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***A guest teacher was with us yesterday, so those activites are included in this post.*** 

Spelling: Yesterday, students work on their spelling worksheets. Today’s spelling time was used to review open sentences from the math warmup. 

Cursive: Cursive worksheets pp. 48-50 are available and were due today.

Reading: Yesterday was a discussion day in Literature Circles, and today was a reading day. All groups have finished their books, and will begin projects to share their books next week.

Writing: Yesterday was a work day in Writer’s Workshop. Today’s minilesson was about including details to describe the setting of the story. Students should be revising at this time. The next piece of writing, some type of narrative (personal or fiction), is due December 22.

Math: Students worked on open sentences yesterday. A MiniQuiz was taken today.

Science: None today due to art.

Friends in Service Here (FISH): Thank you to all the families who donated gifts for our adopted girl. We had plenty of presents to wrap today, and it looks like your generosity will provide a wonderful Christmas.

Behavior Update:

Ask your student what kind of choices they made.

Notes:

• Juice Volunteers for Friday, January 5: Erin and DeMario. Click here for a full list of juice volunteers.
• Grand Blanc Lanes field trip this coming Wednesday! Click here for details.
• We are looking for donations of medium and short cardboard tubes (have plenty of short ones, thanks!) for class projects. The tubes can be sent in any time during the year; this project will be on-going. Thanks for any help you can give!

Spelling: Today we learned that the same spelling patterns can make different sounds, such as the ea in deaf and read. Students are working on the unit 5 spelling worksheets. Visit the spelling page to download a copy.

Cursive: Cursive worksheets pp. 48-50 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles. We also had library during which Mrs. Tritten read a book about German and English soldiers during World War I who stopped fighting on Christmas Eve to celebrate Christmas, even singing Stille Nacht (Silent Night).

Writing: Today was a work day in Writer’s Workshop. Students should be nearing revising at this time. The next piece of writing, some type of narrative (personal or fiction), is due December 22.

Math: We reviewed using parentheses in number sentences, and then learned about algebra and open sentences (10 + t = 15; t = 5). Homework is to finish journal pp. 71-72.

Science: None today due to art.

Social Studies: Students made new minibooks for Michigan’s land, water and regions, then wrote in notes about Michigan’s land, water and resources. We also discussed the concepts of weather and climate.

Behavior Update:

Ask your student what kind of choices they made.

Notes:

• Juice Volunteers for Friday, December 8: Kori and Abbey. Click here for a full list of juice volunteers.
• Grand Blanc Lanes field trip coming soon! Click here for details.
• We are looking for donations of medium and short cardboard tubes (have plenty of short ones, thanks!) for class projects. The tubes can be sent in any time during the year; this project will be on-going. Thanks for any help you can give!

Spelling: None today. Students are working on the unit 5 spelling worksheets. Visit the spelling page to download a copy.

Cursive: Cursive worksheets pp. 48-50 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.    

Writing: We learned today that every story has two parts: an inner story (the character’s thoughts and feelings) and an outer story (the plot and action). Students’ writing will be more interesting when both the inner and outer story are developed. The next piece of writing, some type of narrative (personal or fiction), is due December 22.

Math: We reviewed true and false number sentences, and then practiced using parentheses in number sentences. Students learned that the parentheses tell which part of the number sentence to start with first, and that changing the location of the parentheses changes the answer of the number sentence: (10/2)+3=5 versus 10/(2+3)=2. Homework is to finish journal pp. 68-69.

Science: Students worked on designing a poster about staying safe with electricity (avoid electrical equipment, keep cords away from water, don’t use damanged cords, don’t overload circuits, etc.). Homework is to finish the poster.

Social Studies: We played a game about Michigan’s natural resources: soil (growing blueberries, potatoes, beans, soybeans, cherries), copper, iron, timber and water.

Behavior Update:

Ask your student what kind of choices they made.

Notes:

• Juice Volunteers for Friday, December 8: Kori and Abbey. Click here for a full list of juice volunteers.
• Grand Blanc Lanes field trip coming soon! Click here for details.
• We are looking for donations of medium and short cardboard tubes (have plenty of short ones, thanks!) for class projects. The tubes can be sent in any time during the year; this project will be on-going. Thanks for any help you can give!