J. Michael Conley Elementary School at Southwood

This website is my class newsletter.

Please check it DAILY for updates.

Parent Announcements:  (Can't find it here anymore...? Check the "archive" page.)

-(9/10) If your child is interested in serving on the Student Council this year, please download and fill out these forms. Please note...

Also, please note that safety patrols can NOT also be on the student council. The meetings overlap with each other and Coach Vance needs her patrols at their assigned locations. Fifth grade students must pick between student council and safety patrols.

  Qualifications and job descriptions    Application

-(9/9)(9/4)  Next Week....THIS IS A CHANGE..   Tuesday FAST ELA,...  THURSDAY Math chapter 1 review (   Pgs 31-36   ),...  FRIDAY Math chapter 1 test, ....  THURSDAY Science test on the job of science and engineering.

-(9/1) FAST is here....   Math 1st round this Wednesday  & ELA next TUESDAY.

-(8/27) Coach Vance's newest "Afternoon Car Pick-up Hero" video.

-(8/27) To our "School Choice"families: A VERY IMPORTANT letter was put in Junior's mailbox this morning.  It is from our registrar and has very important information and directions for you.  Please make sure you get it from Junior.

-(8/18)  Need home work help?.....   Need tutoring assistance?   The Leroy Collins Leon County Public Library has resources available to K-8 students.

-(day 1) Mr. Threadgill sent a  1st day information letter that covers everything from walkers and arriving at school to lunch menus and dismissal routines.  There are two attachments discussed in the email. I have them linked in the items below

-(day 1) I communicate only through school email or school land-line phone.   Because Ms. McGrotha and I will be involved in teaching activities throughout the day. We often will not be able to answer phone calls. The best way to contact us is through email. I check my email 2 to 3 times a day and will do my best to contact you by the end of the day.  I’m sure there will be a lot of questions during the first weeks of school and I look forward to communicating with you.   

Mr. C's email:   christianos@leonschools.net   

Ms. McGrotha's email:  mcgrotham@leonschools.net  

By making email your primary means of contact, it allows us to get back to you in a more timely manner.  

-(day 1) **If you need to change your child's dismissal plan for a particular day, please send an email to CSSOffice@leonschools.net by no later than 2:00 PM.  If you are planning to pick them up early from school, it should be done before 2:15.**

(day 1)-  Two great math fact games that I highly recommend on TangMath.com  -   Numtanga   &   Kakooma

           Numtanga is a game that helps students with number recognition in multiple formats.

           Kakooma is a multi level game that challenges growth in mastering multiplication and addition facts. 

Our classwork  (subject to change...  Please check EVERY day for updates)   

Week of   09/15/25    

Monday: 

Math –        Chp 2 Lesson 1  Divide with 2 Digit Divisors... Here are the lesson pages 39-40 and the lesson video...   Please complete select questions from pages 41-42. 

Science –   Begin Unify LCS 5th grade  Online assessment  

Tuesday:     

Math –      Chp 2 Lesson 1  Divide with 2 Digit Divisors... Here are the lesson pages 39-40 and the lesson video...  Please complete select questions from pages 43-44.

Science –  finish Unify LCS 5th grade  Online assessment  

Wednesday:   

Math –         Waggle Diagnostic Day 1

Science –         finish Unify LCS 5th grade  Online assessment  

Thursday:   

Math –     Chp 2 lesson 2  Interpreting the Remainder... Here are the lesson  pages 45-46 and a video from MrMathBlog...  Complete problems from pages 47-48 

Science – Lesson 1 Chapter 6   Science -  Matter and its Physical Properties.  Today we'll do a vocabulary introduction.  Please read pages 179-185

Friday: 

Math –      Chp 2 lesson 2  Interpreting the Remainder... Here are the lesson  pages 45-46 and a video from Khan Academy...  Complete pages from pages 49-50 

Science –  Lesson 1 Chapter 6   Science -  Matter and its Physical Properties. Mixtures and solutions.  We'll watch a lesson video together and compare mixtures and solutions.

Week of 9/22

Monday:

Math –    Chp 2 Lesson 4  Using Block Diagrams with Division...  Here are the lesson pages 57-58 and a video from MrMathBlog...   Complete select questions from pages 59-60. 

Science –    Lesson 1 Chapter 6   Science -  Matter and its Physical Properties.  We'll look through the lesson reading and discuss our responses to the open questions on pages 175 & 185.  Complete and turn in pages 187-188.

Tuesday:

Math –    Chp 2 Lesson 4  Using Block Diagrams with Division...  Here are the lesson pages 57-58 and a video from MrMathBlog...  Complete select questions from pages 61-62.

Science –  Lesson 2 of snapshots science on Properties of matter.   We'll watch the video in class and discuss the 3 main ideas from the lesson.  No assignment

Wednesday:

Math –     Chapter 2 lesson 5  -Bar Models used to represent multiplication and division... (simple algebraic expressions).  Here are the lesson pages 63-64 . Complete pages 65-66.  (No Math assignment for block 2)

Science – Lesson 2 of snapshots science on properties of matter.  Today we'll complete the work on pages.   

Thursday:

Math –   We'll complete the digital lesson for lesson 2-5- Modeling multiplication and division equations.  (It'll be in ED-Learning in your assignment list) 

Science – 

Friday:

Math –   Chapter 2 lesson 6  -Bar Models for Multi-step problems...  (Draw you plan)  Here are the lesson pages 69-70 . Complete pages 71-72 

Science – 

Daily Schedule  

Did Junior forget an assignment... was he or she absent... here they are.  Any late assignments that are turned in will be put in the gradebook, but will lose 10% unless there is an excused absence attached to the day the assignment was given or due.

Assignment pages for this quarter:

Work that's in the gradebook

Math                                                Science

  pages 417-418

   pages 427-428                                    Pg 138 Snapshots           

  page 429-430.                                                      

    page 431                                              

   pages 435-436.                                                                                       

    pages 9-10                                           

     pages 17-18                                  

pages 23-24                                        

 Numeric expressions WS                                                               

 from 29-30.                                          

_Past Work

Week of   09/08/25    

Monday: Math –       Lesson 1-4 Estimating in Division  Here are the lesson pages. N/A   Please complete select pages from 27-28.  Here's a video from MrMathBlog. 

Science – Clay boat engineering challenge-Day 2.  Today the students will follow the engineering process to design and build clay boats that float and hold as much cargo as possible.  TODAY...  fix your design flaws and double your cargo....

Tuesday:     Math –      Lesson 1-4 Estimating in Division  Here are the lesson pages.    Please complete select pages from 27-28.   Here's a video from MrMathBlog. 

Science –   FAST    ELA     PM1

Wednesday:   Math –        Lesson 1-4 Estimating in Division  Here are the lesson pages.     Please complete select pages from 29-30.  Here's a video from MrMathBlog.  

Science –        Unit review....  What is Science - What is Engineering?

Thursday:   Math –          Chapter Review (Here are the review  notes and answers from today) (in class)  Pgs 31-36   

Science –    Unit test  pdf

Friday: Math –             Chapter 1 test    & Digital lesson "Divide with 2-digit divisors"  on ED Learning  

Science –     N/A

Week of   09/01/25    

Monday: 

No School Labor Day  

Tuesday:     Math –        Lesson 1-2 Dividing with 2 digit divisors:  Here are the lesson pages.  Complete pages 15-16 selected questions  MrMath Blog Video 

Science –   The Great Cookie Dunk-     Classroom experiment.     We'll Use our charts from yesterday to make graphs that compare cookie dunking strength and answer questions based on our data.

Wednesday:   Math –        Lesson 1-2 Dividing with 2 digit divisors:  Here are the lesson pages.  Complete pages 17-18 selected questions  Khan Academy video 

Science –        FAST    Math   PM1

Thursday:   Math –        Lesson 1-3  Using partial quotient division:   Here are the lesson pages.  Complete pages 21-22 selected questions.  MrMath Blog Video 

Science –        What is engineering?  Today we compare the Engineering process with the process for science and outline the engineering process.

Friday:  Math –      Lesson 1-3  Using partial quotient division:  Here are the lesson pages.  Complete pages 23-24 selected questions.   Khan Academy video 

Science –   Clay boat engineering challenge-Day 1.  Today the students will follow the engineering process to design and build clay boats that float and hold as much cargo as possible.

Week of   08/25/25        Science Quiz this Friday            Next Tuesday...  Chapter 12 math test.

Monday: 

Math –    Students have 2 tasks to complete 

•  Today you will access ED-Learning and look for the lesson titled, "Evaluating Numerical Expressions."  You are to complete the interactive student lesson. 
•   There is a worksheet with 5 short word problems. 

Science –    Students will need to get a copy of the green “Snapshots” science book.

• You are to read pages 134-137. 
• You are to copy the vocabulary and definitions on page 134 into your Science Notebooks.
• Lastly, ON A SHEET OF LINED PAPER, you are to write and answer the 11 questions on page 138. 

*****Dr. Crump will collect the math worksheet and the science questions at the end of the period.  If you are not done, I will collect it from you on Tuesday.*****

Tuesday:     Math –         Chapter 12 Math test.

Science –        Scientific Method Discussion.  We'll build an anchor chart that we'll use throughout the year. 

Wednesday:   Math –      Finish I-Ready Diagnostic

Science –  Quiz-    observation, evidence & the scientific method.

Thursday:   (Open House tonight)  Math –      Chapter 1 Lesson 1: Multiply Multi-digit numbers .  Here are the lesson pages.   Please complete pages 9-10   Here's  a video from khan academy for this lesson.    Tiger question.

Science –     The Great Cookie Dunk-  Classroom experiment.     We'll gather data on cookie strength based on timed dunking of cookies in milk.  With this we'll practice making charts and graphs.

Friday:  Math –      day 2 Chapter 1 Lesson 1: Multiply Multi-Digit Numbers.  Here are the lesson pages.    Please complete pages 11-12.    Here is a  video from MrMathblog.com for the lesson 

Science –   The Great Cookie Dunk-  Classroom experiment.     We'll gather data on cookie strength based on timed dunking of cookies in milk.  With this we'll practice making charts and graphs.

Week of 8/18

Monday-    Math –      Lesson 12-3 Evaluating Numeric Expressions.  The lesson pages are found on pages 427-428.  Please complete the selected questions on page 429-430.   Here is a Khan Academy video and another math video on the order of operations to help you.

Science –      Investigation:  Making Claims, giving Evidence, telling your Reasoning.  Control trial, Controls, variables procedures.  Pages 7-10 

Tuesday:     Math –      Lesson 12-3 Evaluating Numeric Expressions.  The lesson pages are found on pages 427-428.  Please complete page 431  Here is a Khan Academy video and another math video on the order of operations to help you.   

Science –         The Scientific Method(s)   We'll review a video and discuss the finer points of the Scientific Method>     Here's a video about the scientific method.

Wednesday:   Math –      Quiz today ---Evaluate Expressions using PEMDAS, Write expressions from a word problem & Identify Common X & + properties

Science –     Observations Inferences and Opinions.  We'll watch and discuss a video about these and discuss their place in science.  

Thursday:    Math –      Lesson 12-4 Evaluate expressions with parentheses.  The lesson pages are found on on pages 433-434.   Please complete the selected questions on  pages 435-436.

Science –     Qualitative observations vs. Quantitative observations.   

Friday:  Math –      Chapter review and Check work from lesson 12-4  pages 435-436.

Science –   Today we'll look at how to use one of our classroom resources, Snapshots Science, and we'll do a review of writing numeric expressions on ED-Learning to prep for our math test on Tuesday. 

Week of   08/11/25            

Monday: Math –      Our focus today and tomorrow will be lesson 12-1.  Here are the lesson pages from the text pg 415-416.  We’ll develop the rules for the different properties we use regularly in general math.  Then we’ll work on an interactive practice problem set together.    N/A

Science –     Observation activity  N/A

Tuesday:   Math –      Our focus today will again be lesson 12-1.  Here are the lesson pages from the text pg 415-416.  We’ll use an interactive video from ED-Learning then we’ll complete pages 417-418 (selected problems) in class. 

Science –        What is Science? What is a Scientist?    Ology & Ologist.  

Wednesday:   Math –      Our focus today will be lesson 12-2; writing numeric expressions. Here are the lesson pages from the text pg 421-422.  We’ll practice writing expressions for word problems using different properties we developed in lesson 12-1.  Then we’ll work on an interactive practice problem set together. 

Science –     What do scientists do?   The skills of science.  

Thursday:    Math –      Our focus today will be lesson 12-2; writing numeric expressions.      Here are the lesson pages from the text pg 421-422.  We’ll use an interactive video from ED-Learning then we’ll complete pages 423-424 (selected problems) in class. 

Science –      The tools that scientists use.  The concept of Measurement.

Friday:  Math –      Lesson 12-3 Evaluating Numeric Expressions.  The lesson pages are found on pages 427-428.  Please complete the selected questions 428 problem B only  on page 429-430. 

Science –  The tools that scientists use.  The concept of Measurement.

Having difficulty logging in to your child's classlink account (or FOCUS) at home..?

The process is simple:

1. Go to the school or LCS website,
2. Click on the Classlink link.
3. When prompted for username or email, use their student email, which is their student ID (found on your Portal account) which in most cases starts with 171.... or 1800..... and is 9 digits in length, followed by @edu.leonschools.net        For example:    180001234@edu.leonschools.net
4. When prompted for their password, it is the same 5 (or for a few 6) digit PIN they use at school.  

That should get you in to their ClassLink account... If you have more than one child who is a student using a computer at home, I suggest NOT saving the login information in your browser as it will make it next to impossible for the 2nd or 3rd children to log in to their own accounts.

Email me if you have need for their ID number and PIN....

Link to FDOE's FAST resource & practice page

Link to a printout of my powerpoint on how to find the FAST resource and practice page.