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Spelling: None due to making a class video about technology (look for more details soon).

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

Reading: None today due to making a class video. Students practiced reading the lines of the video with speed, tone and volume.

Writing: None today due to making a class video.

Our next piece of writing, a fiction piece, is due Monday, December 17. Students should be drafting at this time.

Math: We completed some math experiments to test what the sum of angle measures was for various polygons. We learned that the sum of angles for all triangles is 180 degrees. We also tested quadrangles, pentagons and hexagons and we noticed that the sum of angles increased with more sides. We’ll finish this experiment up tomorrow. Homework is to finish Journal pp. 93-94.

Science: None today due to library.

Social Studies: We finished our research about European Explorers and played a review game.

Behavior Update:

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

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

Notes:

• View or edit the “Paper and Coffee” juice volunteer list.
• View our class calendar.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 6th grade.

Spelling: None due to a character education lesson from Mrs. Alexander.

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

Reading: None today due to a discussion about bullying.

Writing: None today due to technology.

Our next piece of writing, a fiction piece, is due Monday, December 17. Students should be drafting at this time.

Technology: Students started working on a Scratch video game. Today, students designed a program that would draw a triangle when the “t” key is pressed, and a square when the “s” key is pressed. Students can download Scratch for free to work on computer programming and video game design from a home computer.

Math: We sang some songs to review rules for polygons:

1. No intersections;
2. No openings or gaps;
3. No curves.

We also sang a song to remember the number of sides in common polygons:

The lyrics are below; click here for the music.

The Twelve Polygons of Math Class

On the ______ day of math class my teacher gave to me

One segment of a line from here to here

Two parallel lines

Three triangles

Four quadrangles

Five pentagons

Six hexagons

Seven heptagons

Eight octagons

Nine nonagons

Ten decagons

Eleven hendecagons

Twelve dodecagons

Homework is to finish the Hidden Polygons page to review common polygons.

Science: Students completed an experiment to practice solving problems. Their task was to put a gummy lifesaver around a gummy worm by only using paperclips. Homework is to finish questions 1 and 3 on p. A-7.

Social Studies: None due to extra time with Science.

Behavior Update:

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

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

Notes:

• View or edit the “Paper and Coffee” juice volunteer list.
• View our class calendar.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 6th grade.

Spelling: None due to getting new seats and electing team captains.

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

Reading: Students practiced reading their monologue passage with speed, tone and volume.

Writing: We talked about using recurring details, such as a detail introduced in the beginning and brought back at the end, to add balance to a piece of writing. Students also worked on drafting today.

Our next piece of writing, a fiction piece, is due Monday, December 17. Students should be drafting at this time.

Math: Students practiced sorting polygons by their properties. Homework is to complete Journal pp. 82-84.

Science: We reviewed the district Life Science test that was completed last week.

Social Studies: We learned about Francisco Coronado and Jacques Cartier, two explorers of the New World.

Behavior Update:

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

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

Notes:

• View or edit the “Paper and Coffee” juice volunteer list.
• View our class calendar.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 6th grade.

Spelling: Today was a preview of upcoming spelling words.

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

Reading: Students started practicing a monologue that they will read to the class to practice reading with speed, tone and volume.

Writing: We talked about including details to important scenes to slow them down and to help the reader to understand them more.

Our next piece of writing, a fiction piece, is due Monday, December 17. Students should be drafting at this time.

Math: None today due to STAR Friday.

Science: Students completed a district Science test today.

Studies: Groups shared their research about European Explorers today.

Behavior Update:

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

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

Notes:

• View or edit the “Paper and Coffee” juice volunteer list.
• View our class calendar.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 6th grade.

Spelling: None today due to visiting the Book Fair.

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

Reading: The final three groups presented their Literature Circles projects to share their books with the class.

Writing: Students completed their prewriting conferences today.

Our next piece of writing, a fiction piece, is due Monday, December 17. Students should be prewriting or drafting at this time.

Math: None today due to Bring a Family Member to School Day.

Science: Students worked on a district Science test today.

Studies: None today due to extra time with Literature Circles.

Behavior Update:

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

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

Notes:

• Thanks to all the family members that attended Bring a Family Member to School Day today!
• View or edit the “Paper and Coffee” juice volunteer list.
• View our class calendar.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 6th grade.