Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Wednesday January 22nd

MATH
Barber- Division with zeros. Reviewed homework from 1/21. USE STUDY GUIDE TO PREPARE FOR CFP 4.1 TOMORROW (1/23).

Brazier- Comprehensive review of Strands 1-4, including a careful review of the Strand 4 test. Extra Credit due tomorrow. Strand 5 DPP due on Monday, February 3.  

Kornas - CFP 4.1 (Finding Area, Division Vocabulary and Division using an Area Model)
H.W. - CODE NAMES worksheet

SWITCHES

Reading: (Teacher - Mr. Brazier):”Readers notice and analyze patterns of behavior.” Open-note test on Friday.

Word Masters: (Teacher - Mrs. Kornas): Create W.M. Teams, analogy practice
H.W. - STUDY W.M. WORDS AND DEFINITIONS

Spelling: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber):

Social Studies: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber: Began working on explorer presentation. STUDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO PRESENT NEXT WEEK.

WRITING WORKSHOPS



BARBER: Day 2 of our persuasive essay unit: What writers see and notice about already-written essays.

BRAZIER: Our unit on Argument/Essay Writing continued today. We studied in depth the essay writing of former students of mine, noting what goes into this work.
ASK: “WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT WRITING A PERSUASIVE ESSAY? LIST AS MANY THINGS AS POSSIBLE.” [Your child should be able to list more than five things!]

KORNAS:  Persuasive/Argument Essay - Study a persuasive essay.  Find reasons/evidence to support an opinion within the essay.

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