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Spelling: None today.

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

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

Writing: None today.

Math: Math this week will consist of a final push to master any remaining skills for fractions, volume, and shapes.

Here are the final topics of 5th grade:

• Fractions
• Quadrilaterals
• Volume with unit cubes
• Volume formula intuition
• Finding volume

It would be helpful for students to continue working on these skills at home if they haven’t had enough time in class to master them.

Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes or more using MobyMax or Khan Academy, and to work on MobyMax FactMaster for 5 minutes.

Science: We wrote notes in our space minibooks and students completed a MiniQuiz.

Social Studies: None today.

Notes:

• End of the Year activities (check the class calendar for specifics):
  • Field Day, Thursday, June 4
  • Celebration of Life, Tuesday, June 9
  • Fifth Grade Farewell, Wednesday, June 10
  • Waterpark trip, Thursday, June 11
• Visit our Links page: keep track of all the websites we use for learning, or try something new.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, report cards, behavior, assignments, and attendance online.

Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 6th grade.

Spelling: None today.

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

Reading: None today due to extra time with math.

Writing: We continued to work on editing novels to prepare for publishing.

Math: Math this week will consist of a final push to master any remaining skills for fractions, volume, and shapes.

Here are the final topics of 5th grade:

• Fractions
• Quadrilaterals
• Volume with unit cubes
• Volume formula intuition
• Finding volume

It would be helpful for students to continue working on these skills at home if they haven’t had enough time in class to master them.

Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes or more using MobyMax or Khan Academy, and to work on MobyMax FactMaster for 5 minutes.

Science: We used toilet paper to model how far apart the planets are in our solar system. If the sun was at the beginning of the roll, Pluto would be 200 toilet paper squares away. Except for the inner rocky planets, most planets are very, very far from each other.

Social Studies: We reviewed the second and fifth amendments to the constitution.

Notes:

• End of the Year activities (check the class calendar for specifics):
  • Field Day, Thursday, June 4
  • Celebration of Life, Tuesday, June 9
  • Fifth Grade Farewell, Wednesday, June 10
  • Waterpark trip, Thursday, June 11
• Visit our Links page: keep track of all the websites we use for learning, or try something new.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, report cards, behavior, assignments, and attendance online.

Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 6th grade.

Spelling: None today.

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

Reading: None today due to extra time with math.

Writing: Students worked on editing their novel in preparation for publishing it this week.

Math: Math this week will consist of a final push to master any remaining skills for fractions, volume, and shapes.

Here are the final topics of 5th grade:

• Fractions
• Quadrilaterals
• Volume with unit cubes
• Volume formula intuition
• Finding volume

It would be helpful for students to continue working on these skills at home if they haven’t had enough time in class to master them.

Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes or more using MobyMax or Khan Academy, and to work on MobyMax FactMaster for 5 minutes.

Science: We reviewed categories of space objects from last week’s science experiment.

Social Studies: We reviewed the first amendment to the constitution: freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly and petition.

Notes:

• End of the Year activities (check the class calendar for specifics):
  • Field Day, Thursday, June 4
  • Celebration of Life, Tuesday, June 9
  • Fifth Grade Farewell, Wednesday, June 10
  • Waterpark trip, Thursday, June 11
• Visit our Links page: keep track of all the websites we use for learning, or try something new.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, report cards, behavior, assignments, and attendance online.

Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 6th 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 day.

Writing: Today was the final day for students to work on their collection of poems, which is due today.

Math: None today due to a class meeting about gossip and hearsay. Some students and staff members have been complaining that some individuals in our class have been participating in spreading gossip to other people in the school, and it’s been causing problems. Students talked about how they have been hurt by this, and we talked about how students should be talking about helpful and positive things. We’ve been asked, in no uncertain terms, to immediately stop talking about people if they are not a part of the conversation.

Here are the final topics of 5th grade:

• Fractions
• Quadrilaterals
• Volume with unit cubes
• Volume formula intuition
• Finding volume

It would be helpful for students to continue working on these skills at home if they haven’t had enough time in class to master them.

Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes or more using MobyMax or Khan Academy, and to work on MobyMax FactMaster for 5 minutes.

Science: Students shared their group presentations comparing a fictional planet to earth.

Social Studies: Students completed a MiniQuiz about how the colonists won the Revolution against Great Britain.

Notes:

• Visit our Links page: keep track of all the websites we use for learning, or try something new.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, report cards, behavior, assignments, and attendance online.

Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 6th grade.

Spelling: Students completed a spelling and skill test today.

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

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: Students completed editing conferences today and continued to work on their collection of poems, due Friday, May 22.

Math: We worked on fraction skills today in MobyMax Math.

Here are the final topics of 5th grade:

• Fractions
• Quadrilaterals
• Volume with unit cubes
• Volume formula intuition
• Finding volume

It would be helpful for students to continue working on these skills at home if they haven’t had enough time in class to master them.

Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes or more using MobyMax or Khan Academy, and to work on MobyMax FactMaster for 5 minutes.

Science: Students worked in groups to make a presentation comparing a fictional planet to earth. There will be a MiniQuiz tomorrow about tides and comparing planets to earth.

Social Studies: We reviewed how the colonists won the Revolution against Great Britain. There will be a MiniQuiz tomorrow about this topic.

Notes:

• Visit our Links page: keep track of all the websites we use for learning, or try something new.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, report cards, behavior, assignments, and attendance online.

Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 6th grade.