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May 3rd, 2024

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Dear 5th-grade families,

5th-graders are in the process of electing their STUCO 6th-grade representative for next year. Feel free to review the poster and encourage your child to show their leadership skills! Elections will be held on May 17th. Remember we have early dismissal (11am) on Wednesday, May 8th!

Rising 6th-graders' Parent Orientation is coming up soon! We'll have our English session on May 16 from 7:15-8:30 and our Spanish session on the same day from 1:15-2:30 in the OSSI Room. Looking ahead, we want to share some information about 5th-grade Promotion Ceremony. Students will wear the 6th-grade blue-and-white school uniform to symbolize the transition to middle school. The white polo shirts can be purchased in the ANS Tiger Store.

Save the Date for the FIfth-Grade Promotion Ceremony: Fifth-Grade Promotion Ceremony will be on Tuesday, May 28th in the CAA at 9:30 a.m. Your child should arrive at school at the normal dropoff time. Parents will enter Gate 8 in the CAA, no earlier than 9 a.m.

After the ceremony, the students can go home with their parents as this will be their last day of school. The fifth graders do not attend classes on May 29th.

Each family can have up to 6 family members attend the ceremony.

Siblings can participate in the continuation ceremony. Please email their teacher and the Primary Office to let them know beforehand; siblings are expected to stay in school for the rest of the day.

Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks

English Literacy

Learning Goal

Choose quotes as substantiating evidence for an essay. Evaluate an author's strategies by writing about how their goals and techniques contribute to support arguments.

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Writers will learn that literary essayists select quotes from a text to support their ideas, choosing the best quotes and writing around the quotes to show how cited material supports an essayist. They will also learn that literary essayists analyze author's crafts, writing about the ways an author's goals and techniques might support claims.

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

Begin flash-drafting the first essay. Opinion Writing Checklist. The Literary Essay Session #5 The Literary Essay Session #6

Spanish Literacy

Learning Goal

Los lectores de Club de Lectura van a considerar la perspectiva del problema y sus efectos y pensar analíticamente para comparar y generar nuevas ideas.

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Los lectores empezarán a leer queriendo saber quién es el narrador. En cuanto se dan cuenta de quién es el personaje que narra la historia o desde qué perspectiva se está narrando, aprenderán que a través de toda la lectura, todas las partes se están contando desde la perspectiva de ese personaje en particular y que, tal vez, otros personajes podrían imaginarla de otra manera o tener otros sentimientos distintos. Durante los tiempos de lectura, pensarán analíticamente.
Dividirán en partes, luego selecciona, establece un orden y comparán las actuaciones o pensamientos de los personajes. Una ‘Voy a intentar pensar . . .’ y luego pensar de cualquiera de esas maneras . . . para luego ver si el pensamiento provee nuevas ideas o perspicacias. Con frecuencia, eso es lo que sucede.”

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

Tareas en Google Classroom.

Mathematics

Learning Goal

Using all I know to classify shapes based on their characteristics.

What mathematicians are doing at school...

Mathematicians will conclude Unit 6 by completing their unit post-assessment on Monday, May 6th. They will also complete a self-reflection on this unit towards the end of the week.

What mathematicians could be doing at home...

Check Google Classroom

Science or Social Studies

Learning Goal

World Course Unit

What tigers are doing at school..

Students will be introduce to the Universal Human Rigths and work with some Sostainable Development Goals. They will increase awareness of this topics and noticed how this affects society.

What tigers could be doing at home...

Social Emotional Learning Program

Learning Goal

Being honest and taking responsibility for our action is critical when we make mistakes or have a conflict with others. Making amends is critical because it allows us to learn how we can correct our mistakes and maintain positive relationships with others.

What friends and learners are doing at school..

Describe how using the Making Amends strategy influences your relationships.

Demonstrate ways to be honest and take responsibility after I made a mistake.

Forgive others when they make mistakes and work together to do better in the future.

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

Tell about a time that you said or did something that hurt a friend during a conflict and did not take responsibility. What might you do differently now to be more responsible?

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Upcoming Events:

May. 7-14

BAS Testing

May. 7 & 8

Pathways Open House for new Families

May. 8

Early Dismissal
(11:00 a.m.)

May. 10

Friday Feedback Folder

May 13-17

Teacher Appreciation Week

Reminders

Early dismissal at 11 am on Wednesday, May 8th. STUCO Poster
Rising 6th-Graders Orientation Parent Sessions: May 16 from 7:15-8:30 and our Spanish session the same day from 1:15-2:30 in the OSSI Room.
Save the Date for the Fifth-Grade Promotion Ceremony: Fifth-Grade Promotion Ceremony will be on Tuesday, May 28th in the CAA at 9:30 a.m. Your child should arrive at school at the normal dropoff time. Parents will enter Gate 8 in the CAA, no earlier than 9 a.m.
After the ceremony, the students can go home with their parents as this will be their last day of school. The fifth graders do not attend classes on May 29th. Students will wear the 6th-grade blue-and-white school uniform to symbolize the transition to middle school. The white polo shirts can be purchased in the ANS Tiger Store.