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Spelling: None today.

Cursive: Cursive worksheet pp. 30-32 are available and are due Friday.

Reading: None today due to the half day schedule.

Writing: None today due to the half day schedule. Our next piece of writing is a fiction story due Monday, November 27. Your student should be finished with their draft story at this point and ready to revise. Homework is to work on writing for 15 minutes.

Math: None today due to the half day schedule.

Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: Students worked on their Space Fashion Show scripts again today. (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 Tuesday, November 21 at 2 pm in the small gym. Family members are invited!

Social Studies: We reviewed powers of the legislative branch and wrote notes about the executive branch.

Character Strength: We are learning about gratitude this week and next.

Notes:

• Fall conferences are this week. View, signup or edit your conference time here.
• Have you helped your student plan a Daily Homework Time?
• 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 Jupiter Ed.

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

Spelling: None today.

Cursive: Cursive worksheet pp. 30-32 are available and are due Friday.

Reading: We visited the book fair during our reading time today.

Writing: We reviewed adding “inner story” details about thoughts and feelings. We also reviewed adding visual details to make settings seam real.

Students also worked on drafting. Our next piece of writing is a fiction story due Monday, November 27. Your student should be drafting at this point and should be finishing their story soon. Homework is to work on writing for 15 minutes and to finish drafting.

Math: Students worked on a STAR Math test today.

Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: Students worked on their Space Fashion Show scripts again today. (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 Tuesday, November 21 at 2 pm in the small gym. Family members are invited!

Social Studies: We reviewed the powers of each branch of the government and started to write notes about each branch.

Character Strength: We are learning about gratitude this week and next.

Notes:

• Fall conferences are this week. View, signup or edit your conference time here.
• Have you helped your student plan a Daily Homework Time?
• 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 Jupiter Ed.

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

Spelling: We talked about breaking words into syllables or pieces to help spell longer words.

Cursive: Cursive worksheet pp. 30-32 are available and are due Friday.

Reading: Students completed STAR Reading tests today. Here are the class results so far this year. We dropped a little, but still have a large positive trend and are on schedule to pass our yearly class goal early.

Writing: We talked about adding “inner story” details about thoughts and feelings. These are things that are inside a character and won’t be known unless the writer adds the details.

Students also worked on drafting. Our next piece of writing is a fiction story due Monday, November 27. Your student should be drafting at this point and should have over half a page typed. Homework is to work on writing for 15 minutes.

Math: Students continued to work on rounding and place value skills at Khan Academy. We are close to moving to the next topic in math, and some students still have unfinished rounding and place value skills. Ask your student to show you their progress so far this year.

Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: Students worked on their Space Fashion Show scripts again today. (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 Tuesday, November 21 at 2 pm in the small gym. Family members are invited!

Social Studies: We reviewed the powers of each branch of the government.

Character Strength: We are learning about gratitude this week and next.

Notes:

• Fall conferences are this week. View, signup or edit your conference time here.
• Have you helped your student plan a Daily Homework Time?
• 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 Jupiter Ed.

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

Spelling: We reviewed the idea that idioms are phrases that have a hidden meaning. We also reviewed common spelling patterns for the long /i/ sound.

Cursive: Cursive worksheet pp. 25, 26, 29 are available and were due today.

Reading: We finished reading a drama about a frog princess today. Today was reading skills practice day using MobyMax.

Writing: We talked about writing visual details to show what the setting looks like. Students also worked on drafting. Our next piece of writing is a fiction story due Monday, November 27. Your student should be drafting at this point and should have about half a page typed. Homework is to work on writing for 15 minutes if needed.

Math: Today was a day to catch up on any unfinished place value skills at Khan Academy.

Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy if needed.

Science: Students worked 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 Tuesday, November 21 at 2 pm in the small gym. Family members are invited!

Social Studies: None today.

Character Strength: Ask your student what they learned about bravery this week.

Notes:

• Fall conferences are November 14-16. View, signup or edit your conference time here.
• 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 Jupiter Ed.

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

Spelling: We learned that homographs are words that are spelled the same, but have a different meaning and may have a different pronunciation. Can you read these homographs correctly the first time?

• Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present .
• A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
• When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
• I did not object to the object.
• The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
• There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
• They were too close to the door to close it.
• The buck does funny things when the does are present.

Here are more homophones!

Cursive: Cursive worksheet pp. 25, 26, 29 are available and are due Friday.

Reading: We started to read a drama about a frog princess today. Today was also a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: Students worked on prewriting conferences with a partner. Students also worked on drafting. Our next piece of writing is a fiction story due Monday, November 27. Your student should be drafting at this point. Homework is to work on writing for 15 minutes.

Math: We practiced rounding today at Khan Academy.

Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: We wrote notes about moon phases. Students 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 tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, November 21 in the afternoon. Family members are invited!

Social Studies: We reviewed branches of the government and students wrote notes on a Time for Kids Branches of the Government page. Homework is to finish this note page if not done in class.

Character Strength: We are learning about Bravery for a second week.

Notes:

• Fall conferences are November 14-16. View, signup or edit your conference time here.
• 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 Jupiter Ed.

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