August/September NEWSLETTER

We are learning:
Reading: Strategies

Ask and answer questions such as who, what, where, when, why and how
to understand key details in a text.
Reread to find key details in a story.
Make Predictions
Reading: Skills

Text structure: problem and solution, character, setting, plot: compare and
contrast, sequence, theme, cause and effect, Authors point of view
Writing:

Writing an Informative/Explanatory piece that will present other peoples

views, or reports an event or a situation.
Writing a Narrative piece that will tell a story. This essay will allow
students to express themselves in a creative and moving way.
Students will use thinking maps to organize their Ideas, mini lessons on
structure of an essay, utilizing Voice, word choice, organization, and
sentence fluency.
Language:

Context Clues, Idioms, Homographs, Greek Roots, Greek and Latin

Prefixes, Simile and Metaphor, Greek and Latin suffixes, Personification,
Homographs
Short Vowels, Long Vowels, words with U sound, r controlled vowels, ar,
ar, or, Run-on Sentences, variant vowel /o/; diphthongs /oi/, /ou/, plurals,
Contractions, Closed Syllables
Math:

Module 1- Place Value: analyzing six digit numbers, reading and wriing
7 digit numbers, reading and writing 8 digit numbers, multiplication
patterns, double and halve strategy for multiplication, factoring to multiply
two digit numbers, distributive property, mental strategies for
multiplication.
Module 2- Fractions: reviewing common fractions an mixed numbers,
improper fractions, mixed numbers, equivalent fractions, decimal fractions,
tenths, hundredths, thousandths, locating thousandths on a number line.
 Module 3- Multiplication: Introducing the standard algorithm for
multiplication, multiply three and four digit numbers with regrouping,
multiply two digit numbers, solving word problems involving multiplication.
exploring volume
Social Studies:

Identify what Europeans sought during the Age of Exploration.

Examine the interactions between Europeans and Native Americans in
North America.
Describe the hardships experienced by European settlers in colonial
America.
Reading Strategies
We will be learning many different reading strategies to help us become better
readers. For the month of September we will be focusing on Rereading and
Making predictions. By rereading students will be able to make reading more
meaningful. This strategy will encourage reflection, offer ways for learners to deal
with confusing passages in texts, and continue to connect students to characters
lives and new information. By making predictions, students will be able to use
information from a text and their own personal experiences to anticipate what
they are about to read or what comes next. This strategy will help students focus
on the text and constantly thinking ahead and also refining, revising, and
verifying his or her predictions.
Special Announcements :
(Classroom scholastic book orders are due by September 30)

Important Dates:
Tuesday, August 8, students first day back
August 18: Holiday Statehood Day
September 4: Labor day