April 23rd, 2012
Class activities for Monday, April 23
Spelling: Students learned that consonant blends are two more more consonants next to each other in a word. Each letter sound is heard. In the word state, st is a consonant blend.
Cursive: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due on Fridays.
Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles.
Writing: Students continued to work on the I-Search research project by working on their digital presentation using Google Docs.
This informational project will be due Friday, April 27. Students should be collecting information and planning their presentation.
Math: Students practiced identifying prime and composite numbers today. We also learned about multiples and practiced thinking about if one number is a multiple of another.
- Prime numbers have only two factors. Examples: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 23.
- Composite numbers have more than two factors. Examples: 4, 8, 10, 21, 25, 81.
- Multiples of 5: 5, 10, 15, 20.
- Multiples of 7: 7, 14, 21, 28
Homework is to finish Journal P11-2 and P11-3, even-numbered problems.
Science: To finish our unit on space, we started to watch The Privileged Planet about how the earth is uniquely suited in the universe for life and scientific discovery. Here is the trailer:
Social Studies: None today due to extra time with science.
- Yellow magnets: 1
- Orange magnets: 0
- Red magnets: 0
- STAR Awards: 0
- Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 1
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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.
