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Spelling: None today due to the half day schedule.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 36-38 were due today.

Reading: None today due to the half day schedule.

Writing: We talked about using visual details to describe what characters looked like. We also discussed the importance of describing new characters soon after they appear in a story.

The next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Monday, November 28. Students should be revising at this time.

Math: None today due to the half day schedule.

Science: Students designed and created circuits using bulbs and motors turned on and off with switches. Homework is to finish the “Off or Off?” experiment.

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: 10): 0

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

Notes:

• Thanks to all the families that attended the Fall Parent Teacher Conferences! If you want to grab a time for the Spring Parent Teacher Conferences in March, you can do that here.
• Check out the McGrath Online Book Fair!
• Our field trip to the Michigan Capitol and Historical Museum is December 6. Click the link if you would like to chaperone.
• 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.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 36-38 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: None today due to the half day schedule.

Writing: None today due to the half day schedule.

The next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Monday, November 28. Students should be revising at this time.

Math: None today due to the half day schedule.

Science: Students worked on designing switches to use in electrical circuits.

Social Studies: We reviewed positive and negative incentives. Students also wrote notes and completed a MiniQuiz.

Behavior Update:

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

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

Notes:

• Fall Parent Teacher Conferences are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Check your time here.
• Our field trip to the Michigan Capitol and Historical Museum is December 6. Click the link if you would like to chaperone.
• 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 learned that digraphs are two letters that combine to make a new sound. We practiced making words with these digraphs: ch, sh, ph, wh, th.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 36-38 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: None today due to the half day schedule.

Writing: We talked about how to punctuate dialogue correctly:

1. Put quotation marks around just the words spoken.
2. Use a comma or end mark to separate the dialogue from other parts of the sentence.
3. Start a new paragraph when a new speaker begins talking.

The next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Monday, November 28. Students should be revising at this time.

Math: None today due to the half day schedule.

Science: We started an experiment about designing switches in circuits.

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: 10): 0

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

Notes:

• Fall Parent Teacher Conferences are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Check your time here.
• Our field trip to the Michigan Capitol and Historical Museum is December 6. Click the link if you would like to chaperone.
• 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.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 36-38 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles. Students also completed a fiction reading test.

Writing: None today due to our technology time.

The next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Monday, November 28. Students should be drafting at this time.

Math: We practiced writing numbers in standard, expanded and word form, and finding the value of a digit. Homework  is to finish Journal P3-1.

Science: None today due to our Math Skills practice time.

Social Studies: We practiced identifying positive and negative incentives today. Homework is to finish the Identifying Incentives chart if not done in class.

Behavior Update:

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

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

Notes:

• Fall Parent Teacher Conferences are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Check your time here.
• Our field trip to the Michigan Capitol and Historical Museum is December 6. Click the link if you would like to chaperone.
• 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 students getting new seats.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 36-38 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles; some groups worked on using context clues as a reading strategy.

Writing: We talked about making characters come to life using realistic dialogue, description of how they act, visual details, and action details that show the characters.

The next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Monday, November 28. Students should be drafting at this time.

Math: We started to review place value. We also reviewed three ways to write a number:

• Standard form: 358
• Expanded form: 300+50+8
• Word form: three hundred fifty-eight.

Homework is to finish Journal R3-1.

Science: We worked on cleaning our Courtyard Garden and getting it ready for the spring.

Social Studies: We reviewed positive and negative incentives today.

Behavior Update:

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

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

Notes:

• Fall Parent Teacher Conferences are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Check your time here.
• Our field trip to the Michigan Capitol and Historical Museum is December 6. Click the link if you would like to chaperone.
• 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.