January 13th, 2012
Class activities for Friday, January 13
Spelling: Today we learned about rules for adding suffixes onto words.
Cursive: Cursive pp. 57-59 were due today.
Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.
Writing: We learned that another kind of lively lead that can start a story is a thinking lead–the story begins with the character thinking about something.
The next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Tuesday, January 17 (new date). Students should be publishing at this time.
Math: None today due to STAR Friday.
Science: We reviewed our last experiment about matter. We learned that solids keep their shape and size, and can be piled up or stacked. Liquids change shape when put in new containers, but their sizes don’t change. Liquids can’t be piled up or stacked. Gases change shape or size depending on the container.
Social Studies: We learned more about about employment and unemployment. Homework is to finish the Employments Analysis Chart started in class.
- Yellow magnets: 2
- Orange magnets: 0
- Red magnets: 0
- STAR Awards: 0
- Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 8
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Notes:
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Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 5th grade.

