Language Arts
What are we learning?
- Readers actively prepare for test questions using everything they know about tests and the genre.
- Readers use test-taking strategies in order to select the correct answer or answers
- Writers elaborate using elements that inform and persuade so that the reader can make an educated decision.
Home/School Connection
- When do we use reviews to make decisions?
- How could you persuade someone?
Math
What are we learning?
- Show multiplication in a variety of ways including pictures, arrays, number lines, and equations
- Explore the relationship between multiplication and division
- Determine if two math expressions are equal or unequal
Home/School Connection
- Discuss equal groups in real life experiences
- Describe how numbers can be divided equally in real life experiences
AAP Math
What are we learning?
- Learning to identify, describe, compare and contrast geometric figures
- Key Vocabulary: points, line segments, rays, lines, congruent, non-congruent, polygons, angles, intersect, parallel, perpendicular
Home/School Connection
- Where do you see geometry in everyday life?
- Encourage students to use key vocabulary words from this unit in their daily lives
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
- Analyze data to draw conclusions about soil mixtures
Home/School Connection
- Ask, what are the different components in soil?
- Ask, why is soil important to plants? Why is soil important to animals?
