5th Grade humanities
This will be our last week of rotation and humanities. Learners will wrap up their Nea memoir stories, which will be compiled into a book for them to take home. We will close our time in humanities with a circle where learners can share highlights and challenges of the year, and what they are looking forward to in middle school.
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For the next two weeks, learners will develop a short narrative piece where they tell the story of their favorite Nea experience. Learners will engage in the brainstorming and planning process to choose their Nea "small moment" experience, describe the characters and setting in detail, and outline the plot of the story. Then, learners will begin the drafting process, during which we will review narrative writing elaborations strategies.
This week, learners will wrap up their scary story final drafts. Learners will engage in mini lessons on writing a powerful ending, using commas and punctuation, and partner editing. We will continue to use Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark as a mentor text. Learners will have a publishing party on Thursday to share their stories and celebrate their hard work.
We are excited to welcome Chiamaka Onyemelukwe as a guest speaker on Friday. Chiamaka is writing a graphic novel featuring an African American girl who lives in Alameda as the lead character, and will be sharing part of the novel with learners and asking for their feedback. Ms. Andrea's fifth grade learners will do Part 2 of the SBA ELA performance task in humanities on Monday, which will wrap up their SBA testing. If your learner was absent last week, they will also do make up testing this week.
Learners will type the final drafts of their scary stories. Mini lessons will focus on when to make a new paragraph, using a checklist to self-assess writing, elaborating suspenseful moments, and using figurative language. We will continue reading Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark as a mentor text and use these short stories to highlight strategies that learners could use in their own stories. Fifth grade learners will do Parts 1&2 of the SBA ELA performance task in humanities this week, which will wrap up their SBA testing. If your learner was absent last week, they will also do make up testing this week.
Learners will continue drafting their scary stories. Mini lessons will focus on elaborating the most important parts of their story by using dialogue and detailed descriptions of the setting, events, or character's feelings. We will continue reading Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark as a mentor text and using these short stories to highlight strategies that learners could use in their own stories. This week learners will begin Smarter Balance Assessment (SBA) testing this week. It is extremely important your learner gets a good night sleep and eats breakfast during testing week. The school will be providing additional snacks but please pack your learner's snack as normal. This will help set them up for success during testing. In addition, learners may bring their own headphones if they'd like. Please label these with their last name. Thanks for all you do!
Additionally, fifth grade learners will continue with their new scary story narrative writing unit as they use their story/plot maps and brainstorming to craft an introduction to their narrative. Welcome back! This week, learners will first have a publishing party to celebrate their hard work on their First Amendment freedoms argumentative pieces. Then, leaners will transition into their final writing unit for the year: (fictional) scary stories. This week, learners will engage in the brainstorming and planning process for their stories. To begin with, they will read example scary stories and reflect on what elements of the stories (setting, descriptions, dialogue, action, suspense, etc) makes the stories engaging. Then, they will plan/develop the characters, setting, problem/solution, and main events of their scary story.
Learners will also familiarize themselves with the Smarter Balanced Assessment through practice ELA tests. These practice assessments are not scored, and are used to help learners understand the testing format and tools that are available to them. This week, learners will finish crafting their opinion pieces that respond to the question: Which of the five First Amendment freedoms (religion, speech, press, assembly, petition) is the most important? Learners will engage in Writers' Workshop mini lessons on supporting claims with evidence, including quotations, counterargument, punctuation, and strong conclusions. Learners will finish their rough drafts early this week and type their final drafts on Thursday and Friday. We will celebrate their opinion writing with a publishing party after the spring break!
This week, learners will wrap up their research of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and begin crafting their opinion piece drafts that respond to the question: Which of the five First Amendment freedoms (religion, speech, press, assembly, petition) is the most important? Learners will engage in Writers' Workshop mini lessons on using evidence to form and build an opinion, outlining/planning their writing, and writing a powerful introduction.
This week, fifth graders will be diving into a project about the First Amendment and the freedoms it includes. This week we will focus on research led by the following guiding question: Which of the five first amendment freedoms (religion, speech, press, assembly, petition) is the most important? Learners will read articles, take notes, and engage in discussions about the First Amendment freedoms. This research will be used to draft an opinion writing piece next week.
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