Language Arts

What are we learning?

• Explore and predict character traits and feelings and how they change and develop over time
• Draw conclusions about characters based on what we read
• Write a personal essay; creating and developing a thesis and supports.
• Support a point of view with details.

Home/School Connection

• Ask how a character changes over time in a story you are reading aloud
• Elaborate on a story they have written or read, create a new ending
• Ask, how would you describe the characters in your book?
• What is the author's message?
• What is the most interesting part of your book?
• What goals have you set for yourself for reading and writing?

Math

What are we learning?

• Compare and order fractions
• Identify equivalent fractions
• Make connections between fractions and division
• Find multiples and factors

Home/School Connection

• Skip count to practice multiples
• Discuss fractions in everyday life, when describing sets or dividing wholes

Science

What are we learning?

• Develop understanding of natural and mineral resources in Virginia
• Compare how Virginia resources were used by First Americans and Virginians today

Home/School Connection

• Explore ecosystems and discuss issues that affect natural resources there.
• Discuss how minerals, ore, and rock are used in everyday life. 
• Ask where the water goes as it moves through our watershed

Social Studies

What are we learning?

Make connections between Virginia geography and Native Peoples and Virginia ecosystems.

Home/School Connection

• Discuss Virginia’s five regions and their characteristics.
• Discuss how Virginia’s landforms affected life of First Americans and Virginans today

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