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Spelling: None today due to working on math review skills.

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

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

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 should have 100% of their goal done by the end of the weekend. Our class average is 87% right now.

Math: We worked on solving problems using parentheses in expressions again today. Homework on weekdays is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: None today due to schedule dental lesson.

Social Studies: None today due to a mental health lesson with Mrs. Blevins.

Character Strength: We are learning about love of learning this week.

Notes:

• Our next play practice is Monday, March 18 until 6 pm! Students, please bring your costume! It’s our dress rehearsal!
• Our class play, The Legend of Lightning Larry, is Tuesday, March 19 at 10, 10:30, 11, and 6:30 pm. Family members can attend any show!
• Is your student doing a Daily Homework Time? Here’s a sample schedule and more ideas to get started.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at JupiterGrades.
• 5th Grade Camp is May 23-24. Find more information here.

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

Spelling: None today due to working on math review skills.

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

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles. Students wrote notes about a biography they read.

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 should have 90% of their goal done by tonight. Our class average is 75% right now, so we are improving our progress.

Math: We worked solving problems using parentheses in expressions again today. Homework on weekdays is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: We started to plan how to build a freshwater collection system by evaporating saltwater.

Social Studies: We read about slavery in the south today.

Character Strength: We are learning about love of learning this week.

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

Notes:

• Please take this Parent Survey!
• Our next play practice is Monday, March 18 until 6 pm! Students, please bring your costume! It’s our dress rehearsal!
• Our class play, The Legend of Lightning Larry, is Tuesday, March 19 at 6:30 pm.
• Is your student doing a Daily Homework Time? Here’s a sample schedule and more ideas to get started.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at JupiterGrades.
• 5th Grade Camp is May 23-24. Find more information here.

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

Spelling: None today due to art.

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

Reading: We nade posters for our class play.

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 80% of their goal done by tonight. Our class average is 60% right now.

Math: We worked on MobyMax TestPrep Math today. We also practiced solving problems using parentheses in expressions. Homework on weekdays is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: None today due to working extra on math.

Social Studies:
None today due to working extra on math.

Character Strength: We are love of learning this week.

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

Notes:

• Please take this Parent Survey!
• Our next play practice is Thursday, March 14 until 5 pm! Students, please bring your costume!
• Our class play, The Legend of Lightning Larry, is Tuesday, March 19 at 6:30 pm. Here is our practice schedule.
• Is your student doing a Daily Homework Time? Here’s a sample schedule and more ideas to get started.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at JupiterGrades.
• 5th Grade Camp is May 23-24. Find more information here.

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

Spelling: None today due to art.

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

Reading: We finished reading a biography about Fredrick Douglass and started making posters for our class play.

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 70% of their goal done by tonight. Our class average is 50%, so many students are still behind schedule.

Math: We worked on MobyMax TestPrep Math today. Homework on weekdays is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: None today due to working extra on our novel project.

Social Studies: We read about slavery in the northern states and how it compared to slavery in the southern states.

Character Strength: We are love of learning this week.

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

Notes:

• Please take this Parent Survey!
• Our next play practice is next Wednesday, March 13 until 5 pm! Students that want to work on the set can stay until 6 pm. Students, please bring your costume!
• Our class play, The Legend of Lightning Larry, is Tuesday, March 19 at 6:30 pm. Here is our practice schedule.
• Is your student doing a Daily Homework Time? Here’s a sample schedule and more ideas to get started.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at JupiterGrades.
• 5th Grade Camp is May 23-24. Find more information here.

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

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:

• Please take this Parent Survey!
• Our next play practice is next Wednesday, March 13 until 5 pm! Students, please bring your costume!
• Our class play, The Legend of Lightning Larry, is Tuesday, March 19 at 6:30 pm. Here is our practice schedule.
• Is your student doing a Daily Homework Time? Here’s a sample schedule and more ideas to get started.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at JupiterGrades.
• 5th Grade Camp is May 23-24. Find more information here.

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