Archive for March, 2018

Class activities for Thursday, March 29

Thursday, March 29th, 2018

Spelling: None today due to the half-day schedule.

Cursive: No cursive assignment this week.

Reading: None today due to the half-day schedule.

Writing: None today due to the half-day schedule. Our next writing project is the I-Search informational research project. Students will be researching a topic and sharing their research as a digital presentation during our I-Search Conference on April 27. Homework is for students to think of interesting information topics they would like to learn about.

Math: None today due to the half-day schedule.

Science: None today. We used this time to finish our spring showcase in the class.

Social Studies: None today due to the Habit Hop.

Character Strength: This week’s strength is humor.

Notes:

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

Class activities for Wednesday, March 28

Wednesday, March 28th, 2018

Spelling: Today was a preview of upcoming spelling words.

Cursive: No cursive assignment this week.

Reading: We read more poems today about overcoming challenges.

Writing: We talked about our next writing project, the I-Search informational research project. Students will be researching a topic and sharing their research as a digital presentation during our I-Search Conference on April 27. Homework is for students to think of interesting information topics they would like to learn about.

Math: We practiced standard division again today. Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: None today. We used this time to create a new spring showcase in the class.

Social Studies: None today due to working on our showcase.

Character Strength: This week’s strength is humor.

Notes:

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

Class activities for Tuesday, March 27

Tuesday, March 27th, 2018

Spelling: Today was a spelling and skill test.

Cursive: No cursive assignment this week.

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: Students worked on editing conferences today. The novel project is due Wednesday, March 28. Homework is work on writing for at least 15 minutes. Tonight is the last night to add words toward the word count grade.

Math: We practiced standard division again today. Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: None today.

Social Studies: We learned about how price is affected by supply, demand, competition, and substitute goods.

Character Strength: This week’s strength is humor.

Notes:

  • Students, please bring a brown paper grocery bag on Wednesday for a class project.
  • The Habit Hop is Thursday, March 29 from 10:30-11:45 am. Family members are invited!
  • 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.

Class activities for Monday, March 26

Monday, March 26th, 2018

Spelling: None today. We will have a spelling test tomorrow.

Cursive: No cursive assignment this week.

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles; some groups worked on visualizing as a reading strategy.

Writing: Students worked on editing today. The novel project is due Wednesday, March 28. Homework is work on writing for at least 15 minutes.

Math: We practiced standard division again today. Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: We learned about electrical safety again today.

Social Studies: None today.

Character Strength: This week’s strength is humor.

Notes:

  • Students, please bring a brown paper grocery bag on Wednesday for a class project.
  • The Habit Hop is Thursday, March 29 from 10:30-11:45 am. Family members are invited!
  • 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.

Class activities for Friday, March 23

Friday, March 23rd, 2018

Spelling: We reviewed digraphs today. This will be the skill tested on Monday’s spelling test.

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

Reading: Today we read more poetry about working hard to achieve goals.

Writing: We talked about writing an interesting ending of the story using talking, action, or visual details.

Students also worked on revising their novel and completed revising conferences.

The novel project is due Wednesday, March 28. Homework is work on writing for at least 15 minutes.

Math: None today due to Eagle Time. Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: We started to learn about electrical safety today.

Social Studies: We learned about how price can be affected by supply/demand, competition, and substitute goods.

Character Strength: This week’s strength is forgiveness.

Notes:

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