Arielle Aitken

5th ELAR Midway Park Elementary

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Using blank graphic organizers and sentence stems to practice create a literary essay for the ECR. #ParrotPride #MidwayParkElementary

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5th graders are collaborating in groups to break down the elements of Plot in Pixar shorts. #MidwayParkElementary #ParrotPride @HEBISDpeople

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More movement is always better this time of year! We’re exploring poetry by rotating through task cards and discussing with partners. @HEBISDpeople #MidwayParkElementary #ParrotPride

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5th graders are showing their understanding of paired passage by reading an interview with Neil Gaiman and a review of the “Graveyard Book” and making comparisons about the ideas in each. #MidwayParkElementary #ParrotPride

[Arielle Aitken @MsAitkenMPE]

Today in 5th grade, we are breaking down character changes in “Fancy Dancer” to help us create a plot map showing the five elements of plot! #ParrotPride #MidwayParkElementary

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To prepare for tomorrow’s DBA, 5th grade did partner rotations to discuss making inferences, author’s purpose, summarizing, and more! #MidwayParkElementary #ParrotPride

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5th grade presented slideshows to accompany their informational text. We learned about such topics as Marie Curie, dogs as pets, monster trucks, and snow globes! #ParrotPride #MidwayParkElementary

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5th graders turned their informational writing into a Google Slides presentation to share with the class! #ParrotPride #MidwayParkElementary

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My daughter’s stuffed dog, Chloe, had fun helping out at Midway Park today! #MidwayParkElementary #ParrotPride

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Our fifth graders are doing their part to keep our school beautiful! #MidwayParkElementary #ParrotPride

[Arielle Aitken @MsAitkenMPE]

We started today with a model of the constructed response and guided practice, then some movement with task cards around the room. @HEBISDpeople #MidwayParkElementary #ParrotPride

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Working collaboratively to determine which details in our text helped us find the author’s purpose. #MidwayParkElementary #ParrotPride

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Fifth graders had their first experience with partner revising using meaningful feedback. #MidwayParkElementary #ParrotPride @HEBISDpeople

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Midway Park 5th graders had an amazing field trip to the Amon Carter Museum of American Art! @theamoncarter #MidwayParkElementary #ParrotPride

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Working on making predictions using a TED Talk about Frida Kahlo as we prepare to read “Picturesque Journeys.” #MidwayParkElementary #ParrotPride @HEBISDpeople

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Parrot Pals! Fifth grade read to their kindergarten friends in Ms. Walker’s class today! #ParrotPride #MidwayParkElementary

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We’re rethinking how we do our first reads by sketching what we visualize as we read a historical fiction text. @HEBISDpeople #ParrotPride #MidwayParkElementary

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Today we collaborated in table groups to think of examples of text evidence and schema as we explore making inferences. @HEBISDpeople #ParrotPride #MidwayParkElementary

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Working in partners to discuss and analyze the use of text features in our informational text “Life on Earth and Beyond.” @HEBISDpeople #ParrotPride #MidwayParkElementary

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We’re identifying our vocabulary background knowledge by brainstorming and sharing words we know that end with -ic, -ism, and -ive. @HEBISDpeople #MidwayParkElementary #ParrotPride