Thursday December 19th

MATH

Barber- CFP # 3 Final test retakes! Math games.

Brazier- Order of Operations (PEMDAS). Division With Decimals. Interpreting Remainders. Strand 4 DPP packet due on 01/08/14.

Kornas -  Review Strand 1-3 final test.

HOMEWORK FOR ALL: “WINTER BREAK PRACTICE PACKET.” COMPLETE AND CORRECT IT BY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2014. (ANSWER KEY INCLUDED.)

SWITCHES

No Switches for the rest of 2013.

Reading: (Teacher - Mr. Brazier):

Word Masters: (Teacher - Mrs. Kornas):

Spelling: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber):

Social Studies: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber):

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER: Students will have time to work on word masters posters.

BRAZIER: Poetry Reflections: What did you learn during our study of poetry that you can use in all future writings, regardless of the genre?     

KORNAS:

Wednesday December 18th

MATH

Grade level class party! Thanks for being apart of this fun day.

Barber- Strand 1-3 district midterm test. CFP # 3 Final test retakes Thursday or Friday during lunch!

Brazier- Game Day! Strand 4 DPP packet due on 01/08/14.

Kornas -  Math holiday games.

HOMEWORK FOR ALL: “WINTER BREAK PRACTICE PACKET.” COMPLETE AND CORRECT IT BY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2014. (ANSWER KEY INCLUDED.)

SWITCHES

No Switches for the rest of 2013.

Reading: (Teacher - Mr. Brazier):

Word Masters: (Teacher - Mrs. Kornas):

Spelling: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber):

Social Studies: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber):

WRITING WORKSHOPS

Poetry Slams today. Thanks for attending. Hope you enjoyed the show!

BARBER:

BRAZIER:      

KORNAS:

Tuesday December 17th

Tomorrow: Late Start; Poetry Slam (1:45-2:30); Holiday Party (2:30-3:30)

MATH

Barber- Review for district unit 1-3 test. Homework practice optional. STRAND 1-3 TEST WEDNESDAY!

Brazier- Division with decimals; Interpreting remainders. Strand 4 DPP packet due on 01/08/14.

Kornas -  Took Strand 1-3 Common Assessment and Strand 4 Pre-test.  

HW - MULTIPLICATION CROSSWORD PUZZLE (front side only) - DUE TOMORROW MORNING.

HOMEWORK FOR ALL: “WINTER BREAK PRACTICE PACKET.” COMPLETE AND CORRECT IT BY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2014. (ANSWER KEY INCLUDED.)

SWITCHES

No Switches for the rest of 2013.

Reading: (Teacher - Mr. Brazier):

Word Masters: (Teacher - Mrs. Kornas): Work on WORDMASTER POSTER

Spelling: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber):

Social Studies: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber):

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER: Practiced for Poetry Jam.

BRAZIER: “Poets use “power verbs.” Editing work. Poetry Jam practice.     

KORNAS: Poetry jam rehearsal. HW- REHEARSE POEM FOR POETRY JAM, (Optional, but highly recommended to enhance this experience - GATHER PROPS OR COSTUME ITEMS TO USE DURING PRESENTATION OF POEM.)

Monday December 17th

MATH

Barber- Review for district unit 1-3 test. Homework practice optional. STRAND 1-3 TEST WEDNESDAY!

Brazier- Division With Decimals; Math Olympiad challenge problems. Strand 4 DPP packet due on 01/08/14.

Kornas -  Study for Strand 1-3 Test that will take place on tomorrow. (Students can study CFPs and unit tests to prepare.)

HOMEWORK FOR ALL: “WINTER BREAK PRACTICE PACKET.” COMPLETE AND CORRECT IT BY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2014. (ANSWER KEY INCLUDED.)

SWITCHES

Reading: (Teacher - Mr. Brazier): “Claims are not inferences: Defining a claim”

Science/Word Masters: (Teacher - Mrs. Kornas):DEMONSTRATION ANALOGIES  #6-15 DUE TUESDAY!

Spelling: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber): Spelling tests!  Group craft...

Social Studies: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber): Continues in 2014.

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER: Copy change work and complete final poems.

BRAZIER: “Poets omit words that are not essential.” Editing work.     

KORNAS: Worked on Gilly and planned poetry jam.

DON’T FORGET: Our classroom Poetry Jams will take place on Wednesday from1:45-2:30. (Thank you for turning in your RSVP.) This event will be immediately followed by the Grade 5 Holiday Party in the cafeteria.

Friday December 13th

MATH

Barber- Strand 3 Final Test. Hand out Winter Break Practice Packet.

Brazier- CFP & 5 Hard Problems. Strand 4 DPP packet due on 01/08/14.

Kornas - Took Strand 3 Test.  Study for Strand 1-3 Test that will take place on Tuesday. (Students can study CFPs and unit tests to prepare.)

HOMEWORK FOR ALL: “WINTER BREAK PRACTICE PACKET.” COMPLETE AND CORRECT IT BY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2014. (ANSWER KEY INCLUDED.)

SWITCHES

Reading: (Teacher - Mr. Brazier):”Readers ‘stop and jot’ to clarify their own thinking [about the character they’re studying].”

Science/Word Masters: (Teacher - Mrs. Kornas): WordMaster (WM) poster.

Spelling: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber): Blue group continues to work on finding a relationship among this weeks sort words.  Yellow groups write 5 amazing sentences using two words/sentence.

Social Studies: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber): Will return to in 2014!

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER: Copy change work on Dog and free write.  HOMEWORK: COPY CHANGE THE POEM ‘DOG’ AGAIN.  DUE MONDAY.  

BRAZIER: “Poets closely observe their world.”     

HOMEWORK: ELECTRONICALLY SHARE WITH MR. B TWO OF THE POEMS YOU MIGHT WANT TO SHARE AT THE POETRY SLAM. AT LEAST 1 MUST BE AN ORIGINAL CREATION (not a copychange). DUE MONDAY.

KORNAS: HW - “The ANIMAL IN ME” poem - DUE MONDAY MORNING.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Our classroom Poetry Jams will take place on Wednesday, December 18 from 1:45-2:30. (Please note the NEW new time.) This event will be immediately followed by the Grade 5 Holiday Party in the cafeteria.

Thursday December 12th

MATH

Barber-  Review for final test. Took detailed notes to help study from.  STRAND 3 FINAL TEST TOMORROW. HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE TOMORROW.

Brazier- Analysis of both the traditional and “forgiving” (partial-quotients) algorithms for division. CFP tomorrow.

HOMEWORK: “THE PARTIAL-QUOTIENTS DIVISION ALGORITHM”

Kornas - HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE TOMORROW. STRAND 3 FINAL TEST TOMORROW.

SWITCHES

Reading: (Teacher - Mr. Brazier):”Readers ‘stop and jot’ to clarify their own thinking [about the character they’re studying].”

Science/Word Masters: (Teacher - Mrs. Kornas): WordMaster (WM) poster.

Spelling: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber): Students discuss this weeks spelling rule.  

Social Studies: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber):

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER: Copy change work on Dog.  HOMEWORK: COPY CHANGE THE POEM ‘DOG’ AGAIN.  DUE MONDAY.  

BRAZIER: “Poets often use parallel structure.”    

HOMEWORK: ELECTRONICALLY SHARE WITH MR. B TWO OF THE POEMS YOU MIGHT WANT TO SHARE AT THE POETRY SLAM. AT LEAST 1 MUST BE AN ORIGINAL CREATION (not a copychange). DUE MONDAY.

KORNAS: Write a Christmas poem.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Our classroom Poetry Jams will take place on Wednesday, December 18 from 1:45-2:30. (Please note the NEW new time.) This event will be immediately followed by the Grade 5 Holiday Party in the cafeteria.

Wednesday December 11th

Please return the envelope in which your fifth grader’s report card came. Make sure it has your signature on it.

MATH

Barber-Wrap up Ratios. Review for final strand test.   STRAND 3 FINAL TEST ON FRIDAY.

HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW DUE ON FRIDAY.

Brazier- When and why we use division; Division with zeros; Division and estimation; The traditional algorithm; The forgiving method. CFP on Friday.

Kornas - HW- Fraction bench mark sheet. WEEKLY REVIEW DUE ON FRIDAY. STRAND 3 FINAL TEST ON FRIDAY.

SWITCHES

Reading: (Teacher - Mr. Brazier):”Readers look for patterns of behavior to help them understand their characters.”

Science/Word Masters: (Teacher - Mrs. Kornas):  Plan WordMaster (WM) poster.

Spelling: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber): Students discuss this weeks spelling rule.  Write the rest of sort words 4 x’s each.  Create a poem OR a hidden word picture.

Social Studies: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber): Chapter 5 after the holiday break.

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER: Writers ‘copy change’ published works. Ask your child about the apology poem they worked on today in class.

BRAZIER: “Poets use punctuation to their advantage.”   

HOMEWORK: COPYCHANGE VALERIE WORTH’S POEM “dog.” DUE TOMORROW.

KORNAS: Share Copy Change Poem. Plan for the Poetry Jam

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Our classroom Poetry Slams will take place on Wednesday, December 18 from 1:45-2:30. (Please note the NEW new time.) This event will be immediately followed by the Grade 5 Holiday Party in the cafeteria.