4/13/26 - 4/17/26

 

SEL: We will spend time working on the 5 areas of the SEL wheel, including self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, self-awareness, and responsible decision-making.  

Reading:  Module 3, Natural Disasters, will help us practice nonfiction reading strategies, learn vocabulary, answer comprehension questions, and practice our RACES paragraph response writings.   

Science:  We will wrap up this unit with Lesson 4, called "Solids, Liquids, and Gases."

Social Studies:  Chapter 7 in the textbook is called "The Fight For a Continent."

Math: We are close to our Unit 6 end-of-unit assessment.  Check your learner's assignment notebook for the exact test date.  Click here to learn more about Unit 6.  After Unit 6, we'll move right into Unit 7 on positive and negative numbers.  Click here to learn more about Unit 7.   There are 13 lessons in Unit 7, with a quiz after the 6th lesson.

4/6/26 - 4/10/26

 

SEL: We will spend time working on the 5 areas of the SEL wheel, including self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, self-awareness, and responsible decision-making.  

Reading:  Module 3, Natural Disasters, will help us practice nonfiction reading strategies, learn vocabulary, answer comprehension questions, and practice our RACES paragraph response writings.   

Science:  We will wrap up this unit with Lesson 4, called "Solids, Liquids, and Gases."

Social Studies:  Chapter 7 in the textbook is called "The Fight For a Continent."

Math: Our Illinois state assessments are scheduled for the mornings of April 7, 8, and 10.  When we are not testing, we will continue working in Unit 6 on expressions and equations.  There are 16 lessons in this unit.  Click here to learn more about Unit 6.

3/23/26 - 3/27/26

 

SEL: We will continue to focus on one Women's History Month historical figure every day in March.  

Reading:  Our Illinois state assessments are scheduled for the mornings of March 24-26.  When we are not testing, Module 3, Natural Disasters, will help us practice nonfiction reading strategies, learn vocabulary, answer comprehension questions, and practice our RACES paragraph response writings.   

Science:  Lesson 4 is called "Solids, Liquids, and Gases."

Social Studies:  Chapter 7 in the textbook is called "The Fight For a Continent."

Math: We are currently working in Unit 6 on expressions and equations.  The sub-unit quiz is scheduled for Monday, March 23.  There are 16 lessons in this unit.  Click here to learn more about Unit 6.

3/16/26 - 3/20/26

 

SEL: We will continue to focus on one Women's History Month historical figure every day in March.  

Reading:  We are back in the ELA workbook!  The lessons in Module 3 will help us practice nonfiction reading strategies, learn vocabulary, answer comprehension questions, and practice our RACES paragraph response writings.   

Science:  Lesson 3 is about physical and chemical changes, and Lesson 4 is called "Solids, Liquids, and Gases."

Social Studies:  Chapter 6 in the textbook will help us learn about life in the English colonies.

Math: We are currently working in Unit 6 on expressions and equations.  The sub-unit quiz will come after Lesson 9, and there are 16 lessons in this unit.  Click here to learn more about Unit 6.

3/9/26 - 3/13/26

 

SEL: We will continue to focus on one Women's History Month historical figure every day in March.  

Reading:  We are wrapping up our narrative writings.  Then we will begin Module 3 in our ELA workbook.  The stories in this module will help us answer the question "How can learning about natural disasters make us safer?" 

Science:  Lesson 2 is all about mixtures and solutions, and Lesson 3 is about physical and chemical changes.

Social Studies:  We are working hard to turn our Native American research into a well-thought-out podcast that tells a story.  It takes great collaboration to support each other in learning and using this new podcast technology!  We will also use Chapter 6 in the textbook to learn about life in the English colonies.

Math: We are currently working in Unit 6 on expressions and equations.  Click here to learn more about Unit 6.

3/2/26 - 3/6/26

 

SEL: Much of our morning meeting discussions this month will focus on Women's History Month.  

Reading:  We will continue working on our narrative stories.  Then we will begin Module 3 in our ELA workbook.  The stories in this module will help us answer the question "How can learning about natural disasters make us safer?" 

Science:  Lesson 2 is all about mixtures and solutions.

Social Studies:  We are working hard to turn our Native American research into a well-thought-out podcast that tells a story.  It takes great collaboration to support each other in learning and using this new podcast technology!  We will also begin work with Chapter 6 in the textbook about life in the English colonies.

Math: Our Unit 5 decimal test will be on or near Wednesday, March 4th.  Then we will begin Unit 6 on expressions and equations.  Click here to learn more about Unit 6.

2/23/26 - 2/27/26

 

SEL: Much of our morning meeting discussions this month will focus on Black History Month.  

Reading:  We will continue working on our narrative stories. 

Science:  Lesson 2 is all about mixtures and solutions.

Social Studies:  We are working hard to turn our Native American research into a well-thought-out podcast that tells a story.  It takes great collaboration to support each other in learning and using this new podcast technology!

Math: Unit 5 is all about decimals.  There will be a second sub-unit quiz after Lesson 13.  Click here to learn more about Unit 5.  

2/16/26 - 2/20/26

 

SEL:  Much of our morning meeting discussions this month will revolve around Black History Month.  We've had some wonderful conversations as we learn about important figures in Black History.  Ask your learner to summarize these classroom discussions.

Reading:  We will begin a new unit in which the students will write an imaginative narrative story. 

Science:  We will wrap up Lesson 1, "Identify Properties of Materials," and begin Lesson 2, "Mixtures and Solutions."

Social Studies:  The research part of our project is nearly done.  Next, we will turn our attention to putting our research into storyboards that will ultimately become a podcast that tells a story about a Native American tribe.

Math: Unit 5 is all about decimals.  There will be a second sub-unit quiz after Lesson 13.  Click here to learn more about Unit 5.  

2/9/26 - 2/13/26

 

SEL:  Much of our morning meeting discussions this month will revolve around Black History Month.  

Reading:  Much of our ELA time will involve taking the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT), which measures verbal, quantitative, and spatial areas.  We will also focus on grammar and writing this week.

Science:  Our next unit is all about matter, with an essential question of "How can you make the best pancakes?"

Social Studies:  We will be spending most of our science and social studies time working on a Native American research project, which the students will turn into a podcast.  

Math: Unit 5 is all about decimals.  The quiz will occur after Lesson 8.  Click here to learn more about Unit 5.  

2/2/26 - 2/6/26

 

SEL:  Much of our morning meeting discussions this month will revolve around Black History Month.  

Reading:  Our focus will be on grammar this week.

Science:  We have completed our first science unit!  Up next is a unit on matter with an essential question of "How can you make the best pancakes?"

Social Studies:  Chapter 5, Lesson 4 is "The 13 English Colonies."  Additionally, we will be spending some of our social studies time working on a Native American research project.  

Math: Unit 5 is all about decimals.  The quiz will occur after Lesson 8.  Click here to learn more about Unit 5.  

1/26/26 - 1/30/26

 

MAP Testing:  We will take the ELA MAP test on the morning of 1/27 and the math MAP test on the morning of 1/29.

SEL:  Being an effective communicator is our January learner characteristic focus.  Additionally, we will spend time studying Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Reading:  Our focus will be on grammar this week.

Science:  We have completed our first science unit!  Up next is a unit on matter with an essential question of "How can you make the best pancakes?"

Social Studies:  Chapter 5, Lesson 4 is "The 13 English Colonies."  

Math: Unit 5 is all about decimals.  The quiz will occur after Lesson 8.  Click here to learn more about Unit 5.  

1/19/26 - 1/23/26

 

SEL:  Being an effective communicator is our January learner characteristic focus.  Additionally, we will spend time studying Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Reading:  We need a couple of days to wrap up our work with The Poem That Will Not End.  Then we will focus on some grammar lessons.

Science:  We are nearly finished with "Stars and Their Patterns."  After a hands-on way to show our learning, we will move into the next unit.

Social Studies:  Chapter 5, Lesson 4 is "The 13 English Colonies."  

Math: As of now, it looks like our Unit 4 test will be on Wednesday, January 21st.  Click here to learn more about Unit 4.

1/12/26 - 1/16/26

 

SEL:  Being an effective communicator is our January learner characteristic focus.  Additionally, we will spend time studying Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Reading:  This week, we will use a poem to practice reading strategies, learn vocabulary, answer comprehension questions, and practice our RACES paragraph response writings.   

Science:  We have made it to the "Stars and Their Patterns" portion of the unit.  There will be another STEM opportunity to show learning at the end of this unit.

Social Studies:  Chapter 5, Lesson 3 is "The First Colonies."  

Math: The Unit 4 "sub-unit" quiz will be on Monay, January 12th.  Then we'll have 4 more lessons before our Unit 4 review and test.  Click here to learn more about this unit.

1/5/26 - 1/9/26

 

SEL:  Being an effective communicator is our January learner characteristic focus.  Additionally, we will spend time studying Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Reading:  Our second module is called What a Story.  Our essential question is "How does genre affect the way a story is told?"  This week, we will use a play to practice reading strategies, learn vocabulary, answer comprehension questions, and practice our RACES paragraph response writings.   There will also be short grammar lessons sprinkled throughout our week.  Don't forget Into Reading has an online component.  Students can reread our stories and practice vocabulary under the "Assignments" tab in Into Reading.    

Science:  We have made it to the "Stars and Their Patterns" portion of the unit.  There will be another STEM opportunity to show learning at the end of this unit.

Social Studies:  Chapter 5, Lesson 3 is "The First Colonies."  

Math: We are currently working through Unit 4, which is Dividing Fractions.  Our "sub-unit" quiz will be this week.  Click here to learn more about this unit.