J. Michael Conley Elementary School at Southwood

This website is my class newsletter.

Please check it DAILY for updates.

Parent Announcements:  

-(1/15)  Report Cards are available after 4 PM .  Look  at this document for instructions aon how to access them.

-(01/13)  Some time this week (between Wednesday and Friday) I will be sending home permission slips for the Mag-lab.  We'll be going there on Feb 13th ans the cost will be                 5$.  I will also be sending home permission slips to 5 students who are new to Conley or who missed out earlier this year for our end of year trip to WonderWorks.

-(12/23)  On January 14th and 15th we will have our FAST Test PM2 assessments for ELA and Math.  This is the 2nd week back from break.

-(12/14)  the first of several middle school contacts will occur on January 22nd.  Both Cobb and Fairview Middle School will visit.  Please discuss this with your students. They will have to select                     one of the schools to sit in on that day.​

-(12/01)  It's that season of the year... no, not the Christmas Season, the season to prepare for 6th grade!!!!  Parents, UNLESS you plan to have Junior go to the middle school your address is zoned for and attend their "general-ed" program, YOU WILL NEED TO CHOOSE A SCHOOL.  This is true for ALL of the magnet programs around the county.  You are also going to have to be prepared to provide PROOF OF RESIDENCY to Ms. Porter some time in the spring.  ALL RISING 6th grade families will have to do this for registration purposes. 

               Keep your eyes on my website for updates concerning parent nights, middle school open-houses, and community events involving our middle school partners.  Many of the schools will have "shadowing-day" opportunities that Junior can participate in to help your family with the choices ahead.  Look weekly on their websites for announcements concerning those opportunities, or use their website to contact the school guidance counselors or magnet program coordinators concerning any questions you may have.  

                DON'T wait...  Feb 28th will be here before you know it and the school choice window will close.  Many of the magnet programs are number-capped, so get started soon.  Most of the magnet programs have teacher recommendation forms that must be processed as well as other forms that you will need to fill out.  It takes TIME for these forms to get processed... DON'T WAIT.

-(12/16)   From the Fairview Middle School Advance Placement Coordinator:    Please take a look at these two documents from Ms Thompson, the Fairview Magnet Program Coordinator.

                 Informational letter           Elementary school flier for rising 5th graders

-(8/09) 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.  

All info about grades, absences and making up assignments is moved to "archive" page.

-(8/09) *****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.*****

10/9-  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 01/20         

Monday:

No School -  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. observance day   

Tuesday: 

Math –       Chapter 9 review

Science –    Lesson 8-1- What are Forces?  Here is the vocabulary list.  Complete the lesson reading pages 391-403. Today we'll go through the reading today.

Wednesday:    

Math –       Chapter 9 test

Science –    Lesson 8-1- What are Forces?  Here is the vocabulary list.  Complete the lesson reading pages 391-403. Today we'll complete pages 404-408.

Thursday:    

Math –       Chapter 10-1   Multiplying fractions.  Lesson pages 339-340.  Here's are two lesson videos from MrMathBlog.com  Video 1  & Video 2.   Complete pages 341-342.

Science –    Lesson 8-2 (Inquiry) How do mass and force affect movement?  Pages 413-416.

Friday:    

Math –       Chapter 10-2 & 10-4   Comparing Relative sizes of Fractions and Mixed Numbers when multiplying.   We'll do both Digital Lessons in ED-Learning today.

Science –     Lesson 8-1- What are Forces?  Here is the vocabulary list.  Complete the lesson reading pages 391-403. Today we'll complete the  lesson Quiz and check  pages 404-408.

Week of 01/27         

Monday:

Math –      

Science –   Intro to space science unit....  No assignment...  Today we'll take a walk through the Solar System.   

Please check out these 3 web links on my website.  Go to the STUDENT RESOURCES page, Look for  2 video links- "Universal size comparison"  and  "Solar System size comparison", as well as the website link "If the Moon Were a Pixel."

Tuesday: 

Math –      

Science –  

Wednesday:    

Math –      

Science –  

Thursday:    

Math –      

Science –  

Friday:    

Math –      

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:

Math                                                Science

  pages 303-304.                                       pages 376-380.         

   pages 305-306.                                                 

   pages 311-312.

   pages 315-316.                          

Week of 01/13         

Monday:    Math –       Lesson 9-1  Add and Subtract Mixed Numbers with Unlike Denominators.  Here is the lesson video.  Lesson pages 301-302.  Complete pages 305-306.

Science –    Lesson 7-2  How do we use Electricity?  Here is the lesson vocabulary list.  The lesson reading is on pages 367-375.  We'll complete pages 376-380.

Tuesday:    Math –       Renaming mixed numbers to subtract.   Here's the lesson video.  Lesson pages 307-308.  Complete pages 309-310.

FAST ELA PM2

Wednesday:    Math –       Renaming mixed numbers to subtract.   Here's the lesson video.  Lesson pages 307-308.  Complete pages 311-312.

FAST Math PM2

Thursday:    Math –       Lesson 9-3  Describe and write fraction patterns -  Here's the lesson video.  Lesson pages are 313-314.  Complete pages 315-316.

Science –   Lesson 7-2  How do we use Electricity?  Here is the lesson vocabulary list.  The lesson reading is on pages 367-375.  We'll Check  pages 376-380. and complete the lesson quiz on ED-Learning.

Friday:    Math –       Lesson 9-4 Applying properties of addition.  Here's the lesson video.  Lesson pages 319-320.  Complete pages 321-322.

Science –    Lesson 8-1- What are Forces?  Here is the vocabulary list.  Complete the lesson reading pages 391-403. Today we'll complete the Digital lesson together.

Math test next Wednesday!!!!!!!!!!!!

Week of 01/06          

Wednesday:    Math –       Review-Estimating Fractions.  Lesson 8-3  Complete page Digital lesson on ED-Learning.

Science –    Lesson 7-2  How do we use Electricity?  Here is the lesson vocabulary list.  The lesson reading is on pages 367-375.  We'll finish the Digital lesson as a group.

Thursday:    Math –       N/A

Science –    County Grade 5 Science Mid-Year Assessment

Friday:    Math –       Lesson 9-1  Add and Subtract Mixed Numbers with Unlike Denominators.  Here is the lesson video.  Lesson pages 301-302.  Complete pages 303-304.

Science –    Lesson 7-2  How do we use Electricity?  Here is the lesson vocabulary list.  The lesson reading is on pages 367-375.  We'll review the lesson reading today as a group.

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....

Math test 3    Chp 3 Key  

Math test 4        Chp 4 key            

Math chapter 5   

Chapter 6 test

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