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August 24th, 2023

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Dear families,

This week students took their MAP Reading Test. Next week, we will continue with the Math MAP testing. Make sure your child comes these days, well rested, with a full belly and their ANS Sweaters.

During these first weeks of school we have been observing our students leading their own learning through agency in each of their assignments and tasks! Way to go Tigers!

Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks

English Literacy

Learning Goal

Writers will be Drafting and Revising with an eye toward Believability.

What readers & writers are doing at school...

We will focus on the Story Arc, teaching writers how stories with two or three strong scenes can successfully show a character, plot, and even setting change over the course of the story. The arc we will create in the planning stage will become a touchstone that writers will refer to again and again throughout the unit.

The Arc of Story Key Questions Fiction Writers Consider in Revising Endings Narrative Writing Checklist

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

Spanish Literacy

Learning Goal

Pensar profundamente acerca de los personajes

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Los lectores iniciarán la II unidad de lectura en donde tendrán que pensar profundamente acerca de los personajes. Leerán para desarrollar ideas defendibles de los personajes, también deben poner atención a las acciones del autor( en su oficio como autor) para desarrollar ideas significativas y bien fundamentadas.

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

Los lectores leerán, decidiendo cuando hacer una pausa y sintetizar (resumir) lo que acaban de leer. recordar hacerlo de manera cronológica.

Mathematics

Learning Goal

Students will learn about factors, products, multiplication and equations of a word story problem.

What mathematicians are doing at school...

Students will learn the Products Four in a Row game in Workplace 1E, where players choose factors to claim products on a game board. Besides, students will take a closer look at multiplicative comparisons to understand what it means when we say that something is twice as big, three times as tall, or four times as many as something else.

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

Monday, August 28th - pages 11 - 12
Wednesday, August 31st - pages 13-14

Science or Social Studies

Learning Goal

What scientists are doing at school..

While students are learning about eroision, they are learning how to make a strong observation and ask questions

What scientists could be doing at home...

Social Emotional Learning Program

Learning Goal

We will explore what it means to be our best selves. We are our best selves when we understand our emotions, what causes them, and how they influence how we act or behave.