What we're learning:

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• CKLA Unit : Novel Study: The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

• Your child is reading From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg.

• The story follows Claudia and her brother Jamie, who run away and live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

• The novel focuses on problem-solving, independence, and responsibility.

What we're doing:

These are some of the assignments of which you should be aware this week.

• Students will explore how characters change and grow over time.

• Students will be introduced to new vocabulary from the novel. They will use context clues to find meanings.  

• The story encourages curiosity and critical thinking, especially through solving a mystery.

• Students will practice summarizing, making inferences, and discussing character motivations.

**Reading logs should be filled out each night Monday - Thursday and turned in on Fridays.**

 Keeping the End in Mind:

At LCA, we're always thinking about how our lessons lead to human flourishing.  For each lesson, we have Big Ideas and Essential Questions in mind.

Essential Questions

• Why does Claudia decide to run away, and what does she hope to gain?

• How do Claudia and Jamie show independence and responsibility?

• What role does curiosity play in the story?

• How does the setting (the museum) influence the characters’ experiences?

• What lessons does Claudia learn about herself by the end of the story?

• Why does Mrs. Frankweiler make Claudia work to discover the truth?

• How do challenges help characters grow and change?

What we're learning:

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• We are learning how to show courage in school and our community.

What we're doing:

These are some of the assignments of which you should be aware this week.

• Modeling what courage is in class and school.

• Writing about being courageous in our journals.

 Keeping the End in Mind:

At LCA, we're always thinking about how our lessons lead to human flourishing.  For each lesson, we have Big Ideas and Essential Questions in mind.

• How does showing courage help your classmates and teacher? What can you do to to model courage  to others?  

What we're learning:

These are the general topics that we will be covering this week.

• Exploriung the Metroplotitan Museum of Modern Art in New York City through virtual field trips and details found within the CKLA novel. 

What we're doing:

These are some of the assignments of which you should be aware this week.

 Keeping the End in Mind:

At LCA, we're always thinking about how our lessons lead to human flourishing.  For each lesson, we have Big Ideas and Essential Questions in mind.

What we're learning:

These are the general topics that we will be covering this week.

• We will practice writing with cursive handwriting each day.

• Reading Holes aloud in class.

**Cursive is taken as a classwork grade each week. 

What we're doing:

These are some of the assignments of which you should be aware this week.

• • Students practice writing in cursive each day beginning with tracing and then practicing on their own.  This is taken for a classwork grade on completion each week.

  • Writing their first and last names in cursive on their classwork.

 Keeping the End in Mind:

At LCA, we're always thinking about how our lessons lead to human flourishing.  For each lesson, we have Big Ideas and Essential Questions in mind.

• How can I successfully connect the letters together while writing cursive?

• Can I write my first and last name using cursive?

What we're learning:

These are the general topics that we will be covering this week.

• Words problems, Fractions Review, Mulitplication and Division

• Daily practice with facts and mental math  *** If your child is not above the 5's multiplication yet, PLEASE study with them each night for homework.  It is essential that they know these to be successful with many math concepts.  We will have a special Ice cream sundae party or doughnuts when everyone passes their 12's.  6 students have already passed and a few are very close!

• Word problems practice

What we're doing:

These are some of the assignments of which you should be aware this week.

• Students will work through power ups (math fact daily practice, mental math, and problem solving) as well as the Saxon math lesson for the day. 

• Multiplication facts practice and individual timed tests each Tuesday and Thursday. 

 Keeping the End in Mind:

At LCA, we're always thinking about how our lessons lead to human flourishing.  For each lesson, we have Big Ideas and Essential Questions in mind.

• How can I use various strategies while solving word problems?

• What strategies can I used to find equivalent fractions?

What we're learning:

These are the general topics that we will be covering this week.

What we're doing:

These are some of the assignments of which you should be aware this week.

 Keeping the End in Mind:

At LCA, we're always thinking about how our lessons lead to human flourishing.  For each lesson, we have Big Ideas and Essential Questions in mind.

What we're learning:

These are the general topics that we will be covering this week.

• The jingles review

• Introducing Natural and Inverted word order and helping verbs

• Classifying sentences

• Adding possessive nouns and pronouns to the question and answer flow 

What we're doing:

These are some of the assignments of which you should be aware this week.

• Students will practice classifying sentences, question and answer flow, preposition, prounouns, conjuctions and reviewing parts of speech.

 Keeping the End in Mind:

At LCA, we're always thinking about how our lessons lead to human flourishing.  For each lesson, we have Big Ideas and Essential Questions in mind.

• How can I use what I am learning in grammar to assist in my everyday writing?