May 13th

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Field Trip to OU on Friday
• The Optimist Club will be collecting old blankets, towels, sheets, and newspapers through May 19 for the Oakland County Pet and Adoption Center.

WORD STUDY

Barber:  Study the spelling of the first 10 words on the wordmasters list.  

* TEST THURSDAY.

Brazier:

Kornas: Handwriting Practice.

HOMEWORK: HANDWRITING PAGES 1-19 DUE TOMORROW.

Martinez: Analogy practice.

MATH

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

Brazier - Switch One: The Brownie-Pan Model of Multiplying Fractions. CFP Re-take.

Brazier - Switch Two: Estimating Sums. Game: “Getting Close” Class Competition: Congrats to the Final Four in our competition: Travis, Luke, Keegan W., and Rayce.

Martinez - Switch One: CFP Review

* CFP #1 TOMORROW.  STUDENTS SHOULD REVIEW THE STUDY GUIDE GIVEN IN CLASS.

Martinez - Switch Two: Adding fractions using symbols.

SCIENCE

Barber: Read text and review labs.

Kornas:  Open-note quiz today.

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: Informational text uses structure to organize.  Structure 3: Problem/solution.

Brazier: Nonfiction Text Structures. Climactic scenes of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

Kornas: Independent reading and running records.

Martinez: Informational texts are structured.  Problem/Solution is another kind of structure.

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber:  “Writers use prompts to teach about their topics.”

Brazier: “Informational writing links like ideas.”

Kornas:  Writing a summary for non-fiction text.

Martinez: “Informational writers think about information they are missing.  They do research to fill in the gaps.”