February 12th, 2016

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Congrats to Lindsey Darnell, Malaya Mojica, and Emma Larkins, the winners of the 2016 Valentine’s Day Box Contest!

• 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: No Math Due to Party.

READING WORKSHOP

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

Brazier: Independent Reading + Jotting

Martinez: Readers pore over one idea.

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber:  

Brazier: Work Day

Martinez: Summary Writing.

SOCIAL STUDIES (Teacher: Mrs. Barber)  

Read Chapter 10 introduction and 10.2 & 10.3.  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 (system). Misc. Spelling and Grammar Activities. Research Tips.

* WORD MASTERS SPELLING TEST ON FRIDAY, FEB. 26 (The 25 Word Masters words appear at the bottom of today’s blog entry.)

* OPTIONAL HOMEWORK: CONTINUE RESEARCHING YOUR ASSIGNED WORD MASTERS WORD

SCIENCE (Teacher: Mrs. Martinez)

Diagram of Heart. Resting and Active Pulse.

THE 25 WORD MASTERS WORDS:

1. lure

2. carom

3. famished

4. decoy

5. gorge

6. ingenious

7. glance

8. ricochet

9. balmy

10. zephyr

11. augment

12. placid

13. cyclone

14. relent

15. shrewd

16. crane

17. quaff

18. mottled

19. trough

20. amplify

21. tempestuous

22. crest

23. yield

24. torrential

25. gaze