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Spelling: Today was the class spelling bee. Congratulations to Tai and Julian for being our class finalists!

Cursive: Cursive pp. 57-59 are available and due Friday.

Reading: Students finished reading their selected monologues aloud to the class.

Writing: We talked about describing new characters to explain who they are shortly after they first appear in a story.

The next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Friday, January 13. Students should be revising at this time.

Math: None today due to extra time for our spelling bee.

Science: Students completed an experiment using balloons that contained a solid, liquid and gas today. Homework is to complete the 3 Balloons experiment if not done in class.

Social Studies: We learned more about the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada. We also learned that economies can change when any of these things change:

• natural resources
• technology
• competition

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 3
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 3

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at JupiterGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with JupiterGrades?

Notes:

• 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: Students continued to make their Words to Learn lists by correcting words they missed on the last spelling test.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 57-59 are available and due Friday.

Reading: Students read their selected monologues aloud to the class.

Writing: We talked about organizing writing using paragraphs, chapters, or other sections to help the reader see the different ideas in a story.

The next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Friday, January 13. Students should be revising at this time.

Math: None today due to STAR Friday.

Science: We used a syringe to push air through a tube into a bottle of water. We noticed that the air pushed into the bottle forced the water out of another tube in the bottle. Air is matter because it takes up space in the bottle.

Social Studies: We learned about the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada. When the gold mines closed and the economy changed, people lost their jobs and the town went vacant.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 2

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at JupiterGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with JupiterGrades?

Notes:

• 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: Students started making their Words to Learn lists by correcting words they missed on the last spelling test. Homework is to work on their Words to Learn list.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 54-56 are available and tomorrow.

Reading: Students practiced reading a selected passage aloud with good speed, tone and volume.

Writing: Students worked on drafting or revising today.

The next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Friday, January 13. Students should be drafting at this time.

Math: We reviewed adding today.

Science: We tried to answer the question, “What is matter?” We also tried to figure out if air is matter. We tested it by using syringes filled with air. Students noticed that, if air is in a syringe, the plunger cannot be pressed in all the way. The air takes up space. We also connected syringes to see what would happen if one of the plungers was pressed in. Watch our video below to see what happened! (See a larger version here.)

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Social Studies: We talked about how cheaper materials, lower wages or better products from other countries can affect jobs, prices and quality in America.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 2
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 2

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at JupiterGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with JupiterGrades?

Notes:

• 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: We learned that prefixes are attached to base words to make new meanings. Prefixes don’t change the spelling of base words.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 54-56 are available and tomorrow.

Reading: Students selected a passage and practiced reading it aloud with good speed, tone and volume.

Writing: Students worked on drafting or revising today.

The next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Friday, January 13. Students should be drafting at this time.

Math: We practiced adding today. Homework is to finish Journal P4-3.

Science: We wrote notes in our minibooks about these ideas:

• Light is one form of energy;
• Adding energy to something will raise its temperature;
• Metals are good conductors of heat.

Social Studies: None today due to our reading and math skills time.

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:

• 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: We learned that the letter r following a vowel creates a new sound. In the words girl, her and surprise, the ir, er and ur have been changed to all make the /er/ sound.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 54-56 are available and tomorrow.

Reading: We reviewed the idea that interesting oral reading fluency involves reading with good speed, tone and volume. We listened to a reading of the book, Polar Express, to see good fluency in action. This week, students will read a monologue to the class to practice reading with fluency.

Writing: None today due to technology.

The next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Friday, January 13. Students should be drafting at this time.

Math: We practiced estimating sums and differences by rounding. Homework is to finish Journal P4-2.

Science: None today due to our weekly math skills time.

Social Studies: We learned about how global competition can affect US jobs, product quality and prices. Homework is to finish the “Effects of Global Competition” organizer 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:

• 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.