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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center" align="center">Peek at the Week</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 fifth graders are continuing to read their guided reading books.<span> </span>Every week, they are responsible for reading their assigned reading task and completing activities in their red reading folder.<span> </span>The activities are focused on making connections while reading.</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 Monday, the fifth graders will be administered an ISAT practice expository essay.<span> </span>The purpose of this essay is to determine what writing work needs to be practiced in preparation for the ISAT.<span> </span>Further writing practice for the ISAT will take place during the month of February.<span> </span>For the remainder of the week, the writers of fifth grade will be writing narrative entries in their writer’s notebook.<span> </span>Mini-lessons will focus on writing effective leads to lure the reader into the writing.<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 read the book <span style="text-decoration: underline">Shhh!<span> </span>We’re Writing the Constitution</span>.<span> </span>Every fifth grader has a partner and is answering questions about the constitution before, during, and after the reading of the book.<span> </span><span> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center" align="center">Benchmark Assessment</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center" align="center">On Tuesday and Wednesday, the fifth graders will be taking the CPS Benchmark Assessment.<span> </span>Reading will take place on Tuesday and math will take place on Wednesday.<span> </span>The purpose of the test is to track the student’s progress in math and reading.<span> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center" align="center">Art</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center" align="center">Last week, the fifth graders took part in a project through the Art Institute of Chicago.<span> </span>In December, a student found a red cube in our classroom.<span> </span>The red cube was 1 of 500 cubes scattered throughout Chicago.<span> </span>Upon finding our cube, we logged on to http://www.500-ways.com/ and found out that our task was to draw a picture of the cube.<span> </span>The artists of fifth grade were quite successful.<span> </span>To see our work, log onto http://www.500-ways.com/ and view cube #315.<span> </span></p>
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