Parents,
If you were at the FCAT workshop, and you were interested in taking a closer look at the PowerPoint that I shared describing what a fifth grader needs to know for the science FCAT test, here it is!  
Science FCAT Presentation.ppt    

Check Out Your Child's AR Progress! 

(Student ID # = User Name, Initials = password)

(This link will show you: what percent of goal your child has achieved, their average percent correct, their average book level, how they did on their last test, and what books they've read.  It will also allow you to look up AR books from home.  It's really a GREAT resource!)

 

Parent Link

(This link will allow you to see your child's grade averages, grades on particular assignments/tests, and what assignments are missing.  A "Z" indicates the assignment was never turned in and that they received a zero.  An "X" means that they were exempt from the assignment/test and this won't count for or against them.  This could be due to an absence.)

 

Vocabulary

Vocabulary tests in science and social studies will be given weekly.  It is important for students to study their vocabulary nightly to succeed.  New words will occur each week, but old words will also be tested, so please study all!
 
This Week's Vocabulary Words are in Bold:

 

 

Planners

 

Planners are used as a form of communication between parent and teacher and student and parent. Feel free to jot me a note.

Planner marks for behavior and work habits are abbreviated to save time.  The key for the code is in the front of your child's planner.

Homework is written in the planners daily.  It is encouraged to work with your child on homework.  Please check off each piece of homework as your child shows it to you once they have completed it.

Planners should be signed daily (but not ahead of time).  This ensures me that you are aware of assignments, grades, behavior, and have read any note.

Science Words: adaptation- an external (outside your body) physical feature on an animal or plant that helps it survive, producer- the name given to plants because they "produce" or make their own food, consumer- the name given to animals because the "consume" or eat food for energy, photosynthesis- the process that occurs in plants when they make their own food, oxygen- given off by plants during photosynthesis which animals need, carbon dioxide (CO2)- given off by people which plants need for photosynthesis and take in through their stomata, stomata or stoma- tiny holes on the underside of leaves that take in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen and water, respiration cycle- the cycle of exchanging carbon dioxide and oxygen through plants and animals, pollination- the process of reproduction of plants by taking pollen from the stamen and depositing it into the pistil of another plant, vascular system- found in the stem or trunk of a tree and used to transport water and glucose to the parts of the plant that need it, xylem- found in the vascular system and transports water from the roots to the leaves, phloem- found in the vascular system of the plant and transports glucose to the parts of the plant that need it, herbivore- animal that only eats plants, carnivore- animal that only eats meat, omnivore- animal that eats both plants and animals, vertebrate- animal with a backbone, invertebrate- animal without a backbone,  liquid-state of matter that takes the shape of its container, solid- state of matter that has a definite shape with molecules packed closes together and vibrating, gas- state of matter where the molecules are spread farthest apart and move the fastest, molecules- the particles that make up matter and are made of tiny atoms, volume- home much space something takes up or how much it can hold, density- how closely together the molecules are packed, mass- how much matter something contains, weight- the gravitational pull on an object based on its mass, mixture- a combination of matter that can easily be separated, solution- a combination of matter that when mixed looks to be one substance and isn't easy to separate, suspension- a combination of matter that when mixed one of the substances floats on top of or in the other substance,  matter- anything that takes up space, solar system- a star and the objects that orbit around that star, planets- a body that revolves around a star, star- a large ball of hot, glowing gas in space, constellation- a group of stars that forms a picture if you "connect the dots", universe- everything that exists, galaxy- groups of stars, dust, and gas in the universe, asteroid- giant rocks in space, asteroid belt- orbit of asteroids between Jupiter and Mars, gravity- pulls everything to the core of the Earth, orbit- path of a planet, revolve- go around the sun, rotate- spin, axis- imaginary line that passes through the North and South poles, Northern hemisphere- the top half fo the Earth, Southern hemisphere- the bottom half of the Earth, equator- imaginary line that divides the Northern and Southern hemispheres, inner planets- rocky and dense, four closest to Earth, outer planets- made of gas, have rings, many moons, four farthest from Earth, igneous rock- rocks that form when melted rock cools and hardens, sedimentary rock- rocks formed from sediments that become 'glued' together, metamorphic rock- rocks formed from other rocks due to heat and pressure, drought- an extended period of time w/ no precipitation, atmosphere- a blanket of air that surrounds the Earth, troposphere- the layer of the atmosphere closest to us where all weather and life occurs, air pressure- the weight of the atmosphere pressing down on the Earth, evaporation- liquid turning to a gas by heat, condensation- gas turning into a liquid by cooling, humidity- the amount of water vapor (gas) in the air, precipitation- water that fall from the atmosphere in the four forms of rain/sleet/snow/or hail, water cycle- the process of water moving from the surface of the Earth to the atmosphere and back again, air mass- large body of air with the same temperature and humidity throughout, front- border where two air masses meet, climate- the type of weather an area usually experience, natural resource- something made from nature that we need or use, renewable resource- can be made again without waiting too long.  We won't run out of these, nonrenewable resource- takes millions of years to make again.  We can run out of these, inexhaustible resource- resources that we don't use up.  We don't take away from these, crust- the outer layer of the Earth, mantle- the middle of the Earth, core- the center of the Earth, Continental Drift,- the theory that the plates of the Earth have moved and caused the continents to shift apart,  Pangaea- the name of the super continent that scientist think was once around, erosion- water and wind wearing away the Earth through rain, wind, or sediment running through water, weathering- wind wearing away the Earth, deposition- sediment that is "deposited" in the water, delta- a land form formed at the bottom of a river through built up sediment, plate- a section of the Earth's crust and upper mantle that floats on the lower mantle, hypothesis- an educated guess, data- information collected, constant or control- something in an experiment that stays the same.  It does not change, variable- something in an experiment that DOES change.  There should only be one variable in an experiment, investigation, a procedure that you carry out by observing with your senses, experiment- the procedures that are carried out for a scientist to test their hypothesis, dropper- an instrument used to draw up small amounts of liquid, observe- to "look" at with your senses, conclusion- the end result in an experiment, what you found out, infer/predict- putting together what you already know and what you observe to hypothesize or predict, scientific method- the five to six steps scientists use to test a hypothesis

Social Study Words:  region- an area of land that shares common features, population region- the number of people that live in a specific region, equator- the 0 degree line of latitude that divides the Earth in half, Prime Meridian- the 0 degree line of longitude that divides the Earth the Earth in half, parallels- another name for lines of latitude, latitude- imaginary lines that run east and west, longitude- imaginary lines that run north and south, hemisphere- half of the Earth, scale- found on a map and used to determine distance between two places, compass rose- a symbol that identifies directions on a map, cardinal directions- the standard directions of north, south, east, and west, intermediate directions- directions that fall between the cardinal or standard directions, geography- the study of Earth and the people around it