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Spelling: We learned common spelling patterns for the long /e/ sound: e, ee, ea, y.

Cursive: Cursive workbook pp. 43-45 are due Friday.

Reading: None today due to art.

Writing: We talked more about how to describe what characters look like. Students also worked on revising conferences.

Our next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Friday, November 22. Your students should be revising at this time.

Math: None today due practicing for the 4th grade music program.

Science: Students worked on designing circuits that contained a switch. Homework is to finish the On or Off? analye and conclude question.

Social Studies: Students read an article about the supply and demand of video game systems during Christmas shopping season. The article was added to their Google Drive and then students added comments to the article to show where different economics ideas were illustrated by the text. Homework is to finish adding comments to this article.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 1
• Hours with no magnets (Last time: 22): 3
  

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade online to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• The Fourth Grade Musical is this Thursday, November 21 at 7:30 pm. Students will meet in class no later than 7:15 pm. Dress for the concert is business casual; no jeans or t-shirts, please.
• Our field trip to the Michigan Capitol and Historical Museum is Thursday, December 5. At this time, we have filled our chaperone spaces.
• 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, behavior, assignments, and attendance online.

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

Spelling: None today due practicing for the 4th grade music program.

Cursive: Cursive workbook pp. 43-45 are due Friday.

Reading: Students received new Literature Circles books and groups today.

Writing: None today due to our technology time.

Our next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Friday, November 22. Your students should be fuinished with their draft and revising at this time.

Math: Students completed a Topic 2 math test today.

Science: None today due practicing for the 4th grade music program.

Social Studies: None today due practicing for the 4th grade music program.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 0
• Hours with no magnets (Last time: 32): 21
  

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade online to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Our field trip to the Michigan Capitol and Historical Museum is Thursday, December 5. We are looking for chaperones. Click the link for details.
• 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, behavior, assignments, and attendance online.

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

Spelling: None today due to the half day schedule.

Cursive: Cursive workbook pp. 40-42 are due Monday.

Reading: We turned in our previous books and prepared to get new Literature Circles books on Monday.

Writing: None today due to the half day schedule.

Our next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Friday, November 22. Your students should be fuinished with their draft and revising at this time.

Math: None today due to the half day schedule.

Science: Students worked on an experiment about building a switching to turn a bulb on and off in a circuit.

Social Studies: We read an article about how gas stations compete with each other and how that affects the price of goods.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 1
• Hours with no magnets (Last time: 32): 20
  

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade online to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Our field trip to the Michigan Capitol and Historical Museum is Thursday, December 5. We are looking for chaperones. Click the link for details.
• 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, behavior, assignments, and attendance online.

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

Spelling: Students continued to work on making Words to Learn lists from words missed on the last spelling test. These are the words your student should practice for the next test.

Cursive: Cursive workbook pp. 40-42 are due Friday.

Reading: None today due to the half day schedule.

Writing: Today was a revising work today.

Our next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Friday, November 22. Your students should be fuinished with their draft and starting to revise at this time.

Math: We worked on a Topic 2 math test today.

Science: None today due to the half day schedule.

Social Studies: None today due to the half day schedule.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 1
• Hours with no magnets (Last time: 32): 17
  

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade online to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Our field trip to the Michigan Capitol and Historical Museum is Thursday, December 5. We are looking for chaperones. Click the link for details.
• Fall Parent Teacher Conferences are this week. View your conference time.
• 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, behavior, assignments, and attendance online.

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

Spelling: None today. Students will continue to work this week on making Words to Learn lists from words missed on the last spelling test.

Cursive: Cursive workbook pp. 40-42 are due Friday.

Reading: Students previewed and selected new Literature Circles books today.

Writing: None today due to the half day schedule.

Our next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Friday, November 22. Your students should be drafting at this time.

Math: None today due to the half day schedule.

Science: None today due to our reading skills practice time.

Social Studies: We talked more about how supply and demand affect prices.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 1
• Hours with no magnets (Last time: 32): 10
  

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade online to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Our field trip to the Michigan Capitol and Historical Museum is Thursday, December 5. We are looking for chaperones. Click the link for details.
• Fall Parent Teacher Conferences are this week. View your conference time.
• 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, behavior, assignments, and attendance online.

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