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Spelling: None today due to the half day schedule.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 22-24 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: Today was the AR Dodgeball reward game. Congratulations to Jacob and Ariana, the only students from our class that made their AR goal and could attend the game. The rest of the class planned some reading goals to help each student become a better and better reader.

Writing: We read a story, Fox, by Margaret Wild, that showed strong verbs, visual details, and an interesting ending. Students also worked on prewriting conferences today.

According to the schedule, today is the second of four drafting days. Hopefully students have used the half days this week to get started on their story. Your student should be finished prewriting and starting their draft. A fiction story will be due Monday, November 30.

Math: None today due to the half day schedule.

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

Science: None today due to the half day schedule.

Social Studies: We started to read an article about how the supply and demand of video game consoles during Christmas shopping season affects price.

Notes:

• Our school is asking parents to please complete this brief parent survey. We need a few more parents to complete this survey.
• 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 due to the half day schedule.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 22-24 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: Students worked on reader’s theatre plays to share their book with the class.

Writing: We talked about adding visual details to describe what a character looks like. A writer should describe a character when they show up in a story so that the reader can see a mental picture in their mind.

Homework is to finish prewriting (characters, settings, and plot), and to start the draft. A fiction story will be due Monday, November 30.

Math: None today due to the half day schedule.

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

Science: Students worked on a experiment to test if which arrangements of circuits would light a bulb. Homework is to finish the Repair Manual page if not done in class.

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

Notes:

• Fall conferences are November 10-12. Make, view, or edit your fall conference time.
• Our school is asking parents to please complete this brief parent survey.
• 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: Today was a preview of upcoming spelling words.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 22-24 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: None today due to the half day schedule.

Writing: None today due to the half day schedule.

Students should be prewriting, focusing on the characters and settings of their story as well as starting to plan the plot. A fiction story will be due Monday, November 30.

Math: We practiced reading and writing numbers in these forms:

• standard: 1,532
• word: one thousand, five hundred, thirty-two
• expanded: 1000 + 500 + 30 + 2

Students also practiced these skills in Khan Academy.

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

Science: None today due to the half day schedule.

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

Notes:

• Fall conferences are November 10-12. Make, view, or edit your fall conference time.
• Our school is asking parents to please complete this brief parent survey.
• 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. 22-24 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: We talked today about the three main ingredients of any story:

• Characters
• Plot
• Setting

Students also continued prewriting today, focusing on the characters and settings of their story. A fiction story will be due Monday, November 30.

Math: We practiced solving geometric patterns today (patterns that change in predictable ways). Students also practiced math skills using Khan Academy.

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

Science: We reviewed our last experiment about electrical circuits and students created a new minibook to write notes about electricity.

Social Studies: We reviewed yesterday’s assignment about how supply affects price.

Notes:

• Fall conferences are November 10-12. Make, view, or edit your fall conference time.
• Our school is asking parents to please complete this brief parent survey.
• 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: Students continued making Words to Learn lists by correcting words they missed on the last spelling test.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 22-24 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: Due to the large drop in our last class average STAR Reading level, the class wanted a chance to retake the test, and we did that today.

Writing: Today was the first day of prewriting for our next piece of writing, a fiction story. Today, we reviewed different styles and elements of fiction writing. Students also started making a list of their favorite stories and movies; this should probably be the type of story your student tries to write. This fiction story will be due Monday, November 30.

Math: We practiced looking for a rule to explain the pattern in a series of numbers. Today was also the final day to work on these skills:

• Math patterns 2
• MobyMax Math

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

Science: Students finished an experiment about making an electrical circuit with one battery, one wire, and one bulb. Homework is to finish this experiment if not done in class.

Social Studies: Students worked with their team to write ideas about how supply, demand, and price are connected.

Notes:

• Fall conferences are November 10-12. Make, view, or edit your fall conference time.
• Our school is asking parents to please complete this brief parent survey.
• 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.