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Spelling: None today due to an assembly about internet safety.

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

Reading: Students completed a STAR Reading test today.

Writing: Today, we talked about having a double focus in a poem. For example, a poem could be written about grandpa’s big, old, tough shoes, but the shoes can also tell us about grandpa.

A collection of poems will be due Friday, May 16.

Math: Today was a Khan Academy work day in math. Homework is to work on MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for 15 minutes or more.

Science: We look at our plant needs experiments (photos here) on Day 3. Plants with too much heat or cold were not doing well. The plants testing lack of water, light, or air needed more time for us to see results. See the photos for more details.

Social Studies: We read an article about a law being vetoed by President Bush. We’ll have a MiniQuiz next week about checks and balances.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 1
• Hours with no magnets (best: 73): 15

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade online to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• The Mackinac trip is May 9. Here are some last-minute reminders.
• Feb Factor Valentine’s Party pics.
• View the third marking period report card here. MEAP reports were sent home with students on Friday, April 4.
• 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 5th grade.

Spelling: We practiced adding the -er suffix onto basewords:

• mean/meaner/meanest
• sad/sadder/saddest
• happy/happier/happiest

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

Reading: Today was a reading skills practice day using MobyMax.

Writing: Today, we talked about turning a story or memory into a poem.

We also read The Tiger, by William Blake. A collection of poems will be due Friday, May 16.

Math: We practiced determining where to start dividing in a division problem. Students also worked on MobyMax Math today. Homework is to work on MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for 15 minutes or more.

Science: Students finished part 2 of the State of Michigan interim science test that our class is trying for next year.

Social Studies: We reviewed checks and balances today.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 1
• Hours with no magnets (best: 73): 8

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade online to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Mackinac trip donations are due by the end of April. The trip is May 9. Here are some last-minute reminders.
• Feb Factor Valentine’s Party pics.
• View the third marking period report card here. MEAP reports were sent home with students on Friday, April 4.
• 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 5th grade.

Spelling: None today.

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

Reading: None today due to art.

Writing: We learned today that all poems have at least one of these ingredients:

• Imagery: visual details or other senses that the reader can see, feel, or picture.
• Music: a rhythm, beat, or sing-songy sound.
• Emotion: happy, sad, glad, or another feeling.

Poems don’t need all of them, but all poems have at least one of those qualities.

We also read Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening. A collection of poems will be due Friday, May 16.

Math: Students practiced long division using Khan Academy. Homework is to work on MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for 15 minutes or more.

Science: Students planned and started experiments today to test if plants need these to live:

• Air
• water
• food for energy, growth and repair
• heat
• light

We’ll keep track of our plant needs experiments with photos in this album.

Social Studies: We talked about how branches of the government can check and balance the power of other branches. Homework is to finish the Power Problems and Checks and Balances note page if not done in class.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 1
• Hours with no magnets (best: 73): 0

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade online to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Mackinac trip donations are due by the end of April. The trip is May 9. Here are some last-minute reminders.
• Feb Factor Valentine’s Party pics.
• View the third marking period report card here. MEAP reports were sent home with students on Friday, April 4.
• 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 5th grade.

Spelling: None today.

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

Reading: Students worked on MobyMax Reading Skills practice today after completing a practice State of Michigan science test.

Writing: Students worked on their collect of poems today. Many used the pattern of a William Carlos Williams poem we read in class. A collection of poems will be due Friday, May 16.

Math: We practiced three-digit division today, such as 590 / 5. Homework is to work on MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for 15 minutes or more.

Science: Students completed part 1 of a State of Michigan interim science test that our class is trying out for next year.

Social Studies: None today.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 0
• Hours with no magnets (best: 73): 15

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade online to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Mackinac trip donations are due by the end of April. The trip is May 9. Here are some last-minute reminders.
• Feb Factor Valentine’s Party pics.
• View the third marking period report card here. MEAP reports were sent home with students on Friday, April 4.
• 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 5th grade.