December 9th, 2009
Class activities for Wednesday, December 9
Spelling: Students completed a spelling and skill test today.
Cursive: Cursive worksheet pp. 48-50 are available and due on Monday.
Reading: Groups continued to work on Literature Circles projects in order to share their book with the class. The projects presented on Thursday and Friday of this week.
Writing: We talked about writing with fresh language, which is writing in a new, creative and interesting way. Here are some examples of fresh language from a poem we looked at in class:
- mournful lost voices of a foghorn;
- lazy lapping waves;
- gray-wrapped rocks;
- the fog hung, wet and dripping, from the clothesline with the bathing suits.
Students also starting revising their draft. The next piece of writing will be a fiction piece, due Friday, December 18. Students should be revising by now.
Math: We continued to review factors, products, multiples and prime numbers. Students made a construction paper “factor forest” consisting of two factor trees listing the factors below the product, three multiples in boxes below the tree, and a smaller factor tree with a prime number. Homework is to finish the factor forest if not completed in class. Here is an example of a factor tree for ideas.
Science: None today due to library.
Social Studies: We reviewed changes in the automobile industry over time, and discussed how life has changes for people in Michigan from the days of the pioneers in the 1800s, through the 1900s and to today.
- Yellow magnets: 1
- Orange magnets: 0
- Red magnets: 0
- STAR Awards: 0
- Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 1
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Notes:
- Our Mexican Fiesta party is Friday, December 18. Family members are needed to help with food preparations, set up, cleanup, and with the piñata. We also need help with food donations. Click here to see our volunteer list and add your name to the bottom if you are attending.
- Friends in Service Here (FISH) donations for our six-year old boy are due before December 11. Thanks for your generosity!
- Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
- View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.
Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 5th grade.
