Holiday Shop Reminder!

We will be visiting the Holiday Shop on Friday, 12/14! :-)

Take a Peek at Our Week!

In Lang & Lit, our group discussions focused on identifying the author's specific purpose in writing the article based on the evidence presented.

Later in the week, we used our RACCE strategy once again to write how the text structure reveals or supports the author's purpose. The students are becoming rock stars with this strategy and could effectively answer the question and connect text evidence to prove their answers. We will take a formative assessment on text structure and author's purpose on Monday and then revisit summarizing informational texts next week!

In Individuals & Society, we used the "see, think, wonder" strategy to analyze various artifacts representing exploration. After our artifact activity, students answered the debatable question-"Is all exploration positive?". We will revisit this question throughout the planner as we study different aspects of exploration. Next week we will focus on what motivated explorers and begin our expert explorer research!

Have a great weekend!!!

Weekly News for December 7th!

D.A.R.E. Essay Information

We discussed the information below in class today, and a paper version was sent home. I posted it here as well for your reference!

D.A.R.E Essay Homework:  DUE DATE January 4th 2019

Dear Families,

Our D.A.R.E class is ending soon and with that comes the anticipated D.A.R.E essay. Every year, fifth graders complete an essay before D.A.R.E graduation to show how much each student learned over the past several weeks. We will choose a winner from each class and they will have the privilege to read their essay at graduation.

We are asking that the essay is completed at home for homework. The due date for the essay is January 4th. Unfortunately we do not have the time in our day to work on the essay in school but we are happy to support students if needed. Students should use the organizer attached and their D.A.R.E. book as a resource. Students will choose three of the topics that they learned about in D.A.R.E class.  There should be no need to do research as they should use what they learned and any information in their booklet.  We also would encourage them to include some personal stories and an inspirational quote at the end. 

Please make sure this is an independently written essay but we encourage you to assist in editing (spelling, punctuation, grammar).  Have your child reread their own writing.  The essays that are always most enjoyable to read are clearly written by the child and also include personal touches (examples from their own lives, for example).  They can type their essay on the Chromebook on Google Docs and then share it with us so that we can print them if you need us to.  They can also hand write the essay but please be sure that it is NEAT!   Also, please keep the essay to about one page typed (12-14 font).

We look forward to seeing the end result! If you have any needs along the way, please reach out.  In order to partake in DARE graduation, they MUST complete the essay.  We would never want a child to be left out for avoidable reasons.  Please don’t hesitate to reach out.  Happy writing!