Language Arts
What are we learning?
- Readers notice that poems can look, sound, and feel different from other texts
- Poets make deliberate choices about the conventions, techniques, and language they use in their writing
Home/School Connection
- Ask, what have you noticed about the poems you have read?
- Encourage students to share their poetry journals with you
Math
What are we learning?
- Place value up to 6 digits
- Practicing addition and subtraction strategies including breaking apart numbers and using a number line
Home/School Connection
- When would you need to use addition and subtraction in your everyday world?
- When would you need to use estimation in your everyday world?
- How can you figure out the value of a number?
AAP Math
What are we learning?
- Compare and order decimals
- Add and subtract with decimals
- Solve problems using addition and subtraction with decimals
Home/School Connection
- Ask, how do you compare 2 decimal numbers? How do you know which one is greater/less?
- Ask, when would you need to add and subtract numbers with decimals in your everyday world?
Science
What are we learning?
- Soil is made up of various components: silt, sand, gravel, clay, humus
- Plants require different soil components to grow well
Home/School Connection
- Ask, what are the different components in soil?
- Ask, why is soil important to plants? Why is soil important to animals?
