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

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

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles.

Writing: Our next writing project is a persusive essay in the form of a letter. Each student will select an issue facing our country and will share their ideas on how to improve the issue. This persuasive letter is due Wednesday, February 27. Today, we reviewed American values, such as justice, patriotism, equality, liberty, etc. These values can serve as details to use to persuade the readers about an idea.

Find more information about this project. Possible topics can be researched at these websites:

• CNN Student News Blog Latest Issues: cnnstudentnews.blogs.cnn.com
• annenbergclassroom.org
• publicagenda.org/citizen
• pollingreport.com
• petitions.whitehouse.gov

Math: Students practiced solving multiple step problems. Homework  is to finish Journal P7-7.

Science: None today due to extra time with writing.

Social Studies: Students learned about an English colonty and made a poster about it.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 4
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 5

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

Notes:

• Our Feb Factor Valentine’s Party is on February 14. Can you help?
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance online.

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

Spelling: Today was a preview of upcoming spelling words.

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

Reading: None today due to visiting the 4th grade Market Day.

Writing: Students wrote a piece of writing today following  school-wide writing prompt.

Math: We practiced dividing decimals by decimals. Homework  is to finish Journal P7-6.

Science: None today due to extra time with writing.

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

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 1

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

Notes:

• Our Feb Factor Valentine’s Party is on February 14. Can you help?
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, 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 of seven or more words each are due on Fridays.

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: None today due to our technology time.

Math: We practiced dividing whole numbers by decimals . Homework  is to finish Journal P7-5.

Science: None today due to our math skills time.

Social Studies: We learned about the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Behavior Update:

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

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

Notes:

• Our Feb Factor Valentine’s Party is on February 14. Can you help?
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, 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 of seven or more words each are due on Fridays.

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles.

Writing: Students worked on editing conferences for their essays.

The next piece of writing, a literary essay (here’s an example), is due Friday, February 8.

Math: We practiced dividing decimals by whole numbers. Homework  is to finish Journal P7-4.

Science: We reviewed the analysis questions from the last activity about testing medicines scientifically.

Social Studies: None today.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 4
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 1
• STAR Awards: 7
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 10

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

Notes:

• Our Feb Factor Valentine’s Party is on February 14. Can you help?
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance online.

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

Spelling: Students completed a spelling and skill test today.

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

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles.

Writing: We talked about how the ending of an essay should restart the theme or big idea, and then include some type of connection or what the writer has learned from the book.

Students also continued to draft their literary essay project.

The next piece of writing, a literary essay (here’s an example), is due Friday, February 8. Homework is for students to finish their essay draft tonight if not done already.

Math: We practiced using number sence to place decimals in quotients. For example, the problem 12.4 / 3.2 has the digits 3875 in the answer. Using estimation, the problem is 12 / 3, which equals 4. Since the answer has to be near 4, the correct place to put the decimals would be 3.875. Homework is to finish Journal P7-3.

Science: We finished reading about clinical trials and the placebo effect. Homework is to finish the analysis questions on pp. 19-21.

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

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 2

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

Notes:

• Our Feb Factor Valentine’s Party is on February 14. Can you help?
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance online.

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