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Spelling: Students made Words to Learn lists from words they missed on the last spelling test. This is your student’s spelling list for the next test.

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

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: We talked about hooking the reader with an interesting lead. Leads can begin with talking, action, or visual details.

Students also worked on editing their narrative today.

A personal narrative is due on Friday, October 10. Your student should be editing at this time.

Math: Students continued practicing adding decimals today.

Here’s the skills we’ll be working on for the coming days. Maybe your student will have time to work on them at home:

• Adding decimals 0.5
• Adding decimals 1
• Adding decimals 2

Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes or more using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: We wrote notes about the nervous system today. Tomorrow is a MiniQuiz about the skeletal, muscular, and circulatory systems.

Social Studies: None today due to extra science time.

Notes:

• Calling all Box Tops! McGrath is having a box tops contest through October 17. Send ’em in to help our school!
• View our daily learning targets.
• 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 6th grade.

Spelling: None today.

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

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles; some groups worked on inferring using clues or asking curious questions as reading strategies.

Writing: Students completed partner revising conferences today.

A personal narrative is due on Friday, October 10. Your student should be revising at this time.

Math: We practiced using rounding to estimate sums and differences. Students also practiced math skills using MobyMax Math.

Here’s the skills we’ll be working on for the coming days. Maybe your student will have time to work on them at home:

• Adding decimals 0.5
• Adding decimals 1
• Adding decimals 2

Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes or more using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: None today due to extra time with social studies. We’ll have an extra science time soon.

Social Studies: We learned about the American Indians for the Northwest Coast, California Inter-mountain, and Southwest regions. Homework is the notes in the social studies notebook for sections 3.2-3.4.

Notes:

• Calling all Box Tops! McGrath is having a box tops contest through October 17. Send ’em in to help our school!
• View our daily learning targets.
• 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 6th grade.

Spelling: None today.

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

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

Writing: Students continued to revise their narrative today. A personal narrative is due on Friday, October 10. Your student should be revising at this time.

Math: We practiced rounding whole numbers and decimals using place value. Students also practiced math skills using MobyMax Math.

Here’s the skills we’ll be working on for the coming days. Maybe your student will have time to work on them at home:

• Adding decimals 0.5
• Adding decimals 1
• Adding decimals 2

Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes or more using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: We wrote notes about the respiratory system and started to learn about the nervous system. Homework is to finish the “Beautiful Brain” and “Spinal Signals” review pages.

Social Studies: None today due to our math skills practice time.

Notes:

• Calling all Box Tops! McGrath is having a box tops contest through October 17. Send ’em in to help our school!
• View our daily learning targets.
• 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 6th grade.

Spelling: None today.

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

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: We talked about writing an interesting lead to hook the reader. One way to do that is to think of a waterfall. The brink of the waterfall is where the action of the story starts to get interesting. The lead should back up a little from the waterfall, but not too far away from the brink. Otherwise the story starts too slowing and the reader loses interest.

Students continued to revise their narrative. A personal narrative is due on Friday, October 10. Your student should be revising at this time.

Math: We practiced using mental math to add and subtract decimals. Students also practiced adding decimals using Khan Academy.

Here’s the skills we’ll be working on for the coming days. Maybe your student will have time to work on them at home:

• Adding decimals 0.5
• Adding decimals 1
• Adding decimals 2

Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes or more using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: We started to learn about the important parts of the respiratory system.

Social Studies: We learned about the Northwest Coast American Indian region and what artifacts could be found there.

Notes:

• View our daily learning targets.
• 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 6th grade.