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Spelling: Students completed the final spelling test of the year.

Cursive: Students completed the final cursive quiz of the year.

Reading: None today.

Writing: The Find It, Decide It compare and contrast project is due into portfolios by Wednesday, June 8. There are no new writing assignments for the year.

Math: We reviewed area and practiced finding the area of cubes and rectangular prisms.

Science: We learned about these ideas:

• The moon’s gravity causes tides
• Lunar eclipses are caused when the earth blocks the sun’s light from shining on the moon
• Solar eclipses are caused when the moon blocks the sun’s light from shining on the earth
• Everything in the solar system is really big and really far away!

Social Studies: None 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 SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with SnapGrades?

Notes:

• 5th Grade Camp is June 9-10. Costs are $110 and payments  are now being collected. Learn more about camp here.
• View our class calendar.
• Check grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 6th grade.

Spelling: None today.

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

Reading: None today due to extra time with math.

Writing: Students worked on publishing their novel today using Lulu.com.

The Find It, Decide It compare and contrast project is due Monday, June 6.

Math: We practiced finding the areas of triangles and parallelograms.

Science: We reviewed moon phases today.

Social Studies: We learned about how the Declaration of Independence was written.

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 SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with SnapGrades?

Notes:

• A Courtyard Garden Work Day is Monday, June 6, from 4-5 pm.
• 5th Grade Camp is June 9-10. Costs are $110 and payments  are now being collected. Learn more about camp here.
• View our class calendar.
• Check grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared 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 their Find It, Decide It compare and contrast project, which is due Monday, June 6.

Math: None today due to extra time with Science.

Science: We learned that the phases of the moon are caused by the moon revolving around the earth and the sun’s light being blocked by the moon itself. A full moon happens because the sun is behind the earth, and a new moon is because the sun is behind the moon.

Social Studies: We started to learn about the Declaration of Independence. Homework is to finish Notebook pp. 65-66 if not finished 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 SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with SnapGrades?

Notes:

• A Camp Orientation meeting is tonight, June 2, at 5:30 is Room 108 at McGrath Elementary.
• 5th Grade Camp is June 9-10. Costs are $110 and payments  are now being collected. Learn more about camp here.
• View our class calendar.
• Check grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 6th grade.

Originally posted 2011-06-02 16:14:54. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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: Students worked on their Find It, Decide It compare and contrast project, which is due Monday, June 6.

Math: Students were introduced to finding areas of triangles by drawing rectangles around the triangles. Homework is to finish Journal pp. 315-316.

Science: We reviewed the fact that direct rays from the sun cause summer in a hemisphere, and when one hemisphere has summer, the other has winter. We also tested the energy of direct rays using solar panels.

Social Studies: We learned about the arguments made by Patriots and Loyalists to either become independent or stay loyal to Great Britain.   how the colonists struggled with either being loyal to the King of England or being a patriot fighting for freedom.

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 SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with SnapGrades?

Notes:

• 5th Grade Camp is June 9-10. Costs are $110 and payments  are now being collected. Learn more about camp here.
• View our class calendar.
• Check grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared 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. Students also completed a STAR Reading test.

Writing: Students worked on their Find It, Decide It compare and contrast project, which is due Monday, June 6.

Math: Students reviewed area of rectangles today. Homework is to finish Journal pp. 310-313.

Science: We learned about how the earth’s tilt allows direct rays to shine one different hemispheres of earth at different times. When the sun is shining directly on a hemisphere, it is summer for that area. Homework is to finish Science Court Part 3.

Social Studies: We learned about how the colonists struggled with either being loyal to the King of England or being a patriot fighting for freedom.

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 SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with SnapGrades?

Notes:

• 5th Grade Camp is June 9-10. Costs are $110 and payments  are now being collected. Learn more about camp here.
• View our class calendar.
• Check grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 6th grade.