Curriculum Updates:

Math: Beginning the school year with proportional relationships is an excellent way to establish a strong foundation in a core mathematical concept. This unit effectively integrates several key skills: unit rates, writing equations, and graphing linear relationships.

Social Studies: We will be reviewing the 5 themes of Geography. We will use this to introduce our first ancient civilization, Greece. We will be comparing the two major city-states of Athens and Sparta in the coming weeks. 

Science: Panther scientists are building confidence with the metric system and discovering why it is such a valuable tool for science—and the world beyond. Students are learning how this system makes measuring and sharing data easier and more reliable. Through hands-on labs and practice, they will gain comfort using metric units while continuing to strengthen their skills in observation, data analysis, and scientific thinking. Look forward to hearing how they apply these tools in creative and challenging ways!

ELA: Students are reviewing sentence structures. We began the week reviewing simple sentences, and we will continue study compound, complex, and compound-complex sentence. Within our studies, students will be able to identify and create a variety for sentences types.