Language Arts

What are we learning?

• Understand how writing can change how the reader thinks and feels.
• Compare a variety of resources to determine the perspective of the author, what does the author believe?
• Exercise the right to voice and write opinions using facts to support themselves.

Home/School Connection

• Discuss with your student

• How can my writing impact the thinking of others? 

• How can I convince others to support my point of view?

• How does my writing change depending on the audience?

Math

What are we learning?

• Estimate and solve 2-digit x 2-digit multiplication problems
• Estimate and solve 1-digit x 3-digit division problems
• Identify and extend patterns
• Recognize equality

Home/School Connection

• Solve real worlds multiplication and division problems
• Discuss real world patterns

Science

What are we learning?

• Reminding students that our watershed connects to the Atlantic Ocean, which is a valuable natural resource that should be protected.
• Discovering the ocean floor depth varies and has a variety of features.
• Looking at models can be used to illustrate and interpret the depth of the ocean and its major geological features

Home/School Connection

• Ask students where the creeks, streams, and storm drains go. (Potomac River, Chesapeake Bay, Atlantic Ocean)
• Have them identify the different layers of the ocean and describe why they are named that.

Social Studies

What are we learning?

• The student will explore the reasons why the colonies went to war with Great Britain and how their path to revolution connects to our modern world 
• The student will examine the various roles of Revolutionary War leaders, American Indians, enslaved African Americans, whites, and free African Americans 
• The student will evaluate the importance of the American victory at Yorktown
• The student will examine the reasons for the relocation of Virginia’s capital from Williamsburg to Richmond

Home/School Connection

• Visit Colonial Yorktown 
• Discuss why a country might want to be free from its leader.
• Ask your student why different people were treated differently in Colonial America. 
• Share your point of view on how the victory at Yorktown changed America.

Click here to see what students are learning in Specials!