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Spelling: We reviewed adding prefixes and suffixes onto words to change the meaning.

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

Reading: Students continued to practice reading fluency today by reading a play they will perform later in the week.

Writing: Students continued to draft their adventure story today. We walked about how each page of the story is like a game level, and players like games with more and challenging levels. That means a reader will like longer scenes and more choices to choose from.

Our next writing project is a Choose Your Own Adventure fiction gamebook. Students will write a fiction adventure story with choices that the reader can make. Each choice can change how the story turns out. Students will publish their adventure as a website at sites.mrhowd.com. See below for more details.

This project is due Friday, January 16. Students should be working on their draft now.

Choose Your Own Adventure Resources

• See examples of Choose Your Own Adventure fiction websites here and here.
• Here are some good student examples:
  • William’s Roanoke Adventure
  • Abel’s Aztec Terror
  • Katie’s Lost Statue hunt
  • Nancy’s Under Water Adventure!
• Look at an Underground Railroad Choose Your Own Adventure website.
• Look through the Underground Railroad Interactive History Adventure book (hint: search for “the end” to see some of the endings of the book).
• Look at some examples of different kinds of endings in a Choose Your Own Adventure Story.
• View the titles of all the Choose Your Own Adventure books to get adventure topic ideas.
• Play Zork, a text-based computer game. Here is a list of commands and directions. Here is a map of the dungeon if you get stuck or lost.
• Find a complete list of resources here.

Math: Students completed a STAR Math test today. Here are some division skills we’ve been working on lately:

• Division with remainders
• Division by 2 digits

Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes or more using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: We continued to learn about how scientists plan and test medicines scientifically, using a placebo and control group to see if the medicine is safe and effective.

Social Studies: Students researched about goods traded between the Old World and the New World and made a map of the goods. Homework is to finish the Columbian Exchange map if not finished in class.

Notes:

• The second marking period ends next Friday, January 16. Log in to StudentView to look at recent grades and check for missing assignments.
• Visit our Links page: keep track of all the websites we use for learning, or try something new.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, report cards, behavior, assignments, and attendance online.

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

Spelling: None today.

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

Reading: Students practiced reading fluency today by reading a play they will perform later in the week.

Writing: Students continued to draft their adventure story today. We also looked at an example story and noticed that each page of the story was like a scene, and each scene had at least two kinds of details (action, visual, dialogue). We learned that each scene of our stories should include at least two kinds of details, or all three.

Our next writing project is a Choose Your Own Adventure fiction gamebook. Students will write a fiction adventure story with choices that the reader can make. Each choice can change how the story turns out. Students will publish their adventure as a website at sites.mrhowd.com. See below for more details.

This project is due Friday, January 16. Students should be working on their draft now.

Choose Your Own Adventure Resources

• See examples of Choose Your Own Adventure fiction websites here and here.
• Here are some good student examples:
  • William’s Roanoke Adventure
  • Abel’s Aztec Terror
  • Katie’s Lost Statue hunt
  • Nancy’s Under Water Adventure!
• Look at an Underground Railroad Choose Your Own Adventure website.
• Look through the Underground Railroad Interactive History Adventure book (hint: search for “the end” to see some of the endings of the book).
• Look at some examples of different kinds of endings in a Choose Your Own Adventure Story.
• View the titles of all the Choose Your Own Adventure books to get adventure topic ideas.
• Play Zork, a text-based computer game. Here is a list of commands and directions. Here is a map of the dungeon if you get stuck or lost.
• Find a complete list of resources here.

Math: We continued to practice division skills today. Here are the division skills we’ve been working on lately:

• Division with remainders
• Division by 2 digits

Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes or more using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: We learned about how scientists plan and test medicines scientifically.

Social Studies: We learned more about how goods were traded between the Old World and the New World.

Notes:

• Visit our Links page: keep track of all the websites we use for learning, or try something new.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, report cards, behavior, assignments, and attendance online.

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

Today was our Mexican Fiesta! We started by making farolitos (little lanterns) out of paper and reading a book called The Christmas Gift. 

We then started our own Los Posadas. We went to the office and library, and they wouldn’t let us in for shelter, but parents in our class finally gave us shelter and we started our fiesta! We sang Cascabel. We then went outside for sparklers!

We came back in to take a whack at the piñata. It didn’t last long enough for everyone to take a swing, unfortunately! Then we headed back to the room to eat. The menu included:

• Mexican-style tacos on corn tostada shells;
• Spicy shredded chicken eaten with torn flour tortillas;
• Nopalitos (prickly pear cactus!);
• Pepinos (cucumbers with lemon juice and salt);
• Mexican hot chocolate (hot chocolate with cinnamon); and,
• Buñelos (fried flour tortillas with cinnamon and sugar).

Later, we played Toma Todo, a Mexican top game much like the Jewish dreidel. Students start with ten beans, then take or put in beans as the top says. The person with the winning amount of beans could select a Mexican pop.

A grande-sized thanks to the parents who helped prepare and serve food today at the fiesta, and for all the generous donations–we had more than enough food and everyone had their fill!

Feliz Navidad!

Spelling: We made spelling mini posters to review rules for making plural nouns.

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

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

Writing: Students continued to draft their adventure story today.

Our next writing project is a Choose Your Own Adventure fiction gamebook. Students will write a fiction adventure story with choices that the reader can make. Each choice can change how the story turns out. Students will publish their adventure as a website at sites.mrhowd.com. See below for more details.

This project is due Friday, January 16. Students should be working on their draft now.

Choose Your Own Adventure Resources

• See examples of Choose Your Own Adventure fiction websites here and here.
• Here are some good student examples:
  • William’s Roanoke Adventure
  • Abel’s Aztec Terror
  • Katie’s Lost Statue hunt
  • Nancy’s Under Water Adventure!
• Look at an Underground Railroad Choose Your Own Adventure website.
• Look through the Underground Railroad Interactive History Adventure book (hint: search for “the end” to see some of the endings of the book).
• Look at some examples of different kinds of endings in a Choose Your Own Adventure Story.
• View the titles of all the Choose Your Own Adventure books to get adventure topic ideas.
• Play Zork, a text-based computer game. Here is a list of commands and directions. Here is a map of the dungeon if you get stuck or lost.
• Find a complete list of resources here.

Math: None today due to Marshall Music band testing.

Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes or more using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: We finished a district life science test today.

Social Studies: Students completed the chapter 5 test about explorers and their routes.

Notes:

• Our Fiesta Mexicana is Friday, December 19 from 11-2. View our volunteer list here.
• Visit our Links page: keep track of all the websites we use for learning, or try something new.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, report cards, behavior, assignments, and attendance online.

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

Spelling: None today.

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

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: Students completed prewriting conferences today. They also created their website and started to draft the first page of their story.

Our next writing project is a Choose Your Own Adventure fiction gamebook. Students will write a fiction adventure story with choices that the reader can make. Each choice can change how the story turns out. Students will publish their adventure as a website at sites.mrhowd.com. See below for more details.

This project is due Friday, January 16. Students should be working on their draft now.

Choose Your Own Adventure Resources

• See examples of Choose Your Own Adventure fiction websites here and here.
• Here are some good student examples:
  • William’s Roanoke Adventure
  • Abel’s Aztec Terror
  • Katie’s Lost Statue hunt
  • Nancy’s Under Water Adventure!
• Look at an Underground Railroad Choose Your Own Adventure website.
• Look through the Underground Railroad Interactive History Adventure book (hint: search for “the end” to see some of the endings of the book).
• Look at some examples of different kinds of endings in a Choose Your Own Adventure Story.
• View the titles of all the Choose Your Own Adventure books to get adventure topic ideas.
• Play Zork, a text-based computer game. Here is a list of commands and directions. Here is a map of the dungeon if you get stuck or lost.
• Find a complete list of resources here.

Math: We practiced dividing by one-digit divisors today. Students also used MobyMax to practice math skills.

Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes or more using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: None today due to extra time with math.

Social Studies: Students completed a reading challenge to review what we’ve learned in chapter 5. Homework is to finish notebook pp. 31-32 and to prepare for tomorrow’s test.

Notes:

• Our Fiesta Mexicana is Friday, December 19 from 11-2. View our volunteer list here.
• View our daily learning targets.
• Visit our Links page: keep track of all the websites we use for learning, or try something new.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, report cards, behavior, assignments, and attendance online.

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