Thursday March 6th, 2014

Our morning started off with a bus evacuation drill which postponed our morning meeting until tomorrow.  Students work on their measurement RSAs at this time.

In My Brother Sam is Dead, Tim and Life head off from the Platt's (their cousin's house) on the short cut trail home due to the storm.  Tim's father continued to ride ahead to scout for the raider cow-boys, but soon Tim found himself daydreaming and father had not come to check on him in quite a long time.  In a panic, Tim bolts up the trail to find footprints of various horses and he knows that his father has been taken by the cow-boys...

Today's math lesson focused on a new Common Core skill- fractional line plots.  We reviewed landmark data (mean, median, mode, range, max., and min.)  and learned how to create line plots to represent data using whole numbers.  This video was a great introduction for us into fractional line plots:

Before writing, small groups practiced their "cred" Latin roots in small groups.  Agani- TOUGH set of words this week!  Study hard!!

Opinion essays continued as many students began wrapping up their drafts.  Some great hooks were shared!

Dangerous Crossing was finished and the causes to major effects in the story were diagnosed.

Tonight’s Homework

Math
-  Fractional line plots Practice page 2
Reading
- Read 30 minutes
- NewsELA on Alien Radio is due March 11th- (Blue and Purple- 1040, Pink-950 , Green-710 )
- The Boy Who Drew Cats: ANNOTATE, number proof, text evidence
Vocabulary and Spelling
­- Lesson 11 spelling due tomorrow (Spelling bee- pick your own words for each activity)
- “cred” sentences tomorrow; PWYK tomorrow (this is a hard batch of words this week!!)
Other
- Planner signed
- Study Island (optional)
     PACCS Math: divide decimals AND compare decimals
     PACCS Reading: compare/contrast AND context clues