April 30th, 2014
Class activities for Wednesday, April 30
Spelling: None today.
Cursive: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due on Friday.
Reading: None today due to art.
Writing: We learned today that all poems have at least one of these ingredients:
- Imagery: visual details or other senses that the reader can see, feel, or picture.
- Music: a rhythm, beat, or sing-songy sound.
- Emotion: happy, sad, glad, or another feeling.
Poems don’t need all of them, but all poems have at least one of those qualities.
We also read Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening. A collection of poems will be due Friday, May 16.
Math: Students practiced long division using Khan Academy. Homework is to work on MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for 15 minutes or more.
Science: Students planned and started experiments today to test if plants need these to live:
- Air
- water
- food for energy, growth and repair
- heat
- light
We’ll keep track of our plant needs experiments with photos in this album.
Social Studies: We talked about how branches of the government can check and balance the power of other branches. Homework is to finish the Power Problems and Checks and Balances note page if not done in class.
- Yellow magnets: 1
- Orange magnets: 0
- Red magnets: 0
- STAR Awards: 0
- Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 1
- Hours with no magnets (best: 73): 0
Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade online to see if your student moved their magnet.
Notes:
- Mackinac trip donations are due by the end of April. The trip is May 9. Here are some last-minute reminders.
- Feb Factor Valentine’s Party pics.
- View the third marking period report card here. MEAP reports were sent home with students on Friday, April 4.
- 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.
