November 10th

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Late start on Wednesday
• Theme day on Thursday: Wear red, white, blue or camouflage.

MATH

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

Brazier - Switch 1: Strand 2 Review. Study Guide for tomorrow’s test.

* STRAND 2 TEST TOMORROW

* HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE WEDNESDAY.

Brazier - Switch 2: Textbook pages 251-254. Khan Academy Video. Connect Multiplying Decimals to Powers of 10. Determine where the decimal point needs to be positioned when multiplying decimals.

* CFP #3 TOMORROW

* STRAND 2 TEST ON FRIDAY

* HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE WEDNESDAY.

Martinez - Switch 1: Theorized where the decimal point needs to be positioned when multiplying decimals.  Practiced multiplying with decimals.

*CFP #3 TOMORROW

* HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE WEDNESDAY.

Martinez - Switch 2: Theorized where the decimal point needs to be positioned when multiplying decimals.  Practiced multiplying with decimals.

*CFP #3 TOMORROW

* HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE WEDNESDAY.

SCIENCE

Barber Switch 1 and 2: Moon Phases & Eclipses test. Introduction to tides.  

Kornas Switch 1: Moon Phases and Eclipses test.  Introduction to tides.

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: Continue work on paying close attention to characters’ actions and what they seem to reveal about them.  

Brazier: “Readers notice ‘out of character’ moments.”

Kornas: “Readers notice when characters act in surprising ways.”

Martinez: ”Readers reflect on their reading.”  Students received new reading log.

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Writers are storytellers.”

Brazier: Mid-unit on-demand write

*ASK: “How did it feel to write your entire story in one sitting? Why do you do well as a writer of personal narratives?”

Kornas: “Writers notice when they are summarizing or storytelling.”

Martinez: “Writers use transitional phrases to show a passage of time.”