Curriculum

🧮 Math - In math we will take our iReady diagnostic on Monday 8/25 and Tuesday 8/26. We will then continue within our first unit of study, Understanding & Representing Whole Numbers. We will look at rounding whole numbers, estimating solutions, and begin to look at ways to represent decimals. 

🧪 Science - This week in Science, the students will learn about the physical properties of matter.  This week, the students will focus on mass.  They will engage in a hands-on investigation, read an article, and participate in S.T.E.A.M. activities about mass.  Ask your child to share what they have learned about physical states of matter (solid, liquid, gass) and temperature.

📚 Reading: Students will be wrapping up their i-Ready diagnostics and begin their my path lessons. Over the next three weeks, our class will build their knowledge about identity, with a focus on a variety of story types. We will read texts and view videos about how our experiences help shape our identity. The genre focus in this module is different kinds of stories, including fantasy, realistic fiction, and folktales.  This weeks skill is looking at monitoring our reading, point of view, and character analysis within a given text. We will continue our beginning of year fluency checks.

Spelling Focus: Learn spelling patterns for long e,  including CVe, and short e sounds

✏️ Writing:  The students will work on editing and revising with peer reviews. They will learn about hooks and try 3 of their own to make their writing better for our moments of "s.o.s." Recognizing how they help us to grow and lean on others. We'll be looking at exemplar texts and writing our own stories! 

🌏 Social Studies - This week in Social Studies, the students will learn about map skills and locations.  They will look at several examples of maps and learn how geographers identify specific locations.  Some of the maps include physical maps, climate maps, and population maps.