May 27th

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Field Day is on Friday!

WORD STUDY

Barber:  Test on Thursday for Word Master list 11-25.

Brazier: Noting relationships among the Word Masters words.

* HOMEWORK: ROUGH DRAFT OF SENTENCE STRIP DUE TOMORROW

KORNAS: Analogy practice.

* HOMEWORK: DO #1-10 ONLY ON WORDMASTER ANALOGY SHEET.  ( DON’T FORGET TO IDENTIFY RELATIONSHIP IN EACH ANALOGY.)

MATH

Brazier - Switch One: The division of fractions from a geometric perspective

Brazier - Switch Two: “The Land Problem”

* HOMEWORK: PAGE 24, PROBLEM (a) ONLY

Martinez - Switch One: “The Land Problem”

Martinez - Switch Two: Strand 7 Review

STRAND 7 TEST TOMORROW.

SCIENCE

Barber:  Video and review.  

*QUIZ 3 THURSDAY

Kornas: Video and review for test tomorrow.

* HOMEWORK: STUDY FOR TEST THAT WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW.

WAX MUSEUM - JUNE 5TH IN THE P.M..

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: Independent reading and running records.

Brazier: Nonfiction Comprehension Checkpoints  

Kornas: Independent reading, DRA tests, Running Records.

Martinez: Independent reading, DRA tests, Running Records.

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Informational writers use text features in their writing.”

Brazier: “Informational writers ask themselves, “Where do I need more?”

* HOMEWORK: COMPLETE “STATUS UPDATE #2.” DUE TOMORROW.

Kornas: Informational bare book work day.

* HOMEWORK: RESEARCH YOUR TOPIC AND TAKE NOTES SO THAT YOU WILL HAVE INFORMATION TO USE WHEN WRITING YOUR CHAPTER IN CLASS.

THINK ABOUT WHICH NON-FICTION TEXT FEATURES YOU ARE GOING TO INCLUDE IN YOUR BOOK.

Martinez: “Informational writers make a plan to organize their book.”

* HOMEWORK (ONGOING): STUDENTS SHOULD BE WORKING ON THEIR ROUGH DRAFT OF THEIR NONFICTION BOOK.  PARENTS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CHECK THEIR WORK FOR SPELLING.