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Students received a letter today explaining behavior expectations for our upcoming Mackinac trip:

Students earn the privilege to attend this field trip by following the “High Fives” and working hard during the school year.  Unfortunately, students who continually choose to not follow the “High Fives” receive office referrals.  Students who receive three office referrals, starting in the third marking period, may lose their privilege to attend the field trip.  Our school’s hope is that every student will earn the right to go and not miss out on this wonderful experience. Students that lose the priviledge to attend the trip will serve and out of school suspension on the day of the trip.

Learn more about the Mackinac trip here.

Spelling: None today.

Cursive: Cursive pages 49-51 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: Students continued working on reader’s theatre plays to practice reading fluency and to share their book with the class.

Writing: Students completed prewriting conferences today and started drafting their literary essay. Homework is to finish drafting the first paragraph.

A literary essay will be due Friday, February 12; here’s a sample essay and here’s an example essay we wrote together.

Math: Students practiced multiplication skills today. Here are some skills we’ve been working on lately:

• Multiply a 1-digit number by a multiple of 10, 100, and 1000
• Multiplying tens
• Multiplication without regrouping
• Multiplication with carrying

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

Science: We started to learn how to measure liquids using a graduated cylinder.

Social Studies: We reviewed public goods and services today.

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 reviewed the there/their/they’re homophones.

Cursive: Cursive pages 49-51 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: Students started working on reader’s theatre plays to practice reading fluency and to share their book with the class. Also, January’s Don’t Break the Chain form is due tomorrow for everyone participating in the contest.

Writing: Students checked out a book at the library to write an essay about. They should have read the book and started prewriting their essay. Homework is to finish prewriting the literary essay.

A literary essay will be due Friday, February 12; here’s a sample and here’s an example essay we wrote together.

Math: We practiced multiplying 3-digit by 1-digit numbers today. Here are some skills we’ve been working on lately:

• Multiply a 1-digit number by a multiple of 10, 100, and 1000
• Multiplying tens
• Multiplication without regrouping
• Multiplication with carrying

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

Science: We reviewed our last experiments about measuring weight and mass. We wrote notes in our minibooks about similarities and differences of weight and mass.

Social Studies: We looked at the mission of several government agencies to see what public goods and services they offered. Homework is to finish writing notes for at least four more agencies on the public goods and services note page from class.wrote notes about ways an economy can change and started learning about public goods and services provided by the government.

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: Cursive pages 46-48 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: Today was a reading skills and AR practice day. Also, students that completed their AR point goal for the second marking period played in a grade-wide dodgeball game.

Writing: Students worked with a partner to write a practice literary essay (here’s a sample and here’s an example essay we wrote together).

A literary essay will be due Friday, February 12.

Math: We continued to practice multiplying using the standard method using MobyMax Math. Here are some skills we’ve been working on lately:

• Multiply a 1-digit number by a multiple of 10, 100, and 1000
• Multiplying tens
• Multiplication without regrouping
• Multiplication with carrying

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

Science: Today students used balanced to practice measuring mass. Homework is to finish the Using a Balance experiment if not done in class.

Social Studies: We wrote notes about ways an economy can change and started learning about public goods and services provided by the government. There will be a MiniQuiz on Monday about changing economies and outsourcing.

Notes:

• 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 reviewed the idea that homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently: chews/choose, there/their, fourth/forth.

Cursive: Cursive pages 46-48 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: We used the following qualities of a literary essay (here’s a sample) to finish writing an example essay together.

1. Introduction with a summary of the book and what the theme of the book is.
2. Three paragraphs with examples to prove the theme of the book.
3. A conclusion stating the theme and what the student learned.

A literary essay will be due Friday, February 12.

Math: We continued to practice multiplying using the standard method using MobyMax Math. Here are some skills we’ve been working on lately:

• Multiply a 1-digit number by a multiple of 10, 100, and 1000
• Multiplying tens
• Multiplication without regrouping
• Multiplication with carrying

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

Science: Today was a class lesson about physical education and nutrition. Today’s focus was on ways advertising can trick people into making unhealthy food purchases. The snack today was a Tex-Mex bean dip with radishes and celery.

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

Notes:

• The January book order is due on Friday, January 29. You can also order online.
• 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.