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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 15<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 continue this week.<span> </span>Students will be assessed on their word identification, fluency, and comprehension.<span> </span>This assessment accounts for 10% of their final grade.<span> </span>In addition to the assessment, the students will be able to work on their book recommendations and extra credit reader’s response letters.<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 fifth grade writers will continue to work on their Young Author books.<span> </span>Every day writer’s workshop will begin with a mini-lesson.<span> </span>The mini-lessons this week will focus on word choice and sentence structure.<span> </span>After the ten minute mini-lesson, the writers will have time to write their Young Author books.<span> </span>Writer’s Workshop will conclude with a writer sharing his or her writing.<span> </span>Again, all Young Author books will be due the day that we get back from spring break (April 5<sup>th</sup>).<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 1800’s project.<span> </span>When all groups are complete, they will present their projects to the class.<span> </span>Please ask your fifth grader which 1800’s topic that he or she is researching.<span> </span></p>