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Writing Workshop (Gripping Fictional Stories: Unit Wrap-Up): We are preparing for our final celebration! Writers are choosing their most "gripping" piece and looking at it with a critic's eye. They are focusing on:

The Big Lesson: Adding an ending that shows what the character learned, such as "From that day on, he always remembered to listen first."

Polishing for an Audience: Rereading to make sure the story "makes sense, sounds right, and looks right." This includes a final check for capital letters on names and places.

Study of Mentors: Looking at how famous authors start and end their books to give their own stories a professional "sparkle."

Phonics Workshop (Word Builders: Final Practice): Our architects are completing their final "Master Builder" challenges. We are:

Toolkit Integration: Using all our strategies—vowel teams, syllable breaking, and suffixes—simultaneously to tackle "mega-words."

The Final Audit: Practicing the habit of "checking the blueprints" by looking back at our writing to ensure every single sound and syllable is represented accurately.

The Author’s Performance: Have your child pull up a chair and read their favorite polished story to you. Encourage them to use a "storyteller voice" that gets faster during the "trouble" and slower during the "lesson learned."

The "Lesson" Talk: After reading their story, ask: "What do you want your readers to learn from this character’s adventure?"

Mega-Word Hunt: While reading together at night, see who can find the longest word on the page. Ask your child to "break it down" into its building blocks for you.

Check the Blueprints: If your child writes a note or a list at home, ask them to "audit" one long word. Have them point to the vowel team or the suffix they used to build it.

Durante la semana, los lectores trabajarán de forma colaborativa e individual comparando estructuras de libros y rastreando rasgos de personalidad en sus protagonistas favoritos. Realizaremos ejercicios de "toma de notas" para que cada lector revise su progreso y establecer espacios de discusión profunda donde defenderán sus teorías sobre los personajes utilizando evidencias del texto. La unidad culminará con una celebración de lectura, donde los alumnos compartirán sus hallazgos y recomendarán series, consolidando una comunidad que valora la lectura como una experiencia de vida compartida.

Para reforzar estos conceptos en casa, los lectores pueden ejercitar la predicción cada vez que comiencen un capítulo o un libro nuevo, explicando por qué creen que el personaje actuará de cierta manera basándose en lo que ya conocen de él. Es muy útil que practiquen el hábito de "pensar en voz alta" sobre las motivaciones de los pesonajes de su libro de serie. 

Next week, mathematicians will work together to make a chain of 1000 clips, investigating multiples of 10 and multiples of 100 as they create sections of 10 , then sections of a 100, and finally one long chain. 

Solve the following problem using money: Maria has 3 dimes, 2 nickles and 1 penny. Lin has 4 dimes, 3 nickels and 3 pennies. How much money does each child have? How much money do they have in all? 

Students are learning to use the map to locate different bodies of water

in Nicaragua and how they change over time

Can you name three different types of bodies of water that

could be included in a model? Have your child decide what

they will include in their model.

This week, students are continuing to build their teamwork skills. They will cooperate in a group project and explore why teamwork is important. Through this experience, students will recognize that by communicating and working together, they can accomplish more than they could on their own.

You can extend this learning by having conversations at home. Consider using one or more of the following prompts:

Why does communicating with a group help people accomplish bigger tasks?

What might happen if one person had to solve a problem alone?

When have you worked as part of a team? What made it successful?