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Today we focused on our Thanksgiving blessings. We then wrote down all of the things we are thankful for (our Thanksgiving blessings). Some students filled a page and started onto the back.

I hope your family has a happy Thanksgiving holiday!

From the First Thanksgiving Observance signed by President George Washington in 1789:

Spelling: None today due to the half day schedule.

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

Reading: None today due to the half day schedule.

Writing: We talked about how some stories have circular shapes by having the same ideas or details in the beginning and again at the ending.

The next piece of writing, a fiction story, will be due on Monday, November 26. Students should be  editing by now.

Math: None today due to the half day schedule.

Science: Students completed a MiniQuiz about the respiratory, nervous and digestive systems.

Social Studies: None today due to the half day schedule.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• 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:

• 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 common spelling patterns for the /k/ sound: c, ck, k, ch, qu.

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

Reading: Today was a shortened reading day in Literature Circles due to art.

Writing: We talked about “cutting to your lead,” which means to start the story at an interesting part, rather than start slow and then write the interesting part later. Readers will be more interested in the lead is interesting.

The next piece of writing, a fiction story, will be due on Monday, November 26. Students should be  revising or editing by now.

Math: Students practiced thinking about reasonable answers. For example, if there are 32 apples, and bags that can fit 6 apples, 5 bags can be completely filled, but 6 bags would be needed to hold all the apples. Reasonable answers must make sense and match the question being asked. Homework is to finish Journal P4-3.

Science: We learned about the two types of cells of the reproductive system and how they combine to produce new living organisms. Homework is to finish the reproductive system review page.

Social Studies: None today due to our math skills practice time.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 3
• Orange magnets: 0
• 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:

• 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: None today.

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

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles. Students received new informational magazines to read today.

Writing: None today due to our technology time.

The next piece of writing, a fiction story, will be due on Monday, November 26. Students should be almost done with revising by now.

Math: Students practiced estimating quotients by rounding to compatible numbers. For example, to estimate 338 / 6, the number can be rounded to 360 / 6. The number 340 is actually closer to 338, but 360 is easier to divide by 6. The answer is that 338 / 6 is about 60. Homework is to finish Journal P4-2.

Science: We learned about the excretory system today.

Social Studies: None today due to our math skills practice time.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 4
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 4

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: Today was a preview of upcoming spelling words.

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

Reading: Remaining students read their monologues to the class, focusing on speed, tone, volume, and accuracy when they were reading aloud.

Writing: None today due to the half day schedule.

The next piece of writing, a fiction story, will be due on Monday, November 26. Students should be finished with their draft and revising by now.

Math: None today due to the half day schedule.

Science: We finished learning about the digestive system.

Social Studies: We reviewed for Monday’s test about the Age of Exploration. Here is a practice test that can be used as a study guide.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 9

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: None today due to the half day schedule.

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

Reading: Several students read their monologue to the class, focusing on speed, tone, volume, and accuracy when they were reading aloud.

Writing: We talked about different types of leads that a writer could use to begin a story:

• A talking lead would begin with dialogue.
• A visual lead would begin with describing what a character, place or object looked like.
• An action lead would start with the character doing something.

The next piece of writing, a fiction story, will be due on Monday, November 26. Students should be finished with their draft and revising by now.

Math: Students practiced dividing multiples of 10 and 100. Homework is to finish Journal P4-1.

Science: None today due to the half day schedule.

Social Studies: None today due to the half day schedule.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 9

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.