Language Arts
What are we learning?
- We are learning that researchers take and organize notes.
- We are learning that researchers notice when they need to do more research.
- We are learning to synthesize information across multiple texts in order to construct meaning.
Home/School Connection
- What are the benefits to organizing notes while researching?
- How can you tell if an online source is credible and reliable?
- Where are you in the research process?
Math
What are we learning?
- We have been simplifying expressions using the order of operations.
- We will be learning to connect our knowledge of ratios to proportions.
- We are reviewing concepts that we have learned all throughout the school year.
Home/School Connection
- Can you name the steps for simplifying expressions? What comes first, multiplication or division?
- What is a ratio? What is a unit rate?
- Review a concept that your child says was challenging for them.
Science
What are we learning?
- We are learning that energy can consist in two ways.
- We are learning that some energy sources are renewable and some are nonrenewable.
- We are learning about ways we can reduce our use of energy.
Home/School Connection
- What’s the difference between potential and kinetic energy?
- What’s an example of a renewable energy source?
Social Studies
What are we learning?
- We are learning to describe the cultural, economic, and constitutional issues that divided the nation during the Civil War.
- We are learning to explain how the issues of states’ rights and slavery increased sectional tensions.
- We are learning to analyze why the Southern states seceded from the Union.
Home/School Connection
- How can individuals stop injustice in society?
- Why might people risk their lives for a cause?
- What effects did the conflicts between the North and South have on the people in those regions?
