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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: We reviewed the idea that poems have three main “ingredients:” imagery, music or emotion.

Students also worked on their collection of poems, which will be due into portfolios on Monday, May 23.

Math: None on Fridays.

Science: None today due to technology.

Social Studies: None today due to technology.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 5

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 reading day in Literature Circles.

Writing: We started a new unit on poetry today. A collection of poems will be due into portfolios on Monday, May 23.

Math: None today due to our Jet Toy Challenge project in science.

Science: Students continued to work on their Jet Toy Challenge project.

Social Studies: We reviewed what life was like in colonial America.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 5

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: None today due to the late start.

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

Reading: None today due to the late start.

Writing: None today due to the late start.

Math: We reviewed adding and subtracting mixed numbers. Homework is to finish Journal pp. 254-255.

Science: Today was a Physical Education and Nutrition lesson.

Social Studies: None today due to library.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 5

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 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: None today due to technology.

Math: We reviewed comparing and making equivalent fractions today. Homework is to finish Journal pp. 251-253 (these pages are in Journal 2).

Science: We learned about Newton’s laws of motion, how inertia explains how objects tend to stay resting or stay moving, that friction slows objects down, and how balanced forces are needed for constant motion.

Social Studies: None today.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 5
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 5

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 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: None today due to art.

Writing: None today due to technology.

Math: We reviewed adding and subtracting fractions and students worked on a MiniQuiz.

Science: We learned that both speed and mass affect the force of a collision.

Social Studies: Students finished learning about the town life of Colonial Williamsburg. Homework is to read Section 9.2 and finish Notebook p. 52.

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 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.