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Spelling: Today was a preview of upcoming spelling words.

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

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles.

Writing: We learned that one way to make a poem fresh and musical is to use repetition of words or lines.

Students continued to work on their collection of poems that will be due into portfolios on Monday, May 21.

Math: We learned about subtraction fractions with common denominators. Homework is to finish Journal P12-3 and 12-4, even-numbered problems.

Science: None today.

Social Studies: We continued to learn about push and pull factors related to immigration to the United States.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 2
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 2

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at JupiterGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with JupiterGrades?

Notes:

• Our Mackinac Trip is Friday, May 11. Here are all the details.
• Students have been asked to work on Khan Academy for at least 60 minutes per week.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at JupiterGrades.

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 Fridays.

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: We learned that all poetry has at least one of these ingredients:

• imagery
• music
• emotion

Students also started writing their own poems. A collection of poems will be due into portfolios on Monday, May 21.

Math: We learned about adding fractions with common denominators. Homework is to finish Journal P12-1 and 12-2.

Science: We finished learning about how the earth is a unique place in our very large universe.

Social Studies: We learned about push and pull factors related to immigration to the United States.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 2
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 4

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at JupiterGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with JupiterGrades?

Notes:

• Our Mackinac Trip is Friday, May 11. Here are all the details.
• Students have been asked to work on Khan Academy for at least 60 minutes per week.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at JupiterGrades.

Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 5th grade.

Spelling: None today due to the late start day.

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

Reading: We started reading a book, Love That Dog, by Sharon Creech. We will use this book as part of learning about poetry in writing.

Writing: We started to learn about poetry today. The next portfolio piece in writing will be a collection of poems, due Monday, May 21.

Math: Students completed a fractions test today. There is no homework tonight, how about some Khan Academy practice?

• Prime numbers
• Composite numbers
• Equivalent fractions
• Fractions on the number line 1
• Comparing fractions 1
• Fraction word problems 1

Extra skills for super smartness!

• Ordering fractions
• Equivalent fractions 2
• Recognizing fractions
• Comparing fractions 2
• Fractions on the number line 2
• Factors and multiples

Science: None today due to the late start day.

Social Studies: None today due to the late start day.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 2

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at JupiterGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with JupiterGrades?

Notes:

• Our Mackinac Trip is Friday, May 11. Here are all the details.
• Students have been asked to work on Khan Academy for at least 60 minutes per week.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at JupiterGrades.

Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 5th 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.

Writing: None today due to our technology time.

Math: We reviewed for tomorrow’s math test over fractions. There is a practice test on math book pp. 284-285 that would be a good study guide. Here are skills from Khan Academy that would help for the test:

• Prime numbers
• Composite numbers
• Equivalent fractions
• Fractions on the number line 1
• Comparing fractions 1
• Fraction word problems 1

Extra skills for super smartness!

• Ordering fractions
• Equivalent fractions 2
• Recognizing fractions
• Comparing fractions 2
• Fractions on the number line 2
• Factors and multiples

Science: None today due to our math skills practice time.

Social Studies: We wrote notes in our minibooks about push and pull factors of the Great Migration in the 1900s.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 2
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 2

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at JupiterGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with JupiterGrades?

Notes:

• Our Mackinac Trip is Friday, May 11. Here are all the details.
• Students have been asked to work on Khan Academy for at least 60 minutes per week.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at JupiterGrades.

Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 5th grade.

Spelling: We reviewed compound words today. This will be the skill tested on tomorrow’s spelling 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 worked on making questions and connections as reading strategies.

Writing: Students completed a building writing test today.

Math: We reviewed equivalent fractions and comparing fractions today. Students also practiced comparing three fractions to put them in order. Homework is to finish Journal P11-7.

Science: None today due to extra time with writing.

Social Studies: We started to read a book about the Great Migration of African American farm workers to northern factories in the 1900s. We talked about factors that pushed them away from their homes and what pulled them to their new homes.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 0

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at JupiterGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with JupiterGrades?

Notes:

• Students have been asked to work on Khan Academy for at least 60 minutes per week.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at JupiterGrades.

Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 5th grade.