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Spelling: We reviewed common spelling patterns for the /ou/sound: ou, ow.

Cursive: Ten cursive sentences of seven or more words each are due on Fridays. There is no cursive assignment this week.

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles.

Writing: None today due to art and an assembly.

Our next piece of writing, a fiction piece, is due Tuesday, December 21 (moved due to art). Students should be publishing at this time.

Math: We reviewed calculating the sum of the interior angles of a polygon by separating a figure into triangles (knowing that each triangle has sum of 180 degrees for interior angles), or using a math formula. Homework is to complete Journal pp. 91-92. There will be a MiniQuiz tomorrow over this topic.

Science: We completed an activity today to simulate a clinical trial of a medicine. All students received a small cup of yellow lemonade, which we used to represent a headache. Students then tasted some pink lemonade, representing a medicine. Some of the pink drink had extra sugar in it, representing the actual medicine. Some of the pink drink was just a colored version of the yellow drink; this represented a control group. If the pink drink tasted better to students, that represented a cure. If the drink tasted the same, the headache remained. We collected data to see which students received the medicine, and which received the control sample.

Social Studies: We reviewed for tomorrow’s  test about routes of exploration. Here is an online study guide.

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 SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with SnapGrades?

Notes:

• Our Mexican Fiesta party is Wednesday, December 22, from 8:45-noon. Family members are needed to help with food preparations, set up, cleanup, and with the piñata. We also need help with food donations. Click here to see our volunteer list and add your name to the bottom if you are attending.
• View or edit the “Paper and Coffee” juice volunteer list.
• View our class calendar.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 6th grade.

Spelling: None today due to completing a fiction reading 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 worked on revising and editing today.

Our next piece of writing, a fiction piece, is due Monday, December 20 (new date). Students should be editing or publishing at this time.

Math: None due to STAR Friday.

Science: None today.

Social Studies: Students learned about the struggle between Spain and France over Florida. They also reviewed the featured explorers of our unit and ranked them in order of significance. Homework is to complete Notebooks pp. 30, 32 if not done in class.

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 SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with SnapGrades?

Notes:

• Our Mexican Fiesta party is Wednesday, December 22, from 8:45-noon. Family members are needed to help with food preparations, set up, cleanup, and with the piñata. We also need help with food donations. Click here to see our volunteer list and add your name to the bottom if you are attending.
• View or edit the “Paper and Coffee” juice volunteer list.
• View our class calendar.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 6th grade.

Spelling: None today due to extra time with math.

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

Reading: None today due to practicing for the 5th grade musical.

Writing: None today due to art.

Our next piece of writing, a fiction piece, is due Monday, December 20 (new date). Students should be revising at this time.

Math: We learned that there are are least three ways to determine the sum of angles of any polygon:

1. Draw the polygon and split into triangles. Count the triangles and multiply by 180 degrees (the number of degrees in a triangle).
2. Draw a triangle. Keep adding on triangles until the number of sides is equal to the polygon in question. Count the triangles and multiply by 180.
3. Count the number of sides and subtract 2. Multiply by 180. This is the math pattern that leads to the same result as the drawings.

Science: We reviewed the last activity and homework questions from last week about an experiment designed to examine the cause of Pellagra, a vitamin-deficiency disease.

Social Studies: We reviewed the homework from last week about the routes of various explorers.

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 SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with SnapGrades?

Notes:

• The 5th Grade Musical is tonight, at 7:30 pm. Students should meet in the classroom at 7:15 pm.
• Our Mexican Fiesta party is Wednesday, December 22, from 8:45-noon. Family members are needed to help with food preparations, set up, cleanup, and with the piñata. We also need help with food donations. Click here to see our volunteer list and add your name to the bottom if you are attending.
• View or edit the “Paper and Coffee” juice volunteer list.
• View our class calendar.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 6th grade.

Spelling: None today due to working on decorating our showcase (see below).

El Nacimiento: This December, we will be looking at how Esperanza, the Mexican girl from our shared reading story, Esperanza Rising, would have celebrated holidays in December. Mexico has many more days of significance during December, January and even into the beginning of February, than we have in the US. Today, we learned about the primary holiday decoration in Mexico: the Nacimiento (the birth or the nativity).

This scene is usually placed in a prominent location, and can be as large as an entire room. The Nacimiento contains various people, animals, cacti, mountains, lights, cellophane waterfalls, mirror ponds, houses, and Spanish moss. There could be as many as 200 different figures in the display. Ours is in our showcase (see right); Esperanza’s was in her hallway. Visit MexConnect for other holiday traditions in Mexico.

Do you have a family tradition you would like to share? Please feel free to share a note and the class can compare your tradition to others they have heard of.

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

Reading: Students started reading magazines in Literature Circles today.

Writing: Students worked on revising today.

Our next piece of writing, a fiction piece, is due Monday, December 20 (new date). Students should be revising at this time.

Math: None due to practicing for the 5th grade musical.

Science: None due to working on our showcase decoration.

Social Studies: None due to the Holiday Shop.

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 SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with SnapGrades?

Notes:

• Our Mexican Fiesta party is Wednesday, December 22, from 8:45-noon. Family members are needed to help with food preparations, set up, cleanup, and with the piñata. We also need help with food donations. Click here to see our volunteer list and add your name to the bottom if you are attending.
• View or edit the “Paper and Coffee” juice volunteer list.
• View our class calendar.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 6th grade.

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