October 15th

ANNOUNCEMENTS

HOMEWORK FOR MARTINEZ: STUDY NEW PERSONALIZED SPELLING WORDS FOR FRIDAY’S TEST.

MATH

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

Brazier - Switch 1: Powers of 10. Problems from the textbook (page 54). Partial Product from a geometric perspective. DPP due Monday, October 20.

Brazier - Switch 2: Powers of 10. Multiplying and dividing with zeros (whole numbers and decimals). Problems from the textbook (pages 46-48 and page 54). DPP due Monday, October 27.

Martinez - Switch 1: Powers of 10.  Multiplying with zeros.  DPP work time.

Martinez - Switch 2: Powers of 10.  Multiplying with zero.  

SOCIAL STUDIES

See your fifth grader’s planner for a link to the textbook.

Barber Switch 1 and 2: Review 2.2 & 2.3, begin reading and discussion work 2.4.  INB page 10.

Kornas Switch 1: Finished reading chapter 2.  

*HOMEWORK: INB PAGE 12 DUE TOMORROW. INB PAGE 13 “MY WINTER COUNT” DUE FRIDAY.

ASK: WHAT IS A PICTOGRAPH? (A PICTOGRAPH IS A PICTURE THAT REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT EVENT OR IDEA.)

Kornas Switch 2:  Finished reading chapter 2.  

*HOMEWORK: INB PAGE 13 “MY WINTER COUNT” DUE FRIDAY.

ASK: WHAT IS A PICTOGRAPH? (A PICTOGRAPH IS A PICTURE THAT REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT EVENT OR IDEA.)

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: Independent reading. Stop & jots- share one with partner.

Brazier: Pull & Polish: Refine and extend an existing reading notebook entry

* HOMEWORK: FINISH THE “PULL & POLISH” IF NEED BE.

Kornas: “Readers learn about the main character through secondary characters.”

Martinez: Read and discussed Freak the Mighty.

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber: TAG: writing partners tell what they like and ask questions.

Brazier: “Writers sometimes sketch before starting to write.”

Kornas: “Writers add concrete details and phrases to a previous piece.”

Martinez: “Writers plan their stories before starting to write.”