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March 1: Kg to Cummer
March 2: Read Across America Day!
March 3: Early Release Day
March 4: Patrol Skate Night
March 5: 2nd to MOSH
March 8: Kg to Cummer
March 9-18: FCAT testing
March 22-26: Open Airways
March 22: 5th to zoo
March 24: Early Release Day
March 25: ESE to Cummer
March 29: Quarter ends
March 30: JEA assembly
March 31: 3rd to Jax Lanes
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Chaffee Trail Elementary adheres to the standards-based curriculum of Duval County Public Schools, which is based on the America's Choice School Design. This includes a 2 1/2 hour literacy block comprised of Reader's and Writer's Workshops, Math Investigations, the 25-book campaign, and school-wide book-of-the-month selections.
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here for an overview of these programs
Chaffee Trail also prepares students for middle school through science and social studies standards
Science Learning Schedule:
The science strands below are listed in the order in which they should be taught. This sequence will help to prevent gaps in learning if or when students move from school to school. Strand H, Nature of Science, is introduced at the beginning of the year and then reinforced all year. You are encouraged to integrate reading, writing, and mathematics into science instruction.
|
Grading Period |
KG | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
| All year | Practice of Science: observe, compare, describe, sort, measure | Practice of Science: question, investigate, observe, describe, measure, compare, record | Practice of Science: question, investigate, observe, describe, measure, compare, record | Nature of Science: inquiry, measure weight, capacity (volume), length, temperature | Nature of Science: inquiry, measure weight, capacity (volume), length, temperature | Nature of Science: inquiry, measure weight, capacity (volume), length, temperature |
| 1st 9 weeks |
Practice of Science: Introduction to science and seasons Organization and Development of Living Things: Five senses and body parts for senses Properties of Matter: Observing and sorting Changes in Matter: Changing shape of materials |
Practice of Science: Introduction to science Properties of matter: Sort by properties Forces and Changes in Motion: Pushes and pulls Earth in Space and Time: Gravity Motion of Objects: How things move |
Practice of Science: Introduction to science Properties of Matter: Observe and measure properties of objects, states of matter Earth Systems and Patterns: Evaporation of water Changes in Matter: Physical changes |
Living Things and Their Environment: animal groups, plants, adaptations of animals and plants, producers and consumers | Earth and Space: earth's seasons; planets and the sun |
Matter: measuring matter,
physical properties, changes in state, physical and chemical changes Energy: Types and forms of energy, transfer of energy |
| 2nd 9 weeks | Forces and
Changes in Motion: Pushes and Pulls Motion of Objects: Investigating objects Forms of Energy: Sound Earth in Space and Time: Exploring gravity |
Earth in Space and Time: Stars and the sun Earth Structures: Rocks and soil, Earth changes |
Forms of Energy: Daly use of energy Forces and Motion: Pushes and pulls, magnetism Organization and Development of Living Organisms: human body |
Processes that Shape the Earth: rocks and soil, weathering and erosion, water cycle | Energy: electricity and magnetism |
Energy: forms of
energy, flow of energy, energy from the sun, fossil fuels Force and Motion: simple machines |
| 3rd 9 weeks | Earth in Space and Time: Day and Night, Observing objects in the sky |
Organization and Development of Living Organisms: Parts of plants, Living and non-living things |
Earth Systems and Patterns: Weather Earth Structures: rocks and soil |
Nature of Matter: properties of matter Energy: heat |
Processes of Life: human body systems, cells |
Force and Motion: Laws of motion Processes that Shape the Earth: Slow and fast changes Living Things and Their Environment: Ecosystems |
| 4th 9 weeks | Organization and Development of Living Organisms: Actual and fictional characteristics of animals and plants, observing and describing plants and animals |
Heredity and Reproduction: Plants, animals, and their parents Interdependence: needs of plants and animals |
Heredity and Reproduction: Life cycles of animals and plants Interdependence: Needs of living things |
Earth and Space: Earth as a sphere, earth's moon, stars | Force and Motion: sound, forces and motion, simple machines |
Nature of Science: Inventions, technology Energy: Transfer of energy as a bridge to Grade 6 |
| Field trips | Strand F: Jacksonville Zoo | Strand F: Jacksonville Zoo | Strand F: Jacksonville Zoo | Strand F: Tree Hill | Strand E: MOSH planetarium | Marine Science Center |
To find out what your child is
learning for each academic subject, check out the district's newsletter
for academic information on each grade level.
Click on the icon below for access
to Destination Success, a portal for interactive academic activities on
Riverdeep to help your child learn! Username is FirstnameLastname142 (no
spaces. ex: JohnSmith142). Password is birthmonthday
Chaffee Trail Elementary is
dedicated to engaging the students in project-based, inquiry learning
through resources such as Apple technology. Click on the link below to
see some student-created projects such as podcasts and movies based on Duval County standards:
Chaffee
Trail Elementary Projects
Students in all grade levels read
the following books each month. The books are read many times, each time
focusing on a different literacy aspect such as author's purpose or
inferring. Students create a response to literature, which may
incorporate an aspect of writer's workshop, or a project which
synthesizes concepts learned.
All students in grades 3-5 take the
Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. 4th graders take Florida Writes
February 12-15, 2008. March 11-24, 2008, students in grades 3-5 take the
reading and math portions of FCAT and the Norm Referenced Test (NRT).
5th graders take the science portion of FCAT as well as reading and
writing.
Students can prepare
for the FCAT by logging in to FCAT Explorer.
Students can get their log-in information from their classroom teacher
August 24
September 8
September 22
October 6
October 20
November 2
November 18
December 7
January 6
January 25
February 8
February 23
March 9
(ex: January 5th= 0105 November
25th=1125)
!
September:
The
Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow
October:
Max's
Words by Kate Banks
November:
December:
January:
February:
March:
April:
May:
Students
can also do the quizzes and lay the games on Study Island to prepare.
Click on the logos to access the sites.
