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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 March 22<sup>nd</sup>-26<sup>th</sup></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">Reader’s Workshop</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment will conclude this week.<span> </span>When assessment is complete, the students will be grouped according to their comprehension abilities.<span> </span>While I am assessing the students, the readers of fifth grade are encouraged to read independent books.<span> </span>They are also able to respond to their reader’s response letters.<span> </span>During the third quarter, these letters will be added as extra credit to the reading grade.<span> </span>Please encourage your fifth grader to write a letter to receive extra credit.<span> </span>Students also know that their book recommendations are due on Thursday, April 8<sup>th</sup> (the students’ last day of the quarter).<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">During the month of March, the fifth graders are busy writing their Young Author books.<span> </span>Even though the writers are able to write in their choice of genre, every writing period will begin with the same mini-lesson.<span> </span>The mini-lessons this week will emphasize focus, varying the length of the sentence, and word choice.<span> </span>Please ask your fifth grader what their genre and topic of their book is.<span> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">Social Studies</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">After working on their 1800’s project for three weeks, the students will present what they have learned to the rest of the class.<span> </span>In addition to their presentation, they were also responsible for creating a test question.<span> </span>This test question will be a part of a test that the whole class will be taking.<span> </span>Each group will be responsible for how well the rest of the class answered their question. <span> </span>This will hold the group responsible for teaching the class about their topic in their presentation.<span> </span></p>