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January 24th, 2025

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Dear 5th Grade Families,

We are so excited about our upcoming Field Day, which is a wonderful opportunity to continue building strong partnerships within our community. We look forward to seeing you this coming Wednesday, January 29th, for a day full of fun and connection!

Best regards,

Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks

English Literacy

Learning Goal

Readers will begin a new cycle of work, researching the same topic but analyzing more texts and generating their own questions.

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Argument and Advocacy session 8

Prepare for and have a debate to find new ways of thinking and gain new insights into that issue.

Reflect on what they learned through arguing, and raise new questions, insights and ideas. Annotate texts in purposeful and deliberate ways as they read to facilitate evidence-based conversations about the text.

Recognize difficult texts and draw on their own portfolio of strategies to help them manage the difficulty, approaching this work with a strong sense of agency.

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

Readers are encouraged to use a reading log to track their stamina and volume. By writing down the title, pages, or time spent reading, they can see their progress and feel proud of their hard work. Setting small goals will help them read more each day and improve their reading skills. The more they track, the easier it gets, and the more fun reading will become!

Spanish Literacy

Learning Goal

Esta semana los escritores van a:

* Leer una selección de cinco cuentos de Rubén Darío

* Analizar el significado de las palabras desconocidas utilizando el contexto de la lectura.

* Evaluar, nominar y opinar sobre la mejor parte de un cuento de la selcección.

* Apoyar su opinión con razones válidas y ejemplos.

* Escribir un ensayo de opinión imparcial con estructura: opinión, razones, ejemplos, conclusión.

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Los escritores y lectores participarán en grupos de lectura de la selección de cuentos de Rubén Darío.

* Identificarán:

* Elementos de la narración

* El tema, valores, antivalores y mensaje que tienen los cuentos.

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

La Tarea será asignada en Google Classroom.

Mathematics

Learning Goal

To review a variety of multiplication methods and strategies.

What mathematicians are doing at school...

Mathematicians will compare and contrast invented and standard algorithms for addition and multiplication. They will also review a variety of multiplication methods and strategies.

What mathematicians could be doing at home...

See Google Classroom

Science or Social Studies

Learning Goal

What tigers are doing at school..

Scientists are brainstorming experiments to demonstrate to younger students that gravity always pulls objects toward the Earth.

What tigers could be doing at home...

Reflect on how we could create an interactive model to help teach younger scientists how gravity works.

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.a