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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center" align="center">Peek at the Week</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center" align="center">Week of November 23<sup>rd</sup> -25th</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center" align="center">Reader’s Workshop</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center" align="center">As the readers of fifth grade are summarizing non-fiction text, they will be identifying the most important facts in the book.<span> </span>In addition to identifying the most important facts, they will also be responsible for paraphrasing the facts to avoid the use of plagiarism.<span> </span>When students are working on homework, please encourage the use of paraphrasing instead of copying directly from the text.<span> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center" align="center">Writer’s Workshop</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center" align="center">The writers of fifth grade will be publishing their expository writing this week.<span> </span>Last week, they received a rubric stating the requirements of their expository writing.<span> </span>Mini-lessons this week will focus on using commas to list ideas, using the ellipsis, and avoiding passive verbs.<span> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center" align="center">Social Studies</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center" align="center">The fifth graders will continue to write their historical fiction books.<span> </span>These stories should represent living in Colonial America during the 17<sup>th</sup> century.<span> </span>To help them write their stories, they should use their social studies books so that their books use appropriate vocabulary words.<span> </span>Every student received a rubric to help them write their stories.<span> </span>The students will have Tuesday and Wednesday to finish their books.<span> </span>What they don’t finish in class, they should complete over the weekend.<span> </span>The historical fiction books are due on Monday, November 30<sup>th</sup>.<span> </span></p>