Curriculum

🧮 Math - This week is all about comparing fractions.  The students will compare fractions with like denominators, fractions with like numerators, and fractions with different denominators and numerators. They will learn that the larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.  They will also learn how to use benchmark fractions such as 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and 1 whole to make comparisons.

🏡Weekly Homework: Spiral Review Week 12 - Due Friday, February 6th. (available on Friday, January 23rd) - NOTE: This due date was extended due to snow days.

🧪 Science - This week, we will continue to learn about the movement of water in The Water Cycle and work on our Raindrop Comic Strips to show this process of moving water on the surface of the earth and in our atmosphere.

Students will finish Module 6 TEKS check(graded) &  ECR (practice only).  In module 7, students will listen to, read, and view a variety of texts and media that present them with information about traditional tales. A genre focus on traditional stories provides students with  opportunities to identify central ideas, figurative language, and  media techniques in order to better understand unfamiliar texts. What Does It Mean? Have your child keep a growing list of the Critical Vocabulary words. Quiz each other on their meanings. Word Hunt Look for words with the suffixes –ion, –ity, –ty and prefixes mis–, pre–, dis– in books and online texts.

🏡Weekly Homework: Spiral Review Grammar - Due Friday, February 6th. -Extension due to snow days 

                                                    (NOTE: was available on Friday, January 23rd).

✏️ Writing - To partner with our reading lessons, writers will work on creating thier very own Tall Tale. Students will continue to review spiral grammar skills and focus on their ECR feedback to improve. We will compare written Claims to analyze the rubric to the evidence of a proper claim.  

 🌏 Social Studies - In Social Studies this week, students will learn how the U.S. and Texas governments work, including the roles of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. They will explore how laws are made and how leaders are elected in a representative democracy. Students will also learn about the importance of voting and how citizens participate in government.