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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 April 12<sup>th</sup>-16<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">Now that we are in the fourth quarter, the regular grading schedule will resume.<span> </span>In reader’s workshop the percentages are as follow: Reader’s Response Letters – 40%, Guided Reading Work – 30%, Book Recommendation – 10%, Homework – 10%, and Running Record – 10%.<span> </span>Because the Reader’s Response Letters account for a large portion of the reading grade, the students are responsible for responding to the teacher’s letter once a week.<span> </span>The purpose of these letters is to inform the teacher what the student is thinking as he or she is reading.<span> </span>In addition to writing the letters, every reader will meet with the teacher at least once a week.<span> </span>During this time, the student will learn a skill to put into practice.<span> </span>This week’s skill is inference.<span> </span>As the students are reading, they will be making inferences.<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">Because it is poetry month, the fifth graders will continue to write poetry.<span> </span>This week poetry skills that they will be practicing include using line breaks, alliteration, repetition, and repetition.<span> </span>During the first week of poetry month, the fifth graders were quite successful with writing poetry.<span> </span>The poets will be publishing their poems in computer class.<span> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">Social Studies</p>
<span>Last week, the fifth graders were introduced to the Western Movement on the </span><span>Oregon  Trail</span><span>.<span> </span>Every fifth grader will have the opportunity to reenact this time in our nation’s country through writing a historical fiction diary.<span> </span>In this diary, the fifth graders will take on the life of a pioneer and write about the struggles and adventures of traveling west through the </span><span>United   States</span><span> in the 1800’s.<span> </span>To help the fifth graders with the research, they will be able to use their social studies text.<span> </span></span>