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Spelling: We reviewed /s/ spelling patterns. This will be the skill tested on Friday’s spelling test.

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

Reading: None today due to the Space Fashion Show.

Writing: Students worked on finishing up their novel project. Our current project is our final fiction piece of the year. Each student has a daily writing goal of 150-300 words. The novel project is due Wednesday, March 30. Your student should be about 100% by now and revising or editing.

We also talked more about our next project, called the I-Search Project. This will be an information research project about a topic of each student’s choosing.

Homework is work on writing for at least 15 minutes.

Math: Students started working on a STAR Math test today.

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

Science: Today was the Space Fashion Show! The class received several compliments on the performance. Here are some pics:

Space Fashion Show 2016

Social Studies: We watched some video clips to review the roles of each branch of government, and we wrote notes in our minibooks.

Notes:

• Looking for a way to motivate your student to read at home? Try Don’t Break the Chain. It’s a simple way to building reading habits.
• 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 finished learning about rules for suffixes. We learned to change y to i before adding any suffix except ing, and to add es for words ending in sh, x, s, ch and z.

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

Reading: Students completed a STAR Reading test today.

Writing: Students worked on finishing up their novel project. Our current project is our final fiction piece of the year. Each student has a daily writing goal of 150-300 words. The novel project is due Wednesday, March 30. Your student should be about 100% by now and revising or editing.

We also discussed our next project, called the I-Search Project. This will be an information research project about a topic of each student’s choosing. Students were asked to think of some topics and try to have one selected by Thursday.

Homework is work on writing for at least 15 minutes.

Math: We used our math time for extra work on the Space Fashion Show. We will have some extra math tomorrow.

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

Science: Students finished working on their Space Fashion Show project today. The Space Fashion Show is tomorrow, Wednesday, March 30 at 10 am. Family members are invited!

Social Studies: None today due to some continued discussion about class and individual behavior choices. We’ll make up this social studies time tomorrow.

Notes:

• Looking for a way to motivate your student to read at home? Try Don’t Break the Chain. It’s a simple way to building reading habits.
• 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: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due on Fridays.

Reading: None today due to Eagle Talk and discussing class behavior with our last guest teacher. Here are some issues were trying to work through:

1. Some students are uncooperative with guest teachers. Students named by guest teachers will be asked to spend some of their recess time planning a better result for the next time.
2. Some students are generating a lot of complaints from other students. We talked about cooperating with others more, and if a student asks someone to stop something, they should say, “Okay, I can do that.”
3. Some students are making complaints without doing the necessary work of talking about the problem with the responsible party. I’ve asked students to make me “plan B.” Plan A is to go to the person directly and talk about the problem. Most problems should be solvable without anyone else knowing about it. I’m here to help with repeat or unsolved problems.
4. I’ve notified students who are being difficult that they maybe required to make and complete a kindness journal recording acts of kindness toward other students.
5. We also going to try to select students to give STAR Awards to other students to point out good characters seen in our class.
6. Hopefully we’ll see an improvement after taking these steps.

Writing: Students worked on finishing up their novel project. Our current project is our final fiction piece of the year. Each student has a daily writing goal of 150-300 words. The novel project is due Wednesday, March 30. Your student should be about 100% by now and revising or editing.

We also discussed our next project, called the I-Search Project. This will be an information research project about a topic of each student’s choosing. Students were asked to think of some topics and try to have one selected by Thursday.

Homework is work on writing for at least 15 minutes.

Math: Students worked on Khan Academy division skills or other math skills today.

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

Science: Students worked in their groups on the Space Fashion Show (more details and a sample script). The Space Fashion Show is our final project of our space unit. Students are working in groups to write a fashion show script that tells about the sun, moon, or earth (click here to find your student’s group script). One student from each group will “model” a costume of the sun, moon, or earth. The Space Fashion Show is Wednesday, March 30 at 10 am. Family members are invited!

Social Studies: Students completed a MiniQuiz today about federal and state powers and what our government is like.

Notes:

• Looking for a way to motivate your student to read at home? Try Don’t Break the Chain. It’s a simple way to building reading habits.
• 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: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due on Thursday this week.

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

Writing: Students worked on finishing their draft today. Our current project is our final fiction piece of the year. Each student has a daily writing goal of 150-300 words. The novel project is due Wednesday, March 30. Your student should be about 100% complete by the end of the weekend. Look below for more details.

Novel Writing Project 2016

The final piece of the 3rd Marking Period will be our final fiction project of the year. Students will write and publish a novel. Each student will write their own novel, with a word goal minimum of 1,500-3,000 words, based on their reading level (each student’s minimum writing goal is equal to their reading level multiplied by 500). The novels will be written in Google Docs (docs.mrhowd.com) to make use of the word count feature. Final novels will be uploaded to Lulu.com and published as paperback books, which can be purchased for reasonable prices. So yes, students will actually write and publish their own novels. This project is based on the National Novel Writing Month Young Writers program.

Homework is work on writing for at least 15 minutes.

Math: We finished a district math test today.

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

Science: Students worked in their groups on the Space Fashion Show (more details and a sample script). The Space Fashion Show is our final project of our space unit. Students are working in groups to write a fashion show script that tells about the sun, moon, or earth (click here to find your student’s group script). One student from each group will “model” a costume of the sun, moon, or earth. The Space Fashion Show is Wednesday, March 30 at 10 am. Family members are invited!

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

Notes:

• View pics from the 4th Grade Musical!
• Looking for a way to motivate your student to read at home? Try Don’t Break the Chain. It’s a simple way to building reading habits.
• 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: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due on Thursday this week.

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: Students worked on drafting their novel today. Our current project is our final fiction piece of the year. Each student has a daily writing goal of 150-300 words. The novel project is due Wednesday, March 30. Your student should be about 90% complete by today. Look below for more details.

Novel Writing Project 2016

The final piece of the 3rd Marking Period will be our final fiction project of the year. Students will write and publish a novel. Each student will write their own novel, with a word goal minimum of 1,500-3,000 words, based on their reading level (each student’s minimum writing goal is equal to their reading level multiplied by 500). The novels will be written in Google Docs (docs.mrhowd.com) to make use of the word count feature. Final novels will be uploaded to Lulu.com and published as paperback books, which can be purchased for reasonable prices. So yes, students will actually write and publish their own novels. This project is based on the National Novel Writing Month Young Writers program.

Homework is work on writing for at least 15 minutes.

Math: We started a district math test today.

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

Science: We wrote final notes about important ideas we’ve learned about the sun, moon, and earth. We also started working on the Space Fashion Show (more details and a sample script). The Space Fashion Show is our final project of our space unit. Students are working in groups to write a fashion show script that tells about the sun, moon, or earth (click here soon to find your student’s group script). One student from each group will “model” a costume of the sun, moon, or earth. The Space Fashion Show is Wednesday, March 30 at 10 am. Family members are invited!

Social Studies: We reviewed federal and state powers and wrote notes in our minibooks. There will be a MiniQuiz over this topic tomorrow.

Notes:

• View pics from the 4th Grade Musical!
• Looking for a way to motivate your student to read at home? Try Don’t Break the Chain. It’s a simple way to building reading habits.
• 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.