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Spelling: We played a game to review the common spelling patterns for the /k/ sound: k, ck, ch, qu, c. This will be the skill tested on the spelling test coming on Monday.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 24-26 were reviewed Friday.

Reading: Students presented their Literature Circles projects today.

Writing: None today due to an extended time with Literature Circles projects.

Technology: Students practiced using their MrHowd.com email addresses and started Math Skills. Have your student show you their email account!

Math: Students were introduced to Math Skills today.Science: We completed the Question Search experiment today. Students traded their “weird” objects with other students. Each student had to name, describe, diagram and write questions for their unknown objects.

We’ll have a sound science test coming up on Monday. The test will assess these concepts:

• vibrations
• high and low pitches
• volume
• how to change pitch with length, speed of vibrations and tension
• forms of energy

Social Studies: We learned that the Northeast is famous for fishing. Homework is to finish the SQ3R: Four Seasons and Fishing organizer.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 2
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 20
• Hours with no orange magnets (record: 29): 20

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Schedule your Fall Parent Teacher Conference online now and avoid work and family schedule conflicts.
• View grades, assignments, attendance and even the report card at SnapGrades.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Sign up for daily email updates, including activities, homework and important information.

Spelling: We reviewed the common spelling patterns for the /k/ sound: k, ck, ch, qu, c

Cursive: Cursive pp. 24-26 are due Friday.

Reading: Students continued working on their Literature Circles projects to tell the class about their books. The projects will be shared on Friday. We also practiced looking back into the text to find answers to questions, trying to match up the words from the questions to the words in the text. This is an important skill on our weekly reading tests.

Writing: None today due to technology.

The next piece of writing, a personal narrative, will be due October 17. Students have been informed that writing pieces less than two pages in length (if handwritten) will probably not have enough information to help the reader understand the piece clearly.

Technology: Students took a STAR reading test and then started to set up their MrHowd.com email address.

Math: None today.

Science: We played a game to review for the sound science test coming up on Monday. The test will assess these concepts:

• vibrations
• high and low pitches
• volume
• how to change pitch with length, speed of vibrations and tension
• forms of energy

Social Studies: We continued to learn that the Northeast is famous for having four seasons, including a colorful fall. Homework is to finish the four seasons part of the SQ3R organizer.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 3
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 18
• Hours with no orange magnets (record: 29):15

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Bring a weird object tomorrow! We will be using a weird object in science class tomorrow!
• Schedule your Fall Parent Teacher Conference online now and avoid work and family schedule conflicts.
• View grades, assignments, attendance and even the report card at SnapGrades.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Sign up for daily email updates, including activities, homework and important information.

Spelling: We talked about idioms today, expressions that have a meaning different than their literal meaning (e.g., right off the bat, get the lead out, piece of cake).

Cursive: Cursive pp. 24-26 are due Friday.Reading: Students continued working on their Literature Circles projects to tell the class about their books. The projects will be shared on Friday.

Writing: We learned today to pick a theme, or topic, and stick to it. It makes it easier to write and easier to understand for the reader. Students also worked on their draft or started revising.

The next piece of writing, a personal narrative, will be due October 17. Students have been informed that writing pieces less than two pages in length (if handwritten) will probably not have enough information to help the reader understand the piece clearly.

Math: Today was the geometry test.

Science: We listened to Peter and the Wolf to see how the pitch of instruments was used to tell information in the story.Social Studies: None today due to library.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 4
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 15
• Hours with no orange magnets (record: 29):8

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Bring Western gear tomorrow! We will be taking a class picture tomorrow with a cowboy/cowgirl theme: hats, boots, bandanas, whatever!
• Schedule your Fall Parent Teacher Conference online now and avoid work and family schedule conflicts.
• View grades, assignments, attendance and even the report card at SnapGrades.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Sign up for daily email updates, including activities, homework and important information.

Spelling: We practiced reading homographs (words that are spelled the same but have different pronunciations or meanings) in sentences. Try a few:

1. The bandage was wound around the wound.
2. The farm was used to produce produce.
3. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4. We must polish the Polish furniture.
5. He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7. Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present .
8. A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10. I did not object to the object.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 24-26 are due Friday.

Reading: Students planned Literature Circles projects to tell the class about they books they have just read. The projects will be shared on Friday.

Writing: Students had another chance to complete a free write in which they wrote down as many details as they could remember in a 3-5 minute time period. The details, which don’t need to be in sentence form, can be used in their rough draft.

The next piece of writing, a personal narrative, will be due October 17. Students have been informed that writing pieces less that two pages (if handwritten) in length will probably not have enough information to help the reader understand the piece clearly.

Math: Today we played a game to review for the geometry test coming up tomorrow. The test will assess the following concepts:

• Recognizing, naming and drawing two- and three-dimensional figures
• Determining edges, faces, vertices and face shapes of 3-D figures
• Naming and drawing rays, lines, line segments and angles
• Recognizing symmetry and transformations (flips, turns, slides)

Here is a practice test, key and some 2-D and 3-D figures to practice.

Science: We reviewed the experiments from yesterday and wrote notes in our minibooks about how tension is related to pitch. Homework is to complete the Good Vibrations response sheet.

Social Studies: Students turned in their Northeast: Appalachian Mountains, forests and factories WordSort and we started to learn about the four seasons fo the Northeast.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 3
• Orange magnets: 3
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 10
• Hours with no orange magnets (record: 29): 1

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Schedule your Fall Parent Teacher Conference online now and avoid work and family schedule conflicts.
• View grades, assignments, attendance and even the report card at SnapGrades.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Sign up for daily email updates, including activities, homework and important information.

Spelling: We learned that a homograph is a word that is spelled the same but has a different pronunciation or meaning (The wind is blowing. Please wind my clock.)

Cursive: Cursive pp. 24-26 are due Friday.

Reading: Students took an informational reading test today.

Writing: We talked about a quick way to remember details called freewriting. Students write down as many details as they can remember in a 3-5 minute time period and use the details in their rough draft.

The next piece of writing, a personal narrative, will be due October 17.

Math: We reviewed determining the number of edges, faces and vertices of 3D objects, as well as symmetry and transformations (flips, turns and slides).

Science: We completed two experiments to learn how tension is related to pitch (tighter strings make high pitches, and looser strings make low pitches). Homework is to complete the experiment activity worksheets, if not done in class.

Social Studies: We reviewed three features of the Northeast: Appalachian Mountains, forests and factories. Homework is to finish the WordSort activity started in class on Friday.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 3
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 3
• Hours with no orange magnets (record: 29): 9

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Schedule your Fall Parent Teacher Conference online now and avoid work and family schedule conflicts.
• View grades, assignments, attendance and even the report card at SnapGrades.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Sign up for daily email updates, including activities, homework and important information.