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Spelling: None today.

Cursive: Cursive is completed for the year.

Reading: Today was also a reading day in Literature Circles.

Writing: There are no new writing projects for the remainder of the year.

Math: Students practiced finding the volumes of prisms using the formula, v = l x w x h. Homework is to finish Journal P12-5.

Science: Students drew scale models of the solar system. They found out that there is no way to draw a true scale model of the solar system on a piece of paper. It’s possible to draw the distances to scale, but the planets would be so small, they would be invisible. Homework is to finish the analysis on p. 27.

Social Studies: We started to learn about the Bill of Rights that were amended to the Constitution to preserve the rights of Americans.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 2
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 2

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

Notes:

• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance online.
• Thinking of summer school or summer enrichment? Learn more here.

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

Spelling: We learned that the –er suffix can mean “one who,” as in a painter or teacher, or “more,” as in darker or quicker.

Cursive: Cursive is completed for the year.

Reading: A final student group presented their Literature Circles play to the class. Today was also a reading day in Literature Circles.

Writing: The Find It, Decide It technology and research project was due today. This is the final writing project for the year.

Math: Students practiced using illustrations to find the volume of a prism by counting the number of cubes in the prism. Homework is to finish Journal P12-4.

Science: We reviewed the analyses from this week’s activities about the different types of object in space and the different types of planets in our solar system.

Social Studies: Students completed a test about the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 7

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

Notes:

• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance online.
• Thinking of summer school or summer enrichment? Learn more here.

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

Spelling: None today.

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

Reading: A student group presented their Literature Circles play to the class.

Writing: Students continued to research and draft their Find It, Decide It technology and research project. This project is due Friday, May 31.

Math: Students practiced visualizing the top, side and front view of a three-dimensional figure. Homework is to finish Journal P12-2.

Science: Students presented their Jet Toy Challenge presentations to visiting engineers, then they toured some cars the engineers brought!

Social Studies: Students seemed to lack energy and focus for social studies today, so it was assigned as homework. Homework is to read and finish notes for sections 14.4-14.7. A test about the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution will be tomorrow; here is a practice test.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 7

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

Notes:

• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance online.
• Thinking of summer school or summer enrichment? Learn more here.

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

Spelling: None today.

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

Reading: None today. Students used this time to complete presentations for their Jet Toy Challenge projects.

Writing: Students continued to research and draft their Find It, Decide It technology and research project. This project is due Friday, May 31.

Math: We practiced comparing solid figures by looking at how many edges, faces and vertices each had. Homework is to finish Journal P12-1.

Science: Students worked on an activity about matching clues to planets in our solar system. Homework is to finish activity 89 and the analysis.

Social Studies: None today due to extra writing time.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 7

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

Notes:

• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance online.
• Thinking of summer school or summer enrichment? Learn more here.

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

Spelling: None today.

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

Reading: Another group presented their Literature Circles play to share with the class the magazine they read.

Writing: None today. The Find It, Decide It technology and research project is due Friday, May 31.

Math: Students worked on a test about multiplying and dividing mixed numbers.

Science: Students completed an activity to learn about different types of space objects. Homework is to work on analysis questions 1 and 3 on p. 19.

Social Studies: We started to learn about the government that was formed after the Revolutionary War. Homework is to finish the reading notes for sections 14.2-14.3.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 1

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

Notes:

• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance online.
• Thinking of summer school or summer enrichment? Learn more here.

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