Monday, December 7, 2015

December 7th, 2015

ANNOUNCEMENTS
  • To generate excitement for the upcoming Spelling Bees, we watched Akeelah and the Bee today. Consequently, you will see some blanks below.

MATH
Barber:

Brazier: Comprehensive Review of Strands 1-3
* ASK: “What do fractions have in common that are near or equal to ½?”

Martinez:
*HOMEWORK: STRAND 3 DPP DUE ON DECEMBER 18.

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: Independent Reading & Read Aloud

Brazier: “Readers gather evidence that confirms or challenges initial theories about key characters.”
* ASK: “Summarize the section you read today of The Great Gilly Hopkins.”

Martinez: Continuation of The Great Gilly Hopkins.

WRITING WORKSHOP
Barber:  “Poets write about things that matter to them.”

Brazier: Freewriting!

Martinez: “Poets write about things that matter.”
Students engaged in a writing exercise.

SOCIAL STUDIES (Teacher: Mrs. Barber)
Students partner reading Chapter 6.3.  What made the Jamestown Colony successful?

EXPLORE & DESIGN (Teacher: Mr. Brazier)
Spelling and Geography Bee Problems of the Day. Aluminum Foil Challenge Presentations. Hour of Code Activity.

SCIENCE (Teacher: Mrs. Martinez)
Solar System and Moon Review.  Students started working on their culminating project for our solar system unit.

Check out when the next Solar and Lunar Eclipses will be.







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