ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Students will need their recorders for this week’s music class. The 5th Grade Music Performance will take place on Tuesday, May 5 (arrive by 6:40 p.m.).
WORD STUDY
Barber: Analogy practice. New weekly words: except, accept, expect, probably & a lot
*TEST THURSDAY
Brazier: Analogy practice.
* ASK: What’s the word you’ll have to become a master of in the coming days? What do you already know about this word?”
* SPELLING TEST (all 25 Word Masters words) ON FRIDAY, MAY 8
Kornas: Word Master Poster work.
Martinez: Parts of Speech Packet Practice.
MATH
Brazier - Switch One: Adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators, including mixed numbers. Reducing fractions.
* STRAND 7 TEST ON WEDNESDAY
Brazier - Switch Two: Comparing fractions using pictures and symbols. Finding common denominators.
* ASK: What’s ¾ - ½ ?
Martinez - Switch One: Equivalent Fractions.
Martinez - Switch Two: Fractions greater than one. Parts to Whole.
* HOMEWORK: PURPLE SHEET. DUE TOMORROW.
SCIENCE
Barber: Complete Activity 2: gravity & balance.
Kornas: Complete Activity 3 - notes and vocabulary. Begin Activity 4: Ball in Cup.
ASK: “Tell me about Newton’s Second Law of Motion.”
READING WORKSHOP
Barber: Independent reading. DRA prep work.
Brazier:
1. “Readers of nonfiction preview their texts.”
2. Jotting and deep discussion about Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Kornas: Read aloud - The Cay. Independent reading
Martinez: Book trailer presentations. Book trailer feedback.
WRITING WORKSHOP
Barber: Writers use checklists in writing.
HOMEWORK: FINAL OPINION PIECE DUE WEDNESDAY.
Brazier: Writing Celebration, Part 1. End of unit reflections. And lots of ice cream.
Kornas: Writers include counter arguments in their opinion essay.
HOMEWORK: IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A COUNTER ARGUMENT YET, YOU NEED TO HAVE ONE TO INCLUDE IN YOUR OPINION TOMORROW MORNING.
Martinez: Writers use text features to help the reader make sense of complex information by organizing the text.
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