May 14th

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Field Trip to OU tomorrow. We’ll return to BLE around 2:15.
• The Optimist Club will be collecting old blankets, towels, sheets, and newspapers through May 19 for the Oakland County Pet and Adoption Center.

WORD STUDY

Barber:  Study the spelling of the next 10 (11-20) words on the wordmasters list.  

* TEST THURSDAY.

Brazier:

Kornas: Analogy practice.

Martinez: Analogy practice.

MATH

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

Brazier - Switch One: Finding a Part of a Part.

* HOMEWORK: PAGES 40-41 (problems 3-11)

Brazier - Switch Two: Over- and underestimating

Martinez - Switch One: CFP #1

Martinez - Switch Two: Adding fractions using symbols.  

SCIENCE

Barber: Activity 13 - Clacker Conservation.

Kornas:  Activity 13 - Clacker Conservation.

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: Informational text uses structure to organize.  Structure 3: Problem/solution.

Independent reading.

Brazier: Nonfiction Text Structures. Excerpts from Storyworks magazine

Kornas: TFK. Independent reading.

Martinez: Informational texts are structured.  Chronology is another kind of structure.

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber:  Work on nonfiction chapters.

Brazier: “Informational writing links like ideas.”

Kornas:  Free write.

Martinez: “Informational writers think about information they are missing.  They do research to fill in the gaps.”