Week at a Glance

Week of December 2nd-6th, 2024


Language Arts
Education, books, and reading are important because they help us learn about and make sense of the world, and escape into the lives of other people and other worlds. Students will be introduced to the power of literacy and how people around the world overcome learning challenges. For the performance task, students will synthesize their thinking about their reading challenges and possible strategies to overcome those challenges by creating an eye-catching bookmark listing the strategies described in their reading contract. 

Important ELA Vocabulary Words to Know
affix, analyze, body paragraph, collaboration, concise, concluding, constructed, contract, conventions, conveyed, critique, details, effective, explicitly, focus statement, gist, infer, inform, moral, predicate, proficient, research, restate, structure, text features.

Math
Students learn how to use strategies to multiply and divide efficiently. Students understand place value to the 10,000. 

Important Math Vocabulary Words to Know

Base Ten, standard form, expanded form, word form, multi-digit numbers, round to the nearest ten, round to the nearest hundred, compatible numbers, estimate, even numbers, odd numbers, partial sums, decompose, bar diagram, line plot, algorithm.  

                         

Science
Students obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the physical attributes of rocks, minerals, and soils. Students will ask questions and anaylze data to classify rocks and minerals by their physical attributes (color, texture, luster, and hardness) using simple tests, such as Mohs Scale. Students will make connections between rock formation and fossilization.

Important Science Vocabulary Words to Know
luster, texture, hardness, physical attribute, color, Mohs Scale, rock, mineral.



Social Studies

Geography of America!
Students will locate major topographical features on a physical map of the United States. This includes major rivers and major mountain ranges: Mississippi, Ohio, Rio Grande, Colorado, Hudson, and St. Lawrence; Appalachian and Rocky.



Important S.S. Vocabulary Words to Know
1. equator
2. prime meridian
3.longitude
4.laditude
5.globe
6. western hemisphere