Readers Workshop

This month, students will be reading more complex, challenging nonfiction. Stu-

dents will draw on all they have learned about how to read complex nonfiction in order to

research and make arguments about debatable issues.

Throughout this unit, students will focus on the following priority standards:

Main idea and supporting details/summary

Analyzing parts of a text in relation to the whole

Analyzing perspective

Cross-text(s) synthesis

Writers Workshop

Students are writing argument essays. These are structured essays in which stu-

dents make and support claims by analyzing and incorporating evidence.

The following standards will be addressed:

Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and

information

Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational

structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer's purpose

Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details

Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently,

specifically)

Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented

Test Preparation

Everything your child has been learning this year will prepare him/her for the New York

State Exams. In addition, students will begin a formal test prep unit this month. They

will be using Ready books and they should also use i-Ready.

Parent Newsletter

Fifth Grade February 2017

Students are currently working on Chapter 7, Multiply Fractions. The following standards will

be addressed:

Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction or whole

number by a fraction.

Interpret the product as parts of a partition into equal parts

Find the area of a rectangle with fractional side lengths by tiling it with unit squares of

the appropriate unit fraction side lengths

Multiply fractional side lengths to find areas of rectangles, and represent fraction prod-

ucts as rectangular arrays

Interpret multiplication as scaling (resizing) by:

Comparing the size of a product to the size of one factor on the basis of the size of the

other factor, without performing the indicated multiplication

Explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction greater than 1 results in a product

greater than the given number; explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction less

than 1 results in a product smaller than the given number

Solve real world problems involving multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers

i-Ready

Students are currently using i-Ready. This online

program provides rigorous individualized instruc-

tion in Reading and Mathematics. It pinpoints

student needs down to the sub-skill level and pro-

vides ongoing progress monitoring. Students can

use i-Ready at home. Visit the website and see

what your child has been learning!

https://login.i-ready.com/

Math

Update on School Events and Activities

Spirit Week Our first annual Spirit Week was a huge success! Visit the Student Council page on the school website

to see more pictures.

Crazy Hair Day Pajama Day

Pajama Day Heritage Day

Blackout Day Dress to Impress Day

Academy Clubs

Friday, January 27th was the last day for clubs during this cycle. During

February, students will share the work they did with their peers during our

Club Showcases. Students will be given the opportunity to select a new club

and our second round of clubs will begin Friday, March 3rd.

Upcoming Events

Family Thursday, PA Meeting and Student of the Month Assembly: Feb-

ruary 16th

P.A. Candy Gram Sale: February 9th &10th

Respect for All Week: February 13th-17th

Jump Rope for Heart: February 13th-17th

Mid-winter Recess: February 20th– 24th

Winter Ball: February 28th 4:00-6:00

New York State ELA Exam: March 28th– March 30th

New York State Math Exam: May 2-May 4th

Congratulations to our Students of the Month

December 2016

These students were celebrated on January 11th, 2017.

Our next Student of the Month Assembly is February 16th.

Fourth Grade

401: Mei Cao, Julian Alvarado

402: Lysa Clores, Jhoan Suconota

403: Samira Ahmed, Riki Lin

404: Jessica Martinez, Tony Tran

405: Melanie Palafox Concha, Jose Vegas

406: Steffie Chen, Sunny Shi

407: Jannatul Jewel, Aniq Masood

408: Shakira Sarker, Kyle Chen

409: Elvis Sanchez

Fifth Grade

501: Tran Tran, Mohammad Haque

502: Gabrielle Buenochillo, Luigi Lomuntad

503: Katherine Chung

504: Gabriella Sepulveda

505: Sabrina Sultana, Nicky Zheng

506: Enxi Chen, Justin Fuentes

507: Damarys Pijal, Mashid Zabir

508: Leyi Wang, Minghao Dong

509: James Lojano

Name:_____________________________ Class: ___________

My Reading goals for this unit are:

Main idea and supporting details/summary

Analyzing Parts of a Text in Relation to the Whole

Analyzing perspective

Cross-text(s) Synthesis

Other_______________________________________________

My Writing goals for this unit are:

Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in

which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer's purpose

Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details

Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically)

Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented

Other________________________________________________

My Math goals for this unit are:

Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction or whole num-

ber by a fraction.

Interpret the product as parts of a partition into equal parts

Find the area of a rectangle with fractional side lengths by tiling it with unit squares of

the appropriate unit fraction side lengths

Multiply fractional side lengths to find areas of rectangles, and represent fraction prod-

ucts as rectangular arrays

Interpret multiplication as scaling (resizing) by:

Comparing the size of a product to the size of one factor on the basis of the size of the

other factor, without performing the indicated multiplication

Explaining why multiplying a given number byu a fraction greater than 1 results in a prod-

uct greater than the given number; explaining why multiplying a given number by a frac-

tion less than 1 results in a product smaller than the given number

Solve real world problems involving multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers

Other _________________________________________________