WORD STUDY
Barber: Dictionary work.
Brazier: Pre-Analogy Work. Synonyms and Antonyms.
Kornas: Spelling Test and antonym analogy practice.
* HOMEWORK: ANALOGY MORNING WORK IS DUE TOMORROW MORNING.
ASK: “How did you do on your spelling test?”
MATH
Brazier - Switch One: M-STEP Math, Day One
Brazier - Switch Two: M-STEP Math, Day One
Martinez - Switch One: Exploring Fractions: Parts and Wholes
Martinez - Switch Two: Exploring fractions greater than one.
SCIENCE
Barber: Motion Activity 1. Exploring Sir Isaac Newton’s first Law of Motion.
*HOMEWORK: MOTION ACTIVITY DUE WEDNESDAY.
Kornas: Make corrections to Motion in Review Homework. Notes and vocabulary.
* HOMEWORK: REVIEW MASS VS. WEIGHT AND NEWTON’S FIRST LAW OF MOTION.
ASK: What is the difference between weight and mass?
READING WORKSHOP
Barber: Independent reading. Exploring nonfiction text.
Brazier: Jotting about (a) setting details, (b) history, (c) character data, (d) change, (e) power and resistance, and (f) the status quo, using Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, the instructional read aloud
Kornas: Number the Stars open book assessment and I.R.
Martinez: Book Trailers Continued.
WRITING WORKSHOP
Barber: None- Mstep testing.
Brazier: “Checklists remind writers of what they’ve learned (and also serve to remind them of what they’re aiming toward).”
* HOMEWORK: COMPLETE THE REMAINING PARTS OF THE CHECKLIST THAT HAVE TO DO WITH STRUCTURE. SPEND 10-60 MINUTES RE-TOOLING (ELECTRONICALLY) THE SECTIONS YOU’VE MARKED WITH “NOT YET” OR “STARTING TO.”
Kornas: Type and edit opinion essay.
Martinez: An introduction paragraph states a thesis and reasons to get the reader to care about the opinion. Writers do this by showing why their opinion is significant.
* HOMEWORK: BEGIN TYPING ESSAY. THIS TYPED DRAFT IS DUE THURSDAY.
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