Friday May 30th

NOTES: Today was Field Day. LINKS students should wear their new green t-shirts on Monday.

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER:  

BRAZIER:

HOMEWORK: DRAFT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING BY MONDAY: Cover, Title Page, Table of Contents, Introduction, Misc. Beginning Pages

KORNAS:

MATH

BARBER:    

BRAZIER:

KORNAS:  www.tenmarks.com

HOMEWORK - 3 NEW ASSIGNMENTS DUE MONDAY

SWITCHES

Reading:

Science:  

HOMEWORK: STUDY NEW VOCABULARY WORDS.  SCIENCE TEST NEXT WEEK.

Social Studies:

Thursday May 29th

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER:  Writers use nonfiction features to help teach their readers.

BRAZIER: “Writers understand the purpose and power of nonfiction text features.”

HOMEWORK: DRAFT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING BY MONDAY: Cover, Title Page, Table of Contents, Introduction, Misc. Beginning Pages

KORNAS: Writers elaborate in their writing. (quotes, dates, sources)

MATH

Barber-  Reviewing past concepts.  Whole group work on previous end of the year tests.  

Brazier- Dividing fractions by fractions

HOMEWORK: PAGES 58-59 (24-36). DUE TOMORROW.

Kornas-  www.tenmarks.com

HOMEWORK - 3 NEW ASSIGNMENTS DUE MONDAY

SWITCHES

Reading: Goal-setting and independent reading

Science:  Lab #8 - The Great Race.

HOMEWORK: STUDY NEW VOCABULARY WORDS.  SCIENCE TEST NEXT WEEK.

Social Studies: Jigsaw teaching chapter 10.

Wednesday May 28th

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER: Elaboration: writers elaborate in their writing.  Students should be working at home on keeping up with their nonfiction writing.  

BRAZIER: “Writers logically order the chapters of their nonfiction work.”

ALWAYS A HOMEWORK OPTION: SEEK FEEDBACK FROM MR. B, VIA GOOGLE DRIVE, ON ANY FACET OF ONE’S CURRENT WRITING PROJECT.

KORNAS: Writers thoughtfully plan the ending to their book.

MATH

Barber-  Reviewing past concepts.  Whole group work on previous end of the year tests.  

Brazier- Computer lab visit!

HOMEWORK: PAGES 58-59 (24-36). DUE FRIDAY.

Kornas-  Bits and Pieces II.  

HOMEWORK - PAGE 25 #7-17 DUE TOMORROW.

SWITCHES

Reading: Revising and editing one’s Book Club Log

Science: Activity Lab 7: Rolling On.  

HOMEWORK: STUDY NEW VOCABULARY WORDS.

Social Studies: .Wax museum final paper (paragraph).  If your child needs to rewrite this, it is due in my hands by 8:45 am Thursday.

Tuesday May 27th

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER: Writers hook their readers with the introduction.  

BRAZIER: We used “TAG” as a tool to improve the quality of our peer-to-peer feedback.

ALWAYS A HOMEWORK OPTION: SEEK FEEDBACK FROM MR. B, VIA GOOGLE DRIVE, ON ANY FACET OF ONE’S CURRENT WRITING PROJECT.

KORNAS: Analyze introductions of non-fiction text.  Draft an introduction to your Informational Text book.

MATH

Barber-   Review estimating fractions and decimal work.

Brazier- Students who scored below an 85% on the End of Year Test carefully reviewed  problems on said test. Those who scored at or above this level chose to either complete a “math olympiad” or review the End of Year problems.

Kornas-  Review problems on the End of the Year Test.

SWITCHES

No Switches today

Reading:

Science:

Social Studies: .

Thursday May 22nd

We took a field trip to Greenfield Village today. Classes resume on Tuesday, May 27.

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER:

BRAZIER:

HOMEWORK: SHARE A ‘COMPLETED’ INTRODUCTION WITH MR. BRAZIER BEFORE MONDAY.

KORNAS:

MATH

Barber-   

Brazier-

Kornas-  

SWITCHES

Reading:

Science:

Social Studies: .

Wednesday May 21st

MATH

All students took the End of Year Math Test today.

Barber-   

Brazier-

Kornas-  

SWITCHES

No switches on Late Start Wednesdays. The Wax Museum took place today.

Reading:

Science:

Social Studies: .

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER: Informational Writing Status update.

BRAZIER: Informational Writing Checklist

HOMEWORK: SHARE A ‘COMPLETED’ INTRODUCTION WITH MR. BRAZIER BEFORE MONDAY.

KORNAS: Informational Text Planning.  

HOMEWORK: RESEARCH YOUR TOPIC

Tuesday May 20th

MATH

Barber-Estimating fraction sums.    

Brazier- Dividing with fractions.

HOMEWORK: PAGE 50 (A & B)

Kornas-  Review math concepts.  

HOMEWORK:  REVIEW FOR TEST TOMORROW.

SWITCHES

No switches on Tuesdays

Reading:

Science:

Social Studies: .

HOMEWORK: PRACTICE AT HOME FOR TOMORROW’S WAX MUSEUM.

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER: Work day.

BRAZIER: On Introductions

KORNAS: Put together rough draft booklets.  What is going where?

Monday May 19th

MATH

Barber-  Welcome to Bits & Pieces.  1.1 Estimating with fractions.

Brazier- Dividing with fractions.

HOMEWORK: “How many ¾ are in 14? Draw and solve.”

Kornas-  HOMEWORK - VOLUME WORKSHEET DUE TOMORROW

SWITCHES

Reading: Wrapping up Book Clubs

Science:

HOMEWORK: READ PAGES 11-15 IN SCIENCE TEXT.  ANSWER THE GREEN QUESTION ON PAGE 13 ON PAGE 15 IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.  RESTATE THE QUESTION IN YOUR RESPONSE.

Social Studies:  Wax Museum practice and prep time for all students.

HOMEWORK: KEEP RESEARCHING AT HOME FOR THE WAX MUSEUM ON MAY 21.

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER:  Nonfiction writers think in sub categories. These help the reader understand what is being taught.  

BRAZIER: Work Day

HOMEWORK: COMPLETE THE “STATUS UPDATE”

KORNAS: Nonfiction rough drafts.

Thursday May 15th

MATH

Barber-  CFP 5 Final test

Brazier-  Investigation III Recap  

Kornas-  HOMEWORK - 2 NEW WWW.TENMARKS.COM ASSIGNMENTS.  

SWITCHES

Nonfiction test for all fifth graders today during switches.

Reading: Nonfiction test for all fifth graders.

Science: Activity 12 -

HOMEWORK: STUDY FOR SCIENCE TEST ON Monday, MAY, 19th.

Social Studies:  Chapter 10 jigsaw work.  Students will teach the sections of this chapter.  Don’t forget the wax museum is next week!

HOMEWORK: KEEP RESEARCHING AT HOME FOR THE WAX MUSEUM ON MAY 21.

WRITING WORKSHOPS

No writing, DRA testing.

BARBER:  

BRAZIER:

KORNAS:

HOMEWORK:  CONTINUE RESEARCH ON YOUR TOPIC.

Wednesday May 14th

MATH

Barber-   Review for Thursdays CFP final grade.

HOMEWORK: CFP5-FINAL TOMORROW

Brazier-  CFP

Kornas-  B & P II (Bits and Pieces II math book) section 2.1 continued.

SWITCHES

Reading: “Readers determine what’s important in text.”

Science: Activity 12 - The Grasshopper Game and Newton’s 2nd Law of Motion.

HOMEWORK: STUDY FOR SCIENCE TEST ON MONDAY, MAY 19TH.

Social Studies:  Chapter 10 jigsaw work.  Students will teach the sections of this chapter.  Don’t forget the wax museum is next week!

HOMEWORK: KEEP RESEARCHING AT HOME FOR THE WAX MUSEUM ON MAY 21.

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER: Writers move from general to support!

BRAZIER: “Writers of nonfiction include a table of contents.”

KORNAS: Analyze more infor text focusing on text features. More research in computer lab.

HOMEWORK:  CONTINUE RESEARCH ON YOUR TOPIC.

Tuesday May 13th

MATH

Barber-  CFP 5-3 Ordered pairs.  Review for Thursdays CFP final grade.  

Brazier-  Misc. challenge problems

Kornas-  B & P II (Bits and Pieces II math book) section 2.1.

SWITCHES

Reading: “Readers include “key quotes” in summaries.”

Science:

Social Studies:  

HOMEWORK: KEEP RESEARCHING AT HOME FOR THE WAX MUSEUM ON MAY 21.

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER: Writers back up their ideas with research.  

BRAZIER: “Writers of nonfiction ask themselves, “Where do I need more?”

KORNAS: Writers back up their ideas with research.  Create a Google document to record sources in computer lab.