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Spelling:  We practiced spelling words by chunking them into syllables.

Cursive: Cursive worksheet pp. 38-40 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: Students continued to work on their Literature Circles projects today to tell the class about their book. The projects will be presented at the end of this week.

Writing: Students started working on revising conferences today.

The next piece of writing, a personal narrative, will be due Friday, October 16. Students should be revising by now.

Math: We started reviewing place value today. Homework is to finish Journal pp. 31-33. The class was quite inefficient with their math time today, resulting increased homework.

Science: We reviewed our last experiment about states of matter and discussed solids, liquids and gases.

Social Studies: The class finished working on their Underground Railroad test from last week.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 2
• Orange magnets: 1
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week: 3

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

Notes:

• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.
• Tentative plans are being made for our Halloween party, which will be a Hawaiian Beach Bash! It looks like our party will be Friday, October 30 from 9:30 am until around noon. We will need some help coordinating food and donations. Would anyone like to help coordinate that? Just contact me and I can give you further information.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 5th grade.

Spelling:  We reviewed long i spelling patterns by looking at some idioms:

• sit tight = be patient
• on the ball = attentive
• a whale of a time = having a good time

Cursive: Cursive worksheet pp. 35-37 were due today. Students also completed a cursive quiz today.  The class median grade for cursive is currently at 3+, which means that at least half the class “needs further development” in cursive writing. Practicing five minutes a night is a great way to improve speed and accuracy.

Reading: Students worked on their Literature Circles projects today to tell the class about their book. The projects will be presented next week.

Students also completed a STAR reading test. The STAR test is a computerized, adaptive test, adjusting to each student’s reading level. The results of this test are used to place students into reading groups, and also to track individual and class growth. The class average reading level for October was 4.13, giving us a class goal of reaching 5.03 by the end of the school year. You can check your student’s reading level by visiting SnapGrades.

Writing: Students worked on revising their piece of writing today.

The next piece of writing, a personal narrative, will be due Friday, October 16. Students should be revising by now.

Math: None today due to working on a writing prompt for the McGrath Writing Committee.

Science: Students completed an experiment today about matter, solids, liquids and gases. Homework is to finish the experiment if not done in class.

Social Studies: None on Fridays.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week: 6

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

Notes:

• Would you like to volunteer for a class event? Download and print a volunteer information form (PDF).
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.
• Tentative plans are being made for our Halloween party, which will be a Hawaiian Beach Bash! It looks like our party will be Friday, October 30 from 9:30 am until around noon. We will need some help coordinating food and donations. Would anyone like to help coordinate that? Just contact me and I can give you further information.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 5th grade.

Spelling:  We learned that homophones have the same spelling, but have a different pronunciation or meaning. Here’s a few to try:

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.

Cursive: Cursive worksheet pp. 35-37 are available and due Friday.

Reading: Students started Literature Circles projects today to tell the class about their book. The projects will be presented next week.

Writing: None today due to technology.

The next piece of writing, a personal narrative, will be due Friday, October 16. Students should be nearing the completion of their draft and be ready to start revising for the rest of this week.

Math: Students completed a geometry test about these ideas:

• Polygons (rules, names of common polygons)
• Types of triangles
• Rays, lines, line segments
• 3D figures, including names and how to count vertices, edges and faces

Science: We made matter and energy minibooks and wrote notes about energy.

Social Studies: None today due to art.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 2
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week: 5

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

Notes:

• Would you like to volunteer for a class event? Download and print a volunteer information form (PDF).
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.
• Tentative plans are being made for our Halloween party, which will be a Hawaiian Beach Bash! It looks like our party will be Friday, October 30 from 9:30 am until around noon. We will need some help coordinating food and donations. Would anyone like to help coordinate that? Just contact me and I can give you further information.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 5th grade.

Spelling:  Students received the Unit 2 spelling worksheet today. Students can download current and future spelling worksheets from the spelling page.

Cursive: Cursive worksheet pp. 35-37 are available and due Friday.

Reading: None today due to the late start.

Writing: None today due to the late start.

The next piece of writing, a personal narrative, will be due Friday, October 16. Students should be nearing the completion of their draft and be ready to start revising for the rest of this week.

Math: We practiced equivalent names for numbers (e.g., 5+2 = 10, 20-10=10, 5*2=10). Homework is to finish Journal pp. 29-30. The geometry test will be tomorrow, and will be about these ideas:

• Polygons (rules, names of common polygons)
• Types of triangles
• Rays, lines, line segments
• 3D figures, including names and how to count vertices, edges and faces

Here is a study guide for the test, and here is the answer key for the study guide.

Science: None today due to library.

Social Studies: Students took a test over the underground railroad.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 2
• Magnets moved this week: 3

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

Notes:

• Would you like to volunteer for a class event? Download and print a volunteer information form (PDF).
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.
• Tentative plans are being made for our Halloween party, which will be a Hawaiian Beach Bash! It looks like our party will be Friday, October 30 from 9:30 am until around noon. We will need some help coordinating food and donations. Would anyone like to help coordinate that? Just contact me and I can give you further information.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 5th grade.

Spelling:  We reviewed common spelling patterns for the long i sound (-ind, -igh, i, y, and i-consonant-e).

Cursive: Cursive worksheet pp. 35-37 are available and due Friday.

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: We learned about writing interesting, spicy action verbs to describe the action and help the reader to picture the writing.

Today was also drafting/revising day. The next piece of writing, a personal narrative, will be due Friday, October 16. Students should be nearing the completion of their draft and be ready to start revising for the rest of this week.

Math: We reviewed for the geometry test on Thursday. The test will be about these ideas:

• Polygons (rules, names of common polygons)
• Types of triangles
• Rays, lines, line segments
• 3D figures, including names and how to count vertices, edges and faces

Here is a study guide for the test, and here is the answer key for the study guide.

Science: The last group of students finished their Energy Fair presentations today.

Social Studies: We wrote notes about the underground railroad in our minibooks and reviewed for tomorrow’s test over the underground railroad.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 3
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 3
• Magnets moved this week: 3

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

Notes:

• Would you like to volunteer for a class event? Download and print a volunteer information form (PDF).
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.
• Tentative plans are being made for our Halloween party, which will be a Hawaiian Beach Bash! It looks like our party will be Friday, October 30 from 9:30 am until around noon. We will need some help coordinating food and donations. Would anyone like to help coordinate that? Just contact me and I can give you further information.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 5th grade.