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Spelling: None today.

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

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

Writing: We practiced writing literary essays today using a new short story.

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

A literary essay will be due Friday, February 6.

Math: We practiced dividing by tens again. Here are some division skills we’ve been working on lately:

• Division with remainders
• Division by 2 digits

We also practiced division facts from 10-12 using AAAMath.com.

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

Science: None today due to our math skills practice time.

Social Studies: We learning about a conflict between the English settlers and the American Indians. Homework is to finish notebook p. 37.

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: Students made Words to Learn lists from words missed on the last spelling test.

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

Reading: Students planned their new Literature Circles book reading days today.

Writing: We discussed the main ingredients of a literary essay:

• Introduction with a summary and the book’s theme.
• Three examples from the book that show the theme.
• A conclusion with the theme and what the writer learned.

We started writing a literary essay together.

A literary essay will be due Friday, February 6.

Math: We started to practiced dividing by tens. Here are some division skills we’ve been working on lately:

• Division with remainders
• Division by 2 digits

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

Science: We reviewed the human variation experiment completed yesterday.

Social Studies: We started learning about a conflict between the English settlers and the American Indians.

Notes:

• 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 a preview of upcoming spelling words.

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

Reading: Students received their new Literature Circles books and we started to plan how many pages each student will read daily.

Writing: We started working on our next writing project, a literary essay (here’s a sample). Students will select a picture book and write an essay about the theme or big idea of the book.

A literary essay will be due Friday, February 6.

Math: Students completed a STAR Math test today. Here are some division skills we’ve been working on lately:

• Division with remainders
• Division by 2 digits

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

Science: Students completed an experiment to test human variation to touch sensitivity. Homework is to finish analysis questions 1-6 on p. 31.

Social Studies: Students completed a district social studies test today.

Notes:

• 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 a spelling and skill test.

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

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

Writing: Students worked on publishing their adventure story website today.

The Choose Your Own Adventure fiction gamebook project is due Friday, January 16, but I told students that they could continue to make changes and improvements to their website this weekend. We’ll start a new project next week.

Math: Students practiced math skills using MobyMax Math. Here are some division skills we’ve been working on lately:

• Division with remainders
• Division by 2 digits

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

Science: We set up our next experiment about human variation.

Social Studies: We finished learning about Plymouth. Homework is to finish notebook p. 36.

Notes:

• Middle school course request sheets are due February 13.
• The second marking period ends Friday, January 16. Log in to StudentView to look at recent grades and check for missing assignments.
• 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 reviewed making plural nouns today. That will be the skill tested on tomorrow’s spelling test.

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

Reading: None today due to art.

Writing: Students worked on editing conferences with partners.

The Choose Your Own Adventure fiction gamebook project is due Friday, January 16. Students should be finished with their draft and revising at this point.

Choose Your Own Adventure Resources

• Find a complete list of resources here.

Math: We practiced estimating quotients by using compatible numbers. For example, for 731 / 97, compatible numbers would be 720 / 90 = 8. Compatible numbers make it easier to estimate quotients. Students also practiced math skills using Khan Academy today. Here are some division skills we’ve been working on lately:

• Division with remainders
• Division by 2 digits

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

Science: We reviewed our last experiment about touch sensitivity.

Social Studies: None today due to an assembly about persevering, encouraging, and doing your best.

Notes:

• Middle school course request sheets are due February 13.
• The second marking period ends Friday, January 16. Log in to StudentView to look at recent grades and check for missing assignments.
• 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.