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**Because literacy is extremely important to success in school, students should be reading AT LEAST 30 minutes each night and logging their reading minutes onto Biblionasium.com.\u00a0 (I have invited parents to connect to this site by email)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

JANUARY, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

NARRATIVE WRITING:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Because of NWEA testing, this is a great time to begin our graphic novels.\u00a0 This is always a student favorite.\u00a0 We have begun with our blueprints, coming up with a draft of the story.\u00a0 They are learning about the visual elements of graphic novels.\u00a0 Students will be selecting pages to write and illustrate their novels.\u00a0 Some fun writing during the NWEA testing weeks!<\/p>\n

READING:\u00a0<\/strong> I have introduced the historical fiction assignment on Google Classroom the first day after our holiday break.\u00a0 As students are reading their novels, they may complete various parts of the assignment.\u00a0 We are also working on finding the theme in literature.\u00a0 There is a section of the assignment that focuses on this.\u00a0 This assignment is due by the end of the week.<\/p>\n

DECEMBER, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

INFORMATIONAL WRITING:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>We are writing informational papers on the Columbian Exchange.\u00a0 Students have been learning about the Columbian Exchange in Social Studies.\u00a0 They organized their information into a paper with headings, and introduction and conclusion to demonstrate what they have learned.<\/p>\n

READING<\/strong>: Students have been assigned a historical fiction book at their reading level.\u00a0 They should be paying attention to elements of the book that show the book is historical fiction.\u00a0 After the break, they will be working on an assignment related to their novel on Google Classroom.\u00a0 Read! Read! Read!<\/p>\n

OCTOBER\/NOVEMBER, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

OPINION WRITING:\u00a0 <\/strong>We have been writing opinion papers on the topic “Are plastics good or bad for our world?”\u00a0 Students viewed several videos and read articles on this topic.\u00a0 We discussed both the good and the bad.\u00a0 Even though we all agreed that plastics are a huge problem, many started to see the good uses and need in our society.\u00a0 Elements we focused on were a fact-based lead, strong thesis statement, 3 body paragraphs with topic sentences, use of transition words and phrases, evidence to support reasons for our opinions, and a conclusion to leave the reader thinking.\u00a0 We also worked on revising and editing techniques and used peer editing before publishing our final papers.\u00a0 Students designed their cover pages.\u00a0 Please view our bulletin board in the fifth grade hallway to take a look at their work.<\/p>\n

SEPTEMBER, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

NARRATIVE WRITING<\/strong>: For our first writing assignment, students will be composing a personal narrative about something that happened in their lives.\u00a0 It is their choice what they write about.\u00a0 It may be something exciting, scary, disappointing or something else.\u00a0 I will be looking for some key elements:\u00a0 use of the blueprint for planning, organization (introduction, body, conclusion), and a good lead.\u00a0 We will also be learning how sensory details, dialogue, figurative language and transitional phrases can strengthen our narrative writing.\u00a0 We will be composing the narrative pieces in the classroom.<\/p>\n

READING:\u00a0 <\/strong>This year, we are using a new resource for reading.\u00a0 Each student will have a Ready Common Core reading workbook.\u00a0 Our first unit will focus on finding key ideas and details in informational text<\/strong>.\u00a0 You can support student learning at home by having them read informational articles or books and discussing what the main idea is (some may have more than one) and also asking which details support the main idea(s).<\/p>\n

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