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Spelling: None today.

Cursive: Cursive workbook pp. 75-77 are due Monday.

Reading: None today due to previewing new library books in our school library.

Writing: None today due to the McGrath Talent Show.

Homework is to finish the persuasive letter project (more details here and here’s a checklist) by Monday, March 3.

Math: None today due to the talent show. Homework is to work on MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for 15 minutes or more.

Science: We learned more about the moon, that it is a gray rocky ball, has no atmosphere, but has mountains, valleys, and plains. It has no weather or colored sky.

Social Studies: We started to learn what kind of government we have: constitutional, since we have a constitution, and we are are republic since we elect representatives.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 10
• Hours with no magnets (best: 73): 8

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

Multiplication Madness

We got our first win today! Practicing our multiplication facts has helped, and we need to keep practicing!

Notes:

• Feb Factor Valentine’s Party pics.
• View the second marking period report card here.
• 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, report cards, 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.

Cursive: Cursive workbook pp. 75-77 are due Friday.

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles. Some groups worked on questioning and making connections as reading strategies.

Writing: None today due to dealing with poor, selfish choices by some individuals in our class. We’ve spent too much learning time this week dealing with off-task behavior, wasted learning time, selfish choices, disregard for others, uncooperation, and unwillingness to correct. It’s unfortunate that a few poor choices are hurting the learning of others. We hope to make improvements in this soon so that poor choices don’t threaten our goal of getting ready for 5th grade. Ask your student what they think about this topic.

For today, though, no time was left for writing. Homework is to work on editing the current writing piece.

The persuasive letter project (more details here and here’s a checklist) is due Monday, March 3.

Math: Today we learned the standard method of multiplication, practicing with multiplying two-digit by one-digit numbers.  Students also practiced math skills using Khan Academy. Homework is to work on MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for 15 minutes or more.

Science: We learned that moon is 4 times smaller than the earth, and it is 30 earths away from the earth!

Social Studies: We learned about the purpose of our government that is written about in the Preamble to the Constitution.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 3
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 10
• Hours with no magnets (best: 73): 1

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

Multiplication Madness

We need to keep practicing our multiplication facts!

Notes:

• Feb Factor Valentine’s Party pics.
• View the second marking period report card here.
• 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, report cards, 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.

Cursive: Cursive workbook pp. 75-77 are due Friday.

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: We continued to write a persuasive essay together to remember the four important parts, a paragraph for each:

1. Introduction explaining the idea and why it is helpful
2. Prove how the idea matches a core democratic value
3. Use some data to support the idea
4. Restate the idea again and why it should be selected

Students also completed revising conferences today by commenting on another student’s letter. The persuasive letter project (more details here and here’s a checklist) is due Monday, March 3.

Math: Today was a math skills practice day using MobyMax. Homework is to work on MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for 15 minutes or more.

Science: None today due to extra time with social studies.

Social Studies: Students worked on decoding a part of the Preamble of the Constitution to see what it means, why it’s important, and how the government follows through. Homework is to finish the Preamble Notes started in class (the left side of the notes page).

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 2
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 7
• Hours with no magnets (best: 73): 3

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

Multiplication Madness

We need to keep practicing our multiplication facts!

Notes:

• Feb Factor Valentine’s Party pics.
• View the second marking period report card here.
• 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, report cards, 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.

Cursive: Cursive workbook pp. 75-77 are due Friday.

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles. Some groups worked on making connections as a reading strategy.

Writing: We started to write a persuasive essay together to remember the four important parts, a paragraph for each:

1. Introduction explaining the idea and why it is helpful
2. Prove how the idea matches a core democratic value
3. Use some data to support the idea
4. Restate the idea again and why it should be selected

The persuasive letter project (more details here and here’s a checklist) is due Monday, March 3. Homework is to finish the draft of the letter, including all four paragraphs listed above. We’ll start revising tomorrow.

Math: We reviewed multiplying with partial products and the standard method. Journal P6-2 corresponds. Students also practiced math skills using MobyMax. Homework is to work on MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for 15 minutes or more. (Starting today, I’m going to leave this in as the permanent math homework for the rest of the year. Doing this extra practice would be a great way to fill in gaps from third grade, or work ahead in math and get ready for high math in middle school. This is also part of your student’s daily homework time of 40 minutes, including math, writing, cursive, and other school homework. Reading 20 minutes for bed is a good idea, too!)

Science: Students worked on a district matter and energy test today.

Social Studies: None today due to extra time with science. We’ll have extra social studies time tomorrow.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 5
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 5
• Hours with no magnets (best: 73): 1

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

Multiplication Madness

We need to keep practicing our multiplication facts!

Notes:

• Feb Factor Valentine’s Party pics.
• View the second marking period report card here.
• 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, report cards, behavior, assignments, and attendance online.

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

Spelling: We reviewed some common spelling patterns for the /j/ sound: ge, dge, and gi.

Cursive: Cursive workbook pp. 75-77 are due Friday.

Reading: None today due to discussion poor behavior choices that some of the class made during Friday afternoon with a guest teacher.

Writing: Students continued to work on their persuasive letter.  We talked again about including these parts in the letter, a paragraph for each:

1. Introduction explaining the idea and why it is helpful
2. Prove how the idea matches a core democratic value
3. Use some data to support the idea
4. Restate the idea again and why it should be selected

The persuasive letter project (more details here and here’s a checklist) is due Monday, March 3.

Math: We reviewed multiplication arrays and multiplying with partial products. Journal P6-1 corresponds. Students also practiced math skills using Khan Academy.

Science: We reviewed Friday’s science experiment about the size of the moon compared to the earth. We learned that the moon is about 4 times smaller than earth, and the earth is 4 times larger than the moon.

Social Studies: None today.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 0
• Hours with no magnets (Last time: 22): 67

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

Multiplication Madness

We need to keep practicing our multiplication facts!

Notes:

• Feb Factor Valentine’s Party pics.
• View the second marking period report card here.
• 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, report cards, behavior, assignments, and attendance online.

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