January 14th

SPELLING

Barber: Spelling pattern words: ar are  air: fair, start, part, pare, are, heart, dark, plus 3 of own.  

* TEST ON THURSDAY

Brazier: Shaving Cream Spelling!

* TEST ON FRIDAY (see handout passed out in class)

Martinez:Commonly misspelled words.

* TEST ON LISTS 6 and 7 ON FRIDAY

Kornas: Homophones

* TEST ON FRIDAY

MATH

Textbook Link: http://webcom4.grtxle.com/MTB3/uploads/MTB3_Gr5_SG.pdf

Brazier - Switch One: The “Forgiving” Method of Dividing (also known as “Partial Quotients”). The Traditional Method of Dividing.   DPP Strand 3+ Packet due on Friday. DPP Strand 4 Packet due on January 30.

* CFP ON FRIDAY

* ASK: “How are the forgiving and traditional methods similar? How are they different?”

Brazier - Switch Two: The Area Model of Division. Introduction to the “Forgiving” Method of Division (also knows as “Partial Quotients”).   

Martinez - Switch One: Dividing with zeros.  Estimation.  Area model division.

* HOMEWORK: DPP PACKET DUE JANUARY 30TH.

ASK: “Did you turn in your Weekly Review today?”

Martinez - Switch Two: Analyzing multiplication/division models.  Practicing division using arrays.

ASK: “Did you turn in your Weekly Review today?”

SOCIAL STUDIES

Barber: Study for Chapter 6 Quiz

* Chapter 6 TEST ON FRIDAY

Kornas: Study for Chapter 6 Test

* Chapter 6 TEST ON FRIDAY

SCIENCE

Barber:  Human Body Unit: Skeletal system diagram and creating our own skeletal system.

Kornas: Made skeletal system diagram.

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Readers pore over one idea.”

Brazier: “Readers pore over one idea, trying to talk ‘long and strong’ about it.”

*ASK: “What is an idea that you and your partner ‘grew’ today?”

Kornas: “Readers pore over one idea.”

Martinez: “Readers pore over one idea.”

*ASK: “What is an idea that you and your partner ‘grew’ today?”

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber:”Poets borrow structure.”

*POETRY JAM: JANUARY 3OTH: 11:30-12:40

Brazier: Computer Lab visit. Tweaking our piece-to-be-published. Poetry Spam Dry Run.  Poetry SPAM on Friday from 2:45-3:30: Thanks for your RSVP.

Kornas: Revise P.N. Freewrite.

Martinez: “Poets choose precise, exact words to paint a picture for the reader.”