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Today we focused on our Thanksgiving blessings. We listened and danced to the Shaker song, Simple Gifts:

Simple Gifts

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:

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• 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 SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with SnapGrades?

Notes:

• 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: Students completed a spelling and skill test today.

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

Reading: Students continued working on Literature Circles projects with the goal of sharing their books with the class. Groups will continue to work on this project this week and next.

Writing: None today due to art.

Our next piece of writing, a fiction piece, is due Monday, November 29. Students should be editing at this time.

Math: Students learned about opposite and adjacent angles, and used their properties to solve problems. Homework is to finish Journal pp. 75-76.

Science: Students received new science books and notebooks. Please note that students will need a plastic poly folder and a blue or black pen for science from now on.

Studies: Students completed a test over European Explorers.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• 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 SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with SnapGrades?

Notes:

• 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.

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

Reading: Students continued working on Literature Circles projects with the goal of sharing their books with the class. Groups will continue to work on this project this week and next.

Writing: We reviewed how to prevent run-on sentences. Today was also a revising day in writing.

Our next piece of writing, a fiction piece, is due Monday, November 29. Students should be revising at this time.

Math: Students worked on a MiniQuiz about measuring and drawing angles.

Science: We reviewed genetics and survival.

Studies: We reviewed for tomorrow’s test over European Explorers. Here’s an online study guide.

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

Notes:

• Book orders are due Monday, November 22. Order online at mrhowd.com/bookorder. Check or credit card only, please.
• 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 the half day schedule.

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

Reading: Students started working on Literature Circles projects with the goal of sharing their books with the class. Groups will continue to work on this project next week.

Writing: Today was a revising day in writing. Some students starting revising conferences with a partner.

Our next piece of writing, a fiction piece, is due Monday, November 29. Students should be revising at this time.

Math: None today due to the half day schedule.

Science: We continued to learn about inherited traits (from parents) and acquired traits (learned from the environment).

Social Studies: None today due to the half day schedule. We will be having a test over European Explorers soon. Here’s an online study guide.

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

Notes:

• Book orders are due Monday, November 22. Order online at mrhowd.com/bookorder. Check or credit card only, please.
• 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: We talked about “ditching” words that are unnecessary in sentences:

• Move backward, not…Move backwards.
• Until then, I was fine. Not…Up until then, I was fine.
• I don’t know whether I’ll eat yogurt or pancakes, not…if I’ll eat or whether or not I’ll eat.

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

Reading: The class finished their Literature Circles books this week. Students will next be creating projects to share their books with the class.

Writing: We talked about not combining multiple sentences into one chunk of run-on sentences. Putting periods in between, and taking out connecting words helps to make individual sentences.

Our next piece of writing, a fiction piece, is due Monday, November 29. Students should be revising at this time.

Math: We have been working on drawing and measuring angles using a protractor.

Science: We reviewed inherited traits and started to learning about learned traits that aren’t acquired from parents.

Social Studies: We will be having a test over European Explorers soon. Here’s 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:

• Book orders are due Friday, November 19. Order online at mrhowd.com/bookorder. Check or credit card only, please.
• 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.