May 20th, 2010
Class activities for Thursday, May 20
Spelling: We reviewed the their/there/they’re and theirs/there’s homophones.
Cursive: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due on Fridays.
Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.
Writing: We learned about using line breaks to create whitespace in poetry.
A collection of poems is due into portfolios on Monday, May 24.
Math: Students played a game to review division today.
Science: We talked about how humans, plants and animals of the same kind will still show various differences.
Social Studies: We discussed outsourcing and how competition can drive jobs to be moved to other companies or countries.
- Yellow magnets: 3
- Orange magnets: 1
- Red magnets: 0
- STAR Awards: 0
- Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 11
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Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 5th grade.
