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Writing Workshop (Nonfiction from the Heart: Revising): Students are moving into the revision stage of their chapter books. They are learning strategies to make their writing more specific and powerful (e.g., replacing general statements with precise details). They will also focus on developing their expert voice, making their writing sound passionate and authoritative. Finally, they are revising by adding more advanced features like sidebars or bold text to emphasize crucial information for the reader.

Phonics Workshop (Big Words Take Big Resolve): Students are continuing their intensive study of long words. This week, the focus is on consonants: Practicing chunking words to spot common consonant patterns like digraphs (sh, ch, th) inside long words. Learning to decode words with tricky silent letters (k in know, w in write) when they appear in larger words. Applying all these decoding skills to read and spell complex vocabulary found in their nonfiction books.

Be a Detail Detector: When your child is describing something (a movie, a toy, or a fact from their book), challenge them to use three descriptive words or provide an extra specific fact. (e.g., instead of "The house was big," try "The enormous blue house had tall white columns.")

Listen for the Expert Voice: Have your child read a chapter of their draft to you. Give them feedback like, "Wow, you sound like you really know this topic!" or "Can you add a sentence that shows how excited you are about this fact?"

Spot Consonant Chunks: When reading a longer word together (like dolphin or machine), help your child break it apart and point out the common consonant patterns (ph or ch).

Reading Fluency: Encourage them to read nonfiction books with a smooth, expert tone that reflects the strong voice they are practicing in their writing.

Continuarán con el taller de lectura sobre información de no ficción notando como los libros informativos muestran o plantean una secuencia de eventos, causa y efectos del mismo para ver que parte del texto es muy importante.

Agregaran mas palabras relacionadas a la lectura apoyandose de otros textos con el titulo similar.

En casa lee un libro de no ficción de tu preferencia. Pon atención a los subtítulos. Anota en un cuaderno las palabras propias del tema, luego busca y escribe una causa y un efecto mencionado en el texto según tu tema del libro para ejercitar la secuencia de texto. Repasa el chart de lectura.  

Students will recognize appropriate and inappropriate social behavior within their community and explore how symbols help guide these behaviors. 

Students can notice symbols as they drive by Managua and share with families what they mean. 

Understanding that cognitive and emotional reactions differ among individuals allows students to begin to understand the perspectives of others, an important relationship skill. In this lesson, tigers will reflect on situations, determine how they think they would feel, think, and act in response, and compare their response to others.

Discuss each of these questions to help students recall the lesson and think about their learning: Why is it important to pay attention to how you are feeling, thinking, and acting?

If you were upset or angry about a situation, what could you do to try to change how you feel? Why is it important to understand how others feel, think, and act based on situations? Will you always feel the same way in similar situations?