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Spelling: We practiced reading and understanding homographs today, which are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and possibly different pronunciations. Here are some examples:

1. The bandage was wound around the wound.
2. The farm was used to produce produce.
3. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4. We must polish the Polish furniture.
5. He could lead if he would get the lead out.

Can you find the homographs?!

Reading: Today was a Literature Circles discussion day.

Writing: None today due to our technology time.

The third and last piece of the marking period is a slightly fictionalized personal narrative, due Friday, November 1. Your student should be finished with their draft and revising at this time.

Math: Students used MobyMax to work on math skills today. Students have been working on addition, area, multiplication, shapes, and volume. Check your students progress to see what they’ve been working on by going to shortlinks.mrhowd.com/mobymax and logging in to the parent portal using your students email address and birthdate.

Science: We reviewed our recent experiment about using magnetic objects, a compass, and iron filings to find hidden magnets in a box. We also learned about how a magnetic field takes the shape of lines that can be seen using iron filings. The field lines can be seen in this video of the sun.

Social Studies: We learned about more features of a market economy. We’ll write notes and complete a MiniQuiz tomorrow.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 0

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

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, behavior, assignments, and attendance online.
• Our Hawaiian Beach Bash Halloween Party is on Thursday, October 31, from 10-12:30. Add your name to our guest list or volunteer to help here.

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

Spelling: Students worked on MobyMax Language during this time with a guest teacher.

Cursive: Cursive workbook pp. 31-33 are due Monday.

Reading: None today due to art.

Writing: Today was a revising work day with a guest teacher.

The third and last piece of the marking period is a slightly fictionalized personal narrative, due Friday, November 1. Your student should be finished with their draft and revising at this time.

Math: Students used MobyMax to work on math skills today with a guest teacher.

Science: We completed an experiment about using magnetic objects, a compass, and iron filings to find hidden magnets in a box. Homework is to finish the Detecting Magnets experiment if not done in class.

Social Studies: None today.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 3
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 13

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

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, behavior, assignments, and attendance online.
• Our Hawaiian Beach Bash Halloween Party is on Thursday, October 31, from 10-12:30. Add your name to our guest list or volunteer to help here.

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

Spelling: None today.

Cursive: Cursive workbook pp. 31-33 are due Friday.

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Cirlces. Some groups worked on making connections and visualizing as reading strategies.

Writing: We continued to talk about using precise nouns instead of general words that make the reader confused. If a writer uses a specific noun for a person, place, or thing, the reader will better understand what is happening in the writing.

Today was also a revising work day, and students started revising the beginning of their story.

The third and last piece of the marking period is a slightly fictionalized personal narrative, due Friday, November 1. Your student should be finished with their draft and revising at this time.

Math: Students used MobyMax to work on math skills today.

Science: We started an experiment about using tools and the science of magnetism to find hidden magnets. Students also completed a MiniQuiz about how a magnet’s force changes with distance and when passing through objects.

Social Studies: We continued to learn about the features of a market economy, learning today about these features:

• private property rights (people and businesses own the property, not the government)
• competition (businesses compete for consumers)
• voluntary exchange (people choose what to buy and sell, and businesses will sell what consumers demand)

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 10

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

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, behavior, assignments, and attendance online.
• Our Hawaiian Beach Bash Halloween Party is on Thursday, October 31, from 10-12:30. Add your name to our guest list or volunteer to help here.

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

Spelling: None today due to the late start schedule.

Cursive: Cursive workbook pp. 31-33 are due Friday.

Reading: None today due to the late start schedule.

Writing: We talked about using specific words instead of general words that make the reader confused:

• use “rust,” not “brown stuff.”
• say “instruction manual,” not “car booklet.”
• write “jack,” not “thing to lift the car up.”

Looking for better and more specific word choices is one way a reader can revise their writing to improve it.

Today was also a drafting work day. The third and last piece of the marking period is a slightly fictionalized personal narrative, due Friday, November 1. Your student should be finishing the end of their draft by now and ready to revise tomorrow.

Math: Students worked on math skills using Khan Academy today.

Science: None today due to the late start schedule.

Social Studies: None today due to art.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 9

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

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, behavior, assignments, and attendance online.
• Our Hawaiian Beach Bash Halloween Party is on Thursday, October 31, from 10-12:30. Add your name to our guest list or volunteer to help here.

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

Spelling: We reviewed the idea that homographs are words that are spelled the same, but have different meanings and sometimes sound different.

Cursive: Cursive workbook pp. 31-33 are due Friday.

Reading: Today was a reading and discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: Today was a drafting work day.

The third and last piece of the marking period is a slightly fictionalized personal narrative, due Friday, November 1. Your student should be nearing the end of their draft by now.

Math: Students worked on math skills using MobyMax today.

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

Social Studies: We learned about the features of a market economy: specialization, competition, voluntary exchange, and consumer sovereignty.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 4
• Orange magnets: 2
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 8

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

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, behavior, assignments, and attendance online.
• Our Hawaiian Beach Bash Halloween Party is on Thursday, October 31, from 10-12:30. Add your name to our guest list or volunteer to help here.

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