November 13th, 2012
Class activities for Tuesday, November 13
Spelling: Students completed a spelling and skill test today.
Cursive: Ten cursive sentences of seven or more words each are due on Fridays.
Reading: Students continued to practice reading a selection from their Literature Circles book that they will read as a monologue to the class. This monologue gives students practice with reading aloud with proper speed, tone and volume.
Writing: We talked about revising dialogue so that it help the reader understand a part of the story. If the dialogue is not that important, if it’s just “chit chat,” it can be removed. We also talked about how dialogue should be back and forth, one speaker talks, then the other, then the first speaker, then the second.
The next piece of writing, a fiction story, will be due on Monday, November 26. Students should be drafting by now.
Math: Students worked on a math test today.
Science: We learned about the digestive system. Students completed an experiment that involved the breakdown of starch into sugar using the enzymes in saliva. Homework is to finish the Saliva Makes it Sweet experiment.
Social Studies: None today due to our math skills time.
- Yellow magnets: 1
- Orange magnets: 1
- Red magnets: 0
- STAR Awards: 0
- Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 7
Coming soon: Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at ParentVue to see if your student moved their magnet.
Notes:
- View your Fall Parent Teacher Conference time.
- 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.
