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Spelling: None today.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 25-27 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: Today was a preview of new Literature Circles books. Students will start new books next week.

Writing: We talked about making characters come to life by giving them realistic dialogue to say, and by giving them action details to show how they act.

Students also worked on revising; your student should be going back to their draft to add new details, to take out parts that don’t match, or to change words or ideas. A fiction story will be due Monday, November 30.

Math: We continued to work on place value skills today, and some students started to work on rounding. Students used Khan Academy to practice math skills.

Here are some skills we’ve been working on lately:

Homework is to practice MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for at least 15 minutes.

Science: Students worked on a science experiment about making a switch to control a circuit. Homework is to finish the On or Off experiment if not done in class.

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

Notes:

• Our Michigan Capitol and Museum trip is on December 1.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Visit our Links page: keep track of all the websites we use for learning, or try something new.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at ParentVue or StudentVue.

Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 5th grade.

Spelling: We practiced using homographs correctly. Homographs are words that are spelled the same, but have different meanings and possibly different pronunciations. Can you read these homographs correctly the first time?

• Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present .
• A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
• When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
• I did not object to the object.
• The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
• There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
• They were too close to the door to close it.
• 14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.

Here are more homophones!

Cursive: Cursive pp. 25-27 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: Today the final groups performed their Literature Circles Reader’s Theatre projects. The groups practiced reading with good speed, tone, accuracy, and volume.

Writing: We continued to learn about breaking a text into paragraphs. Today was also the first revising day; your student should be going back to their draft to add new details, take out parts that don’t match, or to change words or ideas. A fiction story will be due Monday, November 30.

Math: We practiced comparing and ordering numbers using place value. Students also used Khan Academy to practice math skills.

Here are some skills we’ve been working on lately:

Homework is to practice MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for at least 15 minutes.

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

Social Studies: Students completed a MiniQuiz about supply, demand, competition, and price, and we also started to learn about positive and negative incentives. Homework is to finish the Incentives and You notes page if not done in class.

Notes:

• Our Michigan Capitol and Museum trip is on December 1.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Visit our Links page: keep track of all the websites we use for learning, or try something new.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at ParentVue or StudentVue.

Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 5th grade.

Spelling: We learned about common spelling patterns for the long /i/ sound.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 25-27 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: Today was a final practice day for Literature Circles Reader’s Theatre projects, and one group performed their play. The remaining groups will perform tomorrow.

Writing: We talked about breaking a text into paragraphs. Students also continued to draft today. Your student should be nearing the end of their draft if the want to have time to revise and edit. A fiction story will be due Monday, November 30.

Math: We practiced comparing numbers using place value. Students also used MobyMax Math to practice math skills; many students are practicing place value or rounding skills.

Homework is to practice MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for at least 15 minutes.

Science: We wrote notes in our minibooks about electricity, and students completed a MiniQuiz about circuits.

Social Studies: We reviewed the class article worked on yesterday and wrote notes in our minibooks. We’ll have a MiniQuiz about supply, demand, competition, and price tomorrow.

Notes:

• Our Michigan Capitol and Museum trip is on December 1.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Visit our Links page: keep track of all the websites we use for learning, or try something new.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at ParentVue or StudentVue.

Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 5th grade.

Spelling: None today.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 25-27 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: None today due to getting new seats, jobs, and team captains.

Writing: Students shared with the class the problem of their fiction story, and how the problem will be solved.

Students also continued to draft today. Your student should be more than half finished with their draft at this point. A fiction story will be due Monday, November 30.

Math: We practiced understanding the value of a digit in a number. For example, in the number 4,356, the 4 is worth 4,000, the 3 is worth 300, and the 5 is worth 50. Students also practiced place value skills at Khan Academy.

Homework is to practice MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for at least 15 minutes.

Science: We reviewed our last experiment about different ways to configure a circuit. We’ll have a miniquiz about this soon.

Social Studies: Students worked in teams to comment on an article about supply, demand and price. View the article and our comments here. We’ll also have a miniquiz about this topic this week.

Notes:

• Our Michigan Capitol and Museum trip is on December 1.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Visit our Links page: keep track of all the websites we use for learning, or try something new.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at ParentVue or StudentVue.

Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 5th grade.

Our next field trip is coming soon; here are the details:

• When: Tuesday, December 1, 2015
• Time: Meet at McGrath at 7:15 am for 7:30 departure. Back to McGrath at or before 3:00 pm.
• Where: Michigan Capitol Building and Historical Museum in Lansing.
• Cost: No cost for students, except for souvenirs. Up to five parents are admitted free of charge.
• Permission Slip: Download the permission slip for this trip here
• Lunch: Bring a sack lunch with disposable containers.
• Chaperones: We are looking for chaperones for our field trip. We’ll even throw in a free bus ride! Our school asks that you have a Volunteer Information Profile on file with the office. Would you or a family member like to chaperone? Just fill out the form below: