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Spelling: We changed words with short vowel sounds into ones with long vowel sounds (got/goat, sat/seat, best/beast).

Cursive: A lowercase cursive review page is available and due on Friday.

Reading: Students received their Literature Circles notebooks today.

Writing: We talked about how to freewrite today. Freewriting is a strategy to help collect details quickly. A student writes as many details about a topic as they can remember in a set amount of time. No stopping! The details can be used in the draft of a story later.

Students also continued drafting today. The first piece of writing, a personal narrative about a memory or event, is due into portfolios on Friday, September 23.

Math: We started a unit on multiplication today. We reviewed repeated addition and multiplication. Homework is to finish Math Book p. 7, problems 1-11. Students were asked to write the answers to the problems in their math notebook.

Science: We reviewed the answers to the first part of the Science Court case.

Social Studies: We reviewed the Literature Connection page from last week and talked about the economic ideas found in the book, Ox Cart Man.

Behavior Update:

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

• The McGrath Fun Run is October 6. Money pledges and donations are due October 3.
• 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. You can view or download the yearly spelling list here.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 12-14 were due today.

Reading: Students performed skits on how to use our class library correctly.

Writing: Students continued to draft their personal narrative today. The first piece of writing, a personal narrative about a memory or event, is due into portfolios on Friday, September 23.

Math: None today due to art.

Science: We started to learn about scientific data today by watching Science Court. Students worked in groups to analyze the first part of the court case.

Social Studies:

Today was the observance of Constitution Day. To learn about the freedoms our Constitution gives to us, we watched some SchoolHouse Rock video clips about why are country doesn’t have kings, how we started the Revolution, and the Preamble to the Constitution.

We learned and sang the Preamble to the Constitution:

We the people
In order to form a more perfect union,
Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
Provide for the common defense,
Promote the general welfare and
Secure the blessings of liberty
To ourselves and our posterity
Do ordain and establish this Constitution
For the United States of America.

Here’s the song:

the-preamble.mp3

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 1
• Magnets moved this week (goal: ?): 3

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 McGrath Fun Run is October 6. Money pledges and donations are due October 3.
• 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.

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Spelling: We reviewed short and long vowel sounds today by changing the vowel sound in words: (sat -> seat).

You can view or download the yearly spelling list here.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 12-14 are available in class and due on Friday.

Reading: We stated working on skits today to practice using our library correctly.

Writing: None today due to an assembly. Homework is to finish decorating portfolios by Friday.

The first piece of writing, a personal narrative about a memory or event, is due into portfolios on Friday, September 23.

Math: Students received new math books today.

Science: None today due to extra time with Social Studies.

Social Studies: We started a unit on economics today. We read the book, Ox Cart Man, about a family that used natural resources to produce their own goods to be sold in town. They used the money to buy things they couldn’t make themselves. Homework is to finish Literature Connection p. 8 about the economics of the story.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 2
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 2
• Magnets moved this week (goal: ?): 3

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

Notes:

• Today, students received information about the McGrath Partnership’s Fun Run fundraiser. This fundraiser is for McGrath field trips and Partnership activities, but not for the 4th Grade Mackinac trip.
• 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 an antibullying assembly.

You can view or download the yearly spelling list here.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 12-14 are available in class and due on Friday.

Reading: None today due to extra time with writing.

Writing: Students made authority lists, which were lists of things, places and topics they knew a lot about. Today was also a prewriting day. Students started working on their first piece of writing, which is a personal narrative about one of their memories. Personal narratives are stories that have characters, places and action.

Homework is to finish decorating portfolios by Friday.

The first piece of writing, a personal narrative about a memory or event, is due into portfolios on Friday, September 23.

Math: None today due to art.

Science: We conducted an experiment to see if multitasking works (e.g., drawing a picture and trying to listen at the same time). Most students predicted that it is easier to focus all your brainpower on one task rather than try to do two things at once. To test this, Brendan was asked to write the alphabet, while Eli had to write the alphabet while counting aloud. Brendan finished the entire alphabet before Eli could finish half. We concluded that people can really only do one task at a time!

Social Studies: None today due to the assembly.

Behavior Update:

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

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

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