Tuesday, January 12, 2016

January 12th, 2016

ANNOUNCEMENTS
  • Congrats to the 10 finalists who participated in this morning’s 2016 BLE Geography Bee. The champion, Andrew Floros, hails from Mrs. Brown’s class, marking the first time a fourth grader has won the BLE Geo Bee.   

  • Late Start tomorrow

MATH
Barber: Multiplication with decimal review.  No formal math class due to Geo Bee.

Brazier: Dividing Decimals
* ASK: “How much would each of four friends receive if they decide to equally split $7.00? Can you solve this problem mentally? In how many other ways can you solve it?”

Martinez: Practicing the Standard Algorithm.

Connecting Base Ten Pieces with the Standard Algorithm:


READING WORKSHOP
Barber: “Partnerships respond to each other's ideas.”

Brazier: “Readers use prompts to grow ideas.”
* ASK: “Summarize today’s reading for both Zane and the Hurricane and your partnership text.”

Martinez: “Partners respond to each other’s ideas.”
* ASK: “How did your partnership meeting go today?  What is going well?  What do you and your partner need to work on?”

WRITING WORKSHOP
Barber: “Poets sometimes follow specific structures.”  

Brazier: “Poets borrow the structure of existing poems.”

Martinez: “Poets sometimes follow a specific structure.”

SOCIAL STUDIES (Teacher: Mrs. Barber)  
Barber’s class:
Colonial America: Exploring the colonies.  What is the culture, the history, the civics and more about these areas.  Group discussion.                                                            

EXPLORE & DESIGN (Teacher: Mr. Brazier)

SCIENCE (Teacher: Mrs. Martinez)
No Science Today.






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