March 20th, 2012
Class activities for Tuesday, March 20
Spelling: None today. We will have a spelling and skill test about homographs tomorrow.
Cursive: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due on Fridays.
Reading: Students worked more on their Literature Circles projects to share their books with the class.
Writing: Students continued to work on their fiction novel project today. During this project, each student has a daily word goal of 150-300 words. The novel is due Monday, March 26. See previous posts for more details. Students should be nearing the end of their draft at this point, ready to revise and edit.
Math: Students practiced dividing with remainders and using basic facts for mental math division. Homework is to finish the even-numbered problems of Journal P9-1 and P9-4.
Science: None today due to our math skills time.
Social Studies: We used population maps to learn that there are more large cities in the eastern US, and that large cities are usually built near an ocean, lake or river.
- Yellow magnets: 0
- Orange magnets: 0
- Red magnets: 0
- STAR Awards: 0
- Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 3
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Notes:
- Spring Parent Teacher Conferences are this week. Check your time here.
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Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 5th grade.
