May 28th

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Field Day is tomorrow: Fifth graders should wear their white class shirts, sunscreen, and comfortable shoes (and probably a hat, too).

WORD STUDY

Barber: Review all 25 words.

Kornas:  Peer-partnership evaluation of WM posters.

MATH

Brazier - Switch One: The division of fractions from a geometric perspective. Developing an algorithm for dividing fractions.

* ASK: “Why is the answer to 8 divided by ⅔ exactly half the answer to 8 divided by ⅓?

Brazier - Switch Two: Adding and subtracting mixed numbers. And a “strange contest.”

* ASK: “What is 3 ⅓ - 1 ⅔ ?”

Martinez - Switch One: Adding and subtracting mixed numbers. And a “strange contest.”

* ASK: “What is 3 ⅓ - 1 ⅔ ?  What strategy would you use to solve?”

Martinez - Switch Two: Strand 7 Test

SCIENCE

Barber:  Last quiz on Newton’s Laws of Motion.

WAX MUSEUM- JUNE 5TH IN PM.

Kornas: End of unit assessment.

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

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: Independent reading and final running records.

Brazier: Nonfiction Comprehension Checkpoints  

Kornas: Independent reading, AIMS Web Testing.

Martinez: Independent reading and Running Records.

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Informational writers cite their sources.” Creating a bibliography.

Brazier: “Writers try to make their readers feel a certain way.”

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 think about the design of their book.”

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