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

Cursive: Cursive workbook pp. 99-101 are due Friday. This is the final assignment from the cursive workbook. The remainder of cursive assignments will be ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each.

Reading: Students previewed new Literature Circles books today.

Writing: We started a new writing project today called the I-Search project. Students will research a topic and create a digital presentation to share with the school. Students started thinking of possible topics today. The I-Search project is due Friday, April 25.

Math: Students finished the topic 7 math test today. Homework is to work on MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for 15 minutes or more.

Science: To finish our unit on space, we started to watch The Privileged Planet about how the earth is uniquely suited in the universe for life and scientific discovery. Here is the trailer:

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 (best: 73): 52

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

Multiplication Madness

Here is our final record. We’ll have to wait and see what the other classes do with their games to see if we get in the tournament; the top four teams advance. Keep practicing!

Notes:

• See our St. Patrick’s Wearin’ o’ the Green pics here.
• Feb Factor Valentine’s Party pics.
• View the second marking period report card and third marking period progress report 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: Students completed a spelling and skill test today.

Cursive: Cursive workbook pp. 99-101 are due Friday. This is the final assignment from the cursive workbook. The remainder of cursive assignments will be ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each.

Reading: Students completed a STAR Reading test today.

Writing: None today due to the Read-a-Thon. Today was the work day for the novel project. Each student should have reached 100% of their project word count goal by now. Ask your student or check StudentVue to see how much your student has done so far. We’ll be publishing our novels after spring break and they’ll be ready for purchase after that!

Math: None today due to the Read-a-Thon. Homework is to work on MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for 15 minutes or more.

Science: None today due to art.

Social Studies: We started working on Market Day today. Our class will be creating a website and advertisements for the other 4th grade classes making Market Day products.

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 (best: 73): 45

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

Multiplication Madness

Here is our final record. We’ll have to wait and see what the other classes do with their games to see if we get in the tournament; the top four teams advance. Keep practicing!

Notes:

• See our St. Patrick’s Wearin’ o’ the Green pics here.
• Feb Factor Valentine’s Party pics.
• View the second marking period report card and third marking period progress report 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 due to our Space Fashion Show.

Cursive: Cursive workbook pp. 95-98 are due Friday.

Reading: None today due to practicing for the Space Fashion Show.

Writing: Today was the last editing day for the novel project. Each student should have reached 100% of their project word count goal by now. Ask your student or check StudentVue to see how much your student has done so far. The novel project is due Friday, March 28. Your student should be editing at this point. Look below for more details.

Novel Writing Project 2014

The final piece of the 3rd Marking Period will be our final fiction project of the year. Students will write and publish a novel. Each student will write their own novel, with a word goal minimum of 1,000-3,000 words, based on their reading level (each student’s minimum writing goal is equal to their reading level multiplied by 500). The novels will be written in Google Docs (docs.mrhowd.com) to make use of the word count feature. Final novels will be uploaded to Lulu.com and published as paperback books, which can be purchased for reasonable prices. So yes, students will actually write and publish their own novels. This project is based on the National Novel Writing Month Young Writers program. Here are more details:

• Here are some novels written by former students:
  • One Demi-God’s Story
  • The Secret
  • Space Invaders
  • Lonely with Some Spark
• If friends and family would like to order a paperback version of the book, we will upload the final texts to Lulu.com. Most books will cost between $5 and $10.
• Half of this grade will be if students complete their own, personal word count goal.

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

Science: Today was the Space Fashion Show! That for all the family members that could attend. We also had five classes watch our performance. The class did a great job with costumes, information, scripts, and reading with enthusiasm! Check back soon for pictures and a video.

Social Studies: None today due to practicing for the Space Fashion Show.

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 (best: 73): 38

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

Multiplication Madness

Here is our final record. We’ll have to wait and see what the other classes do with their games to see if we get in the tournament; the top four teams advance. Keep practicing!

Notes:

• The Read-a-Thon is tomorrow. Bring donations, books, a snack, a drink, a pillow, and a blanket if desired!
• See our St. Patrick’s Wearin’ o’ the Green pics here.
• Feb Factor Valentine’s Party pics.
• View the second marking period report card and third marking period progress report 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 practiced adding suffixes onto words, and remembered that words with silent e, the silent e is dropped for vowel suffixes.

Cursive: Cursive workbook pp. 95-98 are due Friday.

Reading: None today due to art.

Writing: Today was the first editing day for the novel project. Each student should have reached 100% of their project word count goal by now. Ask your student or check StudentVue to see how much your student has done so far. The novel project is due Friday, March 28. Your student should be editing at this point. Look below for more details.

Novel Writing Project 2014

The final piece of the 3rd Marking Period will be our final fiction project of the year. Students will write and publish a novel. Each student will write their own novel, with a word goal minimum of 1,000-3,000 words, based on their reading level (each student’s minimum writing goal is equal to their reading level multiplied by 500). The novels will be written in Google Docs (docs.mrhowd.com) to make use of the word count feature. Final novels will be uploaded to Lulu.com and published as paperback books, which can be purchased for reasonable prices. So yes, students will actually write and publish their own novels. This project is based on the National Novel Writing Month Young Writers program. Here are more details:

• Here are some novels written by former students:
  • One Demi-God’s Story
  • The Secret
  • Space Invaders
  • Lonely with Some Spark
• If friends and family would like to order a paperback version of the book, we will upload the final texts to Lulu.com. Most books will cost between $5 and $10.
• Half of this grade will be if students complete their own, personal word count goal.

Math: The class started the Topic 7 test about multiplication and estimating products. Homework is to work on MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for 15 minutes or more.

Science: Students continued working on their Space Fashion Show scripts today (more details and a sample script). The Space Fashion Show is our final project of our space unit. Students are working in groups to write a fashion show script that tells about the sun, moon, or earth (click here to find your student’s group script). One student from each group will “model” a costume of the sun, moon, or earth. The Space Fashion Show is tomorrow, Thursday, March 27 at 2:oo. Family members are invited! Homework is to finish working on the script and costume; bring the costume tomorrow!

Social Studies: We finished talking about powers of the state and federal government, and students completed a MiniQuiz about this topic.

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 (best: 73): 32

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

Multiplication Madness

Here is our final record. We’ll have to wait and see what the other classes do with their games to see if we get in the tournament; the top four teams advance. Keep practicing!

Notes:

• See our St. Patrick’s Wearin’ o’ the Green pics here.
• Feb Factor Valentine’s Party pics.
• View the second marking period report card and third marking period progress report 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 the idea that some words have silent letters. We’ll have a final spelling test of the third marking period on Friday.

Cursive: Cursive workbook pp. 95-98 are due Friday.

Reading: Today was a reading skills practice day using MobyMax Reading and AR.

Writing: Today was the final revising day for the novel project. Each student should have reached 100% of their project word count goal by now. Ask your student or check StudentVue to see how much your student has done so far. The novel project is due Friday, March 28. Your student should be revising at this point and ready to start editing tomorrow. Look below for more details.

Novel Writing Project 2014

The final piece of the 3rd Marking Period will be our final fiction project of the year. Students will write and publish a novel. Each student will write their own novel, with a word goal minimum of 1,000-3,000 words, based on their reading level (each student’s minimum writing goal is equal to their reading level multiplied by 500). The novels will be written in Google Docs (docs.mrhowd.com) to make use of the word count feature. Final novels will be uploaded to Lulu.com and published as paperback books, which can be purchased for reasonable prices. So yes, students will actually write and publish their own novels. This project is based on the National Novel Writing Month Young Writers program. Here are more details:

• Here are some novels written by former students:
  • One Demi-God’s Story
  • The Secret
  • Space Invaders
  • Lonely with Some Spark
• If friends and family would like to order a paperback version of the book, we will upload the final texts to Lulu.com. Most books will cost between $5 and $10.
• Half of this grade will be if students complete their own, personal word count goal.

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

Science: Students continued working on their Space Fashion Show scripts today (more details and a sample script). The Space Fashion Show is our final project of our space unit. Students are working in groups to write a fashion show script that tells about the sun, moon, or earth (click here to find your student’s group script). One student from each group will “model” a costume of the sun, moon, or earth. The Space Fashion Show is Thursday, March 27 at 2:oo. Family members are invited!

Social Studies: We worked in groups to think about some problems that would happen if the powers of the state and federal government were mixed up.

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 (best: 73): 25

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

Multiplication Madness

Here is our final record. We’ll have to wait and see what the other classes do with their games to see if we get in the tournament; the top four teams advance. Keep practicing!

Notes:

• See our St. Patrick’s Wearin’ o’ the Green pics here.
• Feb Factor Valentine’s Party pics.
• View the second marking period report card and third marking period progress report 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.

Originally posted 2014-03-25 17:24:43. Republished by Blog Post Promoter