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Spelling: None today.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 28-30 are available in class and due on Friday.

Reading: Today was a reading skills and AR practice day.

Writing: We talked about ways to make a story feel more organized. One way would be to use paragraphs; another way would be to order events in a story from a beginning introducing the characters and settings, to a middle that shows the problem and ways to fix it, to the ending that shows how the problem was solved.

A fiction story will be due Friday, December 18. Your student should be drafting at this point. Homework is to work on writing for at least 15 minutes.

Math: Students used Khan Academy to practice math skills. Some worked on addition within 1000.

Below are some skills we’ve been working on lately; if your student hasn’t finished these skills, now would be the time to finish. We’ll be moving to another topic next week.

Homework is to practice MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for at least 15 minutes.

Science: We completed an experiment together about how to make an electromagnet stronger by making a bigger wire coil.

Social Studies: We finished learning about positive and negative incentives and wrote notes in our minibooks (those students that were organized enough to have their minibooks with them). There will be a miniquiz about this topic soon.

Notes:

• 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 or StudentVue.

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

Spelling: None today.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 28-30 are available in class and due on Friday.

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

Writing: Students completed prewriting conferences today.

A fiction story will be due Friday, December 18. Your student should be drafting at this point. Homework is to work on writing for at least 15 minutes.

Math: We continued to practice making an organized list when trying to solve number stories.

Here are some skills we’ve been working on lately:

Homework is to practice MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for at least 15 minutes.

Science: Students continued to work on a district assessment about electrical conductors and insulators.

Social Studies: We reviewed the idea of positive and negative incentives. Homework is to finish the Identifying Incentives page if not done in class.

Notes:

• 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 or StudentVue.

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

Spelling: None today.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 28-30 are available in class and due on Friday.

Reading: Students finished the Literature Circles reading day started earlier, and also had a discussion day.

Writing: We talked about making settings seem real by adding visual details to show what the places look like. This also involves writing more than one sentence of visual details–a whole paragraph might be necessary to give the reader a strong picture in their mind.

Students also worked on planning the problem of the story and how the plot would progress.

A fiction story will be due Friday, December 18. Your student should be done with prewriting tonight and ready to draft tomorrow. Homework is to work on writing for at least 15 minutes.

Math: We talked about making an organized list when trying to solve number stories.

Here are some skills we’ve been working on lately:

Homework is to practice MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for at least 15 minutes.

Science: Students continued to work on a district assessment about electrical conductors and insulators.

Social Studies: We finished working on our Market Day website today and also made signs to put on the cafeteria tables today.

Notes:

• Math Bingo Night is tomorrow!
• 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 or StudentVue.

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

Spelling: None today.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 28-30 are available in class and due on Friday.

Reading: Students started the first Literature Circles reading day today, and we’ll finish the remainder of the day on Wednesday.

Writing: We started prewriting for our next piece of writing, also a fiction story. Students started planning the problem of the story and how it would be solved. We talked about having the characters try around three ways to solve the problem. That gives the story more action and it won’t feel so rushed compared to a story in which the characters solve the problem on the first try.

A fiction story will be due Friday, December 18.

Math: Students continued to practice rounding and place value skills today using MobyMax Math.

Here are some skills we’ve been working on lately:

Homework is to practice MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for at least 15 minutes.

Science: Students worked on a district assessment about electrical conductors and insulators.

Social Studies: We continued working on our Market Day website today, getting it ready for Market Day on December 3.

Notes:

• Our Michigan Capitol and Museum trip is on December 1.
• 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 or StudentVue.

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

Today we focused on our Thanksgiving blessings. We then wrote down all of the things we are thankful for (our Thanksgiving blessings).

I hope your family has a happy Thanksgiving holiday!

From the First Thanksgiving Observance signed by President George Washington in 1789: