March 26th

ANNOUNCEMENTS

SMS Parent Night tonight (7:00-9:00 p.m.)

SMS 6th Grade Course Request (yellow card) is due Monday

SPELLING/WORD STUDY

Barber: words will come out tomorrow.

Brazier: Prefixes and Suffixes. Practice Spelling Test. Nouns and Verbs.

* TEST TOMORROW: 5 COMMON PREFIXES & 5 COMMON SUFFIXES (see planner)

Kornas: Spelling words in alphabetical order.

* PERSONALIZED TEST ON FRIDAY.

MATH

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

Brazier - Switch One: Strand 6 (3-D Geometry) continues: Conceptualizing Cube Configurations

*ASK: “How do you determine if a given package will fit in a box?”

* STRAND 6 TEST ON MONDAY

* HOMEWORK: STRAND 6 DPP DUE ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15.

Brazier - Switch Two: Strand 5 (2-D Geometry) continues: Practice with measuring angles

* STRAND 5 TEST TOMORROW

* ASK: “What is the sum of the interior angles of any quadrilateral?”

* HOMEWORK: STRAND 5 DPP DUE ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15.

Martinez - Switch One: Practice with measuring angles.

*STRAND 5 TEST ON FRIDAY

Martinez - Switch Two: Practice with measuring angles.

*STRAND 5 TEST ON FRIDAY

SOCIAL STUDIES

Barber: OU Water Festival Poster

*ASK YOUR CHILD IF THEY ARE A LOYALIST OR PATRIOT.

Kornas:  O.U. Water Festival Poster

HOMEWORK: DUE TOMORROW

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Readers push their thinking at significant passages.” Student jots.

Brazier: “Readers learn to see texts, and life, through the lens of power.”

Kornas: Book club meetings.  “Readers read important passages extra attentively.”

Martinez: “Readers imagine the perspective of a minor character to understand what the story is really, really about.”

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber: Time for Kids partner work.

Brazier: Mid-unit reflections

*ASK: “How has the structure of your opinion writing pieces improved?”

Kornas: M-Step practice using chromebooks.

Martinez: “Opinion writers evaluate the relative strengths of the reasons for their opinion.”