September 25th

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• You can now sign up for a time for the October 14 and 16 Parent/Teacher Conferences. See the green handout in your fifth grader’s Take Home Folder to read how to sign up. Please only sign up for a conference for your child’s homeroom teacher.

MATH

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

Brazier - Switch 1: Lab. Practice Test/Study Guide.

* STRAND 1 TEST ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 (to prepare: study CFP, CFP re-takes, and the practice tests)

Brazier - Switch 2: CFP #3

Martinez - Switch 1: Introduction of adding and subtracting decimals using grids.

HOMEWORK: FINISH PURPLE PACKET.  DUE MONDAY.

Martinez - Switch 2: Practicing rounding, ordering, expanded notation and word form of decimals.

HOMEWORK: FINISH CLASS WORK AND CFP #2 PRACTICE.

CFP TEST ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30.

SCIENCE

Kornas - Switch 1:  Review of yesterdays lab, short videos on solar system and completed Activity 3 sheet

*ASK: What vocabulary words/phrases do you need to use to accurately describe the Earth’s rotation and revolution?

HOMEWORK: STUDY SCIENCE NOTES AND VOCABULARY FOR TEST 1 MONDAY!!

Kornas - Switch 2: Review of yesterdays lab, short videos on solar system and completed Activity 3 sheet

*ASK: What vocabulary words/phrases do you need to use to accurately describe the Earth’s rotation and revolution?

HOMEWORK: STUDY SCIENCE NOTES AND VOCABULARY FOR TEST 1 MONDAY!!

Barber - Switch 1:Complete the Activity 3 sheet. Video review on recent concepts.

HOMEWORK: STUDY VOCABULARY AND PLANETS.  MONDAY TEST 1!

Barber -Switch 2:   Complete the Activity 3 sheet. Video review on recent concepts.

HOMEWORK: STUDY VOCABULARY AND PLANETS.  MONDAY TEST 1!

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Readers pay attention- slow down to store important details.”

Brazier: “Readers occasionally ‘stop and jot.’” Complete and reflect, in writing, on the first reading log of the school year.

Kornas: “Readers analyze themselves as readers.”

Martinez: “Readers notice the actions of a character to make inferences.”

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Writers write about important moments.”

Brazier: “Writers play “T.A.G.”

* ASK: “So, what, you were chasing each other around the school during writing time? What is T.A.G. and how did it help you today?”

Kornas:  “Writers plan for their story by creating a timeline.”

Martinez: “ Writers borrow ideas from other writers.”