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Spelling: None today.

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

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles.

Writing: We reviewed whitespace in a poem around a sentence or after or before words. This helps the reader to focus on the key ideas in a poem. We also learned how to have a double-focus in a poem. For example, a poem about “grandpa’s shoes” being big, rough and worn out could be talking about shoes, but also about how grandpa himself is big, rough and worn out.

Students continued to draft and revise poems today.

A collection of poems is due into portfolios on Friday, May 21.

Math: We reviewed the partial quotients method of division.

Science: We learned that only sugar is food for plants. Food is anything that provides energy, but not everything that is eaten is food. Vitamins, minerals, water and air are necessary for life, but are not food, because they provide no energy.

We also learned that plants make their own food (sugar) from water and carbon dioxide, using light.

Social Studies: We learned about how the global economy affects jobs, prices and quality of products in the US and in Michigan. Homework is to finish the Global Competition chart started in class.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 2
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 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:

• I-Search Gallery (view our I-Search presentations)
• Our Mackinac Trip is Friday, May 14. Get more information here.
• Find more information about Summer School, including dates and payment options.
• 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.

Spelling: None today.

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

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: Students continued to work on their poems today.

A collection of poems is due into portfolios on Friday, May 21.

Math: Students learned a new method to divide, called the partial quotients method. Homework is to complete Journal p. 152 (skip box 6 for now).

Science: Students completed a district science unit test today.

Social Studies: None on due to art.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 4
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 4

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

Notes:

• I-Search Gallery (view our I-Search presentations)
• Our Mackinac Trip is Friday, May 14. Get more information here.
• Find more information about Summer School, including dates and payment options.
• 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.

Spelling: None today.

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

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles.

Writing: We learned that poets arrange their words on a page to make use of whitespace. Poets don’t always write to the edge of the page, but choose exactly which words should go on a line. Some lines are so important, that they stand by themselves so the reader can think about them.

A collection of poems is due into portfolios on Friday, May 21.

Math: None today due to STAR Friday.

Science: We reviewed plant and animal needs. We also started thinking about what food is, and what is food for a plant. Homework is to finish the Is it food for a plants? page.

Social Studies: None on Fridays.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 2

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

Notes:

• I-Search Gallery (view our I-Search presentations)
• Our Mackinac Trip is Friday, May 14. Get more information here.
• Find more information about Summer School, including dates and payment options.
• 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.

Spelling: None today due to extra time with writing.

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

Reading: None today due to art.

Writing: Students continued to work on poetry today.

A collection of poems is due into portfolios on Friday, May 21.

Math: We started a unit on division today by using multiples of 10 to count up to a number. For example, to solve 52/4, we can calculate that 10 [4s] =  40, and 3 more [4s] = 12, that means that 13 [4s] = 52. Homework is to finish Journal pp. 147-148.

Science: Students worked on an Investigation Review to think about animal and plant needs. Homework is to finish the Investigation Review if not done in class.

Social Studies: We reviewed the idea that specialization is each person having their own job or skill. To test specialization, each team used an assembly line to create paper snowmen. One team did not specialize and each person made their own snowmen. We learned that the assembly line specialization made it quicker and easier to get the job done.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 2

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

Notes:

• I-Search Gallery (view our I-Search presentations)
• Our Mackinac Trip is Friday, May 14. Get more information here.
• Find more information about Summer School, including dates and payment options.
• 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.

Spelling: None today due to the late start.

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

Reading: None today due to the late start.

Writing: We learned that stories can be turned into poems if the story is revised to add imagery, music or emotion.

A collection of poems is due into portfolios on Friday, May 21.

Math: None today due to the late start.

Science: None today due to library.

Social Studies: We reviewed how positive and negative incentives affect people’s behavior. Homework is to an incentive article and chart started in class..

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 2

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

Notes:

• I-Search Gallery (view our I-Search presentations)
• Our Mackinac Trip is Friday, May 14. Get more information here.
• Find more information about Summer School, including dates and payment options.
• 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.