ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Congrats to Lindsey Darnell, Emma Larkins, and Malaya Mojica, the winners of the 2016 Valentine’s Day Box Contest!
MATH
Barber: Adding fractions using least common denominator.
*HOMEWORK: 4 PROBLEMS FROM CLASS, DUE THURSDAY.
Brazier: Fraction Talk. Daily Practice Problems (DPP). Adding fractions using centimeter dot paper.
* STRAND 5 DPP DUE ON FEBRUARY 26
Martinez: Fractions greater than one.
READING WORKSHOP
Barber: “Readers notice shifts in time in a story.”
Brazier: “Readers keep track of story elements as they read.” Book Club meetings.
* ASK: “Summarize the pages you read today in Number the Stars OR the pages you read today in your Book Club book.”
Martinez: “Readers use transitional words/phrases to summarize a text.”
WRITING WORKSHOP
Barber: “Opinion writers get in touch with others’ beliefs.”
Brazier: “Opinion writers have reasons for believing what they do.”
* ASK: “Tell me one your opinions that you wrote about today. Why is that your opinion? Say: “I believe ______ because ______.”
Martinez: “Opinion writers have reasons for believing the way they do.”
SOCIAL STUDIES (Teacher: Mrs. Barber)
Barber’s class: Read Chapter 10 introduction and 10.2. 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 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)
No Science today.
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
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