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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 day.

Writing: Students finalized persuasive essay topics and started to prewrite these parts of their essay:

1. Introduction describing a public policy problem in America (vaccines, fighting ISIS, body cameras for police officers, healthy foods for schools, etc.).
2. Their opinion about a solution to the problem.
3. Some kind of data to support their opinion.
4. At least one core democratic value to support their opinion.
5. A conclusion restating their data and opinion.

Homework is to finish prewriting and begin writing the draft letter. A persuasive Letter to the Editor (guidelines) about a public policy issue facing the US will be due Friday, February 27.

Resources:

• Persuasive Letter Guidelines
• CNN Student News
• Annenberg Classroom Speakouts
• PollingReport.com for data
• Whitehouse.gov Petitions

Math: Students finished working on the STAR Math test begun yesterday. 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, and to work on MobyMax FactMaster for 5 minutes.

Science: Students worked on an experiment about measuring the speed of a moving cart. Homework is to finish the speed and average speed calculations and to record in the data table in their science notebook.

Social Studies: None today due to extra time with writing.

Notes:

• Spring conferences are March 10-12. View or edit your time here. 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.

Our Feb Factor Valentine’s party was so good, it was scary, literally! We decorated Valentine’s bags, passed out our cards and ate sloppy joes, chips, fruit and veggies.

Feb Factor games included sticking conversation hearts, slurping gummy hearts, gulping strawberry banana pudding, passing love notes, and tossing bouncy balls!

Thanks to everyone who donated food and supplies; we had more than enough! A big thanks to all the family members that helped with serving food, cleanup and games!

Notes:

• Spring conferences are March 10-12. View, edit, or sign up here.
• 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: Today was a spelling and skill test.

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

Reading: None today due to a fitness assembly.

Writing: We started looking at the resources below to gather topic ideas. A persuasive Letter to the Editor (guidelines) about a public policy issue facing the US will be due Friday, February 27.

Resources:

• Persuasive Letter Guidelines
• CNN Student News
• Annenberg Classroom Speakouts
• PollingReport.com
• Whitehouse.gov Petitions

Math: We used MobyMax Math to practice math skills and also reviewed our recent division partner test. 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, and to work on MobyMax FactMaster for 5 minutes.

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

Social Studies: Students started reading and taking notes about colonial regions.

Notes:

• Our Feb Factor Valentine’s Party is tomorrow, February 13 from 12:30-3:30. Here’s our volunteer and guest list.
• Middle school course request sheets are due February 13.
• Spring conferences are March 10-12. View, edit, or sign up here.
• 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 adding on and removing suffixes from base words. This 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 market day shopping.

Writing: We reviewed ten core democratic values today that students can use in their opinion writing. A persuasive Letter to the Editor (guidelines) about a public policy issue facing the US will be due Friday, February 27.

Resources:

• Persuasive Letter Guidelines
• CNN Student News
• Annenberg Classroom Speakouts
• PollingReport.com
• Whitehouse.gov Petitions

Math: We practiced finding the mean of a set of data (add up the data set and divide by the number in the set). 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, and to work on MobyMax FactMaster for 5 minutes.

Science: We reviewed the district science test about studying people scientifically. We’ll be starting a new topic soon.

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

Notes:

• Our Feb Factor Valentine’s Party is next Friday, February 13 from 12:30-3:30. Here’s our volunteer and guest list.
• Third marking period report cards are available at StudentVue.
• Middle school course request sheets are due February 13.
• Spring conferences are March 10-12. View, edit, or sign up here.
• 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 identifying words and letters that are unnecessarily added to phrases:

• The ball is inside of the box. It would be correct to say, “The ball is inside the box.”
• Move backwards. It would be correct to say, “Move backward.”

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 making inferences using clues from the text.

Writing: We talked about our next project, another form of opinion writing. This project is a persuasive Letter to the Editor about a public policy issue facing the US. Here are guidelines for the project. This persuasive letter will be due Friday, February 27.

Resources:

• Persuasive Letter Guidelines
• CNN Student News
• Annenberg Classroom Speakouts
• PollingReport.com
• Whitehouse.gov Petitions

Math: Students finished working on a partner math test today about division. 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, and to work on MobyMax FactMaster for 5 minutes.

Science: Students finished working on a district science test today about studying people scientifically.

Social Studies: Students finished sharing presentations today about the reason for founding, geography, climate, and government of different English colonies. We voted on which of the 13 original colonies sounded like the best one to move to, and the winner is…Georgia!

Notes:

• Our Feb Factor Valentine’s Party is next Friday, February 13 from 12:30-3:30. Here’s our volunteer and guest list.
• Third marking period report cards are available at StudentVue.
• Middle school course request sheets are due February 13.
• Spring conferences are March 10-12. View, edit, or sign up here.
• 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.