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Spelling: We reviewed rules for adding suffixes onto words. This will be the skill tested on tomorrow’s spelling test.

Cursive: There will be no new cursive assignments this year.

Reading: None today.

Writing: We worked on publishing our novels again today.

Math: We worked on area and perimeter skills today. Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy. This is the final week to finish unfinished skills for this report card.

Science: We wrote notes about the needs of plants and animals.

Social Studies: We learned about how the US can be divided into four regions:

• Western mountains
• Great Plains
• Great Lakes farms and factories
• Southern Plantations

Character Strength: There are no new character strengths this year.

Notes:

• End of the Year activities:
  • Dairy Queen Field Trip, June 12. Family members are invited to walk with us. Student order forms are needed by June 7.
  • End of the Year Potluck and Picnic, June 13. Family members are invited to lunch and to help with games. See our volunteer list here.
  • Rollhaven Field Trip, June 14. Family members are invited to go with us.
    
• Have you helped your student plan a Daily Homework Time?
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View links to all the websites we use in class.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at Jupiter Ed.

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

Spelling: None today.

Cursive: There will be no new cursive assignments this year.

Reading: None today.

Writing: We worked on publishing our novels today.

Math: We worked on symmetry skills today. Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: We checked in on our plant experiments:

• water–we are still testing this
• light–we are still testing this
• heat (not too much and not too little): we have learned that plants need the right out of heat, not too much, not too little
• air–we are still testing this

We also learned that organisms need energy for growing/reproducing, moving, eliminating waste, and maintenance/repair.

Social Studies: None today.

Character Strength: There are no new character strengths this year.

Notes:

• End of the Year activities:
  • Dairy Queen Field Trip, June 12. Family members are invited to walk with us. Student order forms are needed by June 7.
  • End of the Year Potluck and Picnic, June 13. Family members are invited to lunch and to help with games. See our volunteer list here.
  • Rollhaven Field Trip, June 14. Family members are invited to go with us.
    
• Have you helped your student plan a Daily Homework Time?
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View links to all the websites we use in class.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at Jupiter Ed.

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

Field Day 2018

35 new photos · Album by Christian Howd

Notes:

• End of the Year activities:
  • Dairy Queen Field Trip, June 12. Family members are invited to walk with us. Student order forms are needed by June 7.
  • End of the Year Potluck and Picnic, June 13. Family members are invited to lunch and to help with games. See our volunteer list here.
  • Rollhaven Field Trip, June 14. Family members are invited to go with us.
    
• Have you helped your student plan a Daily Homework Time?
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View links to all the websites we use in class.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at Jupiter Ed.

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

Spelling: Students made Words to Learn lists from words they missed on the last spelling test. These are words for your student to study for our next test.

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

Reading: Today was a reading skills practice day. Also, all library books are due tomorrow.

Writing: Students worked on editing their Find It, Decide It project, which is due Friday, June 1. Homework is to work on writing for 15 minutes.

Math: We worked on geometry skills today. Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: We set up plant experiments to test if plants need:

• water
• light
• heat (not too much and not too little)
• air

We also tested if plants need soil using our class dinosaur plant. To the right is our plant after water was added, expanding from being dormant to growing in less than one hour, with no soil. But clearly it needs water.

Social Studies: None today.

Character Strength: There are no new character strengths this year.

Notes:

• End of the Year activities:
  • Field Day, June 1. See the schedule. Students should bring a change of clothes, a swimsuit, a towel, sunblock, and a water bottle. Girls, please wear suits that are one piece, a two-piece suit that meets in the middle, or a two-piece suit that is covered up. Boys, please have a shirt to wear with your swimsuit.
  • Dairy Queen Field Trip, June 12. Family members are invited to walk with us. Student order forms are needed by June 7.
  • End of the Year Potluck and Picnic, June 13. Family members are invited to lunch and to help with games. See our volunteer list here.
  • Rollhaven Field Trip, June 14. Family members are invited to go with us.
    
• Have you helped your student plan a Daily Homework Time?
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View links to all the websites we use in class.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at Jupiter Ed.

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

Spelling: None today.

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

Reading: None today due to working on a STAR Math test.

Writing: Students worked on revising their Find It, Decide It project, which is due Friday, June 1. Homework is to work on writing for 15 minutes.

Math: We worked on identifying, measuring, and drawing angles today. Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: We practiced making food chains today. We also learned about how environmental changes can affect food chains.

Social Studies: We learned more about how immigrants bring their culture to America and change the new places they live in.

Character Strength: There are no new character strengths this year.

Notes:

• End of the Year activities:
  • Field Day, June 1. See the schedule.
  • Dairy Queen Field Trip, June 12. Family members are invited to walk with us. Student order forms are needed by June 7.
  • End of the Year Potluck and Picnic, June 13. Family members are invited to lunch and to help with games. See our volunteer list here.
  • Rollhaven Field Trip, June 14. Family members are invited to go with us.
    
• Have you helped your student plan a Daily Homework Time?
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View links to all the websites we use in class.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at Jupiter Ed.

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