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Spelling: None today.

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

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles; some groups worked on questioning and visualizing as reading strategies.

Writing: Students worked on revising conferences today and revising slides for their presentation. The I-Search project is due on April 29. Students will share their research as a digital presentation during our I-Search Conference (see schedule) on April 29.

Homework is to work on writing for at least 15 minutes.

Math: Students practiced division skills at MobyMax or Khan Academy today. This is our final week to work on division skills.

Here are some skills we’ve been working on:

• Zeros in the dividend (no remainders)
• Zeros in the quotient (no remainders)
• Divide by 1-digit numbers (no remainders)
• Intro to dividing with remainders
• Divide with remainders

Homework is to practice MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for at least 15 minutes.

Science: Students completed a space miniquiz and then made new minibooks to collect notes for our unit on studying life.

Social Studies: We learned how a bill is made into a law.

Notes:

• Looking for a way to motivate your student to read at home? Try Don’t Break the Chain. It’s a simple way to building reading habits.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Visit our Links page: keep track of all the websites we use for learning, or try something new.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at ParentVue or StudentVue.

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 on Fridays.

Reading: Today was a reading skills and AR practice today.

Writing: Students continued to create, revise, and edit slides for their presentation. The I-Search project is due on April 29. Students will share their research as a digital presentation during our I-Search Conference (see schedule) on April 29.

Homework is to work on writing for at least 15 minutes.

Math: Students practiced division skills at MobyMax today. Our target is to finish division skills by the end of April.

Here are some skills we’ve been working on:

• Zeros in the dividend (no remainders)
• Zeros in the quotient (no remainders)
• Divide by 1-digit numbers (no remainders)
• Divide with remainders

Homework is to practice MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for at least 15 minutes.

Science: Students worked on a district test about modeling how bees pollinate flowers.

Social Studies: None today due to extra time with the science test.

Notes:

• Looking for a way to motivate your student to read at home? Try Don’t Break the Chain. It’s a simple way to building reading habits.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Visit our Links page: keep track of all the websites we use for learning, or try something new.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at ParentVue or StudentVue.

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

Spelling: We talked about the idea that some sounds are spelling in more than one way. For example, the words read and red have the same sounds, but different spelling patterns.

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

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: Students worked on creating slides for their presentation today. We learned about using bullets to organize text, and how to inset and organize images. The I-Search project is due on April 29. Students will share their research as a digital presentation during our I-Search Conference on April 29.

Homework is to work on research, the mind map, or slides for at least 15 minutes.

Math: We practiced dividing with remainders today using Khan Academy. Our target is to finish division skills by the end of April.

Here are some skills we’ve been working on:

• Zeros in the dividend (no remainders)
• Zeros in the quotient (no remainders)
• Divide by 1-digit numbers (no remainders)
• Divide with remainders

Homework is to practice MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for at least 15 minutes.

Science: Students worked on a district test about the sun, moon, and earth.

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

Notes:

• MP3 Report cards are available in ParentVue or StudentVue.
• Looking for a way to motivate your student to read at home? Try Don’t Break the Chain. It’s a simple way to building reading habits.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Visit our Links page: keep track of all the websites we use for learning, or try something new.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at ParentVue or StudentVue.

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

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

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

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles; some groups worked on making connections and asking curious questions from the text.

Writing: Students continued to organize their information into a Mind Map today using the MindMup Google Drive app. They also created a Google Slides document and started working on some initial slides. The I-Search project is due on April 29. Students will share their research as a digital presentation during our I-Search Conference on April 29.

Homework is to work on research, the mind map, or slides for at least 15 minutes.

Math: We continued to work on 1-digit division with no remainders today using Khan Academy. Our target is to finish division skills by the end of April.

Here are some skills we’ve been working on:

• Zeros in the dividend (no remainders)
• Zeros in the quotient (no remainders)
• Divide by 1-digit numbers (no remainders)

Homework is to practice MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for at least 15 minutes.

Science: Finished watching a documentary about ways that the earth is suited for life and scientific discovery. We’ll have a MiniQuiz soon about the sun, moon, and earth.

Social Studies: We talked about checks and balances today and learned it means that each branch can check the power of the other branches to make sure that one branch doesn’t get too powerful. Homework is to finish the Power Problems note page from class.

Notes:

• MP3 Report cards are available in ParentVue or StudentVue.
• Looking for a way to motivate your student to read at home? Try Don’t Break the Chain. It’s a simple way to building reading habits.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Visit our Links page: keep track of all the websites we use for learning, or try something new.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at ParentVue or StudentVue.

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

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

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

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: Students started organized their information into a Mind Map today using the MindMup Google Drive app. They will use their mind maps to plan their slide presentation and will start working on that as soon as tomorrow. The I-Search project is due on April 29. Students will share their research as a digital presentation during our I-Search Conference on April 29.

Homework is to finish the mind map started in class.

Math: We’ve been working on standard division lately using Khan Academy. Today we practiced 1-digit division with no remainders. Our target is to finish division skills by the end of April.

Here are some skills we’ve been working on:

• Zeros in the dividend (no remainders)
• Zeros in the quotient (no remainders)
• Divide by 1-digit numbers (no remainders) (Exercise)

Homework is to practice MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for at least 15 minutes.

Science: None today. We’ll have a MiniQuiz tomorrow about the sun, moon, and earth.

Social Studies: We reviewed the powers of each branch and learned that each branch has special powers and limits on those powers. Students completed a MiniQuiz today about how the government is organized into branches and levels.

Notes:

• MP3 Report cards are available in ParentVue or StudentVue.
• Looking for a way to motivate your student to read at home? Try Don’t Break the Chain. It’s a simple way to building reading habits.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Visit our Links page: keep track of all the websites we use for learning, or try something new.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at ParentVue or StudentVue.

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