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August 23rd, 2024

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Hello 5th Grade Families!

We have had a wonderful and busy week. It has been awesome to get to know your children. Coming up next week we have Big Questions Day on Thursday, and we will also begin TTT (Teacher Table Time) as we provide differentiated support to best meet the needs of all learners. Fifth graders must be reading for at least 45 minutes each day. We would like your support at home making sure they are reading and completing their reading log each day. Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns. Have a great week!

Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks

English Literacy

Learning Goal

Readers will become more aware that readers who write well about reading are extra alert, seeing more in their books.

What readers & writers are doing at school...

*Study the writing they have done so far.
*Read on their books and go on a journey of thought, carrying ideas they have and adding to them.
*Consider the perspective a story is being told from.
*Considering how a subject or text is structured, and dividing sections into parts, then selecting, ranking and comparing.

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

Readers are encouraged to read daily for at least 45 minutes, and use their reading log to keep track of their reading volume and stamina.

Spanish Literacy

Learning Goal

* Analizar lecturas de narrativas personales y lecturas seleccionadas.
* Adquirir y usar nuevo vocabulario por contexto y con el uso de diccionario.
* Ortografía acentual, signos de puntuación.
* Revisión de la Narrativa Personal siguiendo el Proceso de Escritura.

What readers & writers are doing at school...

* Los estudiantes leerán diferentes lecturas seleccionadas.
* Responderán a preguntas de análisis de nivel literal, inferencial y crítico.
* Aprenderán palabras de vocabulario partiendo de las lecturas.
* Usarán el nuevo vocabulario en oraciones y en sus producciones escritas.
* Reglas ortográficas en palabras agudas, graves y esdrújulas.
* Uso de la coma.
* Revisarán la Narrativa Personal siguiendo el Proceso de Escritura aplicando los conocimientos ortográficos, gramaticales y signos de puntuación.

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

La tarea está orientada en Google Classroom (GC)

Mathematics

Learning Goal

Using the doubling & halving strategy to multiply.

What mathematicians are doing at school...

Mathematicians will complete their first numerical expressions checkpoint and their first Math Forum of th year.

What mathematicians could be doing at home...

Check your Google Classroom

Science or Social Studies

Learning Goal

Experiment with and explore the phenomena of states of matter

What tigers are doing at school..

Scientist have been collecting information based on their experiments throughout this week. Next week they will bring all of the data they have collected in the classroom and will reflect with Mr. Jason during B?Day about the patterns, observations and questions they have to help them explore the phenomena further.

What tigers could be doing at home...

Scientist will brainstorm ideas to create their own experiments. Students need to generate a list of things they have at home that they could use in order to create and plan their own experiments.

Social Emotional Learning Program

Learning Goal

Friends and learners will be learning the Peace place steps to solve conflicts.

What friends and learners are doing at school..

Friends and learners will practice peace place steps to solve conflicts and relaxation strategies from the Relaxation station to lower the level of their emotions to activate their thinking brain.