September 17th

MATH

Brazier - Switch 1: Ordering and rounding decimals.

*HOMEWORK: FINISH DAB PAGES 105-109. DUE TOMORROW.

*CFP #2 TOMORROW

Brazier - Switch 2: Decimal Models. Select problems from the textbook (pages 230-237).

*HOMEWORK: SG PG. 237 (purple paper). DUE TOMORROW.

Martinez - Switch 1: Review of textbook pages.  Mini lesson on expanded and word form for decimals.

ASK: HOW DO YOU WRITE THE NUMBER 32.273 IN EXPANDED AND WORD FORM?

Martinez - Switch 2: Working on textbook pages 230-237 #1-20.

SCIENCE

Kornas - Switch 1: Review how to correctly use a safety compass.  

HOMEWORK: STUDY FOR THE SAFETY COMPASS QUIZ THAT IS TOMORROW MORNING. (STUDENTS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK OUT A SAFETY COMPASS FOR STUDYING TONIGHT.)

Kornas - Switch 2: Review how to correctly use a safety compass.  

HOMEWORK: STUDY FOR THE SAFETY COMPASS QUIZ THAT IS TOMORROW MORNING. (STUDENTS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK OUT A SAFETY COMPASS FOR STUDYING TONIGHT.)

Barber - Switch 1: “The Earth, The Sun and The Moon” preparation group discussion before tomorrows lab.  

*ASK: What is the name of the biggest star in our solar system? What is the name of the path the moon and Earth travel?

Barber - Switch 2:  “The Earth, The Sun and The Moon” preparation group discussion before tomorrows lab.  

*ASK: What is the name of the star in our solar system? What is the name of the path the moon and Earth travel?

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 read between the lines.”

Brazier: “Readers make inferences as they read.” Using textual evidence to support assertions and inferences.

* ASK: “What does it mean to ‘read between the lines?’

Kornas:  Independent Reading

Martinez: “Readers make inferences by paying attention to the details in a text.”

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Writers get ideas from special objects.”

Brazier: Generating Strategy: “Writers think of beloved objects.”

Kornas:  “Writers mimic a text using their own ideas”

Martinez: “Writers observe the world around them.  They choose their words carefully to convey what something looks, sounds and feels like.  Writers call these sensory details.”