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Spelling: Students finished making their Words to Learn lists from words missed on the last spelling test.

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

Reading: Another group performed their Literature Circles play today.

Writing: We practiced making line breaks in poems so that the reader can better see the ideas of the poem. Students also continued to work their poetry. Homework: a collection of poems will be due into portfolios on Monday, May 21.

Math: None today due to STAR Friday.

Science: Students dissected owl pellets to gather evidence about food chains and what animals the owls ate as an energy source.

Social Studies: We talked the importance of laws and rules, and how power should be balanced in a government to prevent unfair laws and practices.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 2
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 17

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at JupiterGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with JupiterGrades?

Notes:

• Students have been asked to work on Khan Academy for at least 60 minutes per week.
• 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 5th grade.

Spelling: Students started making their Words to Learn lists from words missed on the last spelling test.

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

Reading: None today due to finishing a class project.

Writing: Students continued to work their poetry. A collection of poems will be due into portfolios on Monday, May 21.

Math: We practiced composing and decomposing fractions by finding different ways to add up fractions. Homework is to finish Journal P12-10.

Science: Students begin their experiments to test what plants need to survive.

Social Studies: We talked about how many problems would happen in a community without rules. We also started to read a story about a kingdom without rules.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 3
• Orange magnets: 1
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 15

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at JupiterGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with JupiterGrades?

Notes:

• Students have been asked to work on Khan Academy for at least 60 minutes per week.
• 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 5th grade.

Spelling: None today.

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

Reading: Two groups performed their Literature Circles plays today.

Writing: We talked about using whitespace in poems to put only certain words on each line. This will allow the reader to see just the ideas that the poet wants the reader to see. A collection of poems will be due into portfolios on Monday, May 21.

Math: We practiced subtracting mixed numbers. Homework is to finish Journal P12-9. Here is the Khan Academy skill for adding and subtracting mixed numbers.

Science: Students started planning experiments that would test what plants need to survive. We will be testing if plants need these things:

• Salt or fresh water
• Water
• Air
• Light
• Soil
• Heat

Social Studies: None today due to our reading and math skills time.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 25
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 11

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at JupiterGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with JupiterGrades?

Notes:

• Students have been asked to work on Khan Academy for at least 60 minutes per week.
• 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 5th grade.

Spelling: None today.

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

Reading: Students read and practiced performing Literature Circles plays to work on oral reading fluency.

Writing: None today due to our technology time. A collection of poems will be due into portfolios on Monday, May 21.

Math: We practiced adding mixed numbers. Homework is to finish Journal P12-8. Here is the Khan Academy skill for adding and subtracting mixed numbers.

Science: None today due to our math skills time.

Social Studies: We talked about what it would be like to have a school, community or country with no rules or laws. Homework is to finish the Life Without Rules chart.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 3
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 10

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at JupiterGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with JupiterGrades?

Notes:

• Students have been asked to work on Khan Academy for at least 60 minutes per week.
• 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 5th grade.