ELA: In April, third grade students will continue their work on the module, "A New Home." Students will continue to explore the immigrant experience through the lens of stories. Throughout the unit, students will ask, "How do stories help us understand immigrants' experiences?" Please see the parent tip sheet for more information.
Math: This month, third grade students will be engaged in topic 14, which focuses on extending students’ understanding of time and solving problems involving estimation and measurement of time intervals, liquid volume (capacity), and mass. Please see the parent tip sheet for more details.
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ELA: In April 4th grade students will continue their work in the "Extreme Settings," module. During this module students will examine how people react to extreme environments. Throughout the unit, they will ask and answer the question, "How do humans survive against the odds?" See the parent tip sheet for additional information
Math – 4th graders will be working in 3 different topics throughout the month of April.
Topic 11 focuses on how to read, make, and interpret line plots. Data in these plots will represent measurements given in halves, fourths, and eighths of a unit.
Topic 15 focuses on developing understanding of angle concepts including angle measurement.
Topic 16 - In Topic 16, your child will learn how to analyze, describe, and classify shapes based on properties of their sides, angles, and lines of symmetry.
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ELA - 5th grade students will continue their work in the module, "Breaking Barriers." Throughout this module, students will consider the power that sports have to affect how people view each other, create opportunities, and help people overcome challenges and barriers. Please see the parent tip sheet for more information.
Math – In April, 5th grade students will begin work in Topic 12, which focuses on using multiplication and division to convert measurements of length, capacity, and weight or mass within either the customary or metric measurement system, on converting units of time, and on solving problems involving measurement conversions.
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3rd grade: Students will be engaged in a "World Communities" unit, which highlights culture, economy, and government.
4th grade: Students will begin a unit called, "A Walk in the Park," where students model how animals in a park process sensory information and react. Emphasis is placed on sight as students develop models to understand how animals, including humans, see when light reflected from objects enters their eyes. Students investigate how structures support the survival, growth and reproduction of plants in the park.
5th grade: Students will begin a unit on the government, where they will examine different types of government, as well as examine our own government and how the 3 branches work together to balance responsibility.
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