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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">Peek at the Week</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">Week of May 17<sup>th</sup>-21<sup>st</sup></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">Reader’s Workshop</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">The readers of fifth grade will continue to work with their guided reading groups to generate questions.<span> </span>This week, they will be generating <em>Writer and Me</em> questions. This type of question entails the reader using the text and forming their own opinions to answer the questions.<span> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">Writer’s Workshop</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">The writers of fifth grade will continue to write fiction.<span> </span>Writing mini-lessons will focus on character development, creating suspense, and using different structures to create a plot in writing.<span> </span>To demonstrate different writing structures, the teacher will be reading a variety of picture books.<span> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">Social Studies</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">The fifth graders will continue to work on their Civil War Battle Projects.<span> </span>Every group of fifth graders chose a battle from the Civil War to research.<span> </span>They are creating a poster and will present their information to the class when their research is complete.<span> </span>In addition to researching a specific Civil War battle, they are also learning about the Civil War through the book <span style="text-decoration: underline">Bull Run</span> by Paul Fleischman.<span> </span>Every chapter of this historical fiction book documents the life of one person who was affected by the Civil War.<span> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">Art</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">The artists of fifth grade will go on their final trip to the SMART museum on Tuesday.<span> </span>During this final trip, they will prepare for their presentations on Monday, May 24<sup>th</sup>.<span> </span>All parents are invited to the SMART museum on Monday, May 24<sup>th</sup> from 6-8PM.<span> </span>If you plan on attending, please RSVP.<span> </span></p>