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Spelling: None today due discussing procedures for assisting with school announcements.

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

Reading: The class continued working on the reading day started in Literature Circles two days ago.

Writing: None today due to a science dissection of a sheep lung and liver.

A slightly fictionalized personal narrative is due Friday, November 5. Students should be revising at this time.

Math: We reviewed multiplying with the lattice method today. Homework is to finish Journal pp. 53-54.

Science: The class examined a dissected sheep lung and liver.

Social Studies: We learned about the lives of American Indians from the Northwest, Southwest, Plains and Eastern Woodlands.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• 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:

• Our Hawaiian Beach Bash will be on Friday, October 29, from 9:30 am to noon. Add your name to our Volunteer and Guest list if you can help or will attend.
• Need to make or edit your Parent Teacher Conference time? Do that here.
• View or edit the “Paper and Coffee” juice volunteer list.
• View our class calendar.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

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

Spelling: None today due to a science dissection of chicken legs.

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

Reading: None today due to a science dissection of chicken legs.

Writing: None today due to a science dissection of chicken legs.

A slightly fictionalized personal narrative is due Friday, November 5. Students should be drafting or revising at this time.

Math: We reviewed multiplying with decimals today and students completed a MiniQuiz.

Science: The class dissected chicken legs to look at the skin, fascia, muscle, tendons, cartilage and bones.

Social Studies: We learned about the lives of American Indians from the Northwest, Southwest, Plains and Eastern Woodlands.

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:

• Our Hawaiian Beach Bash will be on Friday, October 29, from 9:30 am to noon. Add your name to our Volunteer and Guest list if you can help or will attend.
• Need to make or edit your Parent Teacher Conference time? Do that here.
• View or edit the “Paper and Coffee” juice volunteer list.
• View our class calendar.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

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

Spelling: None today due to setting up a schedule for announcement assistants that our class will provide to the office in November.

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 determining importance as a reading strategy.

Writing: None today due to technology.

A slightly fictionalized personal narrative is due Friday, November 5. Students should be drafting or revising at this time.

Math: We reviewed estimating products and multiplying with decimals today. Homework is to finish Journal pp. 50-52.

Science: We completed an experiment to learn about voluntary and involuntary muscles. Homework is to complete the experiment started in class.

Social Studies: We learned about the Eastern Woodland and Southeast American Indians. Homework is to finish up any reading notes on pp. 16-17  that were completed 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:

• Our Hawaiian Beach Bash will be on Friday, October 29, from 9:30 am to noon. Add your name to our Volunteer and Guest list if you can help or will attend.
• Need to make or edit your Parent Teacher Conference time? Do that here.
• View or edit the “Paper and Coffee” juice volunteer list.
• View our class calendar.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

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

Spelling: Students made their Words to Learn lists from words they missed on the last spelling test. This is your student’s customized spelling list for the next test.

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

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles. Students completed an informational reading test today.

Writing: We talked about how authors can create a scene in their writing using these elements:

1. Description of setting or characters;
2. Dialogue;
3. Character action; and,
4. Saving the end for the end.

Students also worked on their drafts today.

A slightly fictionalized personal narrative is due Friday, November 5. Students should be drafting at this time.

Math: None today due to working on our courtyard garden. Students cleared out one box and we planted winter wheat.

Science: We completed an experiment to learn about our muscular system. Homework is to complete the Those Aching Muscles experiment.

Social Studies: We learned about the Plains Indians 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:

• Our Hawaiian Beach Bash (Halloween party) will be on Friday, October 29, from 9:30 am to noon. Add your name to our Volunteer and Guest list if you can help or will attend.
• Need to make or edit your Parent Teacher Conference time? Do that here.
• View or edit the “Paper and Coffee” juice volunteer list.
• View our class calendar.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared 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: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles; some groups worked on synthesizing and making inferences as reading strategies.

Writing: We talked about how to describe characters using more than just a sentence list of attributes. Students also worked on their drafts today.

A slightly fictionalized personal narrative is due Friday, November 5. Students should be drafting at this time.

Math: None today.

Science: We wrote notes and reviewed some recent assignments about the digestive system today.

Social Studies: None on Fridays.

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:

• Our Hawaiian Beach Bash (Halloween party) will be on Friday, October 29, from 9:30 am to noon. Add your name to our Volunteer and Guest list if you can help or will attend.
• Need to make or edit your Parent Teacher Conference time? Do that here.
• View or edit the “Paper and Coffee” juice volunteer list.
• View our class calendar.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

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