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• -Figure out the meaning of unknown words.

• -Discuss the overall structure of a nonfiction text.

• -Pay special attention to when their comprehension is strong and when it breaks down.

• -Begin researching their personal inquiry topic.

• Los escritores de textos informativos realizarán las siguientes actividades:

• * Lectura y análisis de textos informativos: observar formas, colores, tamaños, números, comparaciones.

• * Revisarán sus escritors y agregarán detalles: colores, tamaños, números, comparaciones.

• * Escribirán respuestas a la lectura de literatura: Fábulas.

• * personajes

• * problema

• * analizarán y explicarán la moraleja o enseñanza de la fábula.

Historians will be researching and examining a declaration of independence from a Latin American country.

Research on a declaration of independence from a Latin American country.

Distinguish the effects growth and fixed mindsets have on my thoughts, feelings, and actions.

Change my thoughts and, with support from the environment, I can feel, think, and act in more helpful ways.

Use challenges and mistakes as opportunities to learn and grow.

Think about a situation when you had a fixed mindset. Maybe you thought something about yourself would always be that way or that a situation couldn’t get better. How could you have turned your fixed mindset into a growth mindset? How do you think it would have changed the situation?