September 22nd

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Return Fun Run pledge sheets to BLE by Wednesday. Drawings for amazing prizes continued today for those who’ve already turned in their pledges.

• The Fun Run will take place this coming Friday. From 9:35-9:50, all BLE fifth graders (and Mr. Brazier, surely) will be zooming around the track. Please join us if you’re able. It’s supposed to be a beauty of a day.

• Tomorrow is Picture Day.

MATH

Link to the Student Guide:  http://webcom4.grtxle.com/MTB3/uploads/MTB3_Gr5_SG.pdf

Brazier - Switch 1: Adding and Subtracting Decimals.

* CFP #2 RE-TAKE TOMORROW

* CFP #3 ON WEDNESDAY (“Adding and Subtracting Decimals” - see Student Guide pages 243-246 for extra practice)

* STRAND 1 TEST ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

* HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE WEDNESDAY.

* ASK: “Did you attend Mr. Brazier’s study session at lunch today? Why or why not?”

Brazier - Switch 2: Student Guide pages 239-240.

* CFP #2 ON THURSDAY (“Ordering, Comparing, and Rounding Decimals” - a study guide/practice page will go home on Wednesday)

* HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE WEDNESDAY.

Martinez - Switch 1: Finish Student Guide pages 238-242.  Begin DAB pages 105-109.

*HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE WEDNESDAY.

Martinez - Switch 2: Begin Student Guide pages 238-242.

*HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE WEDNESDAY.

SCIENCE

Kornas - Switch 1: Outside lab: school yard scale model of the planets in the solar system.

HOMEWORK: STUDY ALL VOCABULARY WORDS IN SCIENCE FOLDER.

Kornas - Switch 2:  Outside lab: schoolyard scale model of the planets in the solar system.

HOMEWORK: STUDY ALL VOCABULARY WORDS IN SCIENCE FOLDER.

Barber - Switch 1: Create a model distance of the planets in our Solar System. Your child should be reviewing all class notes.

*ASK:”Where was Pluto located in the front of our school?”

Barber - Switch 2: Create a model distance of the planets in our Solar System. Your child should be reviewing all class notes.

*ASK:”Where was Pluto located in the front of our school?”

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Readers imagine scenes.” Making a movie in our minds.

HOMEWORK: READING LOGS MUST BE SHARED AND SIGNED BY A PARENT. DUE TUESDAY.

Brazier: “Readers reread as needed.”  Online comprehension quiz.

* ASK: “Why did Mr. B reread the first chapter of Freak the Mighty? What did he (and you) pick up on a second reading that he/you missed the first time around?”

Kornas:  “Readers notice when they are reading on autopilot.”

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

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Writers collect many kinds of entries.”

Brazier: “Writers ‘apprentice’ published works.”

* ASK: “What piece of writing might you “publish” next week? Why is it important to you?”

Kornas:  “Writers write vividly using precise words.”

Martinez: “Writers get ideas from things they know a lot about.”