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“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
–Frederick Douglass
The student instructional day is from 8:10am to 3:00pm. Students are marked tardy if they are not in their seat ready to learn by 8:10am.
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Unit Summary
Unit Summary
In this unit, students continue their exploration of novel study by reading The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon. This is a coming-of-age story about Caleb, a ten-year-old boy living in a small town near Indianapolis. The novel explores themes of friendship, trust, family relationships, and freedom.
As students progress throughout the unit, they learn to closely analyze themes, characters, relationships, conflicts, and motivations during teacher Read-Alouds, partner reading, and independent reading. They examine descriptive language, sensory details, figurative language, and other literary techniques, and make inferences about characters’ perspectives and relationships using textual evidence. Finally, students interpret the author's message based on the themes identified in the novel.
Overall Learning Outcomes
Overall Learning Outcomes
Differentiate between first- and third-person points of view
Infer characters’ motivations, conflicts, perspectives, and traits using textual evidence
Analyze character relationships and explain how and why they change throughout a text
Compare and contrast the experiences and perspectives of characters in a text
Identify and analyze the meaning of figurative language, including similes, metaphors, imagery, hyperbole, and idioms
Demonstrate understanding of key vocabulary
Determine the meaning of unknown words using context from the text
Identify themes and determine the message of a novel
Write a narrative using first-person point of view, dialogue, descriptive language, figurative language, and sensory details
Plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish a narrative writing piece using rubrics, checklists, and peer feedback
Be reading at least 30 minutes each night to meet your goal of reading 40 books this year!
Be sure to practice your multiplication and division facts at home!
Be sure to practice your multiplication and division facts at home!
Science
Science
Waves of Sound
Waves of Sound
In this unit, students investigate the science of sound. Students construct physical devices to feel the vibrations that allow us to communicate across distances. Students also use digital devices to visualize the characteristics of different sound waves that cause us to hear different things.
Social Studies
Social Studies
Social Emotional Learning
Social Emotional Learning
Empathy & Kindness
Empathy & Kindness
Students identify and demonstrate how perspective-taking skills influence empathy, their relationships, and their own thoughts and actions.
The goals of this unit include students being able to:
Ask questions to learn about others’ points of view
Describe another person’s point of view about a given question
Describe how taking someone else’s point of view could influence their own thinking or actions
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School Absences
As stated in our Parent Handbook, "Because of the nature of the classroom learning experience, it is our policy not to provide textbooks or homework assignments prior to the vacation period when school is in session."
This policy is to discourage families from taking their vacations during regular school days. The student can make up anything missed upon their return to school, or complete any digital assignments posted for the days that they are out.
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