January 6th, 2016

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Yearbook cover entries due Friday.

MATH

Barber: Traditional & Forgiving Method for division.

*HOMEWORK: SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS (all must be done traditionally and two must be forgiving method)  471÷5, 275÷9, 224÷8, 573÷6.  

Brazier: The Forgiving Method

* CFP ON FRIDAY

* ASK: “Did you attend the impromptu study session at lunch today?”

Martinez: Area Model for Division.

* HOMEWORK (Optional): Continue working on the Christmas break math packet.  Turn it in for a prize.

* HOMEWORK: Division practice problems due tomorrow.

Check out the following video that we watched today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMUsCVVpm4Q

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Readers revise their plan.”

Brazier: How Partnerships Should Look, Sound and Feel

* ASK: “What did the reading partners in the video you watched today do especially well?”

Martinez: How Partnerships Should Look, Sound and Feel

* ASK: “What did the reading partners in the video you watched today do especially well?”

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Poets borrow structure from existing poems.”

Brazier: “Poets copy-change.”

* ASK: “What’s a couplet?”

Martinez: “Poets use sensory details.”

SOCIAL STUDIES (Teacher: Mrs. Barber)                                                                   

EXPLORE & DESIGN (Teacher: Mr. Brazier)

SCIENCE (Teacher: Mrs. Martinez)

Martinez’s class will present Friday.

Barber and Brazier’s classes present on Thursday.