Month of November
In Language Arts, we will conclude The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. We will continue to analyze the main character's changing traits, make inferences from context clues, describe plot elements, analyze point of view, cite textual evidence, evaluate figurative language, and discuss the overarching central theme for this novel. As a culminating assignment for this core literature unit, students will write an expository essay analyzing the literary components of this story.
In Social Studies, we will learn about the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of ancient Egyptians. As a culminating project, we will be making a digital "Visitor Brochure" of the ancient Egyptians.
Month of August
Writing: Students will write about how past achievements and experiences shape who they are today and begin to develop near future goals. Students will be discussing these experiences and goals in a two paragraph short essay. Topic sentences and concluding statements with strong supporting details will be reviewed.
In Reading, students will explore how people experience fear and how fear affects the brain and the body. During the third week of August and throughout September we will read and study the following selections from our Collections anthology: "The Ravine", "Fine?", "Fears and Phobias", "Stuff that Scares your Pants Off", and the poem," Life Doesn't Frighten Me". While reading these texts, we will continue to analyze character traits, make inferences from context clues, describe plot elements, analyze point of view, cite textual evidence, and determine the central idea or theme for each selection.
Social Studies:
Geography: We will learn how to read global maps. Students will locate our world's continents and oceans and use latitude and longitude to pinpoint their family's origin. We will also study how legends, scales, and symbols are used on maps and globes to show important information.
Our first chapter in Social Studies will cover the findings of early people and ways in which these people adapted to a variety of environments. In addition, we will analyze primary sources and read maps from our text book to better understand what life was like for early human communities.
In Language Arts, we will conclude The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. We will continue to analyze the main character's changing traits, make inferences from context clues, describe plot elements, analyze point of view, cite textual evidence, evaluate figurative language, and discuss the overarching central theme for this novel. As a culminating assignment for this core literature unit, students will write an expository essay analyzing the literary components of this story.
In Social Studies, we will learn about the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of ancient Egyptians. As a culminating project, we will be making a digital "Visitor Brochure" of the ancient Egyptians.
Month of August
Writing: Students will write about how past achievements and experiences shape who they are today and begin to develop near future goals. Students will be discussing these experiences and goals in a two paragraph short essay. Topic sentences and concluding statements with strong supporting details will be reviewed.
In Reading, students will explore how people experience fear and how fear affects the brain and the body. During the third week of August and throughout September we will read and study the following selections from our Collections anthology: "The Ravine", "Fine?", "Fears and Phobias", "Stuff that Scares your Pants Off", and the poem," Life Doesn't Frighten Me". While reading these texts, we will continue to analyze character traits, make inferences from context clues, describe plot elements, analyze point of view, cite textual evidence, and determine the central idea or theme for each selection.
Social Studies:
Geography: We will learn how to read global maps. Students will locate our world's continents and oceans and use latitude and longitude to pinpoint their family's origin. We will also study how legends, scales, and symbols are used on maps and globes to show important information.
Our first chapter in Social Studies will cover the findings of early people and ways in which these people adapted to a variety of environments. In addition, we will analyze primary sources and read maps from our text book to better understand what life was like for early human communities.