October 19th, 2015
Class activities for Monday, October 19
Spelling: None today.
Cursive: Cursive pp. 13-15 are available and due on Friday.
Reading: Students received new Literature Circles books today.
Writing: We talked about our final personal narrative of the year. Personal narratives are usually true memories of an event. This time, though, I asked students to make some part of the narrative fictional, but still realistic. A student can change the place, add a character, change the dialogue, make the action different. It just needs to be realistic and sound like a personal narrative.
Today was also a prewriting day. Students started making a list of ideas or events in their personal narrative. This personal narrative is due Friday, November 6. Your student should be making a prewriting list at this point.
Math: We used Khan Academy and MobyMax to practice math skills today.
Here’s a skill we’ve been working on lately that your student could work on at home:
Homework is to practice MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for at least 15 minutes.
Science: Students completed a science experiment today to test how the strength of a magnet’s force changes as distance grows. Homework is to finish the Breaking the Force experiment if not done in class.
Social Studies: We made economics minibooks today and started to write down important ideas we’ve learned. There will be a MiniQuiz about the features of a market economy on Wednesday.
Notes:
- Wear Western/Cowboy duds on Thursday for a class photo!
- Fall conferences are November 8-10. Make, view, or edit your fall conference time.
- Our school is asking parents to please complete this brief parent survey.
- Our Hawaiian Beach Bash Halloween party is Friday, October 30, from 9-noon. We need help with food, donations, games, and clean up. View or sign up on our volunteer list.
- Students should be working 40 minutes each school night during their Daily Homework Time, even if there is no official “homework” from class that day.
- Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
- Visit our Links page: keep track of all the websites we use for learning, or try something new.
- View grades, assignments, and attendance at ParentVue and StudentVue.
Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 5th grade.
