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Spelling: We reviewed words that are commonly made into compound words, but shouldn’t be (into vs. in to, everybody vs. everybody, everyday vs. every day).

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

Reading: Students practiced reciting plays that they will perform for the class.

Writing: None today due to technology.

Our next piece of writing, a fiction piece, will be due Friday, January 21. Students should be drafting at this time.

Math: None due to STAR Friday.

Science: Students worked on answering questions about clinical trials. Homework is to finish Analysis questions 4-6 on pp. 20-21.

Social Studies: We acted out a scene from the lost colony of Roanoake and “interviewed” the characters.

Behavior Update:

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

• 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: We practiced spelling compound words today. We also reviewed the idea that the letter r changes the vowel sounds in words (cat vs. cart).

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

Reading: Students are finished with their Literature Circles magazines. Today, students practiced reciting plays that they will perform for the class.

Writing: We reviewed the 2-3-1 pattern of saving the most interesting action, problems or facts for later in a story. Students also started drafting.

Our next piece of writing, a fiction piece, will be due Friday, January 21. Students should be drafting at this time.

Math: Students completed a geometry test today.

Science: We learned about clinical trials, why a placebo is necessary and how people experience the placebo effect when their health improves without receiving medicine. Homework is to finish Analysis questions 1-3 on p. 19.

Social Studies: We learned about the lost colony of Roanoake.

Behavior Update:

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

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

Today is King’s Day, January 6th, in Mexico and around the world. Here is part of our King’s Day fiesta from yesterday:

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: We reviewed the strategy of spelling compound words by spelling the individual parts of the word (base + ball = baseball).

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

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: We discussed the idea of saving the most interesting action, problems or facts for later in a story. This follows a 2-3-1 pattern, where more important details are saved for later, but the last detail is the most important. This will keep the reader interested in finishing the story.

Our next piece of writing, a fiction piece, will be due Friday, January 21. Students should be prewriting at this time.

Math: None today due to our Dia de los Reyes activities. We left our shoes out next to our desks, and the “Kings” left us some goodies. Then we cut into our Rosca de Reyes “bread”, looking for the baby figurines. The four students that found baby figurines in their bread get to plan our next fiesta on February 2, Dia de la Candelaria. We then played Toma Todo with wooden tops.

There will be a  math test over geometry.

Science: None today due to library.

Social Studies: We thought about what it would be like to move to a new school in a different country. This is what it was like for English settlers to move to the New World. Homework is to complete Notebook p. 33.

Behavior Update:

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

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.

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

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles.

Writing: Today was a work day in writing.

Our next piece of writing, a fiction piece, will be due Friday, January 21. Students should be prewriting at this time.

Math: We reviewed for tomorrow’s math test over geometry.

Science: We continued to learn about how clinical trials are used to test medicines. Today, we discussed how and why medicines are tested on animals before people. We debated the trade-offs of using animals for testing. Ask your student what their opinion is!

Social Studies: None today due to technology.

Behavior Update:

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

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: We practiced spelling longer words by dividing the words into syllables.

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

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: We talked about using a symmetrical design in a story by having similar story elements in the first half and second half of a story.

Our next piece of writing, a fiction piece, will be due Wednesday, January 19. Students should be prewriting at this time.

Math: None today due to extra time with science.

Science: We reviewed the clinical trial simulation experiment and the Analysis questions.

Social Studies: None today 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.