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January 12, 2024

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Dear families,

We hope you’ve had a restful break surrounded by your family members and are ready to start this new year STRONG! We are looking forward to begin this year with lots of deep learning and meaningful activities.

Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks

English Literacy

Learning Goal

Comparing and contrasting characters across books.

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Readers will learn that as they come to an end of their stories and the characters resolve their problems, characters, and readers, too, learn lessons. They will also be learning how the parts of the story go together, noticing what particular parts connect. And finally, they will compare and contrast characters' actions and behavior from books they have read.

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

Use these tools to practice: Story Elements Chart Character Trait Evidence Match the Story Elements Methods of Problem Solving. Prompts to Support Readers Thinking

Spanish Literacy

Learning Goal

Editar discurso de opinión

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Los escritores editarán sus discursos de opinión tomando en cuenta a la audiencia y agregando ejemplos de lo que pasa cotidianamente en la comunidad.

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

Los escritores en casa revisarán sus discursos de opinión y agregarán mini historias de cosas que apoyen sus argumentos. Lista de cotejo

Mathematics

Learning Goal

What mathematicians are doing at school...

Mathematicians will learn how to measure mass on a pan balance scale and then estimate, measure, and compare the masses of various objects. The students will investigate about liquid volume, and they will participate on a math forum by solving story problems.

What mathematicians could be doing at home...

HC 65- Measuring Mass & Weight

HC 66- Measuring Mass & Weight

HC 67- Metric Measures of Mass & Liquid Volume

HC 68- Metric Measures of Mass & Liquid Volume

Science or Social Studies

Learning Goal

What tigers are doing at school...

During this unit students will be looking at how the production of palm oil in Nicaragua is affecting the natural habitats of different animals and how they can help to reduce the impact Palm Oil is having on those animals.

What tigers could be doing at home...

Students together with their family will be increasing their Global Awareness by reflecting on how the products they purchase or use can have an effect on habitats around the world.