October 14th, 2015

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Tomorrow’s Student Council meeting (in the gym) will last until 4:45 p.m.

MATH

Barber: Math Game: Bridges

Brazier: Math Game: Bridges

* ASK: “What’s 5 * 10? What’s 50 * 10? What’s 51 * 10? Write down the equations (including the products). Look at what you’ve written. What are you noticing?”

Martinez:Late Start

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Jots cement and extend understandings.”

Brazier: “Jots cement and extend understandings.”

* ASK: “Summarize what’s happened so far in Freak the Mighty.”

Martinez: “Jots cement and extend understandings.”

*ASK: “What is the story Freak the Mighty about?”

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber: Personal Narrative Generating: “writers plan before they write.”

Brazier: The importance of planning before writing

Martinez: “Narrative writers plan before they write.”

SOCIAL STUDIES (Teacher: Mrs. Barber)

Chapter 3 introduction to the 7 Cultural Regions.  Student work on assigned chapter sections.  Presentations begin on Friday.

EXPLORE & DESIGN (Teacher: Mr. Brazier)

Pre-Analogy Work. Parts of Speech Game. Spelling Sort.

SCIENCE (Teacher: Mrs. Martinez)

Introduction to how to use a compass.  

*HOMEWORK: Begin your solar journal.
(Students are expected to record as many of the 14 days as they possibly can.)