Language Arts

What are we learning?

• Brainstorm and write realistic fiction stories. 
• Edit for capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
• While reading biographies, readers pay attention to a subject’s challenges and choices to understand what lesson the subject learned.

Home/School Connection

• Ask students to share their realistic fiction story ideas. 
• Ask students to share about the biographies they have learned about.

Math

What are we learning?

• In this measurement unit, students expand their knowledge of measuring length in customary and metric units. 
• They estimate and measure lengths and develop understandings of perimeter and area. 
• Students will also estimate and measure liquid volume using customary and metric units.

Home/School Connection

• When do we use measurement in real life?
• Practice measuring things around the house.

AAP Math

What are we learning?

• In this measurement unit, students expand their knowledge of measuring length in customary and metric units. 
• They estimate and measure lengths and develop understandings of perimeter and area. 
• Students will also estimate and measure liquid volume using customary and metric units.

Home/School Connection

• When do we use measurement in real life?
• Practice measuring things around the house.

Science

What are we learning?

Describe and organize the events in the water cycle

Home/School Connection

• Ask, when do we see cycles in our lives?
• Ask, what happens in the water cycle?

Social Studies

What are we learning?

Ancient Rome

• Explain how the contributions of ancient Rome continue to influence our world today (architecture, inventions, democracy)
• Explain how Ancient Romans had to adapt to their environment

Home/School Connection

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

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