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Spelling: None today.

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

Reading: We rehearsed our class play today.

Writing: Students worked on drafting for their fiction novel project today. The novel is due Tuesday, March 26. Each student has their own word count goal to reach during this project. See this previous post for more details. See the chart to the right to see how the class is progressing toward 100% completion of each word count goal.

Math: None today due to STAR Friday.

Science: We reviewed our past test about life science.

Social Studies: Students completed a test about slavery.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 2
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 3

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade online to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Our class is performing a play called The Legend of Lightning Larry, based on a story by Aaron Shepard. Here are the after school practice and performance times.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance online.
• Fifth Grade Camp is April 18-19, 2013. The cost is $100 per student.
• Thinking of summer school or summer enrichment? Learn more here.

Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 6th grade.

Spelling: Students completed a preview of upcoming spelling words.

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

Reading: We rehearsed our class play today.

Writing: Students worked on drafting for their fiction novel project today. The novel is due Tuesday, March 26. Each student has their own word count goal to reach during this project. See this previous post for more details. See the chart to the right to see how the class is progressing toward 100% completion of each word count goal.

Math: We practiced estimating sums and differences of mixed numbers.  Homework is to finish Journal P10-2.

Science: Students conducted the experiments that they designed yesterday.  Homework is to finish analysis questions 5-8 on p. 41 that were started in class.

Social Studies: None today due to extra time with science. Students will take a test tomorrow about slavery. A practice test can be found here.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 2
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 3

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade online to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Our class is performing a play called The Legend of Lightning Larry, based on a story by Aaron Shepard. Here are the after school practice and performance times.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance online.
• Fifth Grade Camp is April 18-19, 2013. The cost is $100 per student.
• Thinking of summer school or summer enrichment? Learn more here.

Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 6th grade.

Spelling: Students completed a spelling and skill test today.

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

Reading: We rehearsed our class play today.

Writing: Students worked on drafting for their fiction novel project today. The novel is due Tuesday, March 26. Each student has their own word count goal to reach during this project. See this previous post for more details. See the chart to the right to see how the class is progressing toward 100% completion of each word count goal.

Math: We reviewed converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions. Homework is to finish Journal P10-1

Science: Students designed their own experiment about catching. Homework is to finish writing their experimental procedure and to bring any materials needed for the experiment.

Social Studies: We played a game to review for Friday’s test about slavery. A practice test can be found here.

Behavior Update:

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

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade online to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Our class is performing a play called The Legend of Lightning Larry, based on a story by Aaron Shepard. Here are the after school practice and performance times.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance online.
• Fifth Grade Camp is April 18-19, 2013. The cost is $100 per student.
• Thinking of summer school or summer enrichment? Learn more here.

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: We rehearsed our class play today.

Writing: Students worked on drafting for their fiction novel project today. The novel is due Tuesday, March 26. Each student has their own word count goal to reach during this project. See this previous post for more details. See the chart to the right to see how the class is progressing toward 100% completion of each word count goal.

Math: Students completed a test about adding and subtracting fractions.

Science: None today due to our math and reading skills time.

Social Studies: Students completed a district assessment today.

Behavior Update:

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

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade online to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Our class is performing a play called The Legend of Lightning Larry, based on a story by Aaron Shepard. Here are the after school practice and performance times.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance online.
• Fifth Grade Camp is April 18-19, 2013. The cost is $100 per student.
• Thinking of summer school or summer enrichment? Learn more here.

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: Students completed a STAR Reading test today.

Writing: Students worked on drafting for their fiction novel project today. The novel is due Tuesday, March 26. Each student has their own word count goal to reach during this project. See this previous post for more details. See the chart to the right to see how the class is progressing toward 100% completion of each word count goal.

Math: We played a game to review for tomorrow’s test about adding and subtracting fractions. There is a Topic 9 practice test in the math book that could be used as a study guide.

Science: The class completed an experiment about testing human variation with catching one handed and two handed. Homework is to finish the analysis questions on p. 38.

Social Studies: We learned about the activities that slaves took part in (singing, storytelling, faith) to give them hope. Homework is to finish notebook p. 49.

Behavior Update:

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

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade online to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Our class is performing a play called The Legend of Lightning Larry, based on a story by Aaron Shepard. Here are the after school practice and performance times.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance online.
• Fifth Grade Camp is April 18-19, 2013. The cost is $100 per student.
• Thinking of summer school or summer enrichment? Learn more here.

Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 6th grade.