Thursday, December 11, 2014

December 11th

SPELLING

Barber: Students received the next 5 words & will be tested on additional words from list one.
* OFFICIAL CLASSROOM BEE ON TUESDAY.

Brazier:
* PERSONALIZED TEST TOMORROW. OFFICIAL CLASSROOM BEE ON TUESDAY.

Kornas:  Spelling Test today.  
HOMEWORK: REVISE SPELLING SENTENCES - DUE TOMORROW.
* OFFICIAL CLASSROOM BEE ON MONDAY  

Martinez:
* STUDY LIST 5 AND 6 FOR TOMORROW’S TEST. OFFICIAL CLASSROOM BEE ON MONDAY.

MATH
Link to the online textbook:

Brazier - Switch 1: CFR (Check For Retention). Math Olympiad.  
* HOMEWORK: STRAND 3 DPP DUE ON 12/12.

Brazier - Switch 2: Equivalent Fractions
* ASK: “Prove in more than one way that 13 is equal to 26.”
*  HOMEWORK: STRAND 3 DPP DUE ON 12/16.

Martinez - Switch 1: Equivalent fractions with “fractohoppers.”
* ASK: “Prove in more than one way that 13 is equal to 26.”

Martinez - Switch 2: Equivalent fractions with “fractohoppers.”


SOCIAL STUDIES

Barber Switch 1 and 2: Explorer research and planning.  Presentations will begin Friday.

Kornas Switch 1 and 2: Chapter 5 Explorer Group Research in class.  

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Readers compare characters.”

Brazier: “Readers support their claims with the best possible evidence.”

Kornas: “Readers revise theories.”

Martinez: “Readers use recurring themes to lead them to lasting thought about a story.”

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber: Celebrating personal narratives.   

Brazier: “Poets traffic in figurative language.”
* ASK: “Tell me about a simile, metaphor, or personification that you’ve come across in your reading or used in your own writing.”

Kornas: Classroom Spelling Bee practice. Writing well thought out sentences.

Martinez: “Writers use rubrics to check their work.”  

* HOMEWORK: FINAL DRAFT DUE TOMORROW

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