September 18th, 2012
Class activities for Tuesday, September 18
Spelling: We continued to review rules for adding suffixes onto base words. Today, we talked about dropping the silent e for vowel suffixes (care/caring/careful) and doubling the last letter of one syllable words (run/running, tap/tapping).
Cursive: Ten cursive sentences of seven or more words each are due on Fridays.
Reading: Today, students received new Literature Circles groups and each group planned how many pages to read each day.
Writing: We talked about finding a focus in writing by choosing just the best ideas and time to write about. If the topic is too big, it will be hard to write enough for the reader to understand. If a student wanted to write about Christmas Break, then could narrow it down, to New Year’s Eve, then to just the party when the ball was dropping.
The first piece of writing, a personal narrative, will be due on Friday, September 21. Students should be revising at this point.
Math: We practiced using decimal place values today. Homework is to finish Journal P1-4.
Science: We reviewed living structures, functions, needs and relationships today.
Social Studies: None today due to our math skills time.
- Yellow magnets: 3
- Orange magnets: 0
- Red magnets: 0
- STAR Awards: 1
- Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 5
Coming soon: Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at ParentVue to see if your student moved their magnet.
Notes:
- Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
- Coming soon: view grades, assignments, and attendance at ParentVue.
Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 6th grade.
