February 22nd, 2016

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Spirit Week continues tomorrow with Sports Jersey Day

• Late Start on Wednesday

• Word Masters Spelling Test on Friday

MATH

Barber:  Subtracting fractions with unlike denominators.  

* STRAND 5 TEST ON WEDNESDAY

* BOOK HOMEWORK FOR SOME: PAGE 180 & 181

Brazier: Subtracting fractions

* STRAND 5 TEST ON FRIDAY

* STRAND 5 DPP DUE ON FRIDAY

Martinez: Fraction Work Continued: “Parts and Wholes.” Textbook pages 153-156.

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Readers learn that characters are shaped by the times in which they live.

Brazier: “Readers collect setting details: What kind of place is this? What does it feel like? How is it changing? Is trouble brewing?”

* ASK: “How is the setting at Uncle Henrik’s house different from the streets of Copenhagen?”

Martinez: Book Club Meetings. Independent reading and jotting.

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Opinion writers sort opinion ideas to find reasons.”

Brazier: “Opinion writers study other opinion texts.”

* ASK: “What did the writer of “Happiness is...a Pet” do especially well?”

Martinez: Work Day

SOCIAL STUDIES (Teacher: Mrs. Barber)  

Chapter 10.4 & 10.5: The Quartering Act & The Stamp Act

         

EXPLORE & DESIGN (Teacher: Mr. Brazier)

Book Club meetings. Word Masters research. Sentence Strip assignment. Sparkle.

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

SCIENCE (Teacher: Mrs. Martinez)

Respiratory System Video (Bill Nye)

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