Week of March 19 - March 23

IMPORTANT DATES
March 21st:  Spring Pictures
March 26th:  All Pro Dads Breakfast

March 31st - April 8th:  Spring Break!

A Message from Ms. Julie

Children's Author Mez Blume is coming soon to visit with 2nd-5th grade students at Rocky Branch Elementary School! If you weren't yet able to order Blume's bestselling mystery novel Katie Watson and the Painter's Plot, the pre-order deadline has been extended to Friday, March 23. Mez Blume will be personally signing all pre-ordered books for students on the day of her school visit (Friday, March 30). Mez is also an engaging speaker who connects with students and inspires young readers! To make sure your child gets an autographed copy, please send payment ($10 for each book) with your child, indicating your child's name, teacher's name, and amount enclosed on the envelope. Checks can be made payable to Mary Elizabeth Blume. Thank you.

YEARBOOKS

We have approximately 50-55 yearbooks left to sell.  At this point, yearbooks will be reserved in the order they are received until we sell out.  We expect them to go quickly, so please send in your order/money ASAP.  The cost is $27. 

**The ABSOLUTE deadline to order is Monday, March 26th.**   

MATH

Block 1

MD.1 - Relative units of measurement

MD.2 - Word problems using the four operations, to include distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, mass, money, with fractions and decimals; also represent measurement using diagrams

MD.3 - Area and perimeter of rectangles

MD.4 - Use line plots containing fractions to +/- the fractions

MD.8 - Area

*We continue to move through our unit on measurement. This week we will focus on line plots, as well as area and perimeter.

HOMEWORK:
IXL: BB.2 and BB.6 (Due Friday)

Block 2

NF.1 - Explain why two or more fractions are equivalent
NF.2- Fraction comparison with different denominators
NF.3 - Adding fractions greater than 1, decomposing fractions with same denominators

*We continue to move through our unit on fractions. This week we will focus on adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators, as well as converting mixed numbers into improper fractions AND improper fractions into mixed numbers.

**Knowing multiplication facts is extremely important for this unit. Practice them nightly!!!**

**Wednesday, 3/21: Add/Sub Fractions Quiz**
HOMEWORK:

IXL REVIEW: Q.1, Q.2, Q.11, and Q.14 (Due Friday)

SCIENCE
Both Blocks

GSES4P1 - Nature of light, to include: Investigations to observe and record how light interacts with various materials to classify them as opaque, transparent, or translucent; Investigations on the path light travels from a light source to a mirror and how it is reflected by  the mirror using different angles; Investigations utilizing everyday materials to explore examples of when light is refracted (prisms, eyeglasses, and a glass of water).

*We continue to move through our unit on light. This week we will focus on how light travels from a light source to a mirror, as well as examples of how light refracts when hitting different surfaces/materials.

**Friday, 3/23: Light Quiz**

HOMEWORK:
Study Light Vocabulary (NIGHTLY)

Social Studies
BLOCK 2 ONLY

SS4H5 - Causes, major events, and consequences of Civil War, to include:

Impact of Uncle Tom’s Cabin  and John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry, Issues of states’ rights and slavery, Major battles, campaigns, and events – Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, the Atlanta Campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Appomattox Court House, Roles of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, and William T. Sherman, and the Effects of the war on the North and the South.

SS4E1c - How specialization improves standards of living, ie: differences in the economies of the North and South.

*We continue to move through our unit on the Civil War. This week we will focus on the major battles of the war.

HOMEWORK:

Look over notes in SS journal (NIGHTLY)