Monday, October 12 - Open House, 10:00-11:30am
Friday, October 16 - No School for students
Monday, November 2 - No School
Tuesday, November 3 - No School
Students will begin Domain 2: The Birthplace of Democracy: Ancient Greece. Students explore the civilization of ancient Greece and see the ways in which parts of that world are present in our world—in language, government, art, architecture, the Olympics, and more. Students learn about the city-states of Sparta and Athens, the emergence of democracy, gods and goddesses of ancient Greece. and the philosophers Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Students continue to develop their writing skills as they create compound sentences using conjunctions.
Students will continue Unit 1: Working With Data and Solving Comparison Problems. The essential questions for this unit are: How can you use patterns and strategies to find sums and differences? How can picture graphs and bar graphs help you solve problems about data? Our Unit 1 story is A New Class Pet.
Students will be focusing on Science for the remainder of the quarter.
Students will explore the world of habitats and the diverse animals and plants within them. They will work towards understanding what a habitat is and the variety of life that can be found in different habitats. Throughout the unit, students will develop their understanding of habitats, practice scientific observation and data collection, and learn to make evidence-based claims.
Families have many goals for their children. Some of these goals include being fulfilled, happy, confident, responsible, kind, and loving. Teachers want these outcomes for their students too. We recognize that you are also one of your students’ teachers and we want to partner with you in supporting their personal and academic success. To support these goals and to help students build social and emotional skills, we are pleased to share that we are implementing Harmony SEL in our school community.
Harmony is a social and emotional learning (SEL) program for pre-kindergarten through sixth-grade students that gives every child opportunities to learn vital relationship-building skills in a supportive learning environment. In addition to having personal social and emotional benefits, SEL is associated with significant gains on academic achievement tests. The Harmony program is designed to build healthy relationships among students by having them engage in activities that promote understanding and respect. Over the course of the five units listed below, students will embrace their abilities to learn, collaborate, and spend time together.
• Being My Best Self
• Valuing Each Other
• Communicating with Each Other
• Learning from Each Other
• Supporting Our Community
You will continue to receive information about Harmony and what your child is learning, including activities in each unit that you can try at home. We can’t wait for you to find out more about Harmony Goals, Meet Up, Buddy Up, and other fun learning strategies we’re using in the classroom. To learn more about Harmony and explore the curriculum on your own please visit our no-cost online learning portal at online.harmonysel.org. We welcome your feedback.
Thank you for your support!