September 23rd

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Fun Run pledge sheets are due tomorrow.

• 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.

MATH

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

Brazier - Switch 1: Adding and Subtracting Decimals.

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

* CFP #2 RE-TAKE #2 ON THURSDAY

* STRAND 1 TEST ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

* HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE TOMORROW.

Brazier - Switch 2: Student Guide pages 241-242.

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

* HOMEWORK #1: DAB PAGE 105 (don’t do pages 106-109)

* HOMEWORK #2: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE TOMORROW.

Martinez - Switch 1: Review of blue Decimal packet, Started study guide in class.

*CFP #2 TOMORROW (“Ordering, Comparing and Rounding Decimals” - a study guide/practice page went home today)

*CPP #1 RE-TAKE ON THURSDAY - USE PREVIOUS CFP’S AND NOTES TO STUDY.

*HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE TOMORROW.

Martinez - Switch 2: Practicing ordering and comparing decimals.

*CPP #1 RE-TAKE ON THURSDAY - USE PREVIOUS CFP’S AND NOTES TO STUDY.

*HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE TOMORROW.

* Ask: Can you put the following numbers in order from smallest to largest?

3.24    0.125 0.35

SCIENCE

Kornas - Switch 1: Read Science text for background knowledge.

HOMEWORK: STUDY ALL VOCABULARY IN SCIENCE FOLDER

Kornas - Switch 2:  Read Science text for background knowledge.

HOMEWORK: STUDY ALL VOCABULARY IN SCIENCE FOLDER

Barber - Switch 1: Activity 3: Earth’s motion in space.

*ASK: What is the difference between the Earth’s rotation and a revolution?

Barber - Switch 2:  Activity 3: Earth’s motion in space.

*ASK: What is the difference between the Earth’s rotation and a revolution?

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Readers imagine what happens next.” They notice setting or time changes within their text.

Brazier: “Readers vary the pace of their reading.”

Kornas: “Readers use strategies when their mental movies grow blurry”

Martinez: “Readers make inferences to better understand characters.”

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Writers think of a place they love (or hate).”

Brazier: “Writers can name what they’re working on to make their writing work.”

* ASK: “What did you observe today about Mr. Brazier as a writer?”

Kornas:  “Writers zoom in on one object or area and use sensory detail”

Martinez: “Writers sometimes plan their writing by using a story mountain.”