Mrs. Raiz

Below you will find some of the most commonly used programs/websites.  They can all be accessed through Clever.

March 9-13

Weekly Update 

ELA:    

Essential Question:  How do inventions and technology affect our lives?

Genre:  Historical Fiction

Shared Read: A Telephone Mix-Up

Anchor Text : The Moon Over the Star

Paired Text: Star Parties

Just a reminder - these stories can be accessed through Clever.  Your child can listen and/or read to you & with you.

Vocabulary Words:   

Decade: A period of ten years

Directing: Is the act of giving instructions, ordering or commanding

Engineering: Is the work that uses scientific knowledge for practical things such as building bridges and dams

Gleaming: Shining or glowing

Scouted: To have looked at or explored in order to find out and bring back more information

Squirmed: To have turned or twisted the body

Technology: To use science for practical purposes, especially in engineering and industry

Tinkering: Is puttering or keeping busy in an aimless way

Vocabulary Strategies:

Synonyms

Reading Skills & Strategies:

Make predictions

Setting

Character point of view and perspective

Writing:

Expository/Informational Writing 

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. 

a. Introduce a topic clearly and group related information in paragraphs and sections; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia to aid comprehension, if needed.

b. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic. 

c. Link ideas within categories of information using words and phrases (e.g., another, for example, also, because). 

d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. e. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented. 

Math:  

Module 10 - Algebraic Thinking and Number Theory

• identify prime & composite numbers

Prime Number

A prime number is a number greater than 1 that has exactly two factors: 1 and itself.

Examples:

• 2 (factors: 1, 2)

• 3 (factors: 1, 3)

• 5 (factors: 1, 5)

• 7 (factors: 1, 7)

👉 7 is prime because the only numbers that divide evenly into it are 1 and 7.

Composite Number

A composite number is a number greater than 1 that has more than two factors.

Examples:

• 4 (factors: 1, 2, 4)

• 6 (factors: 1, 2, 3, 6)

• 8 (factors: 1, 2, 4, 8)

• 9 (factors: 1, 3, 9)

👉 6 is composite because it has more than two factors.

Module 11 - Fraction Equivalence and Comparison

• compare fractions using visual models

• compare fractions using benchmarks

• explain fraction equivalence using visual models

• generate equivalent fractions

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. ✖️There are multiplication games/facts practice located in your child's math google classroom.

Social Studies:    

History & Government:  

We will explore rights as protected by government, written plans that provide frameworks for government, and roles and responsibilities in governments as well as how human rights and responsibilities affect expression of ideas and beliefs.

Science:

Students will begin learning how energy can be transferred from one location to another or can be transformed from one form to another. 

In STEM they will be learning:

• Electric circuits require a complete loop of conducting materials through which electrical energy can be transferred. 

• Electrical energy in circuits can be transformed to other forms of energy, including light, heat, sound and motion. Electricity and magnetism are closely related. 

SPECIALS SCHEDULE:

Monday - SPANISH

Tuesday - STEM, GUIDANCE

Wednesday - P.E.

Thursday - ART, LIBRARY 

Friday - MUSIC

Instrumental music: Lessons are every Friday. Please remember to bring your instrument and music lesson book on Fridays.