This week, readers will finish following Salva and Nya’s journeys in A Long Walk to Water. We have learned to summarize, predict, and infer along the way. It’s been exciting to hear readers asking about our next book already too! They’ve caught the reading bug. Encourage them to continue applying the strategies of pausing, following the character, and summarizing as you ask them about their independent reading books.
Writers are rounding the corner on next week’s STAAR writing test. We have been reviewing and applying our knowledge of all things grammar and expository writing. They are ready! We’ll be finishing up our review by talking through expectations on testing day this week. We started building geometry vocabulary with some kinesthetic activities on Friday. Students showed lines, rays, points, and more using their arms. Multisensory learning is so helpful to help our brains remember content for longer periods of time. This week we’ll classify angles as acute, right, obtuse, or straight. Then we’ll use protractors as tools to measure angles more precisely. At home, you can ask your student to identify parallel and perpendicular lines in the world around them, show acute/obtuse/right angles with their arms, and explain why protractors include number lines to measure angles. In social studies, we will examine the events of the Texas Revolution. From the Battle of Gonzales to the Treaty of Velasco...we will cover the important battles that brought us to annexation as a state. Knowing the pieces of our history is essential to appreciating and understanding the now...and sparks curiosity as to why things are how they are. Remember we have a student holiday on Friday - the week is going to move quickly!
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