Ms. Aldrich, Mrs. Criss and Ms. Clement

Important Dates & Reminders

• February 8th: 100th Day of School, Start of WIDA testing, Q2 Progress  Reports go home
• February 9th: WIDA testing
• February 14th: Valentine’s Day party
• February 19th: No School for President’s Day

Language Arts What are we learning?

Reading Unit: Content Area Research

Students will be able to...

• Engage in a process of inquiry to ask and seek answers to questions
• Understand that published research represents current understanding which continues to develop based on new discoveries. 
• Collaborate and discuss to clarify thinking 

Writing Unit: Content Area Research

Students will be able to… 

• Engage in a process of inquiry to ask and seek answers to questions.
• Understand that published research represents current understanding which continues to develop based on new discoveries 
• Collaborate and discuss to clarify thinking

We will begin reading Biographies and Autobiographies after our Research unit.

Home/School Connection

Questions to ask your student:

• How does curiosity guide you as a researcher?
• How does your research impact others?
• Why did you select this topic?
• What are you learning from your sources?
• How has your thinking about this topic changed?
• What questions do you still have about your topic
  

Books We’ll Be Reading: 

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane   by Kate DiCamillo

Math What are we learning?

We will be finishing our Multiplication and Division unit by February 9th. 

• Math Unit: Addition and Subtraction Part 2

Students will be able to…

• Read, write, and identify the place value of each digit in a six-digit number
• Round whole numbers to the nearest ten, hundred, and thousand 9,999 or less
• Compare and order whole numbers 9,999 or less
• Estimate and determine the sum or difference of two whole numbers 9,999 or less
• Create and solve single-step and multistep practical problems involving sums or differences of two whole numbers 9,999 or less

Home/School Connection

Things to do with your student:

• If student has access to the computer, have them practice on ST Math or Reflex
• Practice fact fluency with flashcards

Science What are we learning?

We will begin our unit on Soil at the end of February.

Students will be able to…

•  Investigate and understand that soil is a system.
• Understand that soil is composed of different components with specific properties that support organisms within an ecosystem.

Social Studies What are we learning?

Social Studies Unit: Ancient China

• Understand how civilizations have changed over time
• Explain how the contributions of Ancient China continue to influence our world today
• Describe and evaluate how people in Ancient China adapted to their environment
• Understand the use of natural, capital, and human resources

AAP Corner What are we learning?

 Students will be able to understand that…

• Systems can be functional or in disfunction
• Systems are interconnected
• Systems are made of larger and smaller systems
• Systems adapt and change over time

Home/School Connection

Questions to ask your student:

• What is a system and where do systems exist?
• How do systems connect to me, the world, and what I am learning?