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Spelling: None today.

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

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

Writing: Students continued to prewrite today to plan the main character, places, main problem, and possible endings to solve the problem of their adventure 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. Homework is for students to finish prewriting by tomorrow.

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 modeling division by solving problems that involved sharing money. Students also practiced division skills using Khan Academy.

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

Science: None today due to extra time with social studies.

Social Studies: We learned about some of Mexico’s traditions today and we made a Nacimiento village scene in our showcase.

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.

Spelling: None today.

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

Reading: We practiced reading skills using MobyMax and also had art during this time.

Writing: We began our next writing project, 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 thinking of adventure story and character ideas at this point.

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: Not much today due to extra time with a science experiment.

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

Science: Students modeled how a clinical trial would work to test medicines. We learned that scientists have a treatment group that tests a medicine, and a control group that just gets a placebo (not medicine). Homework is to finish analysis 1-4 on pp. 14-15.

Social Studies: None today due to working on our science experiment.

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.

Spelling: None today.

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

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

Writing: We had a shortened writing time due to art.

A fiction story is due Monday, December 15. Your student should be publishing at this point.

Math: Students practiced math skills using Khan Academy.

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

Science: Students worked on a district life science assessment today.

Social Studies: None today due to our math skills practice time.

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.

Spelling: None today.

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

Reading: None today due to the late-start schedule.

Writing: None today due to art.

A fiction story is due Friday, December 12. Your student should be editing at this point.

Math: Students practiced math skills using MobyMax.

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

Science: We talked about the analysis questions from “The Pellagra Story” activity. Homework is for students to finish analysis questions 1-6 on pp. 9-10. These questions were discussed in class. We also talked about how poorly the class performed on the last science homework. For the Save Fred activity, 17 people did not finish the homework, and the class average was a 58%. This new unit is middle-school-caliber work, and it requires more effort. Please check with your student to see if they are being responsible to complete this work.

Social Studies: None today due to the late-start schedule.

Notes:

• 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.

Spelling: Students made Words to Learn lists from words missed on the last spelling test.

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

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: We talked about writing the right ending that makes a story feel finished. Endings can end with a question, an action detail, some dialogue, or a visual detail. Students also worked on editing.

A fiction story is due Friday, December 12. Your student should be editing at this point.

Math: We practiced checking if an answer is reasonable. Students also practiced math skills using MobyMax Math.

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

Science: We continued an activity about a scientist that discovered the cause of the disease, Pellagra, by using scientific methods and completing an experiment.

Social Studies: None today due to visiting the holiday shop.

Notes:

• 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.