Thursday, October 1, 2015

October 1st, 2015

MATH

Barber:  Adding Decimals.
* ASK: “What’s 3.15 + 7.875? Express the answer in standard and expanded form.” (Answer: 11.025)

Brazier: Adding Decimals
* ASK: “What’s 3.15 + 7.875? Express the answer in standard and expanded form.” (Answer: 11.025)

Martinez: Comparing and ordering decimals.  Rounding decimals.


READING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Jotting helps readers remember (and relish) texts.”

Brazier: Independent Reading

Martinez: “Readers pause to reflect about their reading.”


WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber: Work Day.

Brazier: “Writers regularly ‘borrow.’”
* ASK: What did Mr. B do as a writer in his piece about his daughter that you might eventually try to do?”

Martinez: “Writers meet with other writers to discuss their writing.” (Introduction of T.A.G.)


SOCIAL STUDIES (Teacher: Mrs. Barber)

Chapter 2: American Indian Cultural Regions: Further Reading.  Students talk about pictographs and origin stories.  
*ASK: Do you have an origin story? Is there someone in your family who knows your origin story?

EXPLORE & DESIGN (Teacher: Mr. Brazier)

Word of the Day (hypothesis). Spelling Inventory. Place Value Game.

SCIENCE (Teacher: Mrs. Martinez)

Conclusion of the Penny Experiment

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