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Spelling: We practiced using the there/their/they’re and theirs/there’s homophones correctly today.

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

Reading: Today was a reading skills and AR practice day.

Writing: Students worked on drafting their essay today.

Here’s a sample that we started writing a literary essay together.

A literary essay will be due Friday, February 6.

Math: Students practiced division today using Khan Academy. Here are some skills we’ve been working on lately:

• Division with remainders
• Division by 2 digits
• Division facts from 10-12

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

Also, we took our first loss today in Division Madness. Our record is 2-1. Today, we lost by one point. The class vowed to practice at least 5 minutes nightly with division facts.

Science: Students worked with a partner to conduct their own experiment. Homework is to finish analysis questions 5, 6, and 8 on p. 41. There will also be a MiniQuiz soon about investigations 5-8.

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

Notes:

• Third marking period report cards are available at StudentVue.
• Middle school course request sheets are due February 13.
• Our class will be performing a play in March, The Legend of Lightning Larry. All students will have a part and will need to be at some after school practices and the performance.
• 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: Students worked on prewriting conferences with a partner today. Homework is to be ready to start a draft essay tomorrow.

Here’s a sample that we started writing a literary essay together.

A literary essay will be due Friday, February 6.

Math: None today due to the Jump Rope for Heart assembly. Here are some skills we’ve been working on lately:

• Division with remainders
• Division by 2 digits
• Division facts from 10-12

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

Science: Students worked with a partner to design their own experiment. Homework is to finish the experiment design and be ready to conduct the experiment tomorrow.

Social Studies: Students started learning about colonial regions. Homework is to finish notebook p. 39 if not done in class.

Notes:

• Third marking period report cards are available at StudentVue.
• Middle school course request sheets are due February 13.
• Our class will be performing a play in March, The Legend of Lightning Larry. All students will have a part and will need to be at some after school practices and the performance.
• 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 forming questions as a reading strategy.

Writing: Students continued to prewrite their literary essays today. Homework is to finish prewriting for the literary essay if not done already.

Here’s a sample that we started writing a literary essay together.

A literary essay will be due Friday, February 6.

Math: None today due to extra time finishing a science experiment. Here are some skills we’ve been working on lately:

• Division with remainders
• Division by 2 digits
• Division facts from 10-12

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

Science: Students worked on an experiment about collecting and using scientific data to test people. Homework is to finish analysis questions 1-4 on p. 40.

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

Notes:

• Third marking period report cards are available at StudentVue.
• Middle school course request sheets are due February 13.
• Our class will be performing a play in March, The Legend of Lightning Larry. All students will have a part and will need to be at some after school practices and the performance.
• 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: We practiced spelling words that have silent letters and forming plurals by changing the letter f to a v, as in the word wolves or leaves.

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

Reading: None today due to reviewing how to debate politely, and how to prove opinions using evidence.

Writing: Students selected books today to use for literary essays. We also started prewriting today. Homework is to finish prewriting for the literary essay.

Here’s a sample that we started writing a literary essay together.

A literary essay will be due Friday, February 6.

Math: Students worked on a district math test today. Here are some skills we’ve been working on lately:

• Division with remainders
• Division by 2 digits
• Division facts from 10-12

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

Science: We finished learning about quantitative (can be counted) and qualitative (what something is like) data. Homework is to finish analysis questions 1-5 on pp. 35-36.

Social Studies: Students completed a test today about early English settlements.

Notes:

• Third marking period report cards are available at StudentVue.
• Middle school course request sheets are due February 13.
• 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 the McGrath Spelling Bee.

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 questioning as a reading strategy.

Writing: Students continued to practice writing literary essays today using a short story we read last week.

Here’s a sample that we started writing a literary essay together.

A literary essay will be due Friday, February 6.

Math: Students worked on a district math test today. Here are some skills we’ve been working on lately:

• Division with remainders
• Division by 2 digits
• Division facts from 10-12

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

Science: We started reading about different kinds of data scientists collect during tests on people.

Social Studies: Students completed a reading challenge about early English settlements. Homework is to finish notebook p. 38 and to prepared for a test tomorrow.

Notes:

• Third marking period report cards are available at StudentVue.
• Middle school course request sheets are due February 13.
• 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.