2 nd – 6 th Rockstars January Weekly Reminders 4th Grade Literacy – In Literacy class students will continue to learn comprehension skills and strategies to become better readers. This week students will be able to [compare and contrast. Students will also continue to learn and strengthen their vocabulary and grade level sight work skills. 5th Grade Literacy - In Literacy class students will build upon their prior knowledge of comprehension skills and strategies to become better readers. This week students will be able to use and identify graphic sources to help locate valid information within a story or passage. MAP Testing in the areas of Reading, Math, & Language continues throughout this week Friday, February 14 th – Valentine’s Parties 2nd Grade Math - My 2nd graders will be learning different multiplication and division strategies. They will also be solving real-world problems using multiplication and division. Thank you for working with your child on memorizing multiplication facts through 5. 3rd Grade Math - My 3rd grade math class will be using related multiplication facts to divide. They will also be dividing a 1-digit or a 2-digit number with or without regrouping as well as problem- solving. Please continue to work on multiplication facts as well as Compass Learning if you have internet access. :) 2nd Grade Social Studies - The 2nd grade class will be studying about the Civil War and the events that led up to this war. 3rd Grade Social Studies - My 3rd grade Social Studies class will be studying about Canada's location, climate, and major regions as well as the differences and similarities between Canada and the United States. 4th Grade Social Studies - My two 4th grade classes will be studying about Kentucky's years after statehood. 2nd Grade Literacy I can develop vocabulary. I can determine the author's purpose and support my findings with details from the story. I can stop and ask questions when I am reading to check for understanding. 3rd Grade Literacy I can develop vocabulary. I can identify and use graphic sources to aid in comprehension. I can recognize the text structure of a text and use it to aid comprehension 2nd Grade Science I can explain how flowering plants grow and make seeds. I can describe how plants without flowers produce new plants. 3rd Grade Science I can explain how force can be measured. I can measure force.

Bowen Language Arts - In all my language classes we are now looking at opinion writing. This begins with a concrete understanding of the differences in fact and opinion. Students will also be looking at what careers use facts and which careers use opinions to make their living. Math - We have learned how to add and subtract fractions, now we will be working on mixed numbers and improper fractions. Continue to practice multiplication facts at home! Science: We are studying the layers of the earth and plate movements. Language Arts 5 th /6 th We will begin writing our first Expository Essay this week. Ask your child to explain what that includes. Daily 5 Cause/Effect is our focus skill this week. We will be taking our Winter MAP Reading test this week. We are expecting to increase our Lexile scores by leaps and bounds! Rock On! Linder 5th grade Social Studies I can identify major events that led to the creation of the Declaration of Independence. I can compare the American and British forces at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. 5th grade Math I can recognize, write, and evaluate simple algebraic expressions in one variable. I can write and evaluate inequalities. I can solve simple equations.. We will be continuing solving Algebraic Equations. We will use the Hands on Equations manipulative as well as the app on the iPads. This is so much fun. We won't want to move on!!