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Spelling: We practiced identifying homophones and digraphs.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 39, 40, and 44 are available and due Monday.

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles; some groups practiced synthesizing the most important meaning as a reading strategy.

Writing: We talked about using breaking a text into paragraphs today. Students also worked on revising conferences today.

The next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Monday, November 28. Students should be revising at this time.

Math: We reviewed the value of digits in different place values and learned that numbers next to each other differ by a factor of 10. Homework is to finish Journal P3-2.

Science: We reviewed our last experiment about using switches in circuits. We learned that circuits in which electricity is flowing are called closed circuits. Open circuits are those in which electricity cannot flow.

Social Studies: We reviewed these ideas:

• Specialization happens when people or places become good and special jobs or skills; and,
• Division of labor is a way to divide a job into steps in order to finish it better or faster.

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 JupiterGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with JupiterGrades?

Notes:

• 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.

Spelling: None today due to the half day schedule.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 36-38 were due today.

Reading: None today due to the half day schedule.

Writing: We talked about using visual details to describe what characters looked like. We also discussed the importance of describing new characters soon after they appear in a story.

The next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Monday, November 28. Students should be revising at this time.

Math: None today due to the half day schedule.

Science: Students designed and created circuits using bulbs and motors turned on and off with switches. Homework is to finish the “Off or Off?” experiment.

Social Studies: None today due to the half day schedule.

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 JupiterGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with JupiterGrades?

Notes:

• Thanks to all the families that attended the Fall Parent Teacher Conferences! If you want to grab a time for the Spring Parent Teacher Conferences in March, you can do that here.
• 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.
• 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.

Spelling: None today due to a character education lesson from Mrs. Alexander.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 36-38 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: None today due to the half day schedule.

Writing: None today due to the half day schedule.

The next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Monday, November 28. Students should be revising at this time.

Math: None today due to the half day schedule.

Science: Students worked on designing switches to use in electrical circuits.

Social Studies: We reviewed positive and negative incentives. Students also wrote notes and completed a MiniQuiz.

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 JupiterGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with JupiterGrades?

Notes:

• Fall Parent Teacher Conferences are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Check your time here.
• Our field trip to the Michigan Capitol and Historical Museum is December 6. Click the link if you would like to chaperone.
• 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.

Spelling: We learned that digraphs are two letters that combine to make a new sound. We practiced making words with these digraphs: ch, sh, ph, wh, th.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 36-38 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: None today due to the half day schedule.

Writing: We talked about how to punctuate dialogue correctly:

1. Put quotation marks around just the words spoken.
2. Use a comma or end mark to separate the dialogue from other parts of the sentence.
3. Start a new paragraph when a new speaker begins talking.

The next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Monday, November 28. Students should be revising at this time.

Math: None today due to the half day schedule.

Science: We started an experiment about designing switches in circuits.

Social Studies: None today due to the half day schedule.

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 JupiterGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with JupiterGrades?

Notes:

• Fall Parent Teacher Conferences are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Check your time here.
• Our field trip to the Michigan Capitol and Historical Museum is December 6. Click the link if you would like to chaperone.
• 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.

Spelling: None today.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 36-38 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles. Students also completed a fiction reading test.

Writing: None today due to our technology time.

The next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Monday, November 28. Students should be drafting at this time.

Math: We practiced writing numbers in standard, expanded and word form, and finding the value of a digit. Homework  is to finish Journal P3-1.

Science: None today due to our Math Skills practice time.

Social Studies: We practiced identifying positive and negative incentives today. Homework is to finish the Identifying Incentives chart if not done in class.

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 JupiterGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with JupiterGrades?

Notes:

• Fall Parent Teacher Conferences are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Check your time here.
• Our field trip to the Michigan Capitol and Historical Museum is December 6. Click the link if you would like to chaperone.
• 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.