What are Lions Learning in March?
3rd Grade-
Math
In March, 3rd graders will continue Module 4: Multiplication and Area.
In topic C your student is exploring area concepts by
- Finding the area of larger rectangles by visualizing smaller rectangles inside
- Using their knowledge of multiplication facts to find all possible rectangles with a specified area.
Here is an at home activity:
Encourage your student to think about how rectangles with different side lengths can have the same area. Provide your student with 24 square crackers. If you do not have square crackers available, use square sticky notes or pieces of paper. Challenge your student to create as many rectangles as they can by using all the crackers. Your student may want to make a sketch of each rectangle or write the dimensions to keep track. Ask your student to say a multiplication equation for each rectangle they make. For example, if they make 4 rows of 6 crackers, they would say, “ 4 × 6 = 24.”
During 3rd grade it is essential that students know multiplication facts through 12. Please practice facts at home.
Reading
In March, 3rd grade students will read Moonshot and One Giant Leap with the purpose of understanding how astronauts learn about space.
Readers will:
- Ask and answer questions using evidence from the text
- Retell key events in sequence
- Explain the essential meaning of text
- Analyze and draft an opinion essay
When reading at home, encourage your student to read part of their book aloud to you and share what happened within their story or the information they may have learned about a new topic.
Follow this link for an overview of our English Language Arts Curriculum:
Wit & Wisdom Overview for Families
Science/Social Studies
In March, 3rd Graders will begin their third and final social studies module of the year. Within the Global Connections Module, students will explore answers to the inquiry question: How can we act as global citizens?
Students will:
- Explore the ways they are connected to distant places through the movement of people, goods, and ideas
- Investigate how location shapes their way of life, climate, and even time of day
- Explore how latitude and longitude are used to determine location
- Investigate the names, locations, and geographic features of the continents
- Consider how humans interact with and depend on their environment
4th Grade-
Math
In March, 4th grade students will continue Module 4: Foundations for Fraction Operations.
In Topic C, your student is using models and equations to compare fractions. They will:
- Estimates the locations of two or more fractions on a number line.
- Learn to compare unlike fractions by finding a common denominator and comparing the sizes of the numerators.
- Compare unlike fractions by finding a common numerator and comparing the sizes of the denominators.
During the remainder of this module students will work to:
- Add and Subtract Fractions
- Add and Subtract Mixed Numbers
- Repeatedly Add Fractions as Multiplication
Reading
In March, 4th grade students will continue to learn about Brian’s survival adventure in Hatchet as they read to understand how the setting can influence character and plot development.
Readers will:
- Analyze Brian’s thoughts and actions to infer the impact of the challenging setting
- Notice how Brian has changed throughout the story and the lessons he has learned
- Create their own survival story that includes a challenging setting and a main character who must use his/her resources to problem solve
When reading at home, encourage your student to read part of their book aloud to you and share what happened within their story or the information they may have learned about a new topic.
Follow this link for an overview of our English Language Arts Curriculum:
Wit & Wisdom Overview for Families
Science/Social Studies
In March, 4th grade students will begin their 3rd and final social studies module of the year. Within the Natural Resources Module, students will explore the rich natural resources across the US, how people use them, and the ways everyone can help sustain them.
Students will:
- Analyze the relationship between the use of resources and the depletion of them
- Determine how to sustain resources
- Investigate the natural resources, climate, geographic features, and agricultural products of the United State’s five regions
- Compare regions to determine what makes each one unique
5th Grade-
Math
In March, our 5th Grade students will begin Module 5 which will explore the Addition and Multiplication with Area and Volume.
In the opening topic, students will:
- Learn to classify quadrilaterals by properties such as the number of angles or sides in the quadrilateral.
- Organize quadrilaterals such as kites, rectangles, and rhombuses into a hierarchy.
Here is an at home activity:
Quad Search
Walk through your home or neighborhood looking for different types of quadrilaterals. Invite
your student to snap a picture or sketch the shapes you find, and label each by its most
specific name. Discuss where you find each kind of quadrilateral in the hierarchy. “Why do you
think this object is shaped like a rectangle? How would this object look differently if it did not
have 4 right angles?” Consider encouraging your student to use the corner of a book to check
for right angles on the quadrilateral to include it in the correct category.
Reading
In March, 5th grade students will read We Are the Ship as they explore how sports can create opportunities for change.
Readers will:
- Compare and contrast text structures
- Explain how text structures impact understanding of a text
- Paraphrase and directly quote evidence to support a topic statement
When reading at home, encourage your student to read part of their book aloud to you and share what happened within their story or the information they may have learned about a new topic.
Follow this link for an overview of our English Language Arts Curriculum:
Wit & Wisdom Overview for Families
Science/Social Studies
In March, 5th graders will begin their work with SHARP Literacy as a part of their science programming. SHARP fosters a love of learning through innovative STEAM based experiential programs.
Beginning the first week of March, 5th graders will:
- Work to complete 12, 1-hour workshops
- Focus on computer-science, computational thinking, design thinking and engineering design
- Work on circuit building and programming with micro:bits.
- Experience a coding field trip to the MSOE STEM Lab
- Complete a final project that will be evaluated by a rubric and provide an opportunity to showcase circuit building and programming skills.
SHARP continues to be an essential partner with Aug Prep and we are excited your students will experience these computer science and engineering opportunities.
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