January 8th

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Congratulations to our 2015 BLE Spelling Bee Champion, Audrey Parker. The Bailey LakeTop 20 are pictured below!

SPELLING

Martinez -

* Spelling test Friday on the following commonly misspelled words: accidentally, excitement, disease,  privilege, probably,  truly, ridiculous, receive, recommend, desperate

MATH

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

Brazier - Switch One: A mix of review and challenge problems. Discovering the formula for the area of a square or rectangle.

* HOMEWORK: DEFINE THE WORD “RECTANGLE” THOROUGHLY AND CLEARLY.

Brazier - Switch Two: Misc. review problems.

* HOMEWORK: DEFINE THE WORD “RECTANGLE” THOROUGHLY AND CLEARLY.

Martinez - Switch One: Connecting multiplication and division.

Martinez - Switch Two:  Introduction to division using base ten pieces.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Barber: Continue filling out INB pages 34-36 and sharing about the settlements.

Kornas- Switch 1:  Section 6.2 and 6.3 read/discuss together in class.

HOMEWORK:  COMPLETE I.N.B. PAGE 35 - JAMESTOWN SENSORY FIGURE  - DUE TOMORROW.

Kornas-Switch 2:  Section 6.3 and 6.4/INB pages 35-36 in class.

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Partnership talk has a beginning, a middle, and an end.”

Brazier: “Partnership talk has a beginning, a middle, and an end.”

* ASK: “What do partners do at the very beginning of a book talk?”

Kornas:  “Readers revise their plan.”

Martinez: “Partnership talk has a beginning, a middle, and an end.”

* ASK: “What is important in your Partnership book?  What makes you say that?”

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Poets try on others’ ideas.”

Brazier: “Poets sometimes start with strong emotions.”

* ASK: “What poem(s) might you publish for next Friday’s Jam?”

Kornas: P.N. - “Writers create effective story conclusions.”

Martinez: “Poets write about things that matter to them.”