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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 January 18<sup>th</sup>-22<sup>nd</sup></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">The readers will continue to make connections while they are reading their guided reading books.<span> </span>Connecting important ideas to the reader’s ideas and experiences is one of the criteria used in grading the reading extended-response portion of the ISAT.<span> </span>Making connections is important for the readers of fifth graders.<span> </span>As your fifth grader is reading at home, ask if he or she can make any text-to-text or text-to-self connections.<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">On Tuesday, the writers will be introduced to the rubric that will be used to grade their January narratives.<span> </span>This month, the writers will be assessed on writing a small moment that has happened to them with detail, writing an interesting lead, ending the narrative in an appropriate way, and using the correct punctuation and capitalization in their writing.<span> </span>This week, the mini-lessons will focus on writing an appropriate ending.<span> </span>Different ways that the writers can end their writing include ending with a question, with humor, or with a strong line.<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 students will continue to learn about the Constitution.<span> </span>Now, that they have finished reading the book <span style="text-decoration: underline">Shhhhh!<span> </span>We’re Writing the Constitution</span>, they will learn about the Bill of Rights.<span> </span>To do this, every fifth grader will be given a book of the Bill of Rights and they will illustrate each amendment.<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></p>
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