Monday

Cerrito students read to their Blackberry buddies Monday afternoon.

Math

• 4th grade:Factor Bingo
• 5th grade: pages 28 and 29 in your packet, begin POW (due Friday). Download packet here. 

Wordly Wise: 20 minutes or approximately 2 pages

Read: 20+ minutes and 2 question responses. That means to develop a question about a character or event in the book.

Tuesday

Reader’s theater to practice fluency in a fun environment

California map project

More reader’s theater

Math: 

• 4th grade: factor bingo
• 5th grade: pages 33 and 36, and get started on your POW

Write: 15 minutes in writer’s notebook, just like we do in class. Choose a topic from your writing territories and write until your hand hurts! This is probably 1-2 pages, single-spaced.

Read: 20+ minutes and 2 text-to-self responses. That means to develop connect something in the book to an experience you’ve had.

Wednesday

Students worked in a focused manner this afternoon as they tried to solidify the rule of when to add the suffixes -ible and -able.

Who knew spelling could be so fun?

Math

• 4th grade: page 1 and 2 of your packet
• 5th grade: page 37 and POW due Friday (tomorrow is MAP test)

Typing/Cursive Practice: practice your typing skills on Typing Club. The link is on the top of the blog, and you must have your tech agreement filled out. Otherwise, practice cursive in your manual.

Read: 20+ minutes and 2 text-to-world responses. That means to develop connect something in the book to something you know more information about.

Thursday

Joyous lunchtime. Ripe cantaloupe for all.

Students used Quizlet.com today to study spelling words and California geography.

Math: 4th graders pages 4 and 5 in your packet; 5th graders finish your POW!

Spelling: Study your words for tomorrow’s quiz!

Read: 20+ minutes and 2 text-to-self responses. That means to develop connect something in the book to another book you’ve read.

Upcoming Events: Mini Makers Faire at Park Day, October 18th.

School Discount Code: BERKELEYSCHOOLS15