October 15th, 2013
Class activities for Tuesday, October 15
Spelling: Students continued to make their Words to Learn list form words missed on the last spelling test. This will be your student’s spelling list for the next test.
Cursive: Cursive workbook pp. 28-30 are due Friday.
Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles. Students practiced asking questions, making connections, selecting passages, and visualizing as reading strategies.
Writing: We talked about how an author can make up realistic details to make a story more interesting for the reader. As long as being truthful isn’t the goal, a story that has been “fictionalized” a little can be more interesting. Here is a story that is a personal narrative that has been fictionalized slightly:
The third and last piece of the marking period is a slightly fictionalized personal narrative, due Friday, November 1. Your student should be prewriting at this time.
Math: None today due to the MEAP Math test. We’ll have a math test tomorrow.
Science: None today due to the MEAP Math test.
Social Studies: None today due to the MEAP Math test.
- Yellow magnets: 1
- Orange magnets: 0
- Red magnets: 0
- STAR Awards: 0
- Magnets moved this week (goal: TBD): 7
Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade online to see if your student moved their magnet.
Notes:
- The Fall Partnership Fundraiser has started. Orders and money are due October 18 (new date). This fundraiser helps fund assemblies, supplies, and small field trips. We’ll have a separate fundraiser for our Mackinac trip.
- Visit our Links page: keep track of all the websites we use for learning, or try something new.
- Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
- View grades, behavior, assignments, and attendance online.
- Our Hawaiian Beach Bash Halloween Party is on Thursday, October 31, from 10-12:30. Add your name to our guest list or volunteer to help here.
Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 5th grade.
