Class activities for Monday, March 11

Spelling: Today was a preview of upcoming spelling words.

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

Reading: We read two biographies about Susan B. Anthony and Fredrick Douglass.

Writing: We worked on drafting again today. The novel project is due Monday, April 1. Homework is work on writing for at least 15 minutes daily during the week. Your student should be drafting by now and to have 60% of their goal done by tonight. Many students are behind schedule.

Novel Writing Project 2019

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 1,000-4,000 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.google.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.

Math: We practiced subtracting fractions with unlike denominators. Homework on weekdays is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: We wrote scientific explanations for how rain forms.

Social Studies: We wrote notes about how terrifying it was to be a slave on a boat through the Middle Passage.

Character Strength: We are love of learning this week.

2019 Sinking Fund Video Master from Vidcam Visual Media Solutions on Vimeo.

Notes:

Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 6th grade.

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