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December 7, 2023

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Dear 5th-grade families,

It's incredible how fast this trimester went by. We want to thank you for partnering up and helping your children set goals for this academic year. Students will be having a Winter Picnic and a picture frame activity on Friday, December 15th at 9am. Please remember we also have early dismissal at 11am on December 15th.

We would also like to remind you about the Christmas Box Project service project. Remember December 13th is the last day for students to bring their boxes. We are grateful for your collaboration! Happy Holidays!

Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks

English Literacy

Learning Goal

Compare and contrast central ideas from different authors.
Identify author's perspective even if it is not explicit.

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Readers will learn that as researcers come across subtopics, they pay particular attention to how authors portray topics in similar and different ways. They compare and contrast the central ideas authors teach, and they will examine how authors teach those ideas. They will also pay attention to the author's perspective and how the author might be swaying readers to think, even when the author's perspective is not explicit. The readers also consider the trustworthiness of sources and develop their own perspective.

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

Tackling Complexity Session #17 Tackling Complexity Session #18

Spanish Literacy

Learning Goal

Los escritores revisan y editan su trabajo para mejorar usando técincas que otros escritores utilizan.

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Los escritores revisan sus piezas para agregar sus pensamientos a los datos o hechos que han incluido en su texto y que puede ser de utilidad hacer preguntas y contestarlas en relación con esos datos o hechos, hacer comparaciones con otras cosas que ustedes conocen o saben, o hacer comentarios sobre dichos datos o hechos.

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

Los escritores publicarán el texto digitalizado en la plataforma BOOK CREATOR. (Se compartirá el código de acceso a los estudiantes)

Mathematics

Learning Goal

Emphasizing the Half-Tens fact as a strategy for multiplication

What mathematicians are doing at school...

Mathematicians will complete their Unit 3 Post-Assessment. They will also begin Unit 4 "Multiplying and Dividing Whole Numbers and Decimals" by learning and applying various strategies for solving multiplication and division problems.

What mathematicians could be doing at home...

HC pgs. 67-70 Extra Practice SB pgs. 113, 115, and 117

Science or Social Studies

Learning Goal

Understand how gravity operates.

What tigers are doing at school..

Scientists will be exploring gravity through a variety of different experiences and tests. They will also research gravity to learn more about the experiences they have had to make connections between the two of them. After they have a basic understanding of the phenomena they will then create their own working model that demonstrates that gravity is always pulling things toward the earth.

What tigers could be doing at home...

Continue building on knowledge by dialoguing with household members about all the things that each person already knows, or is learning, about gravity; share glows (what went well) and grows (what could be improved) about the experiments conducted in class.

Social Emotional Learning Program

Learning Goal

Friends and learners will explore what it means to value another person’s emotions, thoughts, and actions.

What friends and learners are doing at school..

Friends and learners will pair up and share three things that they are good at and write these on one side of the page then write down their partner’s favorite activities or what they value about their partner on the right side, with a plus sign in front of each activity.