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Spelling: None today.

Cursive: Cursive workbook pp. 69-72 are due Friday.

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

Writing: Students completed revising and editing conferences for their literary essay, which is due Monday, February 10 (new date). Students should be finished revising and editing their essay at this point.

Math: We practiced multiplying tens and hundreds today. Journal P5-2 corresponds.

Science: Students practiced measuring liquids using a graduated cylinder. Homework is to finish the “Measuring Liquids”  activity if not done in class.

Social Studies: Students completed a MiniQuiz about public and private goods and services. We reviewed the idea that government provides public goods and services to keep people safe and help people. We also reviewed for next week’s economics test.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 2
• Hours with no magnets (Last time: 22): 10

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

Multiplication Madness

We need to keep practicing our multiplication facts!

Notes:

• View Career Day pics here!
• View the second marking period report card here.
• 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 due to Career Fair.

Cursive: Cursive workbook pp. 66-68 are due Friday.

Reading: Students continued practicing Reader’s Theatre plays to share their Literature Circles books with the class.

Writing: None today due to Career Fair.

Students are continuing to work on their literary essay. Here are the main parts of a literary essay:

1. Introduction with the name of the book, summary, and the theme of the book
2. At least three examples from the book that support and prove the theme
3. A conclusion that restates the theme and what can be learned from the book

A literary essay is due Monday, February 10 (new date). Students should be finished revising and editing their essay at this point.

Math: None today due to Career Fair.

Science: Students completed a MiniQuiz about changing states of matter. They also completed an experiment about measuring the mass of different objects using a balance. Homework is to finish the “Using a Balance” experiment if not done in class.

Social Studies: We learned that the government provides public goods and services to keep people safe and help people.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 2
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 2
• Hours with no magnets (Last time: 22): 3

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

Notes:

• View the second marking period report card here.
• 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: Students started making Words to Learn lists from words missed on the last test.

Cursive: Cursive workbook pp. 66-68 are due Friday.

Reading: Students continued practicing Reader’s Theatre plays to share their Literature Circles books with the class.

Writing: We talked about how to conclude a literary essay: (1) restate the theme and (2) tell the reader something that was learned from reading the book.

Students continued to draft or revise their literary essay. Here are the main parts of a literary essay:

1. Introduction with the name of the book, summary, and the theme of the book
2. At least three examples from the book that support and prove the theme
3. A conclusion that restates the theme and what can be learned from the book

A literary essay is due Friday, February 7. Students should be finished with their draft and ready to revise their essay at this point.

Math: We practiced multiplying tens and hundreds today. Journal P5-1 is the corresponding journal page. Homework is to work on MobyMax Math or Khan Academy to practice math.

Science: None today due to the late start.

Social Studies: None today due to the late start.

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 (Last time: 22): 14

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

Notes:

• View the second marking period report card here.
• 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: Cursive workbook pp. 66-68 are due Friday.

Reading: Students started working on Reader’s Theatre plays to share their Literature Circles books with the class.

Writing: We talked about how to explain how a part of a book matches with the theme of the story. Students could do this in their essays by writing about an event in the book, then staying, “This part shows…” and then continue to connect the event to the theme.

Students continued to draft or revise their literary essay. Here are the main parts of a literary essay:

1. Introduction with the name of the book, summary, and the theme of the book
2. At least three examples from the book that support and prove the theme
3. A conclusion that restates the theme and what can be learned from the book

A literary essay is due Friday, February 7. Students should be ready to revise their essay at this point.

Math: Today was a math work day in MobyMax Math.

Science: Students practiced measuring weight using a spring scale. We learned that weight is the measure of the force of gravity on an object. Homework is to finish the Using Spring Scales activity if not done in class.

Social Studies: Students completed a MiniQuiz today about changing economies and global competition. We also started learning about public goods and services.

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 (Last time: 22): 7

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

Notes:

• View the second marking period report card here.
• 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: Cursive workbook pp. 66-68 are due Friday.

Reading: None today due to extra time with science.

Writing: We talked about different ways to organize evidence for a literary essay:

1. First, second, last…
2. In the beginning, in the middle, in the end…
3. One character, another character, a final character…

Students continued to draft their literary essay. Here are the main parts of a literary essay:

1. Introduction with the name of the book, summary, and the theme of the book
2. At least three examples from the book that support and prove the theme
3. A conclusion that restates the theme and what can be learned from the book

A literary essay is due Friday, February 7. Students should be finishing their draft at this point.

Math: Today was a math work day in Khan Academy. Some students continued to work on a test about addition and subtraction.

Science: We learned about how states of matter can change into other states. Solids melt into liquids, liquids evaporate into gases with added energy. Gases condense into liquids, liquids freeze into solids when energy is removed.

Social Studies: We learned how outsourcing is the moving of jobs out of a country. Outsourcing changes an economy and can happen due to changes in technology, natural resources, or competition.

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 (Last time: 22): 0

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

Notes:

• View the second marking period report card here.
• 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.