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Spelling: None today.

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

Reading: Today was a reading skills practice day.

Writing: We talked about how the “inner story” is a character’s thoughts and feelings. The reader won’t know these unless the writer adds them. Inner story details are like dialogue; they make the story more interesting and realistic.

Students also worked on their draft today. A personal narrative is due on Friday, October 10. Your student should be drafting at this time.

Math: Students started a partner math quiz about decimals and place value. Partner are discussing and solving problems together on this assessment.

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

Science: We started to learn about the respiratory system.

Social Studies: None today due to our math skills practice time.

Notes:

• 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: Today was a spelling and skill test.

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

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles; some groups practiced thinking of questions while they read and making connections to the text.

Writing: We reviewed important features of a narrative that we learned in 4th grade.

Good narratives have:

• a plot, characters, and settings
• visual details
• paragraphs
• scenes made of visual details, talking, and action
• an interesting lead that starts the story with talking, action, or visual details

Students also started their draft today. A personal narrative is due on Friday, October 10. Your student should be drafting at this time.

Students have been given a colored file folder to use as a writing portfolio for this year. Homework is to decorate the portfolio with clippings, pictures, or illustrations and to return it by Friday for lamination.

Math: We reviewed place value and decimals today. We’ll have a partner MiniQuiz tomorrow in which partners will work together to complete the quiz. A practice quiz (Chapter 1 test) can be found in the math book.

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

Science: We started to learn about the circulatory system. Homework is to finish the “An Efficient System” review page.

Social Studies: Students completed a reading challenge to review for our upcoming test. We also played a game to review. The chapter 2 test about American Indian environments will be on Monday.

Notes:

• 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: We reviewed forming irregular verbs (verbs that are made past tense without using -ed). This will be the skill on tomorrow’s spelling test.-ed). This will be the skill on tomorrow’s spelling test.

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

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles; some groups practiced making connections by thinking of something the text reminded them of.

Writing: Students had prewriting conferences by commenting on a partner’s writing, asking curious questions. We started a new writing piece today, a second personal narrative. Today, students started prewriting by making a list of ideas they would like in their story. A personal narrative is due on Friday, October 10. Your student should be

A personal narrative is due on Friday, October 10. Your student should be prewriting at this time.

Students have been given a colored file folder to use as a writing portfolio for this year. Homework is to decorate the portfolio with clippings, pictures, or illustrations and to return it by Friday for lamination.

Math: We practiced solving problems using patterns today. Students also practiced math skills using MobyMax.

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: We learned about how American Indians had to survive using resources they could find in their environment. We learned that the Inuit had a hard environment in the ice fields, but still found natural resources to help them survive.

Notes:

• 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: None today.

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

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles; students started reading their novels and wrote questions, connections, illustrations, and favorite passages that they thought about while reading.

Writing: We started a new writing piece today, a second personal narrative. Today, students started prewriting by making a list of ideas they would like in their story. A personal narrative is due on Friday, October 10. Your student should be prewriting at this time.

Math: Students completed a STAR Math test today. Check StudentVue to see what your student’s math level is.

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

Science: We wrote notes about the muscular and skeletal systems today.

Social Studies: Students read about different environments that American Indians move to, and how they used the natural resources there. Homework is to finish the reading and notes for section 2.4 if not done in class.

Notes:

• 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: None today.

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

Reading: Students received new Literature Circles book groups today and planned how many pages to read each day.

Writing: Today was our technology time. We used this time to organize our Google Drive in order to store and share writing pieces this year.

Math: Students practiced math skills using MobyMax today. Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes or more using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: We reviewed voluntary and involuntary muscles today.

Social Studies: We learned that American Indians migrated from Siberia to North America in search of big game. Reduced ocean levels during the ice age allowed a land bridge to form between Russia and Alaska. Homework is to finish the reading notes for section 2.3.

Notes:

• 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.