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Spelling: Today was a preview of upcoming spelling words.

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

Reading: Student finished performing their Literature Circles projects to share their book with the class.

Writing: Students worked on editing conferences today. A fiction story is due Monday, November 24. Your student should be editing by now.

Math: We practiced drawing pictures and writing equations to help solve number stories.

Here are some of the skills we’ve been working on lately. These would be good skills to practice at home.

• Multiplying 2 digits by 2 digits with area models
• Multiplying 2 digits by 2 digits
• Multi-digit multiplication
• Powers of ten

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

Science: Students completed a test today about body systems, genetics, and how animals use physical and behavior traits for survival.

Social Studies: None today due to our reading skills and AR practice time.

Notes:

• The Scrip fundraiser is starting again on Mondays. Learn more about this easy way to earn free money for 5th grade camp.
• The Pizza Kit 5th Grade Camp fundraiser is ongoing until December 5. Orders and money are due at that time.
• Get a head start on spring by reserving your Spring conference spot.
• 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: Today was a preview of upcoming spelling words.

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

Reading: Student groups started to perform their Literature Circles projects to share their book with the class.

Writing: Students worked on editing their current story. A fiction story is due Monday, November 24. Your student should be editing by now.

Math: We reviewed multiplying larger numbers today.

Here are some of the skills we’ve been working on lately. These would be good skills to practice at home.

• Multiplying 2 digits by 2 digits with area models
• Multiplying 2 digits by 2 digits
• Multi-digit multiplication
• Powers of ten

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

Science: We reviewed body systems, genetics, and how animals use physical and behavior traits for survival. We’ll have a test about these ideas tomorrow.

Social Studies: We started to learn about the “first come, first served” attitude about European explorers coming to the New World.

Notes:

• The Scrip fundraiser is starting again on Mondays. Learn more about this easy way to earn free money for 5th grade camp.
• The Pizza Kit 5th Grade Camp fundraiser is ongoing until December 5. Orders and money are due at that time.
• Get a head start on spring by reserving your Spring conference spot.
• 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: Students worked on Literature Circles projects that they will perform starting tomorrow in order to share their book with the class.

Writing: We talked about how to tighten dialogue by making it important to the story, and by removing dialogue that isn’t interesting or important.

Students also worked on revising conferences today. A fiction story is due Monday, November 24. Your student should be revising by now.

Math: We reviewed multiplying two-digit numbers today

Here are some of the skills we’ve been working on lately. These would be good skills to practice at home.

• Multiplying 2 digits by 2 digits with area models
• Multiplying 2 digits by 2 digits
• Multi-digit multiplication
• Powers of ten

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

Science: We learned about physical and behavior traits that help an animal survive. Physical traits include a cat’s sharp teeth, a giraffe’s long neck, and a cheetah’s speed, and behavior traits include making nests, hunting in packs, and flying in a v-formation.

Social Studies: Students completed a chapter 4 test today.

Notes:

• The Scrip fundraiser is starting again on Mondays. Learn more about this easy way to earn free money for 5th grade camp.
• The Pizza Kit 5th Grade Camp fundraiser is ongoing until December 5. Orders and money are due at that time.
• Get a head start on spring by reserving your Spring conference spot.
• 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: Students worked on Literature Circles projects that they will perform starting Tuesday in order to share their book with the class.

Writing: Students worked on revising today. A fiction story is due Friday, November 21. Your student should be revising by now.

Math: We reviewed multiplying one-digit numbers today, such as 38 x 7. Many students thought this skill was “easy.” In fact, many students did a double-take, but it is a lesson from our 5th grade curriculum. This is just a good reminder that for students that have working hard in class and practicing at home, they’ve made one difficult skills “easy” by practicing. For 5th graders that keep practicing, they will continue to be ready for skills before we introduce them in class.

Here are some of the skills we’ve been working on lately. These would be good skills to practice at home.

• Multiplying 2 digits by 2 digits with area models
• Multiplying 2 digits by 2 digits
• Multi-digit multiplication
• Powers of ten

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

Science: None today due to the half day schedule.

Social Studies: Students completed a reading challenge MiniQuiz over ideas from chapter 4 about explorers. We’ll have a test about this on Monday. The reading challenge can also be completed again at home to use as a study guide for the test. Your student can find the reading challenge here. Homework is to finish the notebook pages from chapter 4, including p. 25 started today.

Notes:

• The Scrip fundraiser is starting again on Mondays. Learn more about this easy way to earn free money for 5th grade camp.
• The Pizza Kit 5th Grade Camp fundraiser is ongoing until December 5. Orders and money are due at that time.
• Get a head start on spring by reserving your Spring conference spot.
• 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: None today due to the half day schedule.

Writing: None today due to the half day schedule. A fiction story is due Friday, November 21. Your student should be revising by now.

Math: Students worked on math skills using MobyMax today.

Here are some of the skills we’ve been working on lately. These would be good skills to practice at home.

• Multiplying 2 digits by 2 digits with area models
• Multiplying 2 digits by 2 digits
• Multi-digit multiplication
• Powers of ten

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

Science: We made dogs today! Students modeled how traits are passed from parents to offspring by randomly drawing a section of “DNA” code. The code represented a trait, such as eye color, ear shape, leg length, or fur type. Based on the code, each pair drew their dog. We learned that each dog was unique; each dog had at least one trait in common with another dog, but no dog was identical.

Social Studies: None today due to the half day schedule.

Notes:

• The Scrip fundraiser is starting again on Mondays. Learn more about this easy way to earn free money for 5th grade camp.
• The Pizza Kit 5th Grade Camp fundraiser is ongoing until December 5. Orders and money are due at that time.
• Get a head start on spring by reserving your Spring conference spot.
• 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.