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December 15, 2023

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Dear Families,

We wish you a happy Winter Break with your loved ones. Enjoy this time and we hope to see you all back on January 10th.

Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks

English Literacy

Learning Goal

What readers & writers are doing at school...

We are launching a new Writing Unit where our students will read with more intensity, and we will equip them with tools they need to write expository essays that advance an idea about a piece of literature. We will start by teaching the value of close reading of complex text by noticing details in a text such as the setting, objects, words, metaphors and characters selected by the author.

The Literary Essay Anchor Chart

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

Homework Session 1 - Monday, January 15th

Homework Session 2 - Tuesday, January 16th

Reading Log

Spanish Literacy

Learning Goal

Practicar la fluidez y comprensión lectora.

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Los lectores leen con la intención de entender porque los personajes cambian, regresan a las páginas donde se refleja el cambio directamente de los personajes. También trabajarán en pareja para ayudarse y darse retroalimentación.

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

Los lectores leerán durante 20 minutos un libro de su preferencia, con ayuda de un adulto o se pueden grabar para luego observar, qué hacen bien como lector, qué no hacen bien y necesitan poner en practica para seguir creciendo como lector.

Mathematics

Learning Goal

Students will learn different strategies that help them to solve 3 and 4 digit subtraction

What mathematicians are doing at school...

Module 2 : Students will build on what they learned about addition in module 1 as the focus shifts to subtraction. Problem string and story problems will help students deep in the grasp of subtraction strategies including difference versus removal and constant difference. Students will learn standard algorithms for subtraction and compare it to other strategies they have explored.

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

Monday, January 15th, 2024 pages 75 and 76 Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 pages 77 and 78

Science or Social Studies

Learning Goal

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Social Emotional Learning Program

Learning Goal

We will learn to identify characteristics that we prefer friends to have and help us be good friends to others, and to make sure we include others who we might not know a lot about.

What friends and learners are doing at school...

We’ll discuss friendship. Friends are important throughout our lives, but what makes a good friend could change, in terms of personal characteristics and what we like to do with them for fun. Personal characteristics are things about a person that tell you what they are like as a person, such as funny, relaxed, and knowledgeable. For example, what personal characteristics should teachers have?

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

How can you include friends and others that you might not normally hang out with in your daily activities? How can you make sure you let others know you value them?