MATH
Barber: Determining the relationship between the number of cubes that fill a rectangular box and the dimensions of the box.
* FACT TEST TBD
Brazier: Determining the relationship between the number of cubes that fill a rectangular box and the dimensions of the box.
* ASK: Today, you predicted how many interlocking cubes would fit inside certain boxes (rectangular prisms). You then built the boxes and, finally, used cubes to check your predictions. DId your predictions start to improve as you kept building? Have you thought about a way you could predict the number of cubes that would fit in any box? [NOTE TO PARENTS: Please don’t supply formulas at this beginning stage of the unit!]
Martinez: Adding fractions with pictures and using an algorithm.
* FACT TEST TBD
* DPP packet due this Friday.
* Homework Menu is all math this week. Due 3/9/16.
READING WORKSHOP
Barber: “Readers build important ideas from small details.”
Brazier: “Readers glean historical knowledge from texts like Number the Stars.” New options for jotting.
Martinez: “Readers learn more about the characters and/or setting when they pay close attention to descriptive passages.”
WRITING WORKSHOP
Barber: “Opinion writers connect reasons to evidence.”
Brazier: “Structure is important in opinion writing.”
Martinez: “Opinion writers think about why their opinion is important.”
*ASK: “Why should people care about your opinion?
SOCIAL STUDIES (Teacher: Mrs. Barber)
Planning Chapter 10 final project: group poster.
EXPLORE & DESIGN (Teacher: Mr. Brazier)
Book Club Meetings. Word Masters Sentence Strips. Spelling Sorts.
* HOMEWORK: SENTENCE STRIPS DUE ON THURSDAY AT THE START OF CLASS
SCIENCE (Teacher: Mrs. Martinez)
Model of the lungs. Labeled and described model.
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