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Spelling: None today.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 28-30 are available in class and due on Friday.

Reading: Students finished the Literature Circles reading day started earlier, and also had a discussion day.

Writing: We talked about making settings seem real by adding visual details to show what the places look like. This also involves writing more than one sentence of visual details–a whole paragraph might be necessary to give the reader a strong picture in their mind.

Students also worked on planning the problem of the story and how the plot would progress.

A fiction story will be due Friday, December 18. Your student should be done with prewriting tonight and ready to draft tomorrow. Homework is to work on writing for at least 15 minutes.

Math: We talked about making an organized list when trying to solve number stories.

Here are some skills we’ve been working on lately:

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

Science: Students continued to work on a district assessment about electrical conductors and insulators.

Social Studies: We finished working on our Market Day website today and also made signs to put on the cafeteria tables today.

Notes:

• Math Bingo Night is tomorrow!
• 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.

Michigan Capitol and Museum Trip 2015

Spelling: None today.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 28-30 are available in class and due on Friday.

Reading: Students started the first Literature Circles reading day today, and we’ll finish the remainder of the day on Wednesday.

Writing: We started prewriting for our next piece of writing, also a fiction story. Students started planning the problem of the story and how it would be solved. We talked about having the characters try around three ways to solve the problem. That gives the story more action and it won’t feel so rushed compared to a story in which the characters solve the problem on the first try.

A fiction story will be due Friday, December 18.

Math: Students continued to practice rounding and place value skills today using MobyMax Math.

Here are some skills we’ve been working on lately:

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

Science: Students worked on a district assessment about electrical conductors and insulators.

Social Studies: We continued working on our Market Day website today, getting it ready for Market Day on December 3.

Notes:

• Our Michigan Capitol and Museum trip is on December 1.
• 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.

Today we focused on our Thanksgiving blessings. We then wrote down all of the things we are thankful for (our Thanksgiving blessings).

I hope your family has a happy Thanksgiving holiday!

From the First Thanksgiving Observance signed by President George Washington in 1789:

Spelling: None today.

Cursive: No cursive assignment this week.

Reading: Students received new Literature Circles book groups and they planned the number of pages to read each day throughout the book.

Writing: Students completed editing conferences today, looking for mistakes with spelling, capitals, sentence sense, paragraphs, and editing for dialogue.

Today was the last school work day for this piece. If your student has more editing or publishing work to do, or if they are behind schedule and aren’t yet done with their draft, your student will need to work this week and weekend to finish up. Homework is to finish this story. A fiction story will be due Monday, November 30.

Math: We practiced rounding and place value skills today using MobyMax Math.

Here are some skills we’ve been working on lately:

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

Science: Students completed an experiment to test what types of materials electricity can move through. Homework is to finish the Conductors and Insulators experiment if not done in class.

Social Studies: We continued working on our Market Day website today, getting it ready for Market Day next week. Congratulations to Skylar, who was chosen as webmaster. We’ll start adding web pages tomorrow.

Notes:

• Our Michigan Capitol and Museum trip is on December 1.
• 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.