Readers Workshop

This month, students are reading fantasy stories. Students will use close reading strategies in order to make predictions, inferences, and synthesize. They will work with their peers in order to read for clues and learn life lessons from books.

Writers Workshop

During the month of June, students will use all of the strategies they have learned throughout the year in order to write fictional fantasy stories.

In particular, students will develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

Students will:

Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters

Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally

Use dialogue and description to develop experiences or events or show the re-sponses of characters to situations

Use a variety of transitional words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely

Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events

Math

This month, students are learning post fifth grade standards in order to prepare for sixth grade.

Fifth Grade June 2019

Online Resources

Remind your child to use these amazing online resources :

Think Central

Think Central is an online resource that provides access to Go Math materials. Students can access homework, play games, and watch tutorials. The tutorials are a great resource for parents too! www-k6.thinkcentral.com

MyOn

MyOn is an online library with more than 10,000 enhanced digital books with mul-timedia supports, real-time assessments and embedded close reading tools. www.myon.com

Raz-Kids

This is an award-winning online library that provides comprehensive leveled read-ing resources for students. www.raz-kids.com

i-Ready

i-Ready provides personalized student instruction targeted to students’ unique areas of needs in order to boost achievement. Based on the results of the i-Ready diagnostic, students are placed into instruction customized to their place-ment levels. Online lessons build conceptual understanding for learners of all levels. https://login.i-ready.com

Upcoming Events and Activities

June 4th: Eid al-Fitr: no school June 6th: Chancellor’s Conference Day– no school June 7th: 4th grade Field Day June 10th: Student Fun Day June 11th: Clerical Day– no school June 13th: Family Thursday and Student of the Month assembly June 18th: 5th grade dance from 4:00-8:00 June 19th: Willy Wonka Jr. Performance at 5:30 in the main building

Congratulations to our April and May Students of the Month!

April 401: Daniel Vega, Isabella Samonte 402: Tawsif Basit. Elaine Huang, Alejandra Miranda Badillo 403: Diego Ascencio, Anisa Akand 404: Nicole Fernandez, Raisa Saleh 405: Fahmindur Rashid, Samiha Mazumder 406: Jia Hong Ni, Aiden Cutner, Alexander San Juan 407: Fatema Bushra, Jojo Ye 408: Dylan Calle, Leonardo Gonzalez 409: Yandel Gonzalez 501: Sulaiman Bhatti, Melanie Ochoa, 502: Orlando Dominguez, Karen Santoso 503: Rodrigo Tellez, Ealin Liu 504: Shama Jarrin 505: MD Hasan 506: Dhairya Patel, Emila Szymura 507: Daniel Reino, Alina Jiang 508: Ying Jie Zheng, Sijia Li 509: Nicky Purnomo

May 401: Oscar Yeen, Phoebe Su 402: Mahfuz Allam, Crystal Chen, Rigdzin Dolkar, 403: Elsa Dong, Benjamin Ko 404: Adnan Shaikh, Tashi Choedhen 405: Abrarul Mollah, Vivian Chen 406: Giana Eduave, Maggie Hu 407: Serek Molina, Suri Yeng 408: Erick Garcia, Joselyn Cruz 409:Omar Florees, Jiaqi Li 501: Adrian Quizhpi, Brisia Arrieta 502: Saniyya Khan, Tazwarul Islam 503: Alejandra Reyes, Benson Lin 504: Alexander Iniguez 505: Jesus Velasquez, Jolie Joedi 506: Seeham Abbas, Alejandra Aguirre, Giselle Montiel Torres, Markson Batan 507: Sayed Awan, Alisson Paredes, Camila Gonzalez , Damian Sanchez 508: Jiabin Zheng, Siyao Li 509: Yolet Gonzalez

Fifth Grade Field Day!

Our annual field day was held at Juniper Valley Park. We would like to say a huge thank you to our PTA for the field day shirts! They looked great on our students!

Name: _____________________________ Class: ___________

Reading Goals

Draw details and examples from the text

Draw inferences from the text

Quote accurately from a text

Determine the theme of a text

Summarize key supporting details and ideas

Describe characters/settings using specific details from the text

Describe events in a story using specific details from the text

Interpret words and phrases as they are used in the text

Explain the differences between poems, drama, and prose when writing or speaking

Compare and contrast the point of view

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Writing Goals

Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters

Organize and event sequence that unfolds naturally

Use dialogue and description to develop experiences or events or show the responses of characters to situations

Use a variety of transitional words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely

Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events

Math Goals

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