May 29th

ANNOUNCEMENTS

BLE Field day!  Thanks to all those who made this day happen.  It was fun!

WORD STUDY

Barber: Review all 25 words.

*TEST TUESDAY ON ALL WORDS.

Kornas:  Peer-partnership evaluation of WM posters.

MATH

Brazier - Switch One:

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

Brazier - Switch Two:

* ASK: “What is 3 ⅓ - 1 ⅔ ?”

Martinez - Switch One:

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

Martinez - Switch Two:

SCIENCE

Barber:  

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

Kornas: End of unit assessment.

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

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: Independent reading and final running records.

Brazier:

Kornas: Independent reading, AIMS Web Testing.

Martinez:

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber:

*HOMEWORK: ROUGH DRAFT BOOKLETS DUE MONDAY.  STUDENTS SHOULD BE READY FOR A BARE BOOK NEXT WEEK.

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

* HOMEWORK: ELECTRONICALLY SHARE WITH MR. B A THOUGHTFUL CONCLUSION THAT (1) re-states your main points AND (2) OFFERS A FINAL THOUGHT OR QUESTION(S).

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:

* 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.