May 1st

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• A note was sent home tomorrow with information about upcoming field trips!

• The SCAMP Walk & Roll is this Sunday in Depot Park. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. We hope to see some of you there.  

• The 5th Grade Music Performance will take place on Tuesday, May 5 (arrive by 6:40 p.m.).  

WORD STUDY

Barber:  New weekly words: whether, weather, wear, where, were

* SPELLING TEST THURSDAY

Brazier: Common types of analogies. The importance of self-talk when solving analogies.    

* SPELLING TEST ON FRIDAY, MAY 8 (25 Word Masters words)

Kornas: Words for next spelling test: refuge, grope, languid, vigor, compel, listless, snicker, grapple.

* SPELLING TEST ON Monday, May 4

Martinez: Practicing parts of speech and dictionary skills.

MATH

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

Brazier - Switch One: Strategies for estimating the sums and differences of fractions and decimals. Over- and underestimating.  

* HOMEWORK: PAGE 8 IN THE NEW TEXTBOOK

Brazier - Switch Two: Introducing the subtraction of fractions with unlike denominators

Martinez - Switch One: Adding fractions using pictures.

* HOMEWORK: ADDING FRACTIONS.  DUE MONDAY.

Martinez - Switch Two: Finding equivalent fractions using dot paper.

* HOMEWORK: EQUIVALENT FRACTIONS. DUE MONDAY.

SCIENCE

Barber: Activity 7: “Rolling On”( the force of friction)

Kornas: Activity 8 - Rolling On.

* HOMEWORK: STUDY THE FOLLOWING CONCEPTS FOR A QUIZ ON MONDAY: HOW TO CALCULATE THE AVERAGE OF A SET OF NUMBERS.  HOW TO CALCULATE SPEED.

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: Independent reading.  Running records.

Brazier: Noticing the explicit and implicit in nonfiction texts.

Kornas:  Instructional Read Aloud - The Cay chapter 13- .  Independent Reading/I.B. Book Club meetings.

Martinez: DRA Prep: When filling out a summary of a nonfiction text, readers write one section at a time.  Independent Reading/I.B. Book Club meetings.  Running Records.

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber:  Freewrite Friday!

Brazier: Freewrite Friday!

Kornas: Assessment on writing a concise summary.

* HOMEWORK: TYPED OPINION ESSAYS WERE DUE TODAY!

Martinez: “Informational writers write in the air about their topic.”

* HOMEWORK: TYPED OPINION ESSAYS ARE DUE BY NEXT WEDNESDAY.  STUDENTS SHOULD USE THEIR CHECKLIST AS THEY MAKE THEIR FINAL CHANGES.