The Fourth Story

Check your Fall Parent Teacher Conference time online

Spelling: We reviewed common rules for adding suffixes to base words, and filled out a mini-poster.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 45-47 are available and due Friday.

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

Writing: Today was the final drafting day for our class book: If I Were President… Each student will write and illustrate one page for our class book, and this page will also be submitted into portfolios on December 1.

Math: We continue to review the trade-first method of subtraction, and also practiced mental math subtraction using a method called counting up. Homework is to complete Journal pp. 48-49.

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

Social Studies: We created a class “government” to see how the government makes laws. Today, the class spoke with their senators and representatives, and then both the Senate and the House of Representatives voted for bills:

• The No Tipping in Your Chair Bill; and,
• The No Touching Mr. Howd’s Stuff Bill.

Next, we’ll see if the bills pass through the other house of the legislative branch, then they’re off to the governor to see if he will sign them.

Homework is to complete the State Government Jeopardy organizer.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 1
• Hours with no orange magnets (record: 29): 210

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

Notes:

• Check your Fall Parent Teacher Conference time online.
• View grades, assignments, attendance and even the report card at SnapGrades.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Sign up for daily email updates, including activities, homework and important information.

Spelling: None today due to getting new seats.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 45-47 are available and due Friday.

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles; some groups worked on fix up strategies.

Writing: Today was a drafting day for our class book: If I Were President… Each student will write and illustrate one page for our class book, and this page will also be submitted into portfolios on December 1.

Math: We reviewed the trade-first method of subtraction. This is very similar to the method they already know, and just involves making all trades (or borrowing) first, then subtracting. Homework is to complete Journal p. 46.

Science: We reviewed the color filter experiment from last week.

Social Studies: We talked about the judicial branch of government. Homework is to complete a Branches of Government flip chart showing the name, definition and an illustration of each branch.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 3
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 0
• Hours with no orange magnets (record: 29): 203

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

Notes:

• Check your Fall Parent Teacher Conference time online.
• View grades, assignments, attendance and even the report card at SnapGrades.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Sign up for daily email updates, including activities, homework and important information.

Spelling: We learned that prefixes are added to a base word to create a new meaning.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 39, 40 and 44 were due today.

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

Writing: Today was a prewriting day for our class book: If I Were President… Each student will write and illustrate one page for our class book, and this page will also be submitted into portfolios on December 1.

Math: Students worked on Math Skills today. There was also a MiniQuiz over bar graphs.

Science: We remembered past science units and thought of testable questions that we were still wondering about.

Social Studies: We talked about the legislative and executive branches of government and how laws are made.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 2
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 6
• Hours with no orange magnets (record: 29): 195

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

Notes:

• Check your Fall Parent Teacher Conference time online.
• View grades, assignments, attendance and even the report card at SnapGrades.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Sign up for daily email updates, including activities, homework and important information.

Spelling: Students completed the first spelling achievement test today. This test of 30 words will be given after Christmas and again near the end of the year to assess spelling growth.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 39, 40 and 44 are available and due Friday.

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

Writing: None today due to technology.

Each student will write and illustrate one page for our class book, and this page will also be submitted into portfolios on December 1.

Technology: We started an Inspirational Poster project. Students searched for an inspirational quote and copied it to a page on our planning website. Feel free to browse the pages.

Math: Students revised their draft bar graphs today. Homework is to create a final draft bar graph.

Science: We completed an experiment today using color filters to make colored light. Homework is to finish the experiment if not finished in class.

Social Studies: We made government minibooks today and started to learn that Michigan’s government uses taxes to provide services to its citizens.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 2
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 4
• Hours with no orange magnets (record: 29): 189

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

Notes:

• Check your Fall Parent Teacher Conference time online.
• View grades, assignments, attendance and even the report card at SnapGrades.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Sign up for daily email updates, including activities, homework and important information.

Spelling: We started to review prefixes and suffixes.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 39, 40 and 44 are available and due Friday.

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.

Writing: We decided that our class book topic would be: If I Were President… Homework is to start a list or web of ideas.

Each student will write and illustrate one page for our class book, and this page will also be submitted into portfolios on December 1.

Math: We practiced making bar graphs today. Each student created a survey question and collected data from the class. Homework is to create a bar graph rough draft using the survey data.

Science: We visited some websites today about light and optical illusions.

Social Studies: None due to library.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 2
• Hours with no orange magnets (record: 29): 178

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

Notes:

• Check your Fall Parent Teacher Conference time online.
• View grades, assignments, attendance and even the report card at SnapGrades.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• Sign up for daily email updates, including activities, homework and important information.