ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Late Start on Wednesday (05/13)
- Please wear a hat and bring a dollar on Wednesday
- Field Trip to OU on Friday (05/15)
- Fifth grade speech submissions are due this week. Ask homeroom teacher for a specific date.
WORD STUDY
Barber: Introduced the word ‘trudge’. Study the spelling of the first 10 words on the wordmasters list.
*TEST THURSDAY.
Brazier: Getting to know our word better: By now, students should know all of the following about their word: part(s) of speech, definition(s), synonym(s), antonym(s), connections to other Word Masters words, and other forms of one’s word
*HOMEWORK: FINISH THE RESEARCH PAGE IF NEED BE
Kornas: More WordMasters presentations today. Spelling list for next spelling test is in planner.
*HOMEWORK: SPELLING TEST TOMORROW
Martinez: Introduction to analogies.
MATH
Brazier - Switch One: Misc. Challenge Problems. CFP #2.
Brazier - Switch Two: Misc. Challenge Problems. Finish the Strands 1-7 Test
Martinez - Switch One: Estimating with fractions. Played Getting Close.
* HOMEWORK: APPLICATIONS. DO PROBLEMS 1, 3, 5, 10, 12, 13, 16, 18. DUE TOMORROW.
Martinez - Switch Two: Adding fractions using dot paper.
* HOMEWORK: ADDING FRACTIONS. DUE TOMORROW.
SCIENCE
Barber: Wrap Activity 11 complete and quiz 2.
Kornas: Activity 12 - The Grasshopper Game.
QUIZ ON WEDNESDAY
READING WORKSHOP
Barber: Informational text uses structure to organize. Structure 1: description.
Brazier: Summary-writing strategy: Omit nonessential details
Kornas: Analyze Table of Contents in different non-fiction books. Independent reading
Martinez: Informational texts are structured. Description is one kind of structure.
WRITING WORKSHOP
Barber: Day 2: “Writers consider their audience.” What do you need to teach carefully and slowly.
Brazier: “Informational writing is highly organized: Each category, for example, has subcategories.”
Kornas: Draft your Table of Contents and write “all you know”.
Martinez: “Informational writers consider their audience.”
No comments:
Post a Comment