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Spelling: None today due to our technology time.

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

Reading: Students continued to practice reading their selected monologue passage with speed, tone and volume.

Writing: Students continued to work on the next writing piece, the I-Search research project today. Students started to collect information from the internet and save the information in Google Docs.

We also learned that it is important to check facts found in books and on websites. Not everything in print is true. Ever hear of the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus?

This informational project will be due Friday, April 27. Students should be looking for information to answer their research question at this point.

Math: Students practiced dividing three digit numbers. Homework is to finish Journal P10-5.

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

Social Studies: We looked at some final mystery regions maps to see how the United States can be divided into regions using natural or human features.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 3

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at JupiterGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with JupiterGrades?

Notes:

• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at JupiterGrades.

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

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

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

Reading: Students selected a passage from their Literature Circles book to read as a monologue to the class. They also  practiced reading aloud with speed, tone and volume.

Writing: Students are working on the next writing piece, the I-Search research project today. Students continued to collect information from the internet and save the information in Google Docs.

This informational project will be due Friday, April 27. Students should be looking for information (books and websites) to answer their research question at this point.

Math: We reviewed two-digit division and started to learn about three-digit division. Homework is to finish Math Book p. 237, problems 10-16, using the partial quotients method learned in class. Students may check their division using the standard method of division if they would like to.

Science: We learned that the earth rotates (spins) once in one day, and revolves (orbits) once around the sun in one year. Students were given a review crossword puzzle that will be due on Thursday.

Social Studies: We learned about different ways the United States is divided into regions, using land, water, climate or direction.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 3
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 3

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at JupiterGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with JupiterGrades?

Notes:

• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at JupiterGrades.

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

Reading: The final Literature Circles groups presented their projects today.

Writing: Students are working on the next writing piece, the I-Search research project today. Students started to collect information from the internet and save the information in Google Docs.

This informational project will be due Friday, April 27. Students should be looking for information to answer their research question at this point.

Math: None today due to the half day schedule.

Science: None today due to art.

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

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 26
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 16

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at JupiterGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with JupiterGrades?

Notes:

• Check out our class calendar
  to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at JupiterGrades.

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

Spelling: We reviewed irregular verbs today, verbs that are not made past tense by adding -ed.

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

Reading: None today due to the Math Madness Final Four Tournament. Congratulations to Mrs. Johnston’s class, the fourth grade champions. Our class finished 4th in this multiplication facts tournament.

Writing: Students continued to work on the next writing piece, the I-Search research project today. Students started to collect information from the internet and save the information in Google Docs.

This informational project will be due Friday, April 27. Students should be looking for information to answer their research question at this point.

Math: None today due to the Math Madness Final Four Tournament.

Science: We learned that the earth rotates (turns) once in 24 hours and moves around the sun once in a year.

Social Studies: Students divided two maps of the United States into regions. Homework is to finish the regions map of not done in class.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 4
• Orange magnets: 1
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 16

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at JupiterGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with JupiterGrades?

Notes:

• The Read-A-Thon Mackinac fundraiser is tomorrow! Students can bring books, a blanket and a pillow to the Read-a-Thon.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at JupiterGrades.

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

Spelling: None today due to a character education lesson from Mrs. Alexander. We viewed a movie called, Now I Can Tell You My Secret, about a boy who is inappropriately touched by a neighbor. We discussed that, when a student is touched in a way that makes them feel uncomfortable, they have a right to:

1. Say no;
2. Get away fast to a safe place;
3. Tell a trusted adult; or
4. Keep telling trusted adults if some don’t believe you.

Here is an overview and discussion guide for the movie. Here is another guide called, Keep Them Safe (PDF), with plenty of child safety tips.

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

Reading: Two more groups presented their Literature Circles projects to the class today.

Writing: Students continued to work on the next writing piece, the I-Search research project today. Students developed a question for their topic and we went to the library to collect research. This informational project will be due Friday, April 27. Students should be looking for information to answer their research question at this point.

Math: Students practiced dividing using the partial quotients method of division. Homework is to finish Journal P10-4. Need a video review of partial quotients? Try here.

Science: We reviewed food chains and webs by playing Food Chain Rummy.

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

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 11

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at JupiterGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with JupiterGrades?

Notes:

• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at JupiterGrades.

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