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What We Are Learning In Class:
I will continually add to this section based on what we are covering in class. The most recent skill will be listed first.

The main idea is the most important idea that a writer expresses about a topic. Sometimes the main idea is not stated. You have to infer it from the details. Supporting details are included to back up or support the main idea. When you summarize, you include the main ideas and supporting details in a brief form. You paraphrase, or put these ideas and details in your own words. [|Summary Game] [|Main Idea Activity]
 * __Summarizing the Main Idea and Supporting Details__**

Inferencing is when we use clues from the story and our background knowledge to make an educated guess. [|Inferencing Game]
 * __Making Inferences__**

Every six weeks, the students are assigned a performance assessment. This is a classroom project that takes about 2 weeks to complete. The students are given time in class to complete it. It is graded based on a rubric and is combined with your child's six weeks assesesment score.
 * Performance Assessment: **

__ 5th Six Weeks Performance Assessment: __ You are a clothes designer and are asked to design a character T-Shirt to promote a book. Your assignment is to create a character T-shirt for a literary character from the selections we have read in this unit. The objective is to identify the elements of a character analysis used by the author to describe the character and then to create a visual interpretation of the character's trait.

The front of the shirt must include:
 * Story Title
 * Author
 * Character's Name
 * Picture of Character
 * Description of Character

The right sleeve must include:
 * Strengths of character

The left sleeve must include:
 * Weakness of character

The back of the T-shirt must include:
 * Internal/External Conflicts
 * Figurative Language

**__High Frequency Words__**

I have attached the high frequency words your child needs to know by the time he/she leaves 5th Grade. Please make sure your child reviews them daily.





"The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. //-Dr. Seuss//