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Spelling: Students completed a spelling achievement test today. This test will be used to measure student progress with spelling words over time.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 54-56 are available and due Monday after break.

Reading: Three groups of students presented their Literature Circles projects today.

Writing: None today due to technology.

The next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Friday, January 13. Students should be prewriting at this time.

Math: We practiced adding and subtracting using mental math today. Homework is to finish Journal P4-1.

Science: None today due to our math skills time.

Social Studies: We learned we mostly export raw materials to China, and they export finished goods to us.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 4
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 5

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

Notes:

• We are having a Mexican Fiesta on Thursday, December 22 from 8:45-12:00. Family members are invited. Check our volunteer list to see what we need help with or to add your name to the list!
• Want to grab your favorite time for the Spring Parent Teacher Conferences in March? Do that here.
• 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: Cursive pp. 54-56 are available and due Monday after break.

Reading: Students worked on Literature Circles projects to share their books with the class.

Writing: Students started prewriting for their next piece.

The next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Friday, January 13. Students should be prewriting at this time.

Math: Students made corrections to the math test they took last week.

Science: None today.

Social Studies: We learned that the top three trading partners of the US are Canada, China, and Mexico. We also started to predict what the top imports to and exports from China are.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 1

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

Notes:

• We are having a Mexican Fiesta on Thursday, December 22 from 8:45-12:00. Family members are invited. Check our volunteer list to see what we need help with or to add your name to the list!
• Want to grab your favorite time for the Spring Parent Teacher Conferences in March? Do that here.
• 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: Cursive pp. 51-53 are available and due Monday.

Reading: Students worked on Literature Circles projects to share their books with the class.

Writing: Students worked on editing or publishing today.

The next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Monday, December 19. Students should be publishing at this time.

Math: Students worked on a math test today about rounding, comparing and ordering numbers.

Science: None today.

Social Studies: We looked at different products from the class and noticed that most of them were imported from other countries. Homework is to finish the Import Search if not done in class.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 2
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 12

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

Notes:

• We are having a Mexican Fiesta on Thursday, December 22 from 8:45-12:00. Family members are invited. Check our volunteer list to see what we need help with or to add your name to the list!
• Want to grab your favorite time for the Spring Parent Teacher Conferences in March? Do that here.
• 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 soft syllable ending words: fountain, captain, curtain, and again.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 51-53 are available and due Friday.

Reading: None today due to rehearsal for the fourth grade musical.

Writing: We talked about stopping run-on sentences by using periods to separate ideas into their own sentences.

The next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Monday, December 19. Students should be editing or publishing at this time.

Math: None today due to rehearsal for the fourth grade musical.

Science: We talked about how more electricity added to a circuit will transform into more light and heat.

Social Studies: We started to learn about the global economy and how it is affected by prices, labor, and quality.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 2
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 8

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

Notes:

• The Fourth Grade Musical is tonight! Students are to meet in the room at 7:15, wearing something nice!
• We are having a Mexican Fiesta on Thursday, December 22 from 8:45-12:00. Family members are invited. Check our volunteer list to see what we need help with or to add your name to the list!
• Want to grab your favorite time for the Spring Parent Teacher Conferences in March? Do that here.
• 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 learned that the word certain has a soft syllable ending that makes it sound different that the word main. Other soft syllable endings:

• fountain
• captain
• curtain
• again

Cursive: Cursive pp. 51-53 are available and due Friday.

Reading: Students worked on Literature Circles projects to share their books with the class.

Writing: Students worked on editing conferences today.

The next piece of writing is a fiction story, due Monday, December 19. Students should be editing at this time.

Math: None today due to rehearsal for the fourth grade musical.

Science: We talked about conductors and insulators of heat. Just like metals are good conductors of electricity, they are also good conductors of heat.

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

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 5
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 6

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

Notes:

• For the 4th Grade Musical: Students need a pair of socks and an optional Santa hat!
• We are having a Mexican Fiesta on Thursday, December 22 from 8:45-12:00. Family members are invited. Check our volunteer list to see what we need help with or to add your name to the list!
• Want to grab your favorite time for the Spring Parent Teacher Conferences in March? Do that here.
• 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.