Wednesday, November 18, 2015

November 18th, 2015

ANNOUNCEMENTS
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MATH
Barber: Pattern Block Fractions.
* CFP RETAKE ON THURSDAY DURING LUNCH.

Brazier: Pattern Block Fractions
* ASK:
  1. “Why is the common utterance “I got the bigger half!” mathematically inaccurate?”
  2. “If the yellow hexagon pattern block is one whole, what’s ⅓?” (Answer: the blue rhombus)

Martinez: CFP

READING WORKSHOP
Barber: “Readers build theories about their characters.”  

Brazier: “Readers try to step inside their characters’ shoes.”

Martinez: “Readers step INside their characters’ shoes.”


WRITING WORKSHOP
Barber:  Jotting and building theories.

Brazier: “A writer does not just ‘slap on’ a title.”
* ASK: “What did you learn today about the art of writing a title?”
* HOMEWORK: ELECTRONICALLY SUBMIT YOUR PUBLISHED PIECE BY TOMORROW MORNING

Martinez: Post On-Demand Performance Assessment
* HOMEWORK: ELECTRONICALLY SUBMIT YOUR PUBLISHED PIECE BY TOMORROW.

SOCIAL STUDIES (Teacher: Mrs. Barber)
Chapter 5: Explorers.  Presentations begin for Barber.
* PRESENTATIONS BEGIN WEDNESDAY

EXPLORE & DESIGN (Teacher: Mr. Brazier)
Spelling Sorts. Word Games. Analogy Self-Talk. Beginning Analogies.

SCIENCE (Teacher: Mrs. Martinez)
* TEST ON FRIDAY (To help students study, they should use their study guide, the pages about seasons, days and years that they brought home today and the videos below.)

The following video explains rotation and revolution.


The following short video gives a nice explanation for the reason for the seasons.


Bill Nye Explains the Seasons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUU7IyfR34o


What Causes the Seasons?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4_-R1vnJyw


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