March 18th, 2016
Class activities for Friday, March 18
Spelling: None today.
Cursive: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due on Friday.
Reading: Today was a reading skills and AR practice day. Some students also received new books from the book swap.
Writing:We talked how to use correct punctuation in dialogue. A lot of students are forgetting to place a comma between the dialogue and the speaker tag.
Today was also a drafting day. 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 50% 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: Students continued to work on division skills at Khan Academy. Some students practiced dividing multiples of 10 and canceling zeroes in division problems.
Homework is to practice MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for at least 15 minutes.
Science: We watched a video clip that showed that some stars are much larger than our own sun. We also wrote notes about the sun, moon, and earth.
Social Studies: We learned that the local, state, and federal levels of government all help provide services to citizens. For example, there are local police, state police, and FBI agents, all helping to enforce laws.
Notes:
- The 4th Grade Musical has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 22. Students need to meet in our class at 6:00 pm, wearing something nice in black or white.
- 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.
