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Spelling: None today.

Cursive: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due Fridays. We also had a cursive quiz this week.

Reading: Students worked on MobyMax Reading Stories again today.

Writing: Students worked on prewriting conferences with partners today. We also started drafting. A fiction story is due Sunday, November 25. Homework on weekdays is to work on writing for 15 minutes. Students should be finished with prewriting their fiction story and starting to draft by now.

Math: Many students are close to finishing our topic of adding and subtracting decimals. A few students are finishing leftover skills, and most have started to work on the next topic. We are up to 93% mastery, with a goal of 100% by November 13. Homework on weekdays is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: None today due to extra time with social studies.

Social Studies: We learned about the history of Martin Luther and his role in the religious wars that were the spark of the Age of Exploration.

Character Strength: We are learning about bravery this week.

Notes:

• The first marking period ends Friday, November 9.
• Fall conferences are November 13-16. View your conference time.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at JupiterGrades.

Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 6th grade.

Spelling: None today.

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

Reading: Students worked on MobyMax Reading Stories today.

Writing: We talked about the problem and solution of our stories using a simple organizer: Somebody Wanted But So. It reminds students to think about the main character, what they want to happen, what problem arises, and what they do to solve the problem.

A fiction story is due Sunday, November 25. Homework on weekdays is to work on writing for 15 minutes. Students should be finished with prewriting their fiction story by tonight.

Math: Students took a STAR Math test today. We are up to 92% mastery, with a goal of 100% by November 13. Homework on weekdays is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: We used a simulation to learn that all organisms get energy from breaking down food matter. Plants break down the food matter that they make to use for energy. The sun is the main source of energy in an ecosystem, because the sun allows plants to make food, and then that food matter moves up the food chain. Without the sun, there would be no food.

Social Studies: None today.

Character Strength: We are learning about bravery this week.

Notes:

• The first marking period ends Friday, November 9.
• Fall conferences are November 13-16. View your conference time.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at JupiterGrades.

Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 6th grade.

Spelling: We practiced spelling irregular verbs, which are verbs that can’t be spelled with the “ed” suffix: run/ran, eat/ate, catch/caught.

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

Reading: Students completed a STAR Reading test today.

Writing: We talked about our next piece of writing, which will be a fiction story. Students can write any type of fiction story as long as they create their own characters and action. A fiction story is due Sunday, November 25. Homework on weekdays is to work on writing for 15 minutes. Students should be prewriting their fiction story at this point.

Math: We practiced estimating decimal subtraction and subtraction using pictures. We are up to 86% mastery, with a goal of 100% by November 13. Homework on weekdays is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: Students wrote their ideas about where plants get food molecules from.

Social Studies: Students worked on a digital review and quiz about new technology that explorers used.

Character Strength: We are learning about bravery this week.

Notes:

• No school tomorrow due to election day.
• The first marking period ends Friday, November 9.
• Fall conferences are November 13-16. View your conference time.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at JupiterGrades.

Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 6th grade.

Hawaiian Beach Bash 2018

99 new photos · Album by Christian Howd

Spelling: We reviewed adding suffixes onto base words. Sometimes the suffix is just added, but sometimes the suffix changes the spelling of the base word.

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

Reading: None today due to a health and nutrition lesson.

Writing: We talked about adding paragraphs for anything new:

• New time
• New place
• New character
• New action
• New speaker

Students also worked on editing and publishing. Today was our last class work day for this piece of writing. A personal narrative is due Sunday, November 4. Homework on weekdays is to work on writing for 15 minutes. Your student should be nearly finished with their writing by now.

Math: Students took a quiz about adding decimals today. We are up to 84% mastery, with a goal of 100% by November 13. Homework on weekdays is to practice math for 15 minutes using MobyMax or Khan Academy.

Science: None today.

Social Studies: We read about how new technology and better shipbuilding allowed explorers to sail around Africa to India.

Character Strength: We are learning about creativity this week.

Notes:

• Our class Hawaiian Beach Bash party is tomorrow, November 2, from 12:30-3:30. Here’s our volunteer and guest list.
• The first marking period ends Friday, November 9.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at JupiterGrades.
• Sign up for a fall conference here.

Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 6th grade.