September 10th

ANNOUNCEMENTS

MATH

Brazier - Switch 1: The Handshake Problem, Revisited. CFP.

Brazier - Switch 2: Expressing BIG NUMBERS in standard, word, and expanded forms.

*CFP TOMORROW

*SUGGESTED HOMEWORK: FINISH THE WORKSHEET STARTED IN CLASS.

Martinez - Switch 1: Expressing BIG NUMBERS in standard, word and expanded forms.

*CFP TOMORROW: Review class notes and Exit Passes.

Martinez - Switch 2: Expressing BIG NUMBERS in standard, word and expanded forms.

*CFP ON FRIDAY: Review class notes and Exit Passes.

*HOMEWORK: FINISH CLASS ASSIGNMENT. DUE TOMORROW.

SCIENCE

Kornas - Switch 1:  Complete Water on Penny Lab 1.  Lab 2 - One new variable.

Kornas - Switch 2:  Complete Water on Penny Lab 1.  Lab 2 - One new variable.

Barber - Switch 1: Review the Scientific Method steps.  Read about science inventions and create a plan for our own idea.

Barber - Switch 2:  Review the Scientific Method steps.  Read about science inventions and create a plan for our own idea.

READING WORKSHOP

* While there is no At-Home Reading Log in grade five, nightly reading of just-right, student-selected text is essential.

Barber: “Readers TALK back to their texts.”

Brazier: “Readers “talk back” to their texts.”

*ASK: “What text are you reading independently? Tell me something you “said” to your text today.

Kornas:  Reading workshop looks like…, sounds like…, feels like...

Martinez: “Readers take ownership of their reading in order to improve.”

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Writers get ideas from stories in their lives” continue this work using last nights homework stories.

Brazier: “Writers re-read their writing as they compose.”

Kornas:

Martinez: “Writers get ideas from the stories in their life.

*HOMEWORK: MATERIALS TO DECORATE THE WRITER’S NOTEBOOK. DUE FRIDAY.