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Spelling: None today.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 25-27 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: None today due to getting new seats, jobs, and team captains.

Writing: Students shared with the class the problem of their fiction story, and how the problem will be solved.

Students also continued to draft today. Your student should be more than half finished with their draft at this point. A fiction story will be due Monday, November 30.

Math: We practiced understanding the value of a digit in a number. For example, in the number 4,356, the 4 is worth 4,000, the 3 is worth 300, and the 5 is worth 50. Students also practiced place value skills at Khan Academy.

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

Science: We reviewed our last experiment about different ways to configure a circuit. We’ll have a miniquiz about this soon.

Social Studies: Students worked in teams to comment on an article about supply, demand and price. View the article and our comments here. We’ll also have a miniquiz about this topic this week.

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.

Our next field trip is coming soon; here are the details:

• When: Tuesday, December 1, 2015
• Time: Meet at McGrath at 7:15 am for 7:30 departure. Back to McGrath at or before 3:00 pm.
• Where: Michigan Capitol Building and Historical Museum in Lansing.
• Cost: No cost for students, except for souvenirs. Up to five parents are admitted free of charge.
• Permission Slip: Download the permission slip for this trip here
• Lunch: Bring a sack lunch with disposable containers.
• Chaperones: We are looking for chaperones for our field trip. We’ll even throw in a free bus ride! Our school asks that you have a Volunteer Information Profile on file with the office. Would you or a family member like to chaperone? Just fill out the form below:

Spelling: None today due to the half day schedule.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 22-24 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: Today was the AR Dodgeball reward game. Congratulations to Jacob and Ariana, the only students from our class that made their AR goal and could attend the game. The rest of the class planned some reading goals to help each student become a better and better reader.

Writing: We read a story, Fox, by Margaret Wild, that showed strong verbs, visual details, and an interesting ending. Students also worked on prewriting conferences today.

According to the schedule, today is the second of four drafting days. Hopefully students have used the half days this week to get started on their story. Your student should be finished prewriting and starting their draft. A fiction story will be due Monday, November 30.

Math: None today due to the half day schedule.

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

Science: None today due to the half day schedule.

Social Studies: We started to read an article about how the supply and demand of video game consoles during Christmas shopping season affects price.

Notes:

• Our school is asking parents to please complete this brief parent survey. We need a few more parents to complete this survey.
• 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 due to the half day schedule.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 22-24 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: Students worked on reader’s theatre plays to share their book with the class.

Writing: We talked about adding visual details to describe what a character looks like. A writer should describe a character when they show up in a story so that the reader can see a mental picture in their mind.

Homework is to finish prewriting (characters, settings, and plot), and to start the draft. A fiction story will be due Monday, November 30.

Math: None today due to the half day schedule.

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

Science: Students worked on a experiment to test if which arrangements of circuits would light a bulb. Homework is to finish the Repair Manual page if not done in class.

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

Notes:

• Fall conferences are November 10-12. Make, view, or edit your fall conference time.
• Our school is asking parents to please complete this brief parent survey.
• 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: Today was a preview of upcoming spelling words.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 22-24 are available and due on Friday.

Reading: None today due to the half day schedule.

Writing: None today due to the half day schedule.

Students should be prewriting, focusing on the characters and settings of their story as well as starting to plan the plot. A fiction story will be due Monday, November 30.

Math: We practiced reading and writing numbers in these forms:

• standard: 1,532
• word: one thousand, five hundred, thirty-two
• expanded: 1000 + 500 + 30 + 2

Students also practiced these skills in Khan Academy.

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

Science: None today due to the half day schedule.

Social Studies: None today due to the half day schedule.

Notes:

• Fall conferences are November 10-12. Make, view, or edit your fall conference time.
• Our school is asking parents to please complete this brief parent survey.
• 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.