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Spelling: None today due to the late start schedule.

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

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: We continued to talk about using a triangular shape in a story to show how the character tries several different ways to solve the problem of the story.

The next piece of writing, a fiction piece, is due Friday, December 14. Students should be finishing up their draft at this point.

Math: Students completed a math test about division.

Science: Students finished working on an activity about inherited traits. Homework is to finish the Inventory of Traits activity if not done in class.

Social Studies: None today due to the late start schedule.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 3

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

Notes:

• View pics and vids of Bring a Family Member to School Day!
• 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; some groups worked on visualizing as a reading strategy.

Writing: We talked about using a triangular shape in a story. This side going up would show the rising action as the character tries to solve the problem. It’s usually interesting to have the character try to solve the problem in a couple different ways, usually failing each time until the problem is finally solved (the peak of the triangle). The side going back down after the peak would be the ending as the reader learns how the story wraps up.

The next piece of writing, a fiction piece, is due Friday, December 14. Students should be finishing up their draft at this point.

Math: We reviewed for tomorrow’s math test about division.

Science: We completed an inventory of inherited traits to learn that living creatures display many different characteristics (traits). Not all people have the same traits.

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

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 3

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

Notes:

• Tomorrow is a Late Start Day; school starts at 11:05 am.
• View pics and vids of Bring a Family Member to School Day!
• 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 formed words using letter cards, focusing on /s/ patterns using the letter c.

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

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: None today due to our technology time.

The next piece of writing, a fiction piece, is due Friday, December 14. Students should be drafting at this point.

Math: Students completed a STAR Math test today.

Science: None today due to our math skills time.

Social Studies: We learned about Christopher Columbus, when he explored, when he went, his motivations and the effects of his trips.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 2
• Orange magnets: 0
• 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:

• View pics and vids of Bring a Family Member to School Day!
• 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.