Friday February 14th

MATH

Barber- Students worked in groups to solve two-digit divisor division problems.  Weekly review for our class is due Friday February 21st!  CFP FRIDAY 2/21!

Brazier- Math Olympiad & The Factor Game. Consider asking your fifth grader to teach you how to play. As and after you play, talk about strategies for winning.

Kornas- CFP TODAY - No homework and no weekly review this week.  :-)  UNLESS YOUR 5TH GRADER WAS ABSENT TODAY AND IS GOING TO TAKE THE CFP ON WEDNESDAY

SWITCHES

Reading: (Teacher - Mr. Brazier): No reading workshop today because of the V’Day Un-Party

Science: (Teacher - Mrs. Kornas):   SCIENCE TEST ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21st.  (Students were given a blue packet of notes to start studying.  Textbooks were also available for students check out to bring home over the break.  Re-read circulatory, digestive, muscular and respiratory system sections in book.

Spelling: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber): Tests handed back today.

Social Studies: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber):  We will begin chapter 6 next Wednesday.

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER: Friday Freewrite! Conferencing with students.

BRAZIER: “Essayists organize their research findings.”

KORNAS:  Free Write Friday

Thursday February 13th

MATH

Barber- Student lead teaching of the traditional method.  Please continue to review these steps.  Weekly review for our class is due Friday February 21st!  CFP FRIDAY 2/21!

Brazier- The Factor Game. Consider asking your fifth grader to teach you how to play. As and after you play, talk about strategies for winning.

Kornas- CFP TOMORROW.  H.W. - DO THE FOLLOWING THREE PROBLEMS.  

2749 / 11,           4983 / 8,         3740 / 12   

BE SURE TO DO A FRIENDLY ESTIMATE FOR EACH, THEN SOLVE AND THEN DO THE CHECK. (CFP WILL COVER Division - ONE DIGIT DIVISOR, TWO DIGIT DIVISORS, WORD PROBLEMS, KNOW PROCESS TO FIND MEAN AND MEDIAN.)

SWITCHES

Reading: (Teacher - Mr. Brazier): Independent Reading + “Reading Conferences”

Science: (Teacher - Mrs. Kornas): Create bar graph for Vital Capacity data.

Complete Activity 5A   SCIENCE TEST ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21st.  (Students were given a blue packet of notes to start studying.  Text books are also available for students check out to bring home over the break.

Spelling: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber): Spelling test today on WM.  

Social Studies: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber):  We will begin chapter 6 next Wednesday.

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER: Persuasive Essay: Share Day! Picked our strongest reason to support our claim and used “for example” to PROVE IT!

BRAZIER: “The ‘body’ paragraphs of essays are about one reason [that’s in support of one’s claim].”

KORNAS:  Writing Workshop Notebook Entry.

Wednesday February 12th

MATH

Tomorrow is Camouflage Day ~ donate $1

Barber- In-class work on two-digit divisor division problems. Practice. practice, practice.

Brazier- A CFP, a game, and a contest

Kornas- Mean or Median?  HW. PAGE 127 #13A and B

SWITCHES

Reading: (Teacher - Mr. Brazier): Strategies for answering “cross-text” questions.

Science: (Teacher - Mrs. Kornas): Lung Capacity - Activity 5B

Text books are available for checkout for students to bring home to study.

Parents: The students are being introduced to many new vocabulary words and concepts in this unit.  I HIGHLY recommend that students REVIEW newly learned content at home each day.  This will help students prepare for assessments as they go, rather than waiting to study the night before.

Spelling: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber):  Continue strategies to study words. Students are responsible for reviewing the spelling of the Word Masters words 1-15! Spelling Test tomorrow.

Social Studies: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber): Create a Headline to best represent one’s explorer.  We will begin chapter 6 next Wednesday.

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER: Persuasive Essay: WORK DAY! Work on claim, 3 reasons, and evidence for all!

BRAZIER: “Writers “borrow” from other writers.”

ASK: “WHAT DID YOU “BORROW” FROM THE ESSAY YOU ANALYZED TODAY? WHAT DID MR. B SAY HE’D “BORROW?”

KORNAS:  Writing Workshop - Are the reasons you wrote to support your opinion in your first paragraph STRONG or WEAK?

Tuesday February 11th

MATH

Tomorrow is “Favorite Team Jersey Day”

Barber- We began two-digit divisor division using the traditional method. We will continue working on this skill tomorrow.  

Brazier- Student Guide pages 177-181: Adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators. CFP tomorrow.

Kornas- Traditional Division with a two digit divisor. HW-COMPLETE WHITE WORKSHEET WITH 8 WORD PROBLEMS.  FOR EACH PROBLEM: ESTIMATE(USING FRIENDLY NUMBERS), SOLVE AND CHECK!

HOMEWORK FOR ALL STUDENTS: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE TOMORROW.

SWITCHES

Reading: (Teacher - Mr. Brazier): Independent Reading + “Reading Conferences”

Science: (Teacher - Mrs. Kornas): H.W. - GUT FEELINGS CROSSWORD PUZZLE DUE WEDNESDAY.

Text books are available for checkout for students to bring home to study.

Parents: The students are being introduced to many new vocabulary words and concepts in this unit.  I HIGHLY recommend that students REVIEW newly learned content at home each day.  This will help students prepare for assessments as they go, rather than waiting to study the night before.

Spelling: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber):  Students are responsible for reviewing the spelling of the Word Masters words 1-15! SPELLING TEST THURSDAY!

Social Studies: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber): Chapter 5 test!

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER: Persuasive Essay: Essayists choose their words carefully. Writers choose words to persuade their audience.

BRAZIER: Work Day.  ASK: “WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU’RE WORKING ON AS A WRITER?”

KORNAS:  Writers write with AUTHORITY and use PRECISE words. Type the first paragraph of your persuasive essay on a Google document.  H.W. - FINISH 1ST PARAGRAPH IF YOU DID NOT FINISH IT IN CLASS.

Monday February 10th

MATH

Barber- We continued “traditional” paper-and-pencil division.

Brazier- Adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators. CFP on Wednesday.

SUGGESTED HOMEWORK: PREVIEW TOMORROW’S IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENT ON STUDENT GUIDE PAGES 177-181.  

Kornas- H.W. - Poster - How to Do Traditional Division

PLEASE SEE the E-MAIL I SENT OUT REGARDING MORE DETAIL ABOUT THIS ASSIGNMENT.

HOMEWORK FOR ALL STUDENTS: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE WEDNESDAY

SWITCHES

Reading: (Teacher - Mr. Brazier): Independent Reading + “Reading Conferences”

Science: (Teacher - Mrs. Kornas): H.W. - GUT FEELINGS CROSSWORD PUZZLE DUE WEDNESDAY.

Text books are available for checkout for students to bring home to study.

Parents: The students are being introduced to many new vocabulary words and concepts in this unit.  I HIGHLY recommend that students REVIEW newly learned content at home each day.  This will help students prepare for assessments as they go, rather than waiting to study the night before.

Spelling: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber):  Students are responsible for reviewing the spelling of the Word Masters words 1-15! SPELLING TEST THURSDAY!

Social Studies: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber): Chapter 5 test!

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER: Essayists PROVE their reasons. Students work on evidence to support reasons.  All students should have a Claim and 3+ solid “reasons.”

BRAZIER: Work Day

ASK: “WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU’RE WORKING ON AS A WRITER?”

KORNAS:  H.W. - Opposing view of your topic on your card.  Claim and reasons on T-chart.

Friday February 7th

MATH

Barber- We continued traditional paper and pencil division.

HOMEWORK: WORK ON WEEKLY REVIEW DUE 2/12

Brazier- Math Olympiad.CFP on Tuesday.

Kornas- Logical Reasoning and small work work on traditional long division with teacher.  HW- PLEASE CHECK STUDENT E-MAIL ON SATURDAY FOR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT.  STUDENTS THAT STRUGGLED ON THE CFP 4.3 WILL BE REQUIRED TO DO THE PROBLEMS FOR MORE PRACTICE.  THE PRACTICE PROBLEMS WILL BE DUE ON MONDAY.

HOMEWORK FOR ALL STUDENTS: WEEKLY REVIEW. DUE WEDNESDAY

SWITCHES

Reading: (Teacher - Mr. Brazier): Stamina Week: Independent Reading + Misc. Reading Assessments

Science: (Teacher - Mrs. Kornas): The Human Body Video - Bill Nye

Text books are available for checkout for students to bring home to study.

Parents: The students will be introduced to many new vocabulary words and concepts in this unit.  I HIGHLY recommend that students REVIEW newly learned content at home each day.  This will help students prepare for assessments as they go, rather than waiting to study the night before.

Spelling: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber): SPELLING NEXT WEDNESDAY!  Students are responsible for reviewing the spelling of the Word Masters words 1-15!

Social Studies: (Teacher - Mrs. Barber): Last of presentations. Students given a study guide for Monday’s test.  Class review.   CHAPTER 5 TEST MONDAY FEBRUARY 10th.

WRITING WORKSHOPS

BARBER: Free Write Friday!  Meet with students to declare their CLAIM.  

BRAZIER: "Essayists choose their words carefully."

ASK: “WHAT IS A REASON FOR YOUR CLAIM? HOW MIGHT/WILL YOU PROVE IT? (IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT EVIDENCE WILL YOU INCLUDE?”)

KORNAS:  H.W. - SHARE YOUR CLAIM AND THREE REASON WITH AND ADULT TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK.  NEED AN ADULT SIGNATURE ON CARD (SOME STUDENTS DID NOT COMPLETE THIS ASSIGNMENT.  Today in class - Turn in claim and reasons and then Free Write Friday