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Spelling: We learned about rules for making plural words.

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

Reading: Students have finished reading their magazines. Today, groups started practicing plays they will read to the class to practice fluency.

Writing: Today was a revising work day.

The next piece of writing, a fiction piece, is due Friday, December 14. Students should be revising their draft at this point.

Math: We learned about how to use patterns to divide larger numbers. For example, the problem 250 / 50 can be written as 25 tens / 5 tens. Now that the problem is rewritten, it’s easier to see that the problem is the same as 25 / 5, so the answer is 5. Rewriting division problems using tens and hundreds makes the problem easier to divide. Homework is to finish Journal P5-1.

Science: We completed an activity to model how traits are passed from one generation to the next. Homework is to finish the Generation of Traits experiment.

Social Studies: None today due to a music aptitude test from Marshall Music.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 2
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 5

Coming soon: Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at ParentVue to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• View pics and vids of Bring a Family Member to School Day!
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Coming soon: view grades, assignments, and attendance at ParentVue.

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

Spelling: None today due to the late start schedule.

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

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: We continued to talk about using a triangular shape in a story to show how the character tries several different ways to solve the problem of the story.

The next piece of writing, a fiction piece, is due Friday, December 14. Students should be finishing up their draft at this point.

Math: Students completed a math test about division.

Science: Students finished working on an activity about inherited traits. Homework is to finish the Inventory of Traits activity if not done in class.

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

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 3

Coming soon: Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at ParentVue to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• View pics and vids of Bring a Family Member to School Day!
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Coming soon: view grades, assignments, and attendance at ParentVue.

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; some groups worked on visualizing as a reading strategy.

Writing: We talked about using a triangular shape in a story. This side going up would show the rising action as the character tries to solve the problem. It’s usually interesting to have the character try to solve the problem in a couple different ways, usually failing each time until the problem is finally solved (the peak of the triangle). The side going back down after the peak would be the ending as the reader learns how the story wraps up.

The next piece of writing, a fiction piece, is due Friday, December 14. Students should be finishing up their draft at this point.

Math: We reviewed for tomorrow’s math test about division.

Science: We completed an inventory of inherited traits to learn that living creatures display many different characteristics (traits). Not all people have the same traits.

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): 3

Coming soon: Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at ParentVue to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Tomorrow is a Late Start Day; school starts at 11:05 am.
• View pics and vids of Bring a Family Member to School Day!
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Coming soon: view grades, assignments, and attendance at ParentVue.

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

Spelling: We formed words using letter cards, focusing on /s/ patterns using the letter c.

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.

The next piece of writing, a fiction piece, is due Friday, December 14. Students should be drafting at this point.

Math: Students completed a STAR Math test today.

Science: None today due to our math skills time.

Social Studies: We learned about Christopher Columbus, when he explored, when he went, his motivations and the effects of his trips.

Behavior Update:

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

Coming soon: Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at ParentVue to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• View pics and vids of Bring a Family Member to School Day!
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Coming soon: view grades, assignments, and attendance at ParentVue.

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

Spelling: Students continued to make 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; some groups worked on making connections as a reading strategy.

Writing: We talked about different types of endings for stories today. Some ways to end stories are with dialogue, action or visual details. Another way is to end the story with a question to make the reader think.

The next piece of writing, a fiction piece, is due Friday, December 14. Students should be drafting at this point.

Math: None today due to Bring a Family Member to School Day. See pics and vids here.

Science: We talked about how body systems are needed work together in order for a human or animal to function.

Social Studies: We started to learn about how exploring the New World led to people settling here. Homework is to finish Notebook p. 27 of not done in class.

Behavior Update:

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

Coming soon: Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at ParentVue to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• View pics and vids of Bring a Family Member to School Day!
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Coming soon: view grades, assignments, and attendance at ParentVue.

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