October 18th, 2013
Class activities for Friday, October 18
Spelling: We learned common spelling patterns for the long i sound: igh, ind, i, i-consonant-e, y.
Cursive: Cursive workbook pp. 28-30 were due today.
Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles. Students shared their questions, connections, illustrations, and passages with the other readers in their group and discussed their reading.
Writing: We talked about how much time it takes to write a quality piece of writing. If a student works for just 15 minutes a day at school, that would amount to 3 hours of writing time over 3 weeks. If that students works just 15 minutes at home a day, that would be another 3 hours, for a total of 6 hours. Working for only 15 minutes at school and home each day isn’t much, so working for longer might be needed to write an interesting piece of writing that others want to read. For students that don’t work each day, and wait until the deadline, they would have to work for 6 hours just to achieve an average piece of writing. The point: don’t wait until the end! Work a little each day at school and home!
The third and last piece of the marking period is a slightly fictionalized personal narrative, due Friday, November 1. Your student should be nearing the half-way point of their draft by now.
Math: We used Khan Academy and MobyMax to work on math skills.
Science: None today.
Social Studies: We started learning about the features of a market economy, the system used in the US. Homework is to finish the Market Economy: Important Ideas notes page started yesterday with a guest teacher.
- Yellow magnets: 4
- Orange magnets: 0
- Red magnets: 0
- STAR Awards: 0
- Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 15
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.
