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Spelling: None today.

Cursive: Cursive worksheet pp. 7-9 are available and were due Friday.   

Reading: We finished reading a realistic fiction story about two friends at school.

Writing: We talked about using three kinds of details in stories to make them more interesting:

1. Dialogue (What are the characters saying?)
2. Action (What are the characters doing?)
3. Visual details (What do the characters, places, objects look like?)

Students also continued drafting today. A personal narrative is due Friday, October 13, and the minimum length is one page. Your student should be drafting at this point.

Math: None today due to the Energy Fair.

Science: Today was the Energy Fair!

Energy Fair 2017

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Social Studies: None today due to the Energy Fair.

Notes:

• If you would like to order a #SchoolEveryDay shirt for your student, you can order a shirt using this online order form.
• Have you helped your student plan a Daily Homework Time? This is a daily (Monday through Thursday) time of 40 minutes for students to work on math, writing, math facts, cursive, or other homework. Maybe it’s right after school, or at 5 pm, or right after dinner. The idea is that your student is working each day on something to make them smarter. Here is a sample schedule and more ideas.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View links to all the websites we use in class.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at JupiterGrades.

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

Spelling: None today.

Cursive: Cursive worksheet pp. 7-9 are available and due Friday.   

Reading: We practiced visualizing by drawing illustrations today.

Writing: Students finished prewriting conferences today by commenting on a partner’s writing using Google Docs. Students also started drafting their writing. A personal narrative is due Friday, October 13, and the minimum length is one page. Homework is to work on writing for at least 15 minutes. Your student should be drafting at this point.

Math: Today we practiced thinking about division as making equal groups. Students also used MobyMax Math to practice this skill. Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

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

The Energy Fair project is due tomorrow, Friday, September 29. Here are the Energy Fair directions. Each student should be bringing in an object and making a sign or digital presentation (an elaborate sign, board, or presentation is not needed; simpler is better).

Social Studies: None today.

Notes:

• If you would like to order a #SchoolEveryDay shirt for your student, you can order a shirt using this online order form.
• Have you helped your student plan a Daily Homework Time? This is a daily (Monday through Thursday) time of 40 minutes for students to work on math, writing, math facts, cursive, or other homework. Maybe it’s right after school, or at 5 pm, or right after dinner. The idea is that your student is working each day on something to make them smarter. Here is a sample schedule and more ideas.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View links to all the websites we use in class.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at JupiterGrades.

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

Spelling: None today.

Cursive: Cursive worksheet pp. 7-9 are available and due Friday.   

Reading: We practiced reading strategies about predicting, looking for the problem and solution, and recognizing realistic fiction.

Writing: Students started working on prewriting conferences today. We’ll continue this tomorrow. A personal narrative is due Friday, October 13. Homework is to work on writing for at least 15 minutes and to finish prewriting the beginning, middle, and end of the story for 15 minutes. Some students didn’t have their prewriting finished as of today. Your student should be prewriting at this point.

Math: Today we practiced looking for patterns in numbers to solve problems. Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: None today.

The Energy Fair project is due Friday, September 29. Here are the Energy Fair directions. Each student should be bringing in an object and making a sign or digital presentation (an elaborate sign, board, or presentation is not needed; simpler is better).

Social Studies: Students worked in groups to think about the purpose of government from the Preamble to the Constitution and wrote about how the government carries out the Constitution.

Notes:

• #SchoolEveryDay is a message we are trying to communicate this year. Predictably, students that miss school the most score lower on state and national tests, and develop less perseverance and grit to power through problems. Teachers have shirts with this message that we wear periodically. If your student would like to join us in spreading the #SchoolEveryDay message, you can order a shirt using this online order form.
• Have you helped your student plan a Daily Homework Time? This is a daily (Monday through Thursday) time of 40 minutes for students to work on math, writing, math facts, cursive, or other homework. Maybe it’s right after school, or at 5 pm, or right after dinner. The idea is that your student is working each day on something to make them smarter. Here is a sample schedule and more ideas.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View links to all the websites we use in class.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at JupiterGrades.

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

Spelling: We practiced spelling words that have silent letters.

Cursive: Cursive worksheet pp. 7-9 are available and due Friday.   

Reading: We finished reading a story about a talent show. We also practiced writing questions and making connections.

Writing: Students worked on prewriting today. A personal narrative is due Friday, October 13. Homework is to finished prewriting the beginning, middle, and end of the story for 15 minutes. Your student should be prewriting at this point.

Math: Today was a work day to practice multiplication properties. Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: We wrote notes about the earth and moon in our space minibooks.

The Energy Fair project is due Friday, September 29. Here are the Energy Fair directions. Each student should be bringing in an object and making a sign or digital presentation (an elaborate sign, board, or presentation is not needed; simpler is better).

Social Studies: None today.

Notes:

• #SchoolEveryDay is a message we are trying to communicate this year. Predictably, students that miss school the most score lower on state and national tests, and develop less perseverance and grit to power through problems. Teachers have shirts with this message that we wear periodically. If your student would like to join us in spreading the #SchoolEveryDay message, you can order a shirt using this online order form.
• Have you helped your student plan a Daily Homework Time? This is a daily (Monday through Thursday) time of 40 minutes for students to work on math, writing, math facts, cursive, or other homework. Maybe it’s right after school, or at 5 pm, or right after dinner. The idea is that your student is working each day on something to make them smarter. Here is a sample schedule and more ideas.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View links to all the websites we use in class.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at JupiterGrades.

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

Spelling: We practiced spelling words that use common spelling patterns for the long /o/ sound.

Cursive: Cursive worksheet pp. 7-9 are available and due Friday.   

Reading: We started a week of studying realistic fiction today. We read about a student that had the courage to stand up for his friend, and we started to read about two friends deciding on joining a talent show. We also practiced writing curious, open-ended questions.

Writing: We started a new piece of writing today, also a personal narrative. This one will be due Friday, October 13. Today, we started making a list of personal memories that could be written about. Homework is to work on writing for 15 minutes. Your student should be prewriting at this point.

Math: We learned about the distributive property of multiplication today. This property says that a multiplication problem can be split apart and solved and two smaller problems. For example, 5 x 12 can be split into 5 x 10 and 5 x 2. (10 + 2 =12, so the 12 was split apart. The two problems can be done individually, 5 x 10 = 50 and 5 x 2 = 10, so 5 x 12 = 60 (50 +10). The distributive property can be used to make harder multiplication problems easier to solve, and it’s the reason the regular multiplication method we’ve all learned in school works.

Students also used MobyMax Math to work on multiplication properties. Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: We learned about the earth’s atmosphere and how the moon does not have an atmosphere. Students also worked on an Investigation Review page in class. Homework is to finish Investigation Review p. 41 if not finished.

The Energy Fair project is due Friday, September 29. Here are the Energy Fair directions. Each student should be bringing in an object and making a sign or digital presentation (an elaborate sign, board, or presentation is not needed; simpler is better).

Social Studies: We reviewed the principles stated in the Preamble to the Constitution and wrote down the main ideas.

Notes:

• #SchoolEveryDay is a message we are trying to communicate this year. Predictably, students that miss school the most score lower on state and national tests, and develop less perseverance and grit to power through problems. Teachers have shirts with this message that we wear periodically. If your student would like to join us in spreading the #SchoolEveryDay message, you can order a shirt using this online order form.
• Have you helped your student plan a Daily Homework Time? This is a daily (Monday through Thursday) time of 40 minutes for students to work on math, writing, math facts, cursive, or other homework. Maybe it’s right after school, or at 5 pm, or right after dinner. The idea is that your student is working each day on something to make them smarter. Here is a sample schedule and more ideas.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View links to all the websites we use in class.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at JupiterGrades.

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