September 14th, 2015

ANNOUNCEMENTS

*Fifth grade Curriculum Night Wednesday, September 16th.  Times: 6:00 or 6:40.  Parents only, please.

MATH

Barber: Math Screener.  Introduction to Big Numbers.

*HOMEWORK: FIND TWO BIG NUMBERS TO SHARE TOMORROW.

Brazier: Math Screener. Number Talk. Introduction to Big Numbers.

Martinez: What is a trillion?  

* HOMEWORK: FIND ONE OR MORE BIG NUMBERS TO SHARE TOMORROW.  

Your number(s) should be in the thousands, millions, billions or trillions.

Example: There are approximately 37.2 trillion cells in your body.

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: Introduce class reading log and all students shop.

Brazier: Essential Reading Workshop Procedures

Martinez: Tour of classroom library.

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Writers write what they know well.” Map book.

Brazier: “Reading sparks writing ideas.”

* ASK: “What did Up North at the Cabin make you think of today?”

Martinez: “Writers write what they know well.” MY Map book.

SOCIAL STUDIES (Teacher: Mrs. Barber)

What is a historian?  How does geography help us learn about the United States. Chapter 1 lesson 1.

EXPLORE & DESIGN (Teacher: Mr. Brazier)

Word Study: Word of the Day (algorithm). Idiom of the Day (Achilles’ heel). Introduction to Parts of Speech.

* ASK: What’s a noun? Give me an example of one.”

Also: More pre-Coding practice.

SCIENCE (Teacher: Mrs. Martinez)

What is a scientist?  Students wrapped up the work they did in a small group.