March 21st, 2016

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Ask your fifth grader about the ASL committee to which s/he has been assigned.

MATH

Barber:  Volume Investigation continues.

Brazier: Volume investigations: Understanding the relationship between the dimensions of a box and how many rectangular packages fill the box.  

* ASK: “How has strand six been both similar to and different from other math strands?”

Martinez: Investigating volume.  What happens to the dimensions of a box if the volume is doubled?

* ASK: “What are the dimensions of a box that is double the volume of a 3 x 2 x 4 box?  Can you find more than one way?”

READING WORKSHOP

Barber:Book Club meetings.

Brazier: Book Club meetings. Running Records reading tests begin.

Martinez: Book Club meetings. Running Records reading tests begin.

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Opinion writers use transitions to unpack their evidence.”

Brazier: “Opinion writers know of multiple hooks.”

* ASK: “Tell me about your plan for trying to hook your imagined audience at the beginning of your opinion piece.”

Martinez: Work Day to finish research for essay.  Tomorrow students will type their first draft of their essay.  If they have more research to do, they should complete it tonight.

SOCIAL STUDIES (Teacher: Mrs. Barber)  

EXPLORE & DESIGN (Teacher: Mr. Brazier)

SCIENCE (Teacher: Mrs. Martinez)

The Human Body test will be next Thursday.