November 29th, 2011
Class activities for Tuesday, November 29
Spelling: None today.
Cursive: Cursive pp. 45-47 are available and due Friday.
Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles; some groups worked on breaking words into chunks as a strategy to read unknown words.
Writing: Students worked on prewriting for their next fiction piece today.
The next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Friday, December 16. Students should be prewriting at this time.
Math: We practiced comparing and ordering numbers today. Homework is to finish Journal p. P3-4.
Science: None today due to our math skills time.
Social Studies: We learned about the holiday traditions of Mexico. This December, we’ll learn about Mexican traditions and see how they are similar and different from ours. This coincides with our shared reading book, Esperanza Rising. Today, we made a traditional holiday scene, a nacimiento, complete with a stable, mountains, cacti, animals, many town and village people, lights and moss. This would have been the primary decorate in Esperanza’s house in 1930s Mexico.
- Yellow magnets: 0
- Orange magnets: 0
- Red magnets: 0
- STAR Awards: 0
- Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 1
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Notes:
- Students have a research challenge tonight: Where does the name “poinsettia” come from? We have several of them in our room right now, but what does the name mean? Students, bring in evidence if you find out!
- Our class is visiting the book fair tomorrow! Bring money if you want to buy something! Or…
- Check out the McGrath Online Book Fair!
- Our field trip to the Michigan Capitol and Historical Museum is December 6. Click the link if you would like to chaperone.
- Want to grab your favorite time for the Spring Parent Teacher Conferences in March? Do that here.
- Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
- View grades, assignments, and attendance at JupiterGrades.
Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 5th grade.
