January 30th

SPELLING

Barber: Spelling rule work: -er,-ear, -eer, ear=ur.  Words:  her, deer, hear, heard, fear, peer, perch, fern, there, and near.

Brazier: Spelling Test: 10 sentences

MATH

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

Brazier - Switch One: Negative Numbers Exploration. CFP #2 Preparations.  

* HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE WEDNESDAY.

* CFP #2 ON MONDAY

Brazier - Switch Two: Interpreting remainders. Dividing decimals.

* HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE WEDNESDAY.

* CFP #1 RE-TAKE #2 ON MONDAY

* ASK: “Did you receive an extra credit point on your CFP? Why or why not?”

Martinez - Switch One: Number Talks

* HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE WEDNESDAY.

Martinez - Switch Two: CFP #1

* HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE WEDNESDAY.

SCIENCE

Barber: Respiratory System: Wrap-up Activity 5 Lung Volume and Vital Capacity.

HOMEWORK: REVIEW ALL 3 HUMAN BODY SYSTEMS.

ASK your 5th grader to explain the route that oxygen takes after it enters your mouth/ nose.  (Answer:  trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli)

Science Test on Wednesday, February 4th over the Muscular, Respiratory and Circulatory System

Kornas: Circulatory System: Discovering what makes blood and how does it travel in our body.

HOMEWORK: REVIEW ALL VOCABULARY WORDS and NEW CONCEPTS REGARDING MUSCULAR AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS.

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: Book club work: making a plan and a constitution.

Brazier: The New & Improved “Hamburger”

Kornas: Read aloud, Rose Blanche. Make connections about the emotional atmosphere in this text compared to “Number the Stars”.

*ASK: “Tell me about the “emotional atmosphere”  in the book, Rose Blanche.  How does this emotional atmosphere compare to the the emotional atmosphere in “Number the Stars”?

Martinez: D.E.A.R.

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber:  Poetry Jam!

Brazier: “Opinion writers get in touch with their beliefs.”

Kornas: Poem final draft.

Martinez: Students choose poetry to publish.