September 19th, 2011
Class activities for Monday, September 19
Spelling: We changed words with short vowel sounds into ones with long vowel sounds (got/goat, sat/seat, best/beast).
Cursive: A lowercase cursive review page is available and due on Friday.
Reading: Students received their Literature Circles notebooks today.
Writing: We talked about how to freewrite today. Freewriting is a strategy to help collect details quickly. A student writes as many details about a topic as they can remember in a set amount of time. No stopping! The details can be used in the draft of a story later.
Students also continued drafting today. The first piece of writing, a personal narrative about a memory or event, is due into portfolios on Friday, September 23.
Math: We started a unit on multiplication today. We reviewed repeated addition and multiplication. Homework is to finish Math Book p. 7, problems 1-11. Students were asked to write the answers to the problems in their math notebook.
Science: We reviewed the answers to the first part of the Science Court case.
Social Studies: We reviewed the Literature Connection page from last week and talked about the economic ideas found in the book, Ox Cart Man.
- Yellow magnets: 0
- Orange magnets: 0
- Red magnets: 0
- STAR Awards: 0
- Magnets moved this week (goal: ?): 0
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Notes:
- The McGrath Fun Run is October 6. Money pledges and donations are due October 3.
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Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 5th grade.
