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Spelling: None today.

Cursive: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due on Friday.

Reading: None today due to art.

Writing: Students finalized their research topic for the Find It, Decide It project and started researching. This piece is due Friday, May 30.

Math: We continued practicing fractions today. We used Khan Academy to practice these skills:

• Adding fractions with 10 and 100 as denominators

Homework is to work on MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for 15 minutes or more, and to level up on the skills listed above if not done in class.

Science: Today students completed a district assessment about the sun, moon and earth.

Social Studies: We compared different regions to the midwest and looked for similarities and differences.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 3
• Hours with no magnets (best: 73): 2

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

Notes:

• 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: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due on Friday.

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles; some groups worked on looking for context clues and asking questions are reading strategies.

Writing: Students continued to select their research topic for the Find It, Decide It project. This piece is due Friday, May 30.

Math: We continued practicing fractions today. We used Khan Academy to practice three skills:

• Decimals on the number line 1
• Decimals on the number line 2
• Comparing decimals 1

Homework is to work on MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for 15 minutes or more, and to level up on the skills listed above if not done in class.

Science: None today.

Social Studies: We learned that the US can be divided into many different kinds of regions, and that a region is an area of the country with at least one thing in common.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 2
• Hours with no magnets (best: 73): 15

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

Notes:

• 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: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due on Friday.

Reading: None today due to art.

Writing: We started our final writing project of the year, called Find It, Decide It. Students will work with a partner to research and make a decision. This piece is due Friday, May 30.

Math: We continued practicing fractions today. We used Khan Academy to practice three skills:

• Multiplying fractions by integers
• Multiplying fractions and whole numbers word problems
• Converting decimals to fractions 1

Homework is to work on MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for 15 minutes or more, and to level up on the skills listed above if not done in class.

Science: We reviewed special adaptations that animals have that help them survive in the wild. We also learned that organisms of the same kind can have similar adaptations, but also have variations that make them different.

Social Studies: We looked at special purpose maps of the US about elevation, precipitation, population, and temperature.

Behavior Update:

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

Notes:

• 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: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due on Friday.

Reading: Today was a MobyMax Reading Skills practice or AR test day.

Writing: None today.

A collection of poems will be due Monday, May 19.

Math: We continued practicing fractions today. We used Khan Academy to practice three skills:

• Comparing improper fractions and mixed numbers
• Decomposing fractions
• Understanding multiplying fractions and whole numbers

Homework is to work on MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for 15 minutes or more, and to level up on the skills listed above if not done in class.

Science: We learned about what food is for plants. Humans need to take food into their bodies to grow. But plants can get about half their growth just by combining carbon dioxide from air and water. The plants use the air and water to make sugars, and about half of a plant’s leaves, stems, roots, and wood is made from sugars. Homework is to finish the Is it food for plants? review page.

Social Studies: We learned about the physical landforms of the US, and made a made to show the mountains, plains, plateaus, valleys, and basins were.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 3
• Hours with no magnets (best: 73): 16

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

Notes:

• 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: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due on Friday.

Reading: Today was a MobyMax Reading practice day. Students also completed a STAR Reading test.

Writing: Students created a final collection of their best poems, and started to have partner conferences for revising.

A collection of poems will be due Monday, May 19.

Math: We continued practicing fractions today. We used Khan Academy to practice three skills:

• Converting mixed numbers and improper fractions
• Adding and subtracting mixed numbers 0.5
• Fractions on the number line 2

Homework is to work on MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for 15 minutes or more, and to level up on the skills listed above if not done in class.

Science: Today was a physical education and nutrition lesson about MyPlate and healthy eating.

Social Studies: We practiced finding the relative location of the US (north of Mexico, south of Canada, north of the equator, in the northern hemisphere). Homework is to finish the Label the Continents and Location of the US notes pages started in class.

Behavior Update:

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

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

Notes:

• 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.