Reading Workshop

• Readers become test savvy by examining past exams

• Readers find the answers to questions they have by looking back in the text

• Readers can recognize the transition from 1 event to the next by paying attention to sequence signal words

Writing Workshop

• Writers grow a ‘big idea’ by completing a free write about a topic

• Writers write a thesis statement for the 5 paragraph essay

• Writers support a claim with an anecdote & to reflect on the claim

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Units to be studied: • Will estimate products by rounding • Will solve a problem by choosing the best strategy • Will use basic facts & patterns to divide mentally Game Day

The following topics to be discussed:

• Identify how water is recycled by natural resources

Topics to be discussed • Discuss the obstacles that had to be overcome for the Great Compromise