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Fiction (Nov. 11 - Dec. 6) Students will use what they know about plot elements and characterization in fiction texts to deepen their understanding through predictions and story structure.
Poetry (Dec. 9 - Dec. 20) Students will begin to learn more about poetry and notice the language and its rhythms. They will also learn to notice how a few simple words can evoke strong images or strong feelings.
Opinion (Nov. 18 - Dec. 6) Students will be finishing their opinion unit where we are equipping them with tools they need to write simple essays that advance an idea about a piece of literature.
Poetry (Dec. 9 - Dec. 20) The focus will be on helping students write meaningful poems that contain content the writers care about. Students will develop an active feel for poetry, generating and collecting lots of small blurbs for their poems.
Students are learning the different ways to represent multiplication and division. They are learning how the two are related to each other. They are learning strategies to solve 1 and 2 step multiplication/division problems in a variety of ways.
Students will be focusing on different types of energy and the forces and motions of energy.
Students will be learning all geography and then move onto history. We will learn about some specific historical figures and events.
In art, we will review the elements of art and creating fall themed art projects. Each grade will also be starting their Wester art projects.