March
Reading
In Unit 7, “Conflicts that Shaped a Nation” students will read firsthand accounts, informational texts, and historical fiction about the American Revolution. They will synthesize information to build the following Enduring Understandings:
- Wars, and other conflicts that are resolved with violence, have major social, emotional, economic, and political effects that have a lasting impact on the peoples and nations involved.
- People can have different views, perspectives, and experiences of conflict.
- Different groups of people participated in the American Revolution for different reasons and the final outcome of the war impacted these groups in positive and negative ways.
- A wide range of primary and secondary sources are important pieces when building a full and meaningful understanding of the past.
- Writers may choose to deal with important historical topics such as the Revolutionary War through historical fiction.
In class, students will practice these reading comprehension skills:
- Compare and contrast the varieties of English used in a text
- Compare and contrast the overall structure of events in two or more texts (chronology)
- Determine two or more main ideas and explain how details support them
- Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points
- Integrate information from several texts on the same topic
At home, families can:
- Ensure students are reading at home for 20 minutes every day
- Encourage students to show you what they are learning by accessing the Benchmark reading app on their dashboard
Math
Unit 7 will focus on multiplication of mixed numbers, geometry & graphs.
In class, students will practice:
- multiplying mixed numbers
- use common denominators to divide fractions
- classifying shapes in a hierarchy
- analyzing patterns and relationships
At home, students can:
- Complete Everyday Math Home Links worksheets
- Practice these skills on ST Math which they can access on their dashboard
- Play Everyday Math games which they can access on their dashboard
April
Reading
In Unit 8 , “Water, Fact and Fiction,” students will answer the essential question about what water means to people and the societies they live in. They will synthesize information to build the following enduring understandings:
- Water is an essential resource that supports all life on Earth
- Water represents various things to different cultures around the world
- Ancient Greek myths contain many sea gods and goddesses that exert their powers over mortals.
- Water plays an important role in the formation of communities and societies, and in people’s everyday lives..
In class, students will practice these reading comprehension skills:
- Compare and contrast characters in a story
- Explain how authors use reasons and evidence to support a claim
- Integrate information from two texts to speak knowledgeably about a topic
- Summarize the text
- Explain how parts of a text fit together to provide the overall structure
- Compare and contrast two texts with similar themes
- Explain the relationship between events in a scientific text
- Determine multiple themes from a poem
At home, families can:
- Ensure students are reading at home for 20 minutes every day
- Encourage students to show you what they are learning by accessing the Benchmark reading app on their dashboard
Math
Unit 8 will focus on applications of measurement, computation and graphing.
In class, students will practice:
- Perform operation with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredths
- Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system
- Graph points on the coordinate plane to solve real-world and mathematical problems
At home, students can:
- Complete Everyday Math Home Links worksheets
- Practice these skills on ST Math which they can access on their dashboard
- Play Everyday Math games which they can access on their dashboard
