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Spelling: Students started making Words to Learn lists from words missed on the last spelling test. This will be your student’s spelling list for the next test.

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

Reading: Today, students finished the reading day started on Monday. It was also a reading skills practice day using MobyMax.

Writing: We talked about using recurring details to organize a story and make it feel more connected.

Our next piece of writing, a fiction story, is due Friday, November 21. Your student should be prewriting or drafting by now.

Math: We practiced using rounding to estimate products. Students also used MobyMax to practice math skills.

Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes or more using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: Students made a bar graph of traits that were common with members of their team. Homework is to finish the traits bar graph if not done in class.

Social Studies: We learned about how Spain defeated Muslims in 1492 and how Spain sent Christopher Columbus to explore and spread Christianity to the New World.

Notes:

• The Scrip fundraiser is starting again on Mondays. Learn more about this easy way to earn free money for 5th grade camp.
• Fall Conferences are November 11-13. View or edit your conference appointment.
• View our daily learning targets.
• 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 practiced sorting words ending in –er based on meaning.

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 visualizing as a reading strategy.

Writing: We talked about adding details to slow the pace of an important scene, or removing details to speed up a scene that is not important to a story.

Our next piece of writing, a fiction story, is due Friday, November 21. Your student should be prewriting by now.

Math: We practiced using mental math to solve multiplication problems. Students also used Khan Academy to practice multiplication or other math skills.

Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes or more using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: Today we started to learn about genetics by looking at how different people have different traits.

Social Studies: We learned that several problems in Europe in the 1400s acted as push factors causing explorers to leave for the New World.

Notes:

• The Scrip fundraiser is starting again on Mondays. Learn more about this easy way to earn free money for 5th grade camp.
• Fall Conferences are November 11-13. View or edit your conference appointment.
• View our daily learning targets.
• 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.

Today was our Hawaiian Beach Bash! Students, tossed foam noodles, ate pineapple slices, danced to the Beach Boys, and tried to win the hula hoop contest! Later, it was Hawaiian pizza, Capri Suns and fruit kabobs! Thanks to all the families that helped with food, donations, decorations, games, setup and cleanup! Our party was totally tubular because of everyone’s help! Here’s the pics and vids from the party today!

Spelling: We reviewed the idea that suffixes change the meaning of base words. We looked at words ending in –er today. That suffix can mean different things:

• It can mean more than, as in stronger.
• It can mean one who, as in teacher.
• It sometimes is just part of the word, as in letter.

Cursive: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due on Fridays. This week’s assignment will be due on Monday.

Reading: Students worked on a STAR Reading test today.

Writing: We talked about using a recurring detail in a story that shows up more than once. Having a detail appear in the beginning and then later in the story can tie the story together and make it more organized.

A personal narrative, slightly fictionalized, is due Friday, October 31. Your student should be prewriting by now.

Math: Students practiced math skills using MobyMax today.

Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes or more using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: Today was Body Systems Survivor! I asked students to vote a body system off the body. The class found out that it was very difficult to chose a body system to leave the body, since all of they are necessary.

Social Studies: We talked about the tools and reasons that led to explorers coming to the New World.

Notes:

• The Scrip fundraiser is starting again on Mondays. Learn more about this easy way to earn free money for 5th grade camp.
• Our Hawaiian Beach Bash is Friday, October 31, from 10-12:30. View our volunteer and guest list.
• Fall Conferences are November 11-13. View or edit your conference appointment.
• View our daily learning targets.
• 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 practiced spelling contractions 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.

A personal narrative, slightly fictionalized, is due Friday, October 31. Your student should be editing by now.

Math: We reviewed properties of multiplication today. Students also started working on multiplication skills in Khan Academy.

Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes or more using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: None today due to our reading skills practice time.

Social Studies: Students continued to learn about the tools that helps explorers to sail, and the reasons why they wanted to come to the New World. Homework is to finish notebook pp. 22-23 if not finished in class.

Notes:

• The Scrip fundraiser is starting again on Mondays. Learn more about this easy way to earn free money for 5th grade camp.
• Our Hawaiian Beach Bash is Friday, October 31, from 10-12:30. View our volunteer and guest list.
• Fall Conferences are November 11-13. View or edit your conference appointment.
• View our daily learning targets.
• 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.