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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: Students continued to work on their poems today.

A collection of poems is due into portfolios on Friday, May 21.

Math: Students learned a new method to divide, called the partial quotients method. Homework is to complete Journal p. 152 (skip box 6 for now).

Science: Students completed a district science unit test today.

Social Studies: None on due to art.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 4
• 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 SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with SnapGrades?

Notes:

• I-Search Gallery (view our I-Search presentations)
• Our Mackinac Trip is Friday, May 14. Get more information here.
• Find more information about Summer School, including dates and payment options.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 5th grade.

Spelling: None today.

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 poets arrange their words on a page to make use of whitespace. Poets don’t always write to the edge of the page, but choose exactly which words should go on a line. Some lines are so important, that they stand by themselves so the reader can think about them.

A collection of poems is due into portfolios on Friday, May 21.

Math: None today due to STAR Friday.

Science: We reviewed plant and animal needs. We also started thinking about what food is, and what is food for a plant. Homework is to finish the Is it food for a plants? page.

Social Studies: None on Fridays.

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

Notes:

• I-Search Gallery (view our I-Search presentations)
• Our Mackinac Trip is Friday, May 14. Get more information here.
• Find more information about Summer School, including dates and payment options.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 5th grade.

Spelling: None today due to extra time with writing.

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

Reading: None today due to art.

Writing: Students continued to work on poetry today.

A collection of poems is due into portfolios on Friday, May 21.

Math: We started a unit on division today by using multiples of 10 to count up to a number. For example, to solve 52/4, we can calculate that 10 [4s] =  40, and 3 more [4s] = 12, that means that 13 [4s] = 52. Homework is to finish Journal pp. 147-148.

Science: Students worked on an Investigation Review to think about animal and plant needs. Homework is to finish the Investigation Review if not done in class.

Social Studies: We reviewed the idea that specialization is each person having their own job or skill. To test specialization, each team used an assembly line to create paper snowmen. One team did not specialize and each person made their own snowmen. We learned that the assembly line specialization made it quicker and easier to get the job done.

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

Notes:

• I-Search Gallery (view our I-Search presentations)
• Our Mackinac Trip is Friday, May 14. Get more information here.
• Find more information about Summer School, including dates and payment options.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 5th grade.

Spelling: None today due to the late start.

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

Reading: None today due to the late start.

Writing: We learned that stories can be turned into poems if the story is revised to add imagery, music or emotion.

A collection of poems is due into portfolios on Friday, May 21.

Math: None today due to the late start.

Science: None today due to library.

Social Studies: We reviewed how positive and negative incentives affect people’s behavior. Homework is to an incentive article and chart started in class..

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• 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 SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with SnapGrades?

Notes:

• I-Search Gallery (view our I-Search presentations)
• Our Mackinac Trip is Friday, May 14. Get more information here.
• Find more information about Summer School, including dates and payment options.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 5th grade.

Spelling: Students made their Words to Learn list from words they missed on the last spelling test. This is your student’s custom spelling list for the next test.

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

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles. Students also completed a Reading Mad Minute and fiction reading test.

Writing: We started a unit on poetry. Today, we read a few poems and noticed that poems have these ingredients:

• Imagery: senses or description of what things look or feel like
• Music: a rhythm or beat that makes the poem sound sing-songy or musical
• Emotion: a happy, sad or emotional tone

Poems do not need to have all the ingredients, but should include at least one. Students also started working on their own poems. A collection of poems is due into portfolios on Friday, May 21.

Math: Students completed a math test.

Science: None today due to extra time with writing.

Social Studies: We reviewed how supply and demand affect the price of goods and services. Homework is to finish highlighting and labeling an article about the supply and demand of video game systems.

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:

• I-Search Gallery (view our I-Search presentations)
• Our Mackinac Trip is Friday, May 14. Get more information here.
• Find more information about Summer School, including dates and payment options.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 5th grade.