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March 8th, 2024

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Dear Families,

It is important to give our students opportunities to be responsible and empower them to make their own decisions. In addition, it is important to allow them to live with the natural consequences of their mistakes and to show empathy for the disappointment and frustration they will experience. Learning the logic of life by solving their own problems and acquiring the tools they’ll need to cope with the real world is something we can start doing now.

Have a beautiful weekend,

Important Dates:

Big Question Day - Wednesday, March 13th

Friday Feedback - Friday March 15th

Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks

English Literacy

Learning Goal

Researching History

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Our reader will continue with their research project by learning how to prioritize when it comes to note taking. They will rank their main ideas and supporting ideas and synthesize across texts. Lenses to Carry when Reading History

Taking Notes

Phrases that Help Synthesize

Launching a Research Project

Give me Liberty and Give me Death

Samuel Adam’s Speech

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

Tuesday, March 12th - Session 4 Homework

Friday, March 15th - Session 6 Homework

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Spanish Literacy

Learning Goal

Los escritores de libros informativos tambien son investigadores.

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Los escritores continúan haciendo uso de la lista de revisión, para mejorar su trabajo, también aprenderán a equilibrar datos interesantes con un estilo atractivo. Los escritores aprenderán que los escritores informativos, son en realidad investigadores y también usarán diferentes recursos para encontrar más información y mejorar sus libros informativos.

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

Los escritores haciendo uso de diferentes recursos ( Libros, internet, enciclopedias) investigaran sobre sus temas, para mejorar sus libros informativos.

Mathematics

Learning Goal

Students will be able to solve division and multiplication problems.

What mathematicians are doing at school...

Students will model and solve multiplication and division problems using ratio tables and open arrays. Also, they will work on some problems to deepen their understanding of and flexibility with the doubling & halving strategy for multiplication. After that, students will solve a series of problems in which they will apply the doubling & halving strategy.

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

Homework :

Monday, March 11 th, 2024 Pages 115-116

Thursday, March 14 th, 2024 Pages 117-118

Science or Social Studies

Learning Goal

What tigers are doing at school..

In Social Studies students will continue to learn about Slavery in the United States. They have learned about the causes and how the people got to the New World. This week, they will begin to learn about important people involved and build a vocabulary bank of their new words. We will also continue to make connections between what they are learning and why it is important in today's world.

What tigers could be doing at home...

Social Emotional Learning Program

Learning Goal

We will learn to communicate assertively so that we can speak to state what we think or feel, or to ensure that others’ thoughts and feelings are heard and respected.

What friends and learners are doing at school...

Use Communication Boosters and avoid Communication Bloopers.

Communicate to make collaboration easier, more fun, and more productive.

Collaborate to think of new ideas, accomplish goals, and do things together that I can’t do alone.

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

Choose one personal collaborative activity to think about, such as helping a sibling with chores. How might using Boosters improve this activity or make it more enjoyable for everyone? Would the work be faster or easier to do? Why or why not?