ANNOUNCEMENTS
- No school next Monday and Tuesday (Feb. 15-16) -- Mid-Winter Break
MATH
Barber: Writing addition, subtraction and multiplication sentences with fractions.
Brazier: Comparing fractions using pictures and symbols. Finding common denominators.
* ASK: “How do you know ¾ is greater than ⅔? Give as many reasons as you can think of.”
* STRAND 5 DPP DUE ON FEBRUARY 26
Martinez: Geoboard Fractions
READING WORKSHOP
Barber: “Readers pay attention to the atmosphere: look and feels like.”
Brazier: “Readers pay attention to details about the setting - the way a place looks and feels - its emotional atmosphere.” Book Club meetings.
ASK: “Tell me about the emotional atmosphere, or mood, of Number the Stars.
Martinez: Readers pore over one idea.
ASK: “How did your Book Club meeting go today?”
WRITING WORKSHOP
Barber: “Opinion writers not only observe but grow ideas.”
Brazier: “Opinion writers get in touch with their beliefs.” Review opinion writing generating strategies (concentric circles; belief statements).
Martinez: “Opinion writers get in touch with their beliefs.”
SOCIAL STUDIES (Teacher: Mrs. Barber)
*ASK your child how they felt planning our pretend party. How did it feel after they read the letter from our fake PTA?
EXPLORE & DESIGN (Teacher: Mr. Brazier)
SCIENCE (Teacher: Mrs. Martinez)
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