March 17th

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Student-led conferences will continue tomorrow evening.

MAKING OUR LEARNING VISIBLE:

In the above photo, BLE fifth graders construct rectangular prisms then determine the volume of each.

SPELLING

Barber: millionaire, exaggerate, ridiculous, proceed, and conscious.

*TEST THURSDAY

Brazier: List #10 was generated today. See planner.

* PERSONALIZED SPELLING TEST ON FRIDAY (Lists 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10)

Martinez: Study lists 5 and 10.

*SPELLING TEST ON FRIDAY.

MATH

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

"Brazier Switch 1 students construct rectangular prisms and determine the volume of each.)

Brazier - Switch One: Strand 6 (3-D Geometry) began today with the conceptualizing of cube configurations.

* HOMEWORK: TEST CORRECTIONS DUE TOMORROW . DO THESE ON A SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER ATTACHED TO YOUR TEST.

Brazier - Switch Two: Creating shapes on a geoboard. Identifying shape attributes.

Martinez - Switch One: Creating triangles on a geoboard.  Identifying the six types of triangles.

Martinez - Switch Two: Creating triangles on a geoboard.  Identifying the six types of triangles.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Barber: Chapter 10 Test. Storyworks read aloud about Booker T. Washington.

Kornas: Chapter 10 Test. Read about Booker T. Washington in Storyworks magazine.

READING WORKSHOP

Barber:  Work continues with Number the Stars.

Brazier: “Readers notice whose voice is (and isn’t) telling a story.” Number The Stars quiz.

Kornas:  “Readers pay close attention to descriptive  passages as they read.”  Book Club reading.

Martinez: “Readers meet in book clubs.”

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Opinion writers evaluate the strength of their reasons.”

Brazier: “Opinion writers introduce and unpack their evidence.”

* HOMEWORK: SUBMIT (using Google Drive or paper-and-pencil) A COLOR-CODED BODY PARAGRAPH. Include with your paragraph a color-coding key listing all of the following:opinion, reason, evidence, transition, re-stated reason. DUE TOMORROW.

Kornas: “Writers use checklists to help analyze their writing.”

Martinez: “Essayists choose an opinion to write about.”