Literacy
Students will be selecting one event, person, or topic from the American Revolution to research. Students will be learning how to pull the most important parts of informational text and use to organize notes. Students will collaborate with each other to draft, edit, and publish a non-fiction writing piece about their selected topic from the American Revolution. Through this literacy and writing integration unit students will use their skills of identifying the main idea, summarizing a text, exploring character traits, and sequencing events while thinking at a higher level to study, research, and write about the American Revolution.
Math
Students will continue to represent fractions and decimals by comparing, adding, and subtracting them. Students will also work on estimating tenths, hundredths, and thousandths. Students will move onto measurement and converting measurements so that they can solve math equations correctly. Don't forget to have your child study their multiplication facts at home! Random drills will be given!
Science
Students will explain how magnets interact with all things made of iron and with other magnets to produce motion without touching them. Students will also be able to explain how electrically charged objects push or pull on other electrically charged objects and produce motion.
Social Studies
Students will explore North Carolina's state symbols through a group project. Students will know the symbols that represent North Carolina to further enhance their understanding of the trip to Raleigh March 10th.