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Spelling: We reviewed the use of apostrophes in contractions and when not to use apostrophes in possessive pronouns:

• you’re/your
• there’s/theirs
• we’re/were

Cursive: Ten cursive sentences of seven or more words each are due on Fridays.

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles.

Writing: Today was a work day in writing. The first piece of writing, a personal narrative, will be due on Monday, September 24. Students should be editing or publishing at this point.

Math: None today due to STAR Friday.

Science: We traced shadows on the playground in the morning and at noon to review the idea that shadows are long where the light source is low, and shorter when the light source is higher. We also looked at moon phase charts to remember that a full moon appears once in about 28 days.

Social Studies: We read about Asians migrating to North America in search of food during the ice age. When they arrived, they had to adapt to the deserts, mountains, tundra, or grasslands they lived in.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 2
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 13

Coming soon: Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at ParentVue to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Picture Day is Monday, September 24.
• 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.

Spelling: We reviewed the usage of the their/their/they’re and theirs/there’s homophones.

Cursive: Ten cursive sentences of seven or more words each are due on Fridays.

Reading: Today was a reading and discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: We talked about adding details to explain ideas in writing. A reader will believe the writer if there are details to explain what is happening in the story.

The first piece of writing, a personal narrative, will be due on Monday, September 24 (new date). Students should be editing or publishing at this point.

Math: We practiced using patterns to solve problems today. Students also completed a MiniQuiz about comparing and ordering decimals. Homework is to finish Journal P1-6.

Science: We reviewed measuring mass with balances.

Social Studies: We learned about the theory that American Indians migrated to North and South America from Asia over a land bridge or along the coast during the ice age.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 11

Coming soon: Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at ParentVue to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Picture Day is Monday, September 24.
• 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.

Spelling: We finished reviewing  rules for adding suffixes onto base words. Today, we talked about changing the y to an i before adding any suffix other than –ing (carry/carrier/carrying) and adding –es for words that end in x, ch, sh, s and z.

Cursive: Ten cursive sentences of seven or more words each are due on Fridays.

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles. Students read their novels and wrote questions, connections, illustrations and selected passages from their reading.

Writing: We talked about focusing on a narrow time in a story so that there is not too much to write about at once.

The first piece of writing, a personal narrative, will be due on Monday, September 24 (new date). Students should be revising or editing at this point.

Math: We reviewed comparing and ordering decimals by looking at each individual place value to find the larger digit.  Homework is to finish Journal P1-5.

Science: We reviewed measuring volume with graduated cylinders and weight with spring scales.

Social Studies: We started to learn about how American Indians had to move to new environments and adapt to their new homes. Homework is to finish Folder p. 9 that was started in class.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 5
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 10

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.

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.

Behavior Update:

• 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.

Spelling: We reviewed rules for adding suffixes onto base words. For most words, the suffix is just added onto a word without changing the spelling of the baseword.

Cursive: Ten cursive sentences of seven or more words each are due on Fridays.

Reading: None today due to art and a discussion about dishonest practices with Khan Academy. Apparently, some students in class have been trying to cheat in order to move ahead in Khan Academy. Unfortunately for them, they not only have to live with the guilt that their conscience will remind them of, but they are also struggling with Khan Academy because future skills build on past ones.

Writing: None today due to our technology time.

 The first piece of writing, a personal narrative, will be due on Friday, September 21.

Math: We learned about the thousandths place value. Homework is to finish Journal P1-3.

Science: None today due to math skills practice.

Social Studies: Students assemble their social studies folders today.

I’ve asked all students to memorize the Preamble to the Constitution:

We the people
In order to form a more perfect union,
Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
Provide for the common defense,
Promote the general welfare and
Secure the blessings of liberty
To ourselves and our posterity
Do ordain and establish this Constitution
For the United States of America.

Here’s the song:

The Preamble of the Constitution

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 1
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 2

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.