Language Arts

What are we learning?

• Brainstorm nonfiction topics that students know a lot about and would want to write about
• Plan and organize their “all about” piece
• Use text features to help navigate through and better understand a nonfiction text

Home/School Connection

• Ask, what nonfiction books are you reading?
• Talk about the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
• Have students share their “all about” nonfiction ideas and/or writing.

Math

What are we learning?

• Break wholes into fractions
• Model fractions and mixed numbers
• Name fractions and mixed numbers

Home/School Connection

• Discuss fractions as they appear in daily life

AAP Math

What are we learning?

• Name and write fractions and mixed numbers
• Compare fractions having like and unlike denominators, using words (greater than, less than, equal to and not equal) and symbols (>, <, =, or ≠)
• Find equivalent fractions with unlike denominators
• Compare and order fractions and mixed numbers

Home/School Connection

• Ask, how can you use fractions in your daily life?
• Ask, how can you show fractions on a number line with whole numbers?
• Have your child describe and explain these terms for fractions: 
  • whole
  • part
  • equivalent
  • numerator
  • denominator
  • greater than
  • less than

Science

What are we learning?

• Sequence the pattern of seasonal changes
• Describe how the earth’s rotation causes day and night
• Describe the cycle of the moon phases

Home/School Connection

• Ask, when do we see cycles in our lives?
• Ask, how long does it take the earth to complete one rotation?
• Ask, how long does it take the earth to make one revolution around the sun?

Social Studies

What are we learning?

Ancient Egypt

• Explain how the contributions of ancient Egypt continue to influence our world today (architecture, inventions, the calendar, and written language)
• Explain how Ancient Egyptians had to adapt to their environment

Home/School Connection

• Ask, how did the Ancient Egyptians contribute to life today?
• Ask, how did people adapt to survive in Ancient Egypt?

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