April 11th, 2016

ANNOUNCEMENTS

There will  be an ELA M-STEP test tomorrow for Brazier’s and Martinez’s students. 

Check student calendar for Barber’s M-STEP testing days.

MATH

Barber:Begin Strand 7: Using benchmarks to estimate fractions and decimals

* HOMEWORK: THE ODD-NUMBERED PROBLEMS FROM 1-15 ON PAGE 10 OF THE NEW TEXTBOOK. LABEL ALL PROBLEMS. CIRCLE OR HIGHLIGHT ANSWERS. DUE TOMORROW.

Brazier: Begin Strand 7: Using benchmarks to estimate fractions and decimals. Game: “Getting Close.”

* HOMEWORK: THE ODD-NUMBERED PROBLEMS FROM 1-15 ON PAGE 10 OF THE NEW TEXTBOOK. LABEL ALL PROBLEMS. CIRCLE OR HIGHLIGHT ANSWERS. DUE TOMORROW.

Martinez: Review of Strands 1-6 (Jeopardy game)

Strands 1-6 Test on Friday.  A review packet will go home on Wednesday.

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: CSI about Book Club.

Brazier: Nonfiction pre-test: Summarizing, inferring about relationships within a text, explaining an author’s craft techniques, and comparing two texts.

Martinez: Independent Reading and Running Records testing.

Our last book club meetings will take place tomorrow.  Students may bring a special snack and drink.

WRITING

Barber:  Opinion writing post-On Demand piece.

Brazier: Student-led conference preparations. Noticing and naming nonfiction text features and structures.

Martinez: “Writers use checklists to raise the quality of their writing.”

SOCIAL STUDIES (Teacher: Mrs. Barber)

EXPLORE & DESIGN (Teacher: Mr. Brazier)

SCIENCE (Teacher: Mrs. Martinez)