January 20th

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Tomorrow is a Late Start Day.

Hat Day on Friday for $1.00

SPELLING

Barber: Homophone list.

*TEST ON THURSDAY

Brazier: New personalized spelling words were given out today.

* PERSONALIZED SPELLING TEST ON FRIDAY. KNOW ALL WORDS!

Martinez:

* TEST ON LISTS 1 and 4 ON FRIDAY

Kornas: New list handed out in class today.

*TEST ON THURSDAY

MATH

Textbook Link: http://webcom4.grtxle.com/MTB3/uploads/MTB3_Gr5_SG.pdf

Brazier - Switch One: The Meaning of Remainders.  DPP Strand 4 Packet due on January 30.

* HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE TOMORROW.

Brazier - Switch Two: Cementing our understanding of and skills associated with the “forgiving” method of dividing.  DPP Strand 4 Packet due on January 30.    

* CFP ON MONDAY

* HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE TOMORROW.

Martinez - Switch One: Practicing the “forgiving” method of dividing.  

DPP Strand 4 Packet due on January 30.  

* HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE TOMORROW.

Martinez - Switch Two: Practicing the array model and the area model method of division.

* HOMEWORK: FOUR PRACTICE PROBLEMS (ARRAY AND AREA MODEL).  DUE THURSDAY.

SCIENCE

Barber: Activity 2: Muscles and Movement.  Read text about Muscular System

*ASK: “What are the three types of muscle tissue in the human body? Give an example of each one.” (skeletal - arm or leg, smooth - stomach or intestine, and cardiac - heart)

Kornas: Activity 2: Muscles and Movement.  Read text about Muscular System

*ASK: “What are the three types of muscle tissue in the human body? Give an example of each one.” (skeletal - arm or leg, smooth - stomach or intestine, and cardiac - heart)

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Partners rate their books.” Independent reading.

Brazier: “Readers linger on a book’s conclusion.”

*ASK: “What, for you, is an indelible image from the text you and your partner just read together?”

Kornas: Independent Reading and Running Records in the morning.  R.W in the afternoon.

*ASK: “What, for you, is an indelible image from the text you and your partner just read together?”

Martinez: Independent Reading and Running Records.  

* ASK: “What did you learn about reading with a partner?”

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber:  Poems: Things that bug you.

* MARK YOUR CALENDARS: OUR POETRY JAM WILL TAKE PLACE ON JANUARY 3O FROM 11:30-12:40.

Brazier: Performance Assessment. Note-taking. Perspective-taking.

Kornas: No WW today due to reading testing

Martinez: “Poets borrow structures from other poets.”