What we are learning this quarter.
SOCIAL STUDIES
We are working on the following standards.
4.16 Map the exploration of the Louisiana Territory, and describe the events, struggles, and successes of the purchase, including the significance of: Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and Sacagawea.
4.17 Identify major causes, events, and key people of the War of 1812, including
READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS (INCLUDING WRITING)
We continue to read literature and informational text, talk about what they read, and write for a variety of purposes.
We are discussing character traits, point of view in stories, and drawing inferences. Students should have a command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when speaking and conventions of standard English grammar and usage, including capitalization and punctuation, when writing.
Students should...
We always talk about how to find evidence in text to answer questions.
Students will learn about and write opinion papers for the remainder of the quarter.
Students have selected books for independent reading. I keep a log of their reading at school.
We are working on the following standards.
4.16 Map the exploration of the Louisiana Territory, and describe the events, struggles, and successes of the purchase, including the significance of: Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and Sacagawea.
4.17 Identify major causes, events, and key people of the War of 1812, including
- Trade restrictions
- Impressment
- Battle of New Orleans
- Burning of Washington, D.C.
- Francis Scott Key
READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS (INCLUDING WRITING)
We continue to read literature and informational text, talk about what they read, and write for a variety of purposes.
We are discussing character traits, point of view in stories, and drawing inferences. Students should have a command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when speaking and conventions of standard English grammar and usage, including capitalization and punctuation, when writing.
Students should...
- Produce complete sentences; recognize and correct fragments and run-ons.
- Use correct capitalization.
- Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text.
- Compound sentences, using coordinating conjunctions.
- Modal auxiliaries
We always talk about how to find evidence in text to answer questions.
Students will learn about and write opinion papers for the remainder of the quarter.
Students have selected books for independent reading. I keep a log of their reading at school.