Friday, October 30, 2015

October 30th, 2015

ANNOUNCEMENTS
  • The homework menu will return next Friday. For this week’s “homework,” we urge our students to go outside and play! The weather for Sunday through Thursday looks spectacular.

  • NO ROTATIONS today.

  • Next Friday (11/06/15) is a half day. Dismissal at 11:46 a.m.

MATH
(Please watch this video with your child if they are having trouble with the standard algorithm of multiplication.)

Barber: DPP work time, review and games.  

Brazier: Math Workshop Learning Stations: Reteaching, Reviewing, Game-Playing, and Enrichment.

Martinez: Estimating, multiplication and word problems.



READING WORKSHOP

Independent Reading and Jotting. Formal Reading Assessments will occur for the next few weeks.

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber:  “Writers storytell the most important parts of their story.”

Brazier: “Writers storytell (they don’t summarize) the most important parts of their narratives.”
* ASK: “What’s the difference between storytelling and summarizing?”

Martinez: Halloween stories.

SOCIAL STUDIES (Teacher: Mrs. Barber)

EXPLORE & DESIGN (Teacher: Mr. Brazier)

SCIENCE (Teacher: Mrs. Martinez)

Mini Documentary on the relative size and distance between the planets.

The Sun: Up close and personal

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