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Spelling: We reviewed the idea that suffixes are added to the end of base words; however, some words, such as irregular verbs, do not have suffixes. Some irregular verbs: run/ran, think/thought, give/gave, meet/met.

Cursive: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due Fridays. Students also completed a cursive quiz today.

Reading: None today due to our Feb Factor Valentine’s party.

Writing: Today was our final in-class work day for the Choose Your Own Adventure fiction stories, created on a website at sites.mrhowd.com. This story was due today, February 13. An example of the Choose Your Own Adventure genre can be found here and here. Here is a list of our stories:

• Savanna’s choose your own adventre
• Jared’s Sky Scream!
• Abby’s World War III Iran v.s U.S.A
• jacobs choose your own adventure
• Alexis’s choose your own adventure
• Jennifer ‘s Journey to the Edge of the Earth
• Emily’s choose your own adventure
• Emma’s Choose your own adventure
• avry’s secret mission
• lauren’s john cena
• Alyssa’s Red Ruby
• Riley’s ghost buisness
• chloe’s Weapon Destroyer
• shaylas vet
• Mackenzies csi case
• kullans choose your own adventure
• Donovan’s csi story
• Tyler’s choos your onwn advencher
• kaylals jungle person
• holly’s super ninja spys
• Michael’s What’s Your Next Move?
• Joseph’s World ll
• kayla s Choose Your Own Adventure ‘mother nature’
• matt’s sumo reslling
• crystal choose your addventer
• Morgan’s jungle cat missing
• Joshua’s Indy Adventure
• kyle’s one bad ending
• Hunter,s chooes your owen agvancer

You can also click here to browse our Choose Your Own Adventure stories.

Math: None today due to working on writing.

Science: None today due to our Feb Factor Valentine’s party.

Social Studies: We finished our “escape from slavery” on this website.

Our party was so good, it was scary, literally! We passed out our cards and ate sloppy joes, chips, and fruit. Games included sticking conversation hearts, slurping gummy hearts, affixing stickers, and munching cranberries (note to self: the class does not like cranberries). Stay tuned for pictures! Thanks to everyone who donated food and supplies; we had more than enough!

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 1
• Hours with no yellow magnets (record: 58): 12
• Days with no orange magnets (record: 39): 25

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

Notes:

• View grades, assignments, attendance and even the report card at SnapGrades.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• This week’s juice volunteers: Alexis and Jennifer

Spelling: Students practiced making compound words from clues (a spread on a bed, a fire at a campsite).

Cursive: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due Fridays.

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles. Some groups worked on making inferences as a reading strategy.

Writing: This week, students are continuing to work on their Choose Your Own Adventure fiction stories, created on a website at sites.mrhowd.com. This story is due February 13. An example of the Choose Your Own Adventure genre can be found here and here. Click here to browse our Choose Your Own Adventure stories.

Ask your student to show you their Choose Your Own Adventure story, and even click through their choices to see how the story is going! Students should be doing final revising and editing by now.

Math: None today due to art and an assembly.

Science: Students completed a mixtures MiniQuiz and made new minibooks about electricity and safety.

Social Studies: We continued to “escape from slavery” on this website.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 3
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 1
• Hours with no yellow magnets (record: 58): 6
• Days with no orange magnets (record: 39): 24

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

Notes:

• Our Feb Factor Valentine’s Party is this Friday from 1:30 pm to the end of the day. Students have volunteered for food items to bring, including sloppy joe mix, buns, chips, and drink boxes. Click here to see the volunteer list and add your name if you are coming to the party.
• View grades, assignments, attendance and even the report card at SnapGrades.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• This week’s juice volunteers: Josh and Savanna

Spelling: None today due to working on writing in the computer lab.

Cursive: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due Fridays.

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles. Some groups worked on questioning as a reading strategy.

Writing: This week, students are continuing to work on their Choose Your Own Adventure fiction stories, created on a website at sites.mrhowd.com. This story is due February 13. An example of the Choose Your Own Adventure genre can be found here and here.

Ask your student to show you their Choose Your Own Adventure story, and even click through their choices to see how the story is going! Students should be revising and editing by now.

Math: We practiced estimating (rounding) with decimals. Homework is to finish Journal p. 87 if not finished in class.

Science: None today due to extra time with writing in the computer lab.

Social Studies: We started a unit about the Underground Railroad by starting to listen to radio theatre Underground Railroad story and “escaping from slavery” on this website. I also gave students until tomorrow to complete their “I’m Talking Michigan” poem started yesterday.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 1
• Hours with no yellow magnets (record: 58): 1
• Days with no orange magnets (record: 39): 24

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

Notes:

• Our Feb Factor Valentine’s Party is this Friday from 1:30 pm to the end of the day. Students have volunteered for food items to bring, including sloppy joe mix, buns, chips, and drink boxes. Click here to see the volunteer list and add your name if you are coming to the party.
• View grades, assignments, attendance and even the report card at SnapGrades.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• This week’s juice volunteers: Josh and Savanna

Spelling: Today was a preview of upcoming spelling words.

Cursive: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due Fridays.

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles. Some groups worked on determining importance as a reading strategy.

Writing: This week, students are continuing to work on their Choose Your Own Adventure fiction stories, created on a website at sites.mrhowd.com. This story is due February 13. An example of the Choose Your Own Adventure genre can be found here and here.

Ask your student to show you their Choose Your Own Adventure story, and even click through their choices to see how the story is going!

Math: We started a peer coaching activity to review concepts from the last MiniQuiz over fractions, decimals and ordering decimals.

Science: Students used water to dissolve salt in a salt and sand mixture. Then they filtered out the sand. Finally, we boiled the water to get the salt back. Thus, we separated a mixture of salt, sand and iron filings.

Social Studies: Students wrote “I’m Talking Michigan” poems using what they learned about the Upper and Lower Peninsulas. Click the link for an example.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 0
• Hours with no yellow magnets (record: 58): 13
• Days with no orange magnets (record: 39): 23

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

Notes:

• Our Feb Factor Valentine’s Party is this Friday from 1:30 pm to the end of the day. Students have volunteered for food items to bring, including sloppy joe mix, buns, chips, and drink boxes. Click here to see the volunteer list and add your name if you are coming to the party.
• View grades, assignments, attendance and even the report card at SnapGrades.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• This week’s juice volunteers: Josh and Savanna

Spelling: None today due to discussion of last week’s activities with the guest teacher.

Cursive: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due Fridays.

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles. Some groups worked on connections and questioning as reading strategies.

Writing: None today due to the unavailability of the computer lab and an extended time with Literature Circles.

This week, students are continuing to work on their Choose Your Own Adventure fiction stories, created on a website at sites.mrhowd.com. This story is due February 13. An example of the Choose Your Own Adventure genre can be found here and here.

Ask your student to show you their Choose Your Own Adventure story, and even click through their choices to see how the story is going!

Math: None today due to art.

Science: We reviewed the concepts of mixtures (two or more objects that can be separated) and compounds (two or more objects that cannot be separated). A salad is a mixture because the lettuce, tomatoes, croutons, etc. can be separated, but a cake is a compound because the eggs, flour, milk, etc. cannot be separated after the cake is baked; the cake is a new compound, different from cake batter.

Students used this knowledge to separate iron filings (with a magnet) from a mixture of iron filings, salt and sand. Tomorrow’s challenge is to separate the sand and salt.

Social Studies: None today due to discussion of last week’s activities with the guest teacher.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 0
• Hours with no yellow magnets (record: 58): 6
• Days with no orange magnets (record: 39): 23

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

Notes:

• View grades, assignments, attendance and even the report card at SnapGrades.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• This week’s juice volunteers: Josh and Savanna