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Spelling: Students completed their Words to Learn list from words they missed on the last spelling test.

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

Reading: Students practiced reading plays from their magazines to share their magazines with the class later in the week.

Writing: Students continued to work on their digital presentation using MrHowd.com Docs (docs.mrhowd.com).

Visit our research website and see what students are working on. This digital presentation is due Wednesday, April 29 and will be presented Friday, May 1.

Math: Students continued to practice multiplication by playing a game in class. Homework is finish a multiplication worksheet. We will have a test over multiplication later this week.

Science: We learned about how the mass of the moon affects its gravity. Homework is to finish Investigation Review p. 42.

Social Studies: We learned about the French and Indian War and wrote notes in our minibooks.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 1
• Hours with no yellow magnets (record: 58): 2
• Days with no orange magnets (record: 39; previous score: 21): 3

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Our Mackinac Trip is May 8. Here is how our class is doing with fundraising and donations:
  • Full paid: 15 students
  • Mostly paid: 6 students
  • Partially paid: 2 students
  • No payments: 4 students

As shown to the right, our class still has about $700 to reach our goal. We are currently accepting final donations.

• View grades, assignments, attendance and even the report card at SnapGrades.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• This week’s juice volunteers: Lauren and Josh.

Spelling: None today.

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

Reading: Students completed an informational reading test today.

Writing: Students continued to work on their digital presentation using MrHowd.com Docs (docs.mrhowd.com).

Visit our research website and see what students are working on. This digital presentation is due Wednesday, April 29 and will be presented Friday, May 1.

Math: Students were introduced to powers and exponents, and we practiced with powers of 10. Homework is to finish Journal pp. 138-139 started in class. Students also completed a multiplication MiniQuiz.

Science: In health today, we talked about fire and burn safety, including ways to avoid common burns. We also talked about what to do in the event of a fire and students made Fire Emergency Escape plans. Homework is to finish the fire escape plan and show it to a parent.

Social Studies: We wrote notes in our minibooks about the fur trade and settlement in Michigan, and started to learn about the problems caused when the British and French wanted the same fur trading territory in Michigan.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 9
• Hours with no yellow magnets (record: 58): 14
• Days with no orange magnets (record: 39; previous score: 21): 2

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Our Mackinac Trip is May 8. Here is how our class is doing with fundraising and donations:
  • Full paid: 15 students
  • Mostly paid: 6 students
  • Partially paid: 2 students
  • No payments: 4 students

As shown to the right, our class still has about $700 to reach our goal. We are currently accepting final donations.

• View grades, assignments, attendance and even the report card at SnapGrades.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• This week’s juice volunteers: Lauren and Josh.

Spelling: None today due to a writing minilesson.

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

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing:We talked today about using comparisons to help the reader understand facts in an I-Search presentation (a hippo ways as much as 20 linebackers).

Students continued to work on their digital presentation using MrHowd.com Docs (docs.mrhowd.com), and using Bubbl.us to organize their information into a plan to use for their presentation.

Visit our research website and see what students are working on. This digital presentation is due Wednesday, April 29 and will be presented Friday, May 1.

Math: Students continued to practice multiplication. Homework is to finish a multiplication worksheet.

Science: We learned that the moon has 1/6 of the gravity of earth.

Social Studies: We learned about the founding of Detroit due to the fur trade in Michigan.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10):8
• Hours with no yellow magnets (record: 58): 8
• Days with no orange magnets (record: 39; previous score: 21): 1

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Our Mackinac Trip is May 8. Here is how our class is doing with fundraising and donations:
  • Full paid: 14 students
  • Mostly paid: 5 students
  • Partially paid: 4 students
  • No payments: 4 students

As shown to the right, our class still has about $1,000 to reach our goal. We are accepting final donations this week.

• View grades, assignments, attendance and even the report card at SnapGrades.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• This week’s juice volunteers: Kayla S. and Jennifer

Spelling: None today due to students moving to new seats.

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

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles; some groups worked on visualizing as a reading strategy.

Writing: Students continued to work on their digital presentation using MrHowd.com Docs (docs.mrhowd.com), and using Bubbl.us to organize their information into a plan to use for their presentation.

Visit our research website and see what students are working on. This digital presentation is due Wednesday, April 29 and will be presented Friday, May 1.

Math: We reviewed the lattice method of multiplication (more information here, here and here). Homework is to finish Journal pp. 131-133.

Science: Students reviewed yesterday’s experiment and learned that the moon is four times smaller than the earth.

Social Studies: We learned about the fur trade in Michigan and the construction of forts to protect the fur trade.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 2
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 4
• Hours with no yellow magnets (record: 58): 2
• Days with no orange magnets (record: 39; previous score: 7): 21

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Our Mackinac Trip is May 8. Here is how our class is doing with fundraising and donations:
  • Full paid: 11 students
  • Mostly paid: 3 students
  • Partially paid: 8 students
  • No payments: 5 students

As shown to the right, our class still has about $1,000 to reach our goal. We are accepting final donations this week.

• View grades, assignments, attendance and even the report card at SnapGrades.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• This week’s juice volunteers: Kayla S. and Jennifer

Spelling: Students completed a spelling test and skill test over irregular verbs.

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

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles; some groups worked on questioning as a reading strategy.

Writing: Students were shown how to start a digital presentation using MrHowd.com Docs (docs.mrhowd.com). They also started to organize their information into a plan to use for their presentation.

Visit our research website and see what students are working on. This digital presentation is due Wednesday, April 29 and will be presented Friday, May 1.

Math: We reviewed the partial products method of multiplication and started a miniquiz over this concept. The lattice method of multiplication was also introduced. Homework is to finish Journal pp. 130.

Science: Students completed an experiment today about the size of the moon compared to the earth. Homework is to finish the experiment worksheet and questions.

Social Studies: We reviewed French Explorers, took notes in our minibooks, and watched a two video clips about Father Marquette and the fur trade.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 2
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 2
• Hours with no yellow magnets (record: 58): 2
• Days with no orange magnets (record: 39; previous score: 7): 20

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Our Mackinac Trip is May 8. Only nine students have fully paid. As shown to the right, our class still has about $1,500 to reach our goal. We are accepting final donations this week.
• View a press release about our Novel Writing Project!
• View grades, assignments, attendance and even the report card at SnapGrades.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• This week’s juice volunteers: Kayla S. and Jennifer