NEWS from Room P3
A note from Mea. Vazquez
Parents,
We are winding down the 1st semester this week! In addition to ending our
subject units this week, students will start Benchmark testing. This year,
reading, math, and science end of the year exams will take place on the
computer. This first round of benchmark practice exams are critical for us
teachers to get an overall idea of the strengths and weaknesses of each student.
We will be able to share the results of the benchmark tests with you at report
card conferences.
Per our Superintendent Jenkins, parent/teacher conferences scheduled for
October 29 need to be rescheduled for November 5. I apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause. I will be contacting parents to reschedule those
conferences. Please contact me if you have any questions, comments or
concerns!
Sincerely, Mrs. Vazquez
(407)249-6360 ext 3584281 ([email protected])
Reading & Language
*Test on Monday*
Target Reading skill:
--Lesson 7- Understanding
Characters (Old Yeller)
LAFS.5.RL.1.3: Compare and contrast
two or more characters, settings, or
events in a story or drama, drawing on
specific details in the text (e.g., how
characters interact).
Writing-- We continue to work on
finding the main idea of an article or
text and supporting the main idea with
details. We will use our graphic
organizer to as a pre-write and
students write their essay afterwards
using their own words. Grammar and
conventions will be embedded
with writing.
Main idea = Topic + the point
AR Goals
Congratulations to Dion
and Olivia for meeting
your AR goal!
The deadline to for
everyone else to meet
your goal is Wednesday
22nd. You can do it!!
MARK YOUR CALENDARImportant Dates
Be sure to mark your calendars
with the following important dates!
Oct 20-22
Media Center opens
at 7:30am
Oct 22
End of 1st semester
Oct 23-24 No School
Oct 27
Start of 2nd semester
Oct 27-30 Report Card
Conferences
MATH
Chapter 3: Add and Subtract
Decimals
**Test on Monday 10/20**
Students will describe the
relationship between two decimal
place-value positions, read and
write decimals through the
thousandths, order & round
decimals, and add and subtract
decimals.
Elijah Perez
Congratulations Elijah for being our
Student of the Week! Eli has an
amazing ability to make connections
in every subject, and he has some
serious leadership skills. As a result,
he’s a great partner and collaborator
in group work. He completes
homework consistently each week.
Eli’s manners are those of a
gentleman. Always polite and
respectful of peers and teachers
alike.
Keep up the great work Elijah!
SCIENCE
Big Idea 7- Earth Systems and
Patterns * Test 10/21*
Essential Question: How do factors
contribute to an environment’s
weather and climate? How do Earth’s
systems and patterns affect its weather
and climate? How would an
environment be affected by drastic
changes to the water cycle?
Vocabulary: air pressure, air
Vocabulary: place value, tenth,
temperature, anemometer,
hundredth, thousandth, round,
benchmark, sequence, term, greater atmosphere, barometer, barometric
pressure, climate, climate zone,
than, less than, strategy
condensation, desert, elevation,
equator, evaporation, Floridan aquifer,
front, hail, humidity, precipitation, rain,
run off, sleet, snow, states of matter,
swamp, temperate, tropical, water
cycle, weather