Readers Workshop

During this month, students will continue to use the Ready ELA books. In addition, students will continue to utilize all of the strategies they have been practicing throughout the year. While using the Ready books, students will read complex texts from a variety of genres. Students will read closely, annotate, cite text-based evidence, build content knowledge and apply academic vocabulary. Students will continue to revisit all of the priority standards for literary and in-formational texts during this unit.

Writers Workshop

All of the work students have been doing in Writing throughout the year will prepare them for the New York State English Language Arts Exam. This month, students will continue to learn more strategies to answer short response and extended response questions.

The purpose of the short-response questions is to assess a student’s ability to comprehend and analyze texts. These are single questions in which students use textual evidence to support their own answers to an inferential question. These questions ask the student to make an inference (a claim, position, or con-clusion) based on his or her analysis of the passage, and then provide two pieces of text-based evidence to support his or her answer.

Extended-response questions will require comprehension and analysis of ei-ther an individual text or paired texts. Paired texts require students to read and analyze two related texts. Many extended-response questions will ask students to express a position and support it with text-based evidence. For paired texts, students will be expected to synthesize ideas between and draw evidence from both texts. Extended-response questions allow students to demonstrate their ability to write a coherent essay using textual evidence to support their ideas.

The link below contains test guides for English Language Arts and Mathematics and sample test questions.

https://www.engageny.org/resource/test-guides-english-language-arts-and-mathematics

Fifth Grade March 2019

During March, students will continue to use the Ready Math books in order to help prepare for the New York State Math Exam. These books provide addition-al practice and problems. The problems in these books are similar to the prob-lems that we expect to be on the NYS Math Exam. In addition, students are working on Chapter 10, Converting Units of Measurement.

The following standards will be addressed:

CC.5.MD.1 Convert customary units of length

CC.5.MD.1 Convert customary units of capacity

CC.5>MD.1 Convert customary units of weight

CC.5.MD.1 Convert among different sized standard measurement units within a given measurement system, and use these conversions in multi-step, real world problems.

CC.5.MD.1 Solve elapsed time problems by converting units of time.

Visit www.engageny.org for valuable resources on The Common Core State Stand-ards.

Math

Update on School Events and Activities

Academy Clubs

In February, students shared the work they did with their clubs during our Club Showcases. All clubs shared their work and several clubs performed . New clubs began on Friday, March 1st. This semester, we have over 20 clubs! New clubs in-clude Advanced Art, Basketball, Crafty Scrapbooking, Creative Tips, Fright Club, Harry Potter Book Club, Origami, and Smart Scientists. Our new Origami Club Learning how to program in The Hour of Code Club

Creating in The Arts and Crafts Club Exercising in our Fitness Club

Respect for All Week

Omegaman and Friends Assembly

This superhero presentation conveyed a powerful message. “Superhero Thor” delivered an Anti-Bullying and Character Development message. In this assembly, students learned that they can be superheroes by making positive choices!

Upcoming Events and Activities March 14th: Parent Teacher Conferences

11:10 dismissal for 4th and 5th graders Afternoon conferences: 12:10-2:210 Evening conferences 4:00-7:00

March 15th: Show your school spirit and wear green to school! March 21st: Family Thursday and Student of the Month Assembly March 28th: Opening day of baseball! Students are invited to wear baseball attire March 29th: Rock and Roll Day! Students are invited to dress like rock stars!

Fifth Grade 501: Tahsin Abid, Gabriela Siregar 502: Brian Chen, Priscilla Lozano 503: Benjamin Garcia, Johanna Gualpa 504: Ayaan Zahir 505: Julien Farciert, Snaha Dey 506: Shaerlyne Suarez, Muskan Afridi 507: Devora Fuentes, Vanessa Suarez 508: Dhrubo Barua, Sinthiya Saika 509: Imtiaz Uddin

Congratulations to our January Students of the Month These students were celebrated during Family Thursday on February 27th

Fourth Grade

401: Declan Mak-Marsico, Arely Ramales 402: Umme Habiba, Zizum Koly 403: Mingshi Lu, Melisa Draci 404: Johan Mexquititla, Chloe Koo 405: Andrew Gonzalez, Andrea Castaneda 406: Nathan Mulya, Olivia Divnagracia 407: Elva Li, Isbah Younus 408: Farrah Young, Raymundo Carreto 409: Yandel Gonzalez

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My Reading goals for this unit are:

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My Writing goals for this unit are:

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My Math goals for this unit are:

Convert customary units of length

Convert customary units of capacity

Convert customary units of weight

Convert among different sized standard measurement units within a given measurement system, and use these conversions in multi-step, real world

problems.

Solve elapsed time problems by converting units of time.

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