May 4th, 2016

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• SMS Scheduling Cards are due on Friday.

• Students should report to their homeroom classrooms by 6:45 for tomorrow evening’s Music Performance.

• There will be a spelling test on Friday.  

MATH

Barber: Review CPF 2 problems and misconceptions.  Modeling More Multiplication Situations.  

Brazier: Practice problems from the textbook

* ASK: “What’s ¾ of 8? Prove it in more than one way.”

Martinez: Strand 7 CFP #2

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Nonfiction readers notice that the main idea may be hidden.”

Brazier: “It can sometimes be hard to read a sentence correctly until we know the tone the author wants to convey.”

* HOMEWORK: SPEECH-READING: SEE THE NOTE CALLED “Reading Speeches Aloud for Fluency.” USE THE PROVIDED GREEN RUBRIC TO GAUGE YOUR LEVEL OF FLUENCY. ABOVE ALL, HAVE FUN!

Martinez: “Nonfiction readers orient themselves to the text.”

WRITING

Barber: “Informational writers write about areas of expertise.”

Brazier: “Informational writers explore their areas of expertise.”

* ASK: “What’s a strategy (or two) that Mr. B has taught you for generating informational writing topic ideas?”

Martinez: “Experts teach what they know.”

SOCIAL STUDIES (Teacher: Mrs. Barber)

The American Revolution: 13.2-13.4 and discuss.

Create a way to organize findings of wax museum person of interest.   

*HOMEWORK: Students should continue reading and taking notes on their Wax Museum person of interest.  

EXPLORE & DESIGN (Teacher: Mr. Brazier) .  

* SPELLING TEST ON FRIDAY (05/06/16)

SCIENCE (Teacher: Mrs. Martinez)

Exploring Forces.