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Spelling: Students completed a spelling and skill test 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: We talked about using whitespace in poems: space around the words so the reader sees certain words rather than just writing to the edge of the page.

Students also continued to work on their poetry today. A collection of poems is due into portfolios on Monday, May 23.

Math: None due to STAR Friday.

Science: Students worked on an experiment about balanced and unbalanced forces. Homework is to finish Activity 81 and the analysis.

Social Studies: None today.

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:

• 5th Grade Camp is June 9-10. Costs are $110 and payments  are now being collected. Learn more about camp here.
• View or edit the spring “Paper and Coffee” juice volunteer list.
• View our class calendar.
• Check grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

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

Spelling: We reviewed common spelling patterns for the /er/ and /le/ sounds. This will be the skill tested on tomorrow’s spelling and skill test.

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 looked at a fragment poem today, which was a poem of short lines (two to three words) describing a subject. Students also continued to work on their poetry. A collection of poems is due into portfolios on Monday, May 23.

Math: None today.

Science: Today was the final test day for the Jet Toy Challenge. The race will be next Thursday.

Social Studies: We learned about how the American Colonists became angry with Great Britain by comparing the situation to something that happened to us:

• We had a field trip planned to share poetry at Borders.
• The office cancelled our field trip, saying that all field trip money must be used to pay for 5th grade camp.
• The class became frustrated because of this new decision.
• This situation was similar to Great Britain enforcing new, harsher laws against the Colonists, leading the Colonists to grow upset.

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:

• Book orders are due Friday, May 13. You can order online.
• 5th Grade Camp is June 9-10. Costs are $110 and payments  are now being collected. Learn more about camp here.
• View or edit the spring “Paper and Coffee” juice volunteer list.
• View our class calendar.
• Check grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

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

Spelling: We learned about subject-verb agreement today:

• The eagle is flying, not the eagle are flying.
• The eagles are flying, not the eagles is flying.

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

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles.

Writing: Students worked on prewriting for their poetry today. A collection of poems is due into portfolios on Monday, May 23.

Math: We practiced finding the fraction of numbers today, and learned about finding the fraction of fractions. Homework is Journal pp. 265-267.

Science: None today due to library.

Social Studies: Students completed a Social Studies test today.

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:

• Book orders are due Friday, May 13. You can order online.
• 5th Grade Camp is June 9-10. Costs are $110 and payments  are now being collected. Learn more about camp here.
• View or edit the spring “Paper and Coffee” juice volunteer list.
• View our class calendar.
• Check 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 discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: Students emailed their persuasive writing letters to their state senators and representatives.

Students are also working on completing a collection of poems, which will be due into portfolios on Monday, May 23.

Math: We reviewed adding and subtracting mixed numbers today.

Science: We learned about actions have equal and opposite reactions, Newton’s Third Law.

Social Studies: We reviewed for a future test about Colonial America. Here is an online study guide for the test.

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:

• Book orders are due Friday, May 13. You can order online.
• 5th Grade Camp is June 9-10. Costs are $110 and payments  are now being collected. Learn more about camp here.
• View or edit the spring “Paper and Coffee” juice volunteer list.
• View our class calendar.
• Check grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

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

Spelling: We reviewed rules for plural nouns 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: We talked about how to make a story into a poem by adding imagery, music or emotion. Students also worked on their collection of poems, which will be due into portfolios on Monday, May 23.

Math: Students worked on subtracting mixed numbers. Homework is to finish Journal pp. 256-259.

Science: We learned about how force is related to mass and acceleration (f=ma).

Social Studies: We learned about the Great Awakening in Colonial America. Homework is to finish Notebook p. 54.

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:

• Book orders are due Friday, May 13. You can order online.
• 5th Grade Camp is June 9-10. Costs are $110 and payments  are now being collected. Learn more about camp here.
• View or edit the spring “Paper and Coffee” juice volunteer list.
• View our class calendar.
• Check grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

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