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Spelling: Students worked on making Words to Learn lists from words missed on the last spelling test.

Reading: Students completed a STAR Reading test today.

Writing: We talked about using visual details to describe what characters look like. A common way fourth graders try this is to describe what a characters is wearing, but that is only helpful if the clothes matter to the story. It is more interesting to describe what a character looks like and acts like, using several details or even an entire paragraph for the important characters.

Our next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Friday, November 22. Your students should be drafting at this time.

Math: Students completed a math placement test today in MobyMax Math.

Science: Students completed a MiniQuiz today about electrical circuits, and also made an electricity minibook for recording notes.

Social Studies: We talked about how supply and demand affect prices.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 1
• Hours with no magnets (Last time: 32): 7

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

Notes:

• Fall Parent Teacher Conferences are this Tuesday through Thursday. View your conference time.
• 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 Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 5th grade.

Spelling: Students completed a spelling and skill test today.

Reading: Groups finished presenting Literature Circles Reader’s Theatre projects today.

Writing: Students finished writing log enteries for their last piece of writing, making note of compliments and suggestions for improvement.

Our next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Friday, November 22. Your students should be drafting at this time.

Math: We practiced using objects to act out word problems, and to check answers for reasonableness. The corresponding Math Journal page is P2-6. We’ll have a math test about generating and analysing patterns this week. Students also used Khan Academy to practice math skills.

Science: We reviewed our last experiment about identifying complete and incomplete electrical circuits.

Social Studies: We reviewed and wrote notes about the circular flow of money, goods, services, and resouces between people and businesses. There will be a circular flow MiniQuiz this week.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 1
• Hours with no magnets (Last time: 32): 0

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

Notes:

• Fall Parent Teacher Conferences are next Tuesday through Thursday. View your conference time.
• 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 Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 5th grade.

Spelling: None today due to extra time with math. Monday will be a spelling and skill test about common spelling patterns for the /k/ sound: k, ck, qu, ch, c.

Reading: Today was a reading skills practice day.

Writing: We continued to talk about the three main ingredients of a story: people, places, and plot (or problem). Students also worked on their drafts.

Our next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Friday, November 22. Your students should be drafting at this time.

Math: Students completed a STAR Math test today and practiced math skills using MobyMax Math.

Science: None today.

Social Studies: We acted out how money is exchanged for goods, services, or resources in a pattern called circular flow.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 1
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 0
• Hours with no magnets: 28

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

Notes:

• Fall Parent Teacher Conferences are next Tuesday through Thursday. View your conference time.
• 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.
• View Hawaiian Beach Bash photos and videos.

Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 5th grade.

Spelling: Students worked on MobyMax Language practice during this time with a guest teacher. Tomorrow will be a spelling and skill test about common spelling patterns for the /k/ sound: k, ck, qu, ch, c.

Reading: Some groups performed their Literature Circles Reader’s Theatre plays today. Additional groups will perform tomorrow.

Writing: Students completed prewriting conferences today. Our next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Friday, November 22. Your students should be prewriting at this time.

Math: Students practiced math skills using MobyMax Math today.

Science: Students completed an activity about finding complete and incomplete electrical circuits. Homework is to finish the Repair Manual page if not done in class.

Social Studies: We learned that circular flow is the movement of money, goods, services, or resources between people and businesses. We read a book called, Go Around Dollar about circular flow and students completed notes about how money was circulating in the story.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 1
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 0
• Hours with no magnets: 23

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

Notes:

• Fall Parent Teacher Conferences are next Tuesday through Thursday. View your conference time.
• 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.
• View Hawaiian Beach Bash photos and videos.

Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 5th grade.

Spelling: We reviewed common spelling patterns for the /k/ sound: k, ck, qu, ch, c. This will be the skill tested on tomorrow’s spelling test.

Reading: Students practiced their Literature Circles Reader’s Theatre plays today. Groups will start to perform tomorrow.

Writing: We talked about the three main parts of every story: people, places, and plot (or problem). Every story has these three ingredients.

Students also started prewriting today by starting to list what the people, places, and plot of their story would be. Homework is to finish prewriting if not done in class.

Our next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Friday, November 22. Your students should be prewriting at this time.

Math: We practiced solving geometric patterns today, which are patterns involving shapes or figures.  Journal P2-5 is the corresponding journal page.

Science: Students finished the Sparky’s Light Kit experiment about completing a simple electric circuit.

Social Studies: None today due to our reading skills practice time. We talked today about looking back into a text to answer questions or think more about the text. So far, the class is tempted to try to remember or guess answers, rathern than look back into the text for the answers. This has caused some students to earn low grades for reading or MobyMax tests. Looking back to find evidence from the text will help students to improve their results.

Behavior Update:

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

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

Notes:

• Fall Parent Teacher Conferences are next Tuesday through Thursday. View your conference time.
• 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.
• View Hawaiian Beach Bash photos and videos.

Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 5th grade.