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.

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.

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.

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.

• sell/sold
• build/built
• keep/kept
• stick/stuck
• see/saw

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

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

Writing: We learned about how to use fragments to create a poem. Here is a fragment poem we wrote together:

Bus Ride to Mackinac

Kids talking
Children playing
People waiting
Watching movies
Playing card games
Bus bumping
Sun rising
Excitement growing
Bridge appearing
People cheering!

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

Math: We reviewed how to convert between improper fractions and mixed numbers. We also practiced adding and subtracting mixed numbers. Homework is to finish Journal P12-7. Here is the Khan Academy skill for adding and subtracting mixed numbers.

Science: We started to learn about requirements for life. We made a list of requirements and will test them using plants this week.

Social Studies: We started to learn about why it is important to have a government and laws.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 7
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 7

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.

But that realization doesn’t make lying acceptable. Here’s a way to address the problem:

Very few humans, including adults, are like young George Washington in the cherry tree story. Most people, including children, tend to lie to protect themselves. If the youngster didn’t brush his teeth, and the parent asks, “Did you brush your teeth?” the answer will probably be a lie. So, why ask in the first place?

A better approach might be to say, “I hope you’re protecting your teeth by brushing. I’ve been a little worried for you since I pay for the good dentist reports and you pay for the bad ones. I hope you get a good report from the dentist.”

And yes, a Love and Logic parent would have the child pay for the bad report.

Read more about how to address lying.

On our way!	Playing cards
		At Colonial Michilimackinac
		A bit of a bug problem up here
In the church

Where are we?

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

Reading: None today due to an assembly about positive character.

Writing: We talked about how to turn a memory into a poem. Students also continued to work on their poems.

A collection of poems will be due into portfolios on Monday, May 21.

Math: We reviewed how to convert between improper fractions and mixed numbers. Here is the Khan Academy skill for improper fractions and mixed numbers for extra practice or review.

Science: We finished learning about space today and will start our last unit on life next week.

Social Studies: We finished learning about physical and human geography today and will start our last unit on government next week.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 14

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

Notes:

• Our Mackinac Trip is tomorrow, Friday, May 11. Here are all the details.
• 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.

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

Reading: None today due to discussion of our Mackinac trip.

Writing: Students completed prewriting conferences today and continued to work on poems.

A collection of poems will be due into portfolios on Monday, May 21.

Math: We learned about how to convert between improper fractions and mixed numbers. Homework is to finish Journal P12-6. Here is the Khan Academy skill for improper fractions and mixed numbers for extra practice or review.

Science: Students completed a district science test about matter and energy.

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

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 7
• Orange magnets: 1
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 13

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

Notes:

• Our Mackinac Trip is Friday, May 11. Here are all the details.
• 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.