Monday, March 23, 2015

March 23rd

ANNOUNCEMENTS
SMS Parent Night on Thursday (7:00-9:00 p.m.)
SMS 6th Grade Course Request (yellow card) is due Monday, March 30th

SPELLING/WORD STUDY
Barber: frequently, raspberry, pneumonia, leisure, argument and 5 additional words.
*TEST THURSDAY

Brazier: Prefixes and Suffixes
*TEST ON FRIDAY: 5 COMMON PREFIXES & 5 COMMON SUFFIXES (see planner)
* ASK: “How does the suffix ‘less’ change the meaning of a word? Name at least three words that end with this suffix. What does each word mean with and without this suffix.”

MATH

Brazier - Switch One: Strand 6 (3-D Geometry) continues: Conceptualizing Cube Configurations
* ASK: “If you wanted to find a box with ½ the volume of a 3 X 4 X 5 rectangular prism, what might its dimensions be?” (Answer: Any three numbers multiplied together that would equal 30 cubic units, such as 3 X 2 X 5.)
* HOMEWORK #1: WEEKLY REVIEW DUE ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25.
* HOMEWORK #2: STRAND 6 DPP DUE ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15.

Brazier - Switch Two: Strand 5 (2-D Geometry) continues. Classifying shapes. Finish “Shapes Zoo.”
* ASK: “Draw two different isosceles triangles.”
* HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW DUE ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25.

Martinez - Switch One: Strand 5 (2-D Geometry) continues. Classifying shapes. Finish “Shapes Zoo.”
* HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW DUE ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25.

Martinez - Switch Two: Strand 5 (2-D Geometry) continues. Classifying shapes. Finish “Shapes Zoo.”
* HOMEWORK: WEEKLY REVIEW DUE ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Barber: Student panel debate work begins.
*ASK: Your child who their person is?”

Kornas:  Continue Chapter 11:  Loyalists vs. Patriots.  INB Page 62 or 63 was due today in class.
*HOMEWORK: CHAPTER 11 TEST ON WEDNESDAY.

READING WORKSHOP
Barber: No writing workshop today because of the visit to SMS

Brazier: “Readers do a lot of thinking after finishing a text.”
* ASK: “What are some of the “author’s messages” that you took from Number the Stars?”

Kornas: Time For Kids and I.R.
TFK Quiz tomorrow.

Martinez: Read two chapters of Number the Stars.
WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber: No writing workshop today because of the visit to SMS

Brazier: No writing workshop today because of the visit to SMS

Kornas: No W.W. today because of the visit to SMS.

Martinez: No writing workshop today because of the visit to SMS.

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