25 Book Goal- by the end of the 2nd nine weeks which will be mid-January they should have read 14 books!

***** stay tuned for fun Blog Changes ******

Marine Science Center

Don't forget... FRIDAY IS MARINE SCIENCE CENTER DAY!!!

*We will leave school on the bus between 8:30-8:45 -
*This is an all day field trip.
* Students need a bag lunch and a drink.
* Students can bring money to purchase a soft drink, however, those items may not be available for purchase so it is good to have a drink :-)
* Students can bring money for souvenirs
* You can check out the Marine Science Center at: http://www.duvalschools.org/msec/

* If you chaperone DON'T forget your lunch!

I have a lot of pictures to add- Will update the blog this weekend!

Fraction Benchmarks

*In Math we are really working with fractions! We have used Fraction Bars, Fraction Circles, and everyday we convert fractions into decimals, percents, and fractions using our Calendar Math work. We have talked a lot about factors, Greatest Common Factors (GCF), and Least Common Multiples (LCM). We will continue working in this unit for the next several weeks and WE NEED YOUR HELP!! Please check over your student's homework each night. This unit is not going away. Many of our students are struggling with finding like denominators. A lot of this struggle can be traced back to a weak understanding of multiplication facts!! Please help your child memorize facts 1-12.
* Remember there is No SCHOOL next Thursday and Friday. This is a short month for us, so it is important that students are here ON TIME, EVERYDAY!
*Gator Bowl Tickets will be on sale until Friday! This is a great New Year's Day Activity!

Moon Phases - Is there any other way?

Star Students - Sarah and Zachary! Rock ON SUPERSTARS!!!!

In other exciting news... check out our Moon activity with Oreos!

The Moon Phases! (We used Moon Charts as guides! Pretty Good!)

We have had a great time watching the Moon these last 30 days! Who knew it did all that?? Well, we have now graduated and we are Moon Experts! Ask us anything- we would love to tell you all about it!

* Moon journals are due Friday. Make sure you have a completed journal.

* Explorer Reports were due TODAY!!

* Remember Wednesday is EARLY RELEASE! Please make sure you know how you are getting home!