December News

MONTH AT A GLANCE

World Class Outcome Focus: Analyze the characteristics of effective citizenship & Appraise the interaction between individual and societal activities

Some things to talk with your child about might include how you are an effective citizen and your thoughts on how an individual can impact society (think of the presidential election, charity work, service to a community).

Content/21st Century Skill Focus: Civic Responsibility

• Branches and Levels of Government
• Branches: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
• Levels: Local, State, National
• Rights and Responsibilities
• Citizenship
• Student Council
• Officers will be elected (5th & 6th graders)
• Our representatives will be elected in class
• Field Trip to Colorado Capitol
• If you've not registered yet, please see the previous blog post with details on this field trip.

Ongoing WCO: Create meaning strategically & Evaluate how authors create meaning

• Best Christmas Pageant Ever
• Using this novel, we'll be analyzing plot and character development. How does the society impact the individuals in the book? How do the individuals impact the society? 
• We'll be applying new vocabulary into blog posts that show our critical thinking about what we've read. 
• Students will communicate digitally about what they've read and analyze what others have communicated to collaboratively understand the novel on a deeper level. 
• Integrating the 21st Century Skill- Global Awareness
• Students will participate in many choice activities that have them analyzing winter holidays celebrated around the world. 
• Creativity- Students will have choice in their independent writing, which includes prompts that require them to hit writing targets and communicate their thinking with creativity.

Ongoing WCO: Create a process to solve a problem.

• Math will focus on standard 4.3- Visual displays are used to represent data. 
• Analyzing data to find: mean, median, mode, range
• Line plots with fractions
• Probability: likelihood and outcomes 
• Students will continue to practice their flexibility, accuracy, and efficiency in our number talks. 
• We'll delve deeper into multi-digit multiplication and division with word problems. 

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December Events