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January 26th, 2024

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Dear Families,

It has been a great week of learning! Students are getting ready for their Rising DALE events. Remember 5B will start swimming next Monday, Jan. 29th. During February we will have our second round of Student Led Conferences, remember to look for an email about signing up soon.

Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks

English Literacy

Learning Goal

Organize notes to have and debate with classmates. 2) Research information about the Zero Hunger topic:: Food waste,

School breakfast/lunch

Food Banks

Malnutrition

Food Security

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Readers will prepare their research to have a conversation/debate with peers. 2) Readers will be introduced to the SDG Zero hunger and will research for information related to their topic.

What readers & writers could be doing at home...

Organize the debate notes to prepare for the debate. Zero Hunger Articles by Topic

Spanish Literacy

Learning Goal

Practicing standard algorithm

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Students will use the standard multiplication algorithm after reviewing the area model and partial products.

What readers & writers could be doing at home...

HC 77-80 Extra Practice SB. 140, 143, and 147

Mathematics

Learning Goal

Practicing standard algorithm

What mathematicians are doing at school...

Students will use the standard multiplication algorithm after reviewing the area model and partial products.

What mathematicians could be doing at home...

HC 77-80 Extra Practice SB. 140, 143, and 147

Science or Social Studies

Learning Goal

Rising DALE

What tigers are doing at school..

Our fifth graders are goin to be working in a new project with high schoolers. They going to have the opportunity to participate in a debate where they are going to discuss about important issues that are happening around the world.

What tigers could be doing at home...

Our fifth graders can continue research about their topics and watch some videos of debates to have an idea how it looks like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TSkkxu8on0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eldLhBSdCa8

Social Emotional Learning Program

Learning Goal

Showing empathy and supporting our friends and classmates is critical to having a positive classroom environment. In this lesson, we will play a game where we think about each other’s perspectives and ways we can show empathy and support.

What friends and learners are doing at school..

State what empathy and support are, and why they are important.

Use clues that you see in others to understand their perspectives.

Show empathy and support to my classmates, even if my perspective is different.

What friends and learners could be practicing at home...

Think back to your responses about empathy actions. What are your personal empathy strengths? How can you find more opportunities to use them?

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Upcoming Events:

Feb. 2

Friday Feedback sent home

Feb. 6

Retake Photo
Session

Feb. 14

Frindship
Celebration

Feb. 23

No School

Reminders

Please make sure your child brings a healthy snack that doesn't need to be reheated.
Please make sure your child brings a water bottle to keep him/herself hydrated throughout the day.