September 29th

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Please sign up ASAP 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 with your child’s homeroom teacher.

• Wednesday is Walk to School Day (across the country). Meet in the CVS parking lot at 8:00 a.m. if you’re able to walk in with us.

MATH

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

Brazier - Switch 1: Strand 1 Test

*CFP #3 RE-TAKE TOMORROW

* HOMEWORK: DPP PACKET DUE TOMORROW

Brazier - Switch 2: Adding and Subtracting Decimals Using Grids.

*CFP #2 RE-TAKE TOMORROW

*CFP #3 ON WEDNESDAY

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

* REQUIRED HOMEWORK: DPP PACKET DUE ON FRIDAY

* SUGGESTED HOMEWORK: FINISH DAB PAGES 113-118

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

Martinez - Switch 1: Adding and Subtracting Decimals Using Grids.  Practicing estimation.

*CFP #3 ON WEDNESDAY

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

Martinez - Switch 2: Reviewed homework and prepared for CFP #2.

* CFP #2 TOMORROW (to prepare: study CFP practice page, class notes and worksheets)

*CFP #3 ON FRIDAY

SCIENCE

Kornas - Switch 1: Solar System oral test.  Students work on water festival contest posters.

(All students did not get tested today.)

Kornas - Switch 2: Solar System oral test.  Students work on water festival contest posters.

(All students did not get tested today.)

Barber - Switch 1: Solar System oral test.  Students work on water festival contest posters.

Barber -Switch 2:  Solar System oral test.  Students work on water festival contest posters.

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: Independent reading + reading testing + AIMS Web testing.

Brazier: Independent Reading + AIMS Web testing

Kornas: “Readers get to know each other as partners.” + AIMS Web testing.

Martinez: “Readers reflect upon their reading.”  Students completed their first reading log reflection.

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Writers plan before they write.”

*HOMEWORK: PUBLISHED PIECE DUE FRIDAY.

Brazier: “Writers use dialogue...sparingly.”

* HOMEWORK: FLESH OUT ON LOOSE PAPER YOUR PIECE-TO-BE-PUBLISHED. DUE TOMORROW.

Kornas:  Personal Narrative Pre-test.

Martinez: “Writers borrow ideas from other writers.”

* HOMEWORK: READ THROUGH ALL ENTRIES IN WRITER’S NOTEBOOK.  CHOOSE ONE ENTRY TO PUBLISH.  MAKE YOUR DECISION FOR WEDNESDAY’S CLASS.  YOU MAY ALSO CHOOSE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AT HOME BEFORE WE START THE EDITING & REVISION PROCESS.