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Spelling: We reviewed irregular verbs (was/am, thought/think, go/gone). On Monday, we will have 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 discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: Most students finished and published their novel to Lulu.com. To order a copy of your student’s book, search for their name at Lulu.com and purchase with a credit card. Note that it might be less expensive to have your student log in and order the book through their account.

I-Search Project

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 continued to work with the partial products method of multiplication. Homework is to finish Journal pp. 128-129.

Science: None today.

Social Studies: None today.

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): 19

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

Notes:

• Report cards were email or sent home with students today.
• 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

Spelling: None today due to a writing minilesson.

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

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles.

Writing: We practiced writing questions to anticipate what the reader might ask. Students continued to collect research for their I-Search research project (click here for more details). Some students also started to make a mind map/web to organize their information, using Bubbl.us.

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 the partial products method of multiplication. Here’s a video tutorial:

Homework is to finish Journal pp. 125 and 127.

Science: Students made new minibooks and received Sun, Moon and Earth science books.

Social Studies: We finished learning about French Explorers. Homework is to finish an alphabet soup organizer.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 2
• Hours with no yellow magnets (record: 58): 3
• Days with no orange magnets (record: 39; previous score: 7): 18

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

Notes:

• 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: Crystal and Joseph

Spelling: Students reviewed prefixes by looking at different “not” prefixes (non-, im-, un-).

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

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: Students continued to collect research for their I-Search research project (click here for more details).

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 estimating products today.

Science: Students completed a science test about electricity, electrical safety, and weather safety.

Social Studies: None today due to the science fair kickoff.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 1
• Hours with no yellow magnets (record: 58): 7
• Days with no orange magnets (record: 39; previous score: 7): 17

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

Notes:

• 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: Crystal and Joseph

Spelling: We reviewed the use of an apostrophe to show ownership and in contractions, and we learned that possessive pronouns do not use apostrophes to show ownership.

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 chunking as a reading strategy.

Writing: Students continued to collect research for their I-Search research project (click here for more details).

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 worked on estimating products today. Homework is to finish Journal pp. 122-124 if not finished in class.

Science: We reviewed for tomorrow’s science test about electricity, electrical safety, and weather safety.

Social Studies: We continued learning about European explorers and working on an alphabet soup organizer. This will be due on Thursday.

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): 0
• Days with no orange magnets (record: 39; previous score: 7): 16

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

Notes:

• 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: Crystal and Joseph

For our half day before Spring Break, we created a spring showcase featuring paper bag baseball gloves.

Students also prepared a final copy of their novel, created accounts at Lulu.com, and uploaded their novels. Most students are still designing their covers. We will spend another day after break to finish this project. Students can also work on this over break.

Students might also want to spend some time collecting more research for their I-Search research project (click here for more details).

Visit our research website and see what students are working on. This digital presentation is due Wednesday, April 29.

Have a great break!

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 4
• Hours with no yellow magnets (record: 58): 8
• Days with no orange magnets (record: 39; previous score: 7): 15

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

Notes:

• 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: Kyle and Jacob