Welcome Back! This week we will be focusing on the following areas listed below.
Reading
Students will ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of poetry, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. They will distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters of a poem.
Math
Students will understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line diagram. They will represent a fraction 1/b on a number line diagram by defining the interval from 0 to 1 as the whole and partitioning it into b equal parts. Recognize that each part has size 1/b and that the endpoint of the part based at 0 locates the number 1/b on the number line. They will represent a fraction a/b on a number line diagram by marking off a lengths 1/b from 0. Recognize that the resulting interval has size a/b and that its endpoint locates the number a/b on the number line. They will explain equivalence of fractions in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their size. The students will understand two fractions as equivalent (equal) if they are the same size, or the same point on a number line.They will recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions, e.g., 1/2 = 2/4, 4/6 = 2/3). Explain why the fractions are equivalent, e.g., by using a visual fraction model. They will express whole numbers as fractions, and recognize fractions that are equivalent to whole numbers. Examples: Express 3 in the form 3 = 3/1; recognize that 6/1 = 6; locate 4/4 and 1 at the same point of a number line diagram.
Science
Students will understand Earth’s materials by identifying Earth’s water resources by organizing information in Science notebook. They will remember the concept of surface tension by comparing the text and my observations
Social Studies
Students will be able to analyze how Michigan’s location and natural resources influenced its economic development (e.g., how waterways and other natural resources have influenced economic activities such as mining lumbering, automobile manufacturing, and furniture making.) They will identify questions that historian ask in examining the past in Michigan (e.g. What happened? When did it happen? Who was involved? How and why did it happen?) They will describe past and current threats to Michigan’s natural resources; describe how Michigan worked in the past and continues to work today to project its natural resources.
Writing
Students will write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons. They will introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons. Also, they will provide reasons that support the opinion