Thursday, February 11, 2016

February 11th, 2016

ANNOUNCEMENTS
  • No school on Monday and Tuesday (Feb. 15-16) -- Mid-Winter Break

MATH
Barber: Writing addition, subtraction and multiplication sentences with fractions. DPPs.  

Brazier: Strand 5 Big Idea #2: “I can use benchmark fractions to estimate sums and differences.”
* STRAND 5 DPP DUE ON FEBRUARY 26

Martinez: Perseverance Reflection. Geoboard Fractions.


READING WORKSHOP
Barber: “Readers pay attention to details about the setting - the way a place looks and feels - its emotional atmosphere.”

Brazier: “Readers pay attention to details about the setting - the way a place looks and feels - its emotional atmosphere.”

Martinez: Readers pore over one idea.

WRITING WORKSHOP
Barber: “Opinion writers not only observe but grow ideas.”

Brazier: “Opinion writers get in touch with others’ beliefs.”

Martinez: “Opinion writers get in touch with others’ beliefs.”

SOCIAL STUDIES (Teacher: Mrs. Barber)  
Read Chapter 9 introduction and 9.1.  Focusing on the tension between Great Britain and the colonists.  
*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)
Word of the Day (sabotage). Misc. Spelling Activities.

SCIENCE (Teacher: Mrs. Martinez)
Circulatory System Video. Diagram of Heart.

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