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Reader’s

Workshop

We continue our first Reader’s Workshop Unit: Interpretation (Analyzing Themes). I will be reading aloud the book Home of the Brave. The kids will be reading their own books practicing reading more complex novels and thinking in more complex ways. We will considering perspectives and their effects, learn to think analytically, and revise our writing about reading.

Writer’s

Workshop

We will begin our first writer’s workshop unit: Narrative Craft. The kids will begin by generating ideas for personal narratives, then as we draft stories we will study dreaming the dream of the story, letting other author’s words awaken our own, and telling the story from the inside out.

Maths

We will continue working with fractions to solve problems. The kids will share strategies about multiplying fractions, take a quiz on fraction operations, and work on a special problem involving iPhones.

History

We will start our first history unit: The First Americans. Specifically, the unit will focus on how geography affects how people live.

Science

The kids will start our first science unit: Matter Mysteries Hotline. We will explore the properties of different materials.