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February 16th, 2024

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Dear Families,

It was such an amazing week full of new learning. In literacy, we started our second literary essay now with a complex thesis. In math, we learned about the different types of angles and their characteristics. Also, our students are rocking in DALE practices! They are always eager to acquire all the necessary skills to have a better understanding in each new topic that is introduced.

Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks

English Literacy

Learning Goal

Writing Compare-and-Contrast Essays

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Our essayists will start their final bend of the unit by noticing similarities and differences between texts and learning how to categorize their observations into patterns/ideas in preparation to write a compare-and-contrast essay.

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

Homework Session 16 - Wednesday, February 21st

Reading Log

Spanish Literacy

Learning Goal

Creando conexiones texto a texto.

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Los lectores se preparan para el taller de escritura informativa, en donde tendrán que leer e investigar libros informativos, las diferentes técnicas que usan los escritores y que características tienen los libros informativos, para que posteriormente puedan elaborar sus propios escritos informativos .

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

Leer libros informativos, poniendo atención a las características de estos libros.

Mathematics

Learning Goal

Students will be able to recognize the different types of triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons.

What mathematicians are doing at school...

Students learn the different types of triangles, quadrilaterals, and other polygons as they create a set of polygon cards .Students will review a variety of shape names, as well as terms related to those shapes, as they label a set of cards they’ll use in solving polygon riddles over the next two lessons. Students will play a polygon Bingo workplace game too .

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

Tuesday, February 20th, 2024 Pages 99-100

Wednesday, February 21th, 2024 Pages 101 - 102

Science or Social Studies

Learning Goal

What tigers are doing at school..

Students are learning how debates function and the system of how they will debate. They are reviewing vocabulary related to debating and how to create a motion. They are practicing their communication skills as they practice their skills in front of the class.

What tigers could be doing at home...

Students are coming to an end of their collaboration with DALE. As they prepare for Feb 22, please ensure they research their topic within the home so that they can come to the debate prepared and ready to debate!

Rising DALE 1st Edition

Dress Code for DALE

Social Emotional Learning Program

Learning Goal

Friends and learners will learn to use Communication Boosters in conversations to make sure that everyone has a turn to speak, to listen when others are speaking, and to make sure the group’s goals are met successfully.

What friends and learners are doing at school...

Friends and learners will use Communication Boosters (listening, supporting, negotiating) to help make group interactions clear, fun, and interesting.

Indicate to others that I am paying attention using verbal and nonverbal forms of communication

Check that others feel heard and are part of the group interactions.

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

Describe how you can show you are listening and being attentive when someone is speaking. How do you feel when you can tell someone is listening to you?