Thinking and Academic
Success Skills (TASS)
Synthesis
Collaboration
Math
In math we will
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add and subtract whole numbers (up to one million) using the standard algorithm.
solve multiple step word problems that include addition/subtraction and determine if the
answers are reasonable.
recognize that situations can be multiplication and addition comparisons.
represent and solve addition comparison word problems.
represent and solve multiplication comparison word problems
Science:
Life Science
Reading & Writing
 The children are venturing into informational text
where they are learning how to paraphrase
 Observe plants
and animals in
their
environments
 Adaptations of
animals
 Interactions of
organisms
Our Ecosystem:
The animals have
arrived! Please ask
your child about
the changes they
have been seeing.
information from diverse media and how to “cite
the source.”
 The children are completing a character analysis of
one of the characters in the historical fiction book,
Freedom Summer.
 Our walking field trips to the Silver Spring Library
have been a success!
 Please listen to your child read each night. Reading
logs are due on Friday or the last day of the week.
Social Studies: Geography
 Natural/Physical and Human-made
features within the United States
 Settlement patterns of Native Americans
 Native American societies adapted to
their environment.
 Eastern Woodland, Great Plains,
Southwest Desert, Pacific Northwest