The Fourth Story

Here’s our week in 60 seconds:

• Spelling: Words to Learn list, word preview, contractions
• Cursive: Ten cursive sentences
• Reading: STAR test, Literature Circles
• Writing: Take-a-Stand persuasive piece, data, rough draft, piece due March 20
• Math: Distributive property in multiplication, estimating sums
• Science: Light and energy test, properties of sound
• Social Studies: Underground Railroad code quilts and Take-a-Stand elements and Core Democratic Values
• Notes: Wear lots ‘o green on Monday, St. Patrick’s Day!

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Here’s our week in 60 seconds:

• Spelling: Unit 5 spelling test, /j/ patterns, adjectives
• Cursive: pp. 53-55
• Reading: Literature Circles books are finished, working on projects next week
• Writing: Published and illustrated our class book
• Math: Logic problems, Chapter 3 test, decimals and fractions with tenths and hundredths
• Science: Science test, forms of energy, Energy Fair project due next Friday
• Social Studies: Michigan’s natural resources and regions
• Notes: The office has directed me to suspend student Gmail accounts temporarily due to two inappropriate email messages being sent.

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Here’s our week in 60 seconds:

• Spelling: /j/ sounds, spelling patterns can make different sounds, spelling test next week
• Cursive: pp. 50-52
• Reading: New Literature Circles magazine groups, connections, questioning
• Writing: Drafting and revising for our class book, portfolio piece due January 17
• Math: Number stories, open sentences, test next week
• Science: Storm spotter training, test next week
• Social Studies: Climate, weather, Michigan’s natural resources

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Here’s our week in 60 seconds:

• Spelling: r following a vowel makes a new sound, hyphenated numbers, /s/ patterns, spelling test on Tuesday.
• Cursive: pp. 47-49
• Reading: Literature Circles projects
• Writing: inner and outer story, revising and editing, portfolio piece due December 20
• Math: true and false number sentences, parentheses, factors
• Science: Electrical safety, weather safety
• Social Studies: land and water of Michigan
• Notes: Bowling field trip on Wednesday, Mexican Fiesta on Friday, volunteers are needed to help with gifts for a family in need, and for food for our fiesta.

Here’s our week in 60 seconds:

• Spelling: /s/ spelling patterns, r following a vowel makes a new sound
• Cursive: none this week
• Reading: Literature Circles books will finish next week; determining importance, inferring strategies
• Writing: bring characters to life with dialogue, description, action, portfolio piece due December 20
• Math: multiplication and division facts, factors, products, multiples, prime numbers
• Science: electrical safety
• Social Studies: national government, test on Monday
• Notes: new school day times starting Monday, 8:50-3:50.