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Spelling: Students made Words to Learn lists from words missed on the last spelling test.

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

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: Students formed new writing groups focusing on areas of improvement based on the last writing piece.

The next piece of writing, a fiction piece, is due Friday, December 14. Students should be prewriting at this point.

Math: We practiced drawing pictures and writing equations to solve division problems. Homework is to finish Journal P4-7.

Science: Students completed an activity about how all body systems work together when completed everyday activities. Homework is to finish the Systems Working Together activity if not completed in class.

Social Studies: None today due to viewing the book fair.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 2
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 7

Coming soon: Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at ParentVue to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Coming soon: view grades, assignments, and attendance at ParentVue.

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

Spelling: None today due to finishing the writing prompt started yesterday.

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

Reading: None today due to working with partners to review and discuss the prompt writing. Partners compared the writing to a checklist to look for areas of strengths and areas to improve upon.

Writing: We talked about a “big picture” lead, which is a lead that gives the reader an overall idea of who the main character is, what the character wants, and what the problem is.

The next piece of writing, a fiction piece, is due Friday, December 14. Students should be prewriting at this point.

Math: We continued to practice dividing using the standard method of division. Today, we focused on division problems with a zero in the answer. Homework is to finish Journal P4-6.

Science: We used this time to discuss the prompt writing mentioned above.

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

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 4
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 5

Coming soon: Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at ParentVue to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Coming soon: view grades, assignments, and attendance at ParentVue.

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

Spelling: We reviewed common spelling patterns for the /s/ sound: ss, s, ce, ci, cy, sc.

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

Reading: None today due to working on a writing prompt.

Writing: None today due to our technology time.

Math: We practiced dividing using the standard method of division. Homework is to finish Journal P4-5.

Science: None today due to our math skills time.

Social Studies: We worked on a writing prompt during this time.

Behavior Update:

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

Coming soon: Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at ParentVue to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Coming soon: view grades, assignments, and attendance at ParentVue.

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

Today we focused on our Thanksgiving blessings. We then wrote down all of the things we are thankful for (our Thanksgiving blessings). Some students filled a page and started onto the back.

I hope your family has a happy Thanksgiving holiday!

From the First Thanksgiving Observance signed by President George Washington in 1789:

Spelling: None today due to the half day schedule.

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

Reading: None today due to the half day schedule.

Writing: We talked about how some stories have circular shapes by having the same ideas or details in the beginning and again at the ending.

The next piece of writing, a fiction story, will be due on Monday, November 26. Students should be  editing by now.

Math: None today due to the half day schedule.

Science: Students completed a MiniQuiz about the respiratory, nervous and digestive systems.

Social Studies: None today due to the half day schedule.

Behavior Update:

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

Coming soon: Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at ParentVue to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Coming soon: view grades, assignments, and attendance at ParentVue.

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

Spelling: We reviewed common spelling patterns for the /k/ sound: c, ck, k, ch, qu.

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

Reading: Today was a shortened reading day in Literature Circles due to art.

Writing: We talked about “cutting to your lead,” which means to start the story at an interesting part, rather than start slow and then write the interesting part later. Readers will be more interested in the lead is interesting.

The next piece of writing, a fiction story, will be due on Monday, November 26. Students should be  revising or editing by now.

Math: Students practiced thinking about reasonable answers. For example, if there are 32 apples, and bags that can fit 6 apples, 5 bags can be completely filled, but 6 bags would be needed to hold all the apples. Reasonable answers must make sense and match the question being asked. Homework is to finish Journal P4-3.

Science: We learned about the two types of cells of the reproductive system and how they combine to produce new living organisms. Homework is to finish the reproductive system review page.

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

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 3
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 7

Coming soon: Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at ParentVue to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Coming soon: view grades, assignments, and attendance at ParentVue.

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