11/2/15
Good Morning! Happy Monday 
• Come in and follow our morning procedures/expectations.
• Make sure to get your homework checked before 8:45!
Writing Workshop
Expository/ Informative Writing
Look at the following exemplar
text for a 5th grade informative
writing piece
https://www.aea267.k12.ia.us/
system/assets/uploads/files/14
52/5th_informative_explanator
y.pdf
9:10-9:35
Reader’s Workshop
Multiple Sources for
Research
When researching:
1) Think of a topic you
want to learn about
2) Think of a list of
questions you
wonder about this
topic- purpose for
reading
9:35-10:30
While Reading:
1) Record the key words and/or phrases in the first box on the chart
2) As you research your own topic, start forming your “mini verbal report”
Source:
Source:
Keywords:
Keywords:
Practice past
strategies using the
Reading Choice
Board. You will be
responsible for
completing ONE
activity from the
board.
RTI/
Word Work
Check
Canvas for
your
assignment
this week!
10:30-11:15
Science
11:15-11:45
Take quiz afterwards
Math Lesson
Warm Up:
1:25-2:00
Josh poured 38 gallons of water into 6
buckets. He poured the same amount into
each bucket. How much water did Josh
pour into each bucket? (5 minutes) Simplify
if possible
Answer
38/6= 6 2/6 = 6 1/3
Mini-Lesson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKzrpiiaMiY
Guided Practice/ Independent Practice
http://www.mathplayground.com/fractions
_compare.html
Math Workshop
Math Facts:
1) Xtramath
2) http://www.mathplayground.com/quick_calculate.html
At your Seat: 1) Complete the Fraction Sort & Solve
2) You be the Judge: Determine the mistake in the given Order of operations.
You must explain which student is correct!
Technology:
http://goo.gl/EfCUYW (order of operations game)
http://goo.gl/W9co8C (millionaire game)
http://goo.gl/2TThMg (Fraction Word Problems)
Hands On: Adding/subtracting Mixed # Square Puzzle
11/3/2015
Good Morning! Happy Tuesday 
• Come in and follow our morning procedures/expectations.
• Make sure to get your homework checked before 8:45!
Writing Workshop
Expository/ Informative Writing
RTI/
Word Work
Check
Canvas for
your
assignment
this week!
Science
Let’s review States of Matter
https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/23e13afd-3d63-4e2f-a7ed-15fab8f40cd8
Let’s review Water Cycle
https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/6478251e-41ba-4f70-8581-09a685de10eb
Math Lesson
1:25-2:00
Warm-Up:
Find the volume of a prism measuring 7 meters
along the area of the base, and 12 meters high.
What is the volume of the prism?
Edge of the base= length x width= 7 x 7 = 49 x 12) Volume= 588 cubic meters
Mini-Lesson
Over the weekend, Kurt drank 9/10 of a bottle of soda
and Jonathan drank 1/2 of a bottle. How much more
soda did Kurt drink than Jonathan?
Key Words: (how much more: Meanssubtraction) ½= 5/10 + 9/10= (9/10 - 5/10) = 4/10
(simplify) = ⅖ more soda
Guided Practice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFX-S2wMN40
Independent Practice
http://www.k5learning.com/sites/all/files/adding-and-subtracting-fractions-wordproblems-2RGr5.pdf
https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/add-and-subtract-fractions-with-unlikedenominators-word-problems
Math Workshop
Math Facts:
1) Xtramath
2) http://www.mathplayground.com/quick_calculate.html
At your Seat: 1) Complete the Fraction Sort & Solve
2) You be the Judge: Determine the mistake in the given Order of operations.
You must explain which student is correct!
Technology:
http://goo.gl/EfCUYW (order of operations game)
http://goo.gl/W9co8C (millionaire game)
http://goo.gl/2TThMg (Fraction Word Problems)
Hands On: Adding/subtracting Mixed # Square Puzzle
11/4/2015
Good Morning! Happy Wednesday 
• Come in and follow our morning procedures/expectations.
• Make sure to get your homework checked before 8:45!
Reader’s Workshop
Using your chart from Monday, you
are now going to make a summary
using all the new information
1) What are you going to include?
Exclude?
2) How to organize key phrases
into categories and eventually
sentences (concept map)
Practice past
strategies using the
Reading Choice
Board. You will be
responsible for
completing ONE
activity from the
board.
RTI/
Word Work
Check
Canvas for
your
assignment
this week!
Science
Science
Review Vocabulary Game
Precipitation
Surface
Runoff
Condensation
Oceans
Transpiration
Collection
Infiltration
atmosphere
Sun’s Energy
Ground Water
Hydrological
Cycle
Evaporation
11/5/2015
Good Morning! Happy Thursday
• Follow morning procedures/routines 
• Make sure to get your homework checked before 8:45!
Social Studies
Working in pairs:
1) take the research from writing and begin to
create your colony slogan
2) Begin sketching pictures for your billboard
3) Start deciding how you are going to present your
colony (what are you going to say or do to persuade
people to come to your specific colony )
Reader’s Workshop
RIP RUNNERS!!
Practice past strategies
using the Reading
Choice Board. You will
be responsible for
completing ONE activity
from the board in your
journal section 
RTI/
Word Work
Check
Canvas for
your
assignment
this week!
1:25-2:00
Math Lesson
On a hot day, Karlene poured 1/3 of a
bucket of water into a plastic wading
pool. A few minutes later she added
another 5/6 of a bucket. How much
water did Karlene pour into the pool?
Answer: Key Words (added: means addition) ⅓ + ⅚ (⅓=
2/6 + ⅚) 7/6 (improper fraction) 1 1/6
Mini-Lesson
Cindy’s cats often share a carton of cat milk. Sammy always
drinks 1/3 of the carton, Tommy always drinks 5/12 of the
carton, and Suzi always drinks 1/6 of the carton. What
fraction of the carton of cat milk is left over? __________
(Teacher should ask students what operation they need to perform 1st) + addition,
Then 5/12 + ⅓ + 1/6= 5/12 + 4/12 + 2/12= (11/12) Total 12/12 =11/12= Therefore, it means
there was 1/12 of the milk left.
Guided Practice
https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-5/add-andsubtract-mixed-numbers-word-problems
Independent Practice
http://goo.gl/lBcTaI
11/5/2015
Good Morning! TGI Friday!
• Follow morning procedures/routines 
• Make sure to get your homework checked before 8:45!
Social Studies
8:45-9:35
Working in pairs:
1) Start turning your sketches and slogans into a
published billboard
2) Begin to develop your presentation- KNOW
WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SAY 
Reader’s Workshop
• Today we are going to be reading about famous people in history. Before we
read we will need a list of questions that we want to learn about this person
that will help us focus on while we are reading.
• Start by reading the bio poem about Helen Keller and gather information
that the poem give. What questions can we answer just by reading this
poem??
http://svkellerbio.weebly.com/bio-poem.html
• Partner read the following passage on Helen Keller and answer
accompanying questions
http://www.ncsu.edu/project/lancet/fifth.htm
1)
Research one of the people from
history (Find at least 2 different articles about
that person and answer the questions and write a
paragraph about that person’s success and how
they impacted the world through their
contributions)
2) Complete one activity from the choice
board
RTI/
Word Work
Check
Canvas for
your
assignment
this week!
1:30-2:00
Science
10:35-11:35
Math Lesson
Warm-Up:
Madan plays soccer. On Monday, he
practices for ¾ of an hour. On
Wednesday, he practices for 1 ⅓ hours.
On Friday, he practices for 1/2 hour.
How many hours did he practice this
week, total?
(Answer 1 ⅓ + ¾ + ½) Equivalent fractions: 1 4/12 + 9/12 + 6/12= 1
19/12 = 1 7/12 = 2 7/12 hours this week.
Mini-Lesson/ Guided Practice
Clock problems SAB pages:
(Unit 4, pg 37)
Each section is a 1/12:
Focus on 3: 3/14= ¼
6/12= ½
9/12= ¾
Independent Practice
Gridded Response Quiz
Math Workshop
Math Facts:
1) Xtramath
2) http://goo.gl/NaUmE6 (math vocabulary)
At your Seat: SAB Unit 4 (pg. 48-49)
Technology:
http://goo.gl/uomtdR (+/- Fractions Car Race Game)
https://goo.gl/nqBTKm (+/- Fractions- IXL website)
http://goo.gl/fC2fvS (+/- Fraction Board Game)