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Spelling: We practiced adding suffixes onto words; this will be the skill tested on tomorrow’s spelling test.

Cursive: No new cursive assignments this year.

Reading: Today was the final discussion day this year in Literature Circles.

Writing: We worked on publishing our novels today using Lulu.com.

Math: Students worked on geometry skills today. Homework is to practice MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for at least 15 minutes. This is the final week to finish any skills for this marking period, including division, fractions, decimals, and geometry. You can check ParentVue or StudentVue to see if your student has any skills to finish.

Science: We dissected owl pellets today to learn about their food chain. We learned that barn owls eat mice, voles, shrews, and moles.

Social Studies: None today.

Notes:

• 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 adding suffixes onto words and noticed that sometimes a suffix changes the spelling of a base word. This will be the skill tested on Thursday’s spelling test.

Cursive: No new cursive assignments this year.

Reading: None today.

Writing: None today.

Math: Students worked on geometry skills today. Homework is to practice MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for at least 15 minutes. This is the final week to finish any skills for this marking period, including division, fractions, decimals, and geometry.

Science: We compared the needs of animals and plants and noticed that both of them need air, water, nutrients, and heat, and plants also need light. We also practiced making food chains by playing food chain rummy. We reviewed the idea that food chains show where energy moves in nature (for example, energy moves from grass to rabbits to hawks). Homework is to finish the life needs review page if not done in class.

Social Studies: We learned about some times in history when people migrated to other areas. We learned that there are reasons that push people out of an area (push factors) and reasons that pull people to an area (pull factors). We also learned about different groups of immigrants that came to Michigan from other countries. Immigrants brought elements of their culture with them: food, music, religion, clothes, language.

Notes:

• 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: No new cursive assignments this year.

Reading: None today due to Eagle Talk.

Writing: We started working on publishing our novels today using Lulu.com.

Math: Students worked on geometry skills today. Homework is to practice MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for at least 15 minutes. This is the final week to finish any skills for this marking period, including division, fractions, decimals, and geometry.

Science: We learned that organisms of the same kind can have individual differences that can help or hurt survival.

Social Studies: We reviewed US regions today.

Notes:

• 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 used letter cards to form words with common /ow/ spelling patterns: ow, ou.

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

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles and all groups finished reading their novels today.

Writing: Students completed editing conferences today for their Find It, Decide It compare and contrast project. The Find It, Decide It project is due Friday, June 3. Homework is to finish any final work left on this project; some groups haven’t worked enough yet and have a lot unfinished. You may want to check with your student and have them show you what they have done.

Math: None today due to extra time with science. We’ll be working on geometry this week and next. Homework is to practice MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for at least 15 minutes.

Science: We learned about how fossils give us information about the past. Some fossils show that life was different in the past. A lot of fossils show that life in the past was very similar to life today. We also learned that fossils form by rapid burial during catastrophes (floods, landslides, mudslides, volcanic eruptions).

Social Studies: We learned that the US can be divided into regions, and all the states in a region have at least one thing in common, such as landforms or climate. Homework is to finish the Mystery Regions note page started in class.

Notes:

• 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: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: Students completed revising conferences today for their Find It, Decide It compare and contrast project. The Find It, Decide It project is due Friday, June 3. Homework is to work on revising for 15 minutes.

Math: We started geometry skills today. We also finished our in-class practice time with decimals. Homework is to practice MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for at least 15 minutes.

Science: None today.

Social Studies: We practiced making conclusions from special purpose maps: precipitation maps, temperature maps, elevation maps

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.