What We're Learning
Math
We are currently working on NC.4.NF.1: Explain why a fraction a/b is equivalent to a fraction (n × a)/(n × b) by using visual fraction models, with attention to how the number and size of the parts differ even though the two fractions themselves are the same size. Use this principle to recognize and generate equivalent fractions.
In order to help at home, you can find topic 8 in clever, Savvas easy bridge, click our class, click the green button and find topic 5. You can also have your child on dreambox each night to practice skills that THEY need.
***Keep practicing basic multiplication facts each night!***
Reading
In this second unit, students research their expert group animal and its defense mechanisms. Close reading of informational texts and web pages about their expert group animal prepares students for the mid-unit assessment, in which they cite evidence, determine the main idea, and then summarize and organize their research. In the second half of the unit, students synthesize information from their research by writing an informative piece detailing their expert group animal’s physical characteristics, habitat, predators, and defense mechanisms. This piece serves as the introduction to their performance task, a choose-your-own-adventure narrative, written in Unit 3. Their research in this unit will also serve as a resource for writing narratives with scientifically accurate details in the following unit.
The best help at home is to ensure your scholar is reading each night for 30 minutes.
Click HERE to find questions you can ask your child as they read or after they read.