Language Arts

What are we learning?

• We have been learning to differentiate between narrative nonfiction and general nonfiction.
• We have written a piece of nonfiction to demonstrate our knowledge of the genre and share information with our audience.
• We will be examining functional texts to locate and interpret information.

Home/School Connection

• Have your child share their nonfiction piece with you. 
• Discuss what makes it nonfiction, and what you learned from reading it.
• Share some functional texts like web pages and advertisements, and discuss the purpose of each text.

Math

What are we learning?

• We are continuing to learn how to use integers to solve real-world problems.
• We are continuing to learn that integers can be used to represent changes.
• This week, we will begin learning how to add and subtract integers in real world situations.

Home/School Connection

• What are some real-world examples of how we use integers?
• What are some vocabulary terms that represent positive and negative changes?
• How can words like ascend and below help you solve real world integer problems?

Social Studies

What are we learning?

• We are continuing to learn about the major battles of the Revolutionary War and key individuals who played a major part throughout the war.
• We are exploring the Declaration of Independence and making connections with current events.
• We are analyzing several primary sources, learning how each source tells a story, and discussing the difference between news and propaganda.

Home/School Connection

• If you were living during the time period of the Revolutionary War, what part might you play and why?  (Think of the conditions the soldiers had to endure during the battles, especially Valley Forge).
• When you think of the Revolutionary War, what individual do you most connect with and why?
• What do you think would have happened if the Declaration of Independence had now been written?  
• With your family or friends, use the 30 second strategy to analyze a primary source of your choosing, and share your thoughts. Discuss if it’s news or propaganda.

AAP Content

How do patterns connect to me, to the world, and to what I'm learning?

• Math:
  • Students will work to develop an understanding of and fluency with multiple representations of functions that model a multiplicative or additive relationship.
• Language Arts:
  • Readers will use a variety of strategies including determining importance, making inferences, drawing conclusions, and considering multiple perspectives to deepen understanding across content areas
• Social Studies:
  • Students will understand and appreciate the influence of individual experiences, societal values, and traditions on historical perspectives 
  • Students will continue tracking patterns in the fight for independence that led to the American Revolution
• Science
  • Students will discover how weather systems impacted four important Revolutionary figures
• Table Talk:
  • What is the relationship between these two quantities? (Give student an example)
  • How can you represent this relationship in a table or in words?
  • How did the study of weather impact the lives of George Washington, Benjamin Banneker, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and early America during the time of the American Revolution?
  • What would you do for freedom?
  • How would you tell the story of conflict between England and the colonies that led to the Revolutionary War, and how a person or people (throughout history or today) are impacted by similar conflicts of power?

Click here to see what students are learning in Specials!