Wednesday, April 1, 2015

April 1st

ANNOUNCEMENTS
No school from April 3-12.

SPELLING/WORD STUDY
Barber:  no spelling

Brazier: Parts of Speech, Continued: adverbs, prepositions, and plural vs. singular. Mad Lib.
* ASK: “How does a word most often change when it’s made plural?”

MATH

Brazier - Switch One: Seatwork: A DPP Catch-up Day
* HOMEWORK: STRAND 6 DPP DUE ON APRIL 15

Brazier - Switch Two: Exploration of Volume: Conceptualizing Cube Configurations
* HOMEWORK: STRAND 5 DPP DUE ON APRIL 15

Martinez - Switch One: Exploration of Volume: Conceptualizing Cube Configurations
* HOMEWORK: STRAND 5 DPP DUE ON APRIL 15

Martinez - Switch Two: Exploration of Volume: Conceptualizing Cube Configurations
* HOMEWORK STRAND 5 DPP DUE ON APRIL 15


SOCIAL STUDIES/SCIENCE
Barber: Math strand 7 pre-test.  MStep social studies practice.

Kornas:  Teeth model out of clay/assessment.



READING WORKSHOP
Barber: “Readers step inside other characters (other than ourselves) to see differently.

Brazier: “Readers know characters in texts (and they in their own lives) must make critical choices.”

Kornas: “Readers turn their important ideas into claims.”
* HOMEWORK: COMPLETE YOUR READING FOR BOOK CLUB AND YOUR JOT ON A STICKY NOTE.  YOUR STICKY NOTE MUST INCLUDE A CLAIM, SUPPORT FOR THE CLAIM FROM THE TEXT (WITH A PAGE NUMBER) AND YOU MUST PUSH YOUR THINKING. DUE TOMORROW.

Martinez: Students finished their indelible image for Number the Stars.

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Beginnings convey ideas that are important.”   

Brazier: “Opinion conclusions are as simple as R, R, R, S.”
* ASK: “How have you used transitional words and phrases in your opinion essay? Give examples both between and within paragraphs.  And also, what in the heck does R, R, R, S stand for?”

Kornas: “Writers introduce and unpack their evidence.”
* HOMEWORK: STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE THEIR CONCLUSION OF THE ESSAY TITLED “THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY OF LEARNING.” DUE TOMORROW.

Martinez: Research day with the Chromebooks.
*STUDENTS WORK TO FIND EVIDENCE FOR THEIR REASONS.  DUE THURSDAY.

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