Archive for April, 2014

Class activities for Thursday, April 3

Thursday, April 3rd, 2014

Spelling: Students continued 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: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles; some groups worked on questioning as a reading strategy.

 

Writing: Students continued to work on their I-Search projects. Students are researching a topic and will create a digital presentation to share with the school. Students continued to collect research today. The I-Search project is due Friday, April 25.

Math: None today due to working on our Market Day website. Homework is to work on MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for 15 minutes or more.

Science: None today.

Social Studies: We continued working on the 4th grade Market Day website.

Behavior Update:

  • Yellow magnets: 2
  • Orange magnets: 0
  • Red magnets: 0
  • STAR Awards: 0
  • Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 5
  • 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

WLPCTGB
Johnston701.000
Moul420.672.5
Bell240.334.5
Howd260.255.5
Watkins140.205

Here is our final record. We made it in the tournament! We’ll have a playoff game with Mrs. Bell’s class to determine which seed we are. Keep practicing!

Notes:

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

Class activities for Wednesday, April 2

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014

Spelling: Students continued 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 planned their daily reading amount in their Literature Circles groups today. We’ll be ready to start reading tomorrow.

Writing: Students continued to work on their I-Search projects. Students are researching a topic and will create a digital presentation to share with the school. Today, students continued to collect information from books and websites. The I-Search project is due Friday, April 25.

Math: Students completed a STAR Math test today. Homework is to work on MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for 15 minutes or more.

Science: None today due to extra social studies time.

Social Studies: Students worked on designing the Market Day website to show the products that will be sold on Market Day. Here is the website we are building.

Behavior Update:

  • Yellow magnets: 1
  • Orange magnets: 0
  • Red magnets: 0
  • STAR Awards: 0
  • Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 2
  • 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

WLPCTGB
Johnston701.000
Moul420.672.5
Bell240.334.5
Howd260.255.5
Watkins140.205

Here is our final record. We made it in the tournament! We’ll have a playoff game with Mrs. Bell’s class to determine which seed we are. Keep practicing!

Notes:

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

Class activities for Tuesday, April 1

Tuesday, April 1st, 2014

Spelling: Students continued 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 received new Literature Circles books today. We also received the results from our last STAR Reading test:

Writing: Students continued to work on their I-Search projects. Students are researching a topic and will create a digital presentation to share with the school. Students formed research questions today. The I-Search project is due Friday, April 25.

Math: We practiced multiplying two-digit numbers using arrays (click here for an example). Journal P8-1 corresponds. Homework is to work on MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for 15 minutes or more.

Science: To finished watching 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 due to extra time for science. We’ll have extra social studies later 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 (best: 73): 3

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

Multiplication Madness

WLPCTGB
Johnston701.000
Moul420.672.5
Bell240.334.5
Howd260.255.5
Watkins140.205

Here is our final record. We made it in the tournament! We’ll have a playoff game with Mrs. Bell’s class to determine which seed we are. Keep practicing!

Notes:

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