Important Dates & Reminders

• Spring Break - April 3rd-7th 
• Early Release - April 13th 
• Student Holiday - April 14th

Language Arts

What are we learning?

• Identify the main conflict and resolution in fictional texts
• Determine the theme of fictional texts
• Use knowledge of transition words to understand how information is organized in sequence.
• Demonstrate comprehension by writing responses to what they read.
• Use information from the text to draw conclusions
• Writers study other writers and illustrators to explore craft techniques.
• Writers describe the decisions they are making and their intentions (why).
• Writers consider feedback from and provide feedback to fellow writers.

Home/School Connection

• Read and talk about books with your child. Have your child write responses to what they read.
• Look at the author's crafts in your family’s favorites and see what you notice is repeating in different books.

Math

What are we learning?

• End of Unit 7 Addition/Subtraction with 2 digits
• Geometry
• Draw a line of symmetry in a figure.
• Identify and create figures with at least one line of symmetry.
• Identify, describe, compare, and contrast plane and solid figures (circles/spheres, squares/cubes, and rectangles/rectangular prisms).
• Identify, describe, create, extend, and transfer patterns found in objects, pictures, and numbers.

Home/School Connection

• Practice Addition and Subtraction with 2 digits with students at home to prepare for the assessment.
• Play games and identify the attributes of shapes. 
• Scavenger hunts at home can provide students with opportunities to recognize geometric figures in their environment.
• Look for lines of symmetry in nature.

Science

What are we learning?

• Finishing up 
• Force and Matter
• Substances are made of matter and have observable and identifiable characteristics.
• Changes in matter can be observed and investigated in order to understand the natural world. 
• Forces can have an effect on objects. 
• Forces have important applications in our everyday lives.
• Monarchs, Milkweed, & Mexico: Spring-coming soon!

Home/School Connection

Use these questions at home to help students make observations about force and matter:

• How can matter be classified? 
• How can matter change? 
• How can forces cause an object to move? 
• How can forces be used to help everyday life?

Social Studies

What are we learning?

• Honoring people and celebrating holidays is important to people around the world.
• Knowledge of the past helps us understand the present and make decisions about the future.
• Civil Rights Leaders
• The ideas and actions of people can shape events. 
• Some people are “change-makers.” They want to make changes in our world to make lives better. ​​​​​​​

Home/School Connection

• Take your child to Washington DC and explain how many monuments are in honor of important people who helped change the world around us.