February 10th

ANNOUNCEMENTS

ROOM 4’S POETRY JAM AT 9 AM TOMORROW MORNING!

SPELLING

Barber: Prefixes: re, dis, un, pre, ex

* TEST NEXT THURSDAY

Brazier: Word Study game

* HOMOPHONES SPELLING TEST (all 20 words) ON FRIDAY, FEB. 13

* PERSONALIZED SPELLING TEST (all eight lists) ON FRIDAY, FEB. 20

Martinez: Study Personalized Spelling Lists 3 and 8 for Friday’s test.

MATH

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

Brazier - Switch One: Calculate Strand 4 grade. Launch Strand 5.

* HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE TOMORROW.

Brazier - Switch Two: P.E.M.D.A.S. Practice.

* ASK: “For what does P.E.M.D.A.S. stand? Explain how it’s used.”

* HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE TOMORROW.

Martinez - Switch One: Practice for CFP #2.

* HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE TOMORROW.

* CFP#2 ON THURSDAY.

Martinez - Switch Two: Introduction of division with decimals.

* HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE TOMORROW.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Barber: Pick groups and assign section.  Students read, fill out INB organizer page 41-42 and plan their billboards.  

Kornas: Chapter 7: Discuss three different regions.Students divided into 3 different groups to read their two sections.  (New England 7.3 and 7.4) (Middle 7.5 and 7.6) Southern 7.7 and 7.8)

HOMEWORK:  FILL OUT THE THE TWO ROWS THAT GO WITH YOUR COLONIES I.N.B. PAGES 40-41.  DUE TOMORROW.

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Readers track historical events as they occur.”

Brazier: “Readers remain aware that time does not unroll evenly in more complicated texts.”

* ASK: “Tell me about a time in Number the Stars when the story strayed from the here-and-now, that is, when the story harkened back to events that had already occurred.”

Kornas:  Book Club reading for 30 minutes.

Martinez: “Readers reflect on how their book club is going.”

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber:  “Writers can say a lot about their opinions.”

Brazier: “Opinion writers study other opinion texts.”

*ASK: “What is something you noticed from another opinion text that you may want to include in your own opinion writing?”

Kornas: WordMasters:  Students were assigned a word to research.  Research sheet is due tomorrow morning.  Expectations for this assignment were talked about in great length in class today and yesterday.  They have an example of how to fill out the sheet in their planner binder for the word bridge.

Martinez: Poetry Jam Practice