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Spelling: We reviewed common spelling patters for the /oo/ sound.

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

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

Writing: Students continued to work on the draft of their fiction novel project or to start revising.

Each student has a daily writing goal of 150-400 words. The novel project is due Friday, March 27. Students should be nearing the end of their draft and be ready to start revising soon. Check StudentVue for your student’s progress.

Math: Today students completed a STAR Math test.

Here are recent skills that should be finished:

• Dividing decimals 1
• Dividing decimals 2
• Dividing decimals 3
• Evaluating expressions with parentheses
• Translating expressions with parentheses
• Creating expressions with parentheses
• Visualizing and interpreting relationships between patterns

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 completed the Net Force Challenge experiment today. Homework is to finish analysis questions 1-5 on p. 40.

Social Studies: Students completed a test about facing slavery today.

Notes:

• Tomorrow is the Read-a-Thon fundraiser. Students can bring in donations for 5th grade camp. Students can also bring a pillow, blanket, snack, drink, and books to read.
• Our next play practice is Monday, March 26 from 4-6. This is a dress rehearsal; students please wear your costume. This is our final practice.
• Our class play, The Legend of Lightning Larry, will be on March 31. Here is the practice schedule. Our shows are at 10 am, 10:30 am, and 6:30 pm. Students please arrive at 5:45 on the night of the performance.
• 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.
• Fifth Grade Camp is May 7-8, 2015. Costs are $100 and payments are being accepted through May.

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 we practiced our class play. Today was also a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: Students continued to work on the draft of their fiction novel project or to start revising.

Each student has a daily writing goal of 150-400 words. The novel project is due Friday, March 27. Students should be nearing the end of their draft and be ready to start revising soon. Check StudentVue for your student’s progress.

Math: Today we practiced adding fractions with unlike denominators.

Here are recent skills that should be finished:

• Dividing decimals 1
• Dividing decimals 2
• Dividing decimals 3
• Evaluating expressions with parentheses
• Translating expressions with parentheses
• Creating expressions with parentheses
• Visualizing and interpreting relationships between patterns

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 Newton’s laws of motion. We also started an experiment about balanced and unbalanced forces.

Social Studies: Students completed a Reading Challenge miniquiz today about slavery.

Notes:

• Our next play practice is Thursday, March 26 from 4-6. This is a dress rehearsal; students please wear your costume.
• Our class play, The Legend of Lightning Larry, will be on March 31. Here is the practice schedule. Our shows are at 10 am, 10:30 am, and 6:30 pm. Students please arrive at 5:45 on the night of the performance.
• 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.
• Fifth Grade Camp is May 7-8, 2015. Costs are $100 and payments are being accepted through May.

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

Our class is looking for some healthy snacks for the M-STEP state test after spring break. If you can help, please contact me or the office. Thank you.

Spelling: Today was a preview of upcoming spelling words.

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

Reading: Today we practiced our class play.

Writing: Students continued to work on the draft of their fiction novel project or to start revising.

Each student has a daily writing goal of 150-400 words. The novel project is due Friday, March 27. Students should be nearing the end of their draft and be ready to start revising soon. Check StudentVue for your student’s progress.

Math: Today we practiced making equivalent fractions

Here are recent skills that should be finished:

• Dividing decimals 1
• Dividing decimals 2
• Dividing decimals 3
• Evaluating expressions with parentheses
• Translating expressions with parentheses
• Creating expressions with parentheses
• Visualizing and interpreting relationships between patterns

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 finished learning about Newton’s laws of motion. Homework is to finish analysis questions 1-5 on p. 36.

Social Studies: None today due to making posters for our class play.

Notes:

• Our next play practice is Wednesday, March 25 from 4-5. This is a dress rehearsal; students please wear your costume.
• Our class play, The Legend of Lightning Larry, will be on March 31. Here is the practice schedule. Our shows are at 10 am, 10:30 am, and 6:30 pm. Students please arrive at 5:30 on the night of the performance.
• 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.
• Fifth Grade Camp is May 7-8, 2015. Costs are $100 and payments are being accepted through May.

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 day in Literature Circles; some groups worked on solving unknown words by breaking them into chunks.

Writing: Students continued to work on the draft of their fiction novel project or to start revising.

Each student has a daily writing goal of 150-400 words. The novel project is due Friday, March 27. Students should be nearing the end of their draft and be ready to start revising soon. Check StudentVue for your student’s progress, current as of today.

Novel Writing Project 2015

The final piece of the 3rd Marking Period will be our final fiction project of the year. Students will write and publish a novel. Each student will write their own novel, with a word goal minimum of 1,500-4,000 words, based on their reading level (each student’s minimum writing goal is equal to their reading level multiplied by 500). The novels will be written in Google Docs (docs.mrhowd.com) to make use of the word count feature. Final novels will be uploaded to Lulu.com and published as paperback books, which can be purchased for reasonable prices. So yes, students will actually write and publish their own novels. This project is based on the National Novel Writing Month Young Writers program.

Math: Today was a final class work day to finish these skills:

• Dividing decimals 2
• Dividing decimals 3
• Evaluating expressions with parentheses
• Translating expressions with parentheses
• Creating expressions with parentheses
• Visualizing and interpreting relationships between patterns

Skills that should be finished:

• Multiplying decimals 1
• Multiplying decimals 2
• Dividing completely
• Dividing decimals 1

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 learned about friction and how the force of friction has to be counteracted if an object is going to stay moving.

Social Studies: Students finished reading about how slaves kept their hopes alive during their difficult time in slavery. Homework is to finish reading notes p. 49 if not done in class.

Notes:

• Our next play practice is Wednesday, March 25 from 4-5. This is a dress rehearsal; students please wear your costume.
• Our class play, The Legend of Lightning Larry, will be on March 31. Here is the practice schedule. Our shows are at 10 am, 10:30 am, and 6:30 pm. Students please arrive at 5:30 on the night of the performance.
• 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.
• Fifth Grade Camp is May 7-8, 2015. Costs are $100 and payments are being accepted through May.

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