Wednesday April 30th

MATH

Barber- Classification of shapes. Students should review the rules to quadrilaterals and the new triangles that we learned today.  

 

Brazier-  Using fractions as operators (⅔ of 640, e.g.).  

Kornas-  HW - PINK WORD PROBLEM SHEET DUE TOMORROW (BOTH SIDES).  STUDENTS ALSO NEED TO SOLVE THE FOLlOWING PROBLEM SHOWING ALL STEPS AND REDUCE FINAL ANSWER:  4 1/7   - 1 ⅔=

SWITCHES

Reading: “Readers follow a line of questioning.”

Science: H.W. - VOCABULARY TEST ON FRIDAY! STUDY VOCABULARY WORDS.

Spelling:

HOMEWORK: PERSONALIZED SPELLING TESTS THIS WEEK FOR BARBER’S AND BRAZIER’S STUDENTS

Social Studies: Read Chapter 9.4.  Learned a note taking strategy called ‘read-cover-jot-reread’.  This is perfect for note taking with their Wax Museum research.  Students should be researching their person of interest at home!

WRITING WORKSHOPS

ASK: WHAT DID YOU WORK ON AS A WRITER TODAY? WHAT DO YOU THINK OF WHAT YOU”VE DONE SO FAR? WHAT IS YOUR PLAN FOR CONTINUING?”

BARBER: Organize: writers create categories.  

BRAZIER:  Work Day

KORNAS: Writers plan categories.

Tuesday April 29th

Please let your fifth grader’s homeroom teacher know if you can donate some cookies for our 5th Grade Writing Celebration on Thursday.

MATH

Barber- Strand 5 Geometry begins:  Classification of shapes.

 

Brazier-  Using fractions as operators (⅔ of 640, e.g.).

HOMEWORK: PAGE 24, ALL OF NUMBER 1.  

Kornas-  Received score on CFP 6.3.  CFP RETAKES TOMORROW DURING LUNCH.

HOMEWORK: PURPLE AND YELLOW SHEET DUE TOMORROW (BOTH SIDES ON EACH SHEET.)

SWITCHES

No Switches on Tuesdays

Reading: (Teacher - Mr. Brazier):

Science: (Teacher - Mrs. Kornas): HOMEWORK: STUDY VOCABULARY WORDS.

Spelling: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber):

HOMEWORK: PERSONALIZED SPELLING TESTS THIS WEEK FOR BARBER’S AND BRAZIER’S STUDENTS

Social Studies: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber):

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER: Writers SEE what sources narrow their topic.

BRAZIER:  “Writers of nonfiction divide their topics of interest into categories.”

KORNAS: Talk long and strong about a topic you know a lot about.  

Monday April 28th

MATH

Barber- Fraction review.

 

Brazier-  Estimating with fractions. CFP.

Kornas-  Review Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers and Reducing Fractions.  CFP 6.3.  HW - Mixed Fraction Number Line worksheet (both sides due tomorrow morning.)

SWITCHES

Reading: (Teacher - Mr. Brazier):  Book Club meetings and Individual reading conferences with Mr. Brazier

Science: (Teacher - Mrs. Kornas): Activity  Lab “Ball in Cup”, HB

HOMEWORK: STUDY VOCABULARY WORDS.

Spelling: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber):

Social Studies: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber): Begin Chapter 9: Colonial America.

WRITING WORKSHOPS

All students completed an “on-demand” writing prompt today for our just-under-way unit of study, Nonfiction (Informational) Writing.

BARBER:

BRAZIER:  

KORNAS:

Friday April 25th

Your fifth grader is bringing home a progress report today.

MATH

Barber- CFP 6-3 on Fractions. Game Day.

 

Brazier-  Problems from the textbook and Mr. Brazier’s mind (scary!). “CFP Practice Page.” CFP on Monday.

HOMEWORK: “Check Up - Estimating Fractions”

Kornas-  H.W. - PINK WORKSHEET (SUBTRACTING MIXED NUMBERS) IS DUE MONDAY.   HOMEWORK: WWW.TENMARKS.COM - All incomplete assignments should be completed by MONDAY

SWITCHES

Reading: (Teacher - Mr. Brazier):  Thinking Routine: Chalk Talk

Science: (Teacher - Mrs. Kornas): Activity 3: Moving Masses. HOMEWORK: STUDY VOCABULARY WORDS. HW- SUPER SCIENCE PACKET DUE MONDAY.

Spelling: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber):

Social Studies: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber): Continued creating nonfiction text features posters.   

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER: The 3 T’s (TALK, TALK, TALK)!

BRAZIER: “You can’t teach what you don’t know.”

Friday

KORNAS: Writers start with what they know best, first. (3 column chart in WWNB).

Thursday April 24th

MATH

Barber- Review for tomorrow’s CFP. CFP6-3 TOMORROW.

 

Brazier-  Problems from the textbook.

HOMEWORK: PAGEs 11-13. #28, 31-33, 37-40.

Kornas-  

HOMEWORK: WWW.TENMARKS.COM - 3 NEW ASSIGNMENTS DUE SATURDAY.

SWITCHES

Reading: (Teacher - Mr. Brazier):  Independent Reading & a “Book Talk”

Science: (Teacher - Mrs. Kornas):

HOMEWORK: Super Science Packet - DUE TOMORROW

HOMEWORK: START LEARNING THE 9 NEW VOCABULARY WORDS.

Spelling: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber): Personalized Spelling Test for Barber’s class

~PERSONALIZED SPELLING TEST TOMORROW FOR BRAZIER’S STUDENTS

Social Studies: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber): Continued creating nonfiction text features posters.   

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER: Writers write what they know!

BRAZIER: “Writers of nonfiction use “fastwrites” and graphic organizers to figure out how much they know about a topic of interest.”

KORNAS: Freewrite

Wednesday April 23rd

MATH

Barber- Subtraction of mixed numbers.  Review for Friday’s CFP!

 

Brazier-  Over- and under-estimating

HOMEWORK: PAGE 9, PROBLEM B (1-3)

Kornas-  H.W. - ADDING MIXED NUMBERS WORKSHEET - DUE TOMORROW

SWITCHES

No Switches on Late Start Wednesdays

Reading: (Teacher - Mr. Brazier):  

Science: (Teacher - Mrs. Kornas):

HOMEWORK: START LEARNING THE 9 NEW VOCABULARY WORDS.

Spelling: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber):

~PERSONALIZED SPELLING TEST ON THURSDAY FOR BARBER’S STUDENTS

~PERSONALIZED SPELLING TEST ON FRIDAY FOR BRAZIER’S STUDENTS

Social Studies: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber):  

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER: Freewrite (finally, right?!)

BRAZIER: Freewrite (finally, right?!)

KORNAS: Number the Stars Quiz

Tuesday April 22nd

MATH

Barber- SMS Math Placement Test

 

Brazier-  SMS Math Placement Test

Kornas-  SMS Math Placement Test

SWITCHES

Reading: (Teacher - Mr. Brazier):  Weak vs. Strong Jots

Science: (Teacher - Mrs. Kornas):

HOMEWORK: START LEARNING THE 9 NEW VOCABULARY WORDS.

Spelling: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber):

~PERSONALIZED SPELLING TEST ON THURSDAY FOR BARBER’S STUDENTS

~PERSONALIZED SPELLING TEST ON FRIDAY FOR BRAZIER’S STUDENTS

Social Studies: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber):  

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER: Partners listen.  Lab work on wax museum person.

BRAZIER: “Writers give credit where it’s due.”

HOMEWORK: PERSUASIVE ESSAY & “REFLECTION” SENTENCES DUE TONIGHT.

“REFLECTION”: How have you improved as a writer?

KORNAS: Persuasive Essay Reflections.

Monday April 21st

MATH

All students will take a math test tomorrow. The results of this test will be considered when placing students in a grade 6 math class at SMS.

Barber- CFP 6-2. HOMEWORK: FRACTION SUBTRACTION 1-3, STUDENTS MAY USE CALCULATOR TO FIND LCM.

 

Brazier-  We used ‘benchmarks’ to make solid estimates involving fractions. To apply this idea, we played a game (described on page 6 of the new textbook) called “Getting Closer.”

HOMEWORK: ACE PROBLEMS 3-15 ON PAGE 10. LABEL ALL PROBLEMS. HIGHLIGHT ALL ANSWERS. PROVIDE WRITTEN EXPLANATIONS FOR 3-5 and 13-15.

Kornas- Adding mixed numbers.  HW - COMPLETE THE DIVISION PRACTICE SHEET AND DO EXAMPLE PROBLEM #2 ON NOTES SHEET.  BOTH DUE TOMORROW.

SWITCHES

Reading: (Teacher - Mr. Brazier):  Book Club Meetings - an opportunity to put into practice the five tips for ‘going deeper’ with Book Club Talk

Science: (Teacher - Mrs. Kornas): Completed activity 2. Took notes over vocabulary words for activity 1 and 2.  H.W. - START LEARNING THE 9 NEW VOCABULARY WORDS.

Spelling: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber):

~PERSONALIZED SPELLING TEST ON THURSDAY FOR BARBER’S STUDENTS

~PERSONALIZED SPELLING TEST ON FRIDAY FOR BRAZIER’S STUDENTS

Social Studies: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber):  Discussed types of note taking.  Some students had research time for their Wax Museum person. Students continue nonfiction feature poster.  

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER: Writers include a title.  

HOMEWORK: FINAL DRAFT DUE TOMORROW.

BRAZIER: “Writers don’t just ‘slap on’ a title.”

HOMEWORK: PERSUASIVE ESSAY & “REFLECTION” PARAGRAPH DUE TOMORROW.

“REFLECTION”: How have you improved as a writer?

KORNAS: Number the Stars read aloud and discussion.