Important Dates & Reminders

• April 4 - 8: Spring Break / No School 

• May 30: Memorial Day / No School

Language Arts

What We Learned This Past Month:

• Readers respond to poetry through performance, art, and writing in order to express their thoughts about a poem.
• Through multiple readings, readers analyze the effects of poetic devices in a variety of poetic forms (rap, musicals, lyrics, novels written in verse). 
• Writers deliberately choose poetic tools to reveal images, evoke feelings, and produce sound.

What We Will Be Learning Next Month: 

• Journalists read and explore news reports.
• Journalists explore sections of the newspaper to notice the kinds of stories each section covers. 
• They get ideas about which section or “beat” they want to cover.
• Journalists determine which events or issues are newsworthy in their school or community.
• Journalists study the techniques of mentors as they prepare to interview. (Inquiry)
• Journalists decide who they will interview and develop questions they will ask.

Math

What We Learned This Past Month:

• Mathematicians  identify, describe, create, express, and extend number patterns found in objects, pictures, numbers, and tables.
• Mathematicians investigate and describe the concept of variables. 
• Mathematicians write an equation to represent a given mathematical relationship, using a variable. 
• Mathematicians use an expression with a variable to represent a given verbal expression involving one operation. 
• Mathematicians create a problem situation based on a given equation, using a single variable and one operation.
• Mathematicians solve practical problems that involve perimeter, area, and volume in standard units of measure.
• Mathematicians identify equivalent measurements within the metric system.
• Mathematicians solve practical problems involving length, mass, and liquid volume using metric units.
• Mathematicians solve practical problems related to elapsed time in hours and minutes within a 24-hour period.

What We Will Be Learning Next Month: 

• Mathematicians identify and describe the diameter, radius, chord, and circumference of a circle. 
• Mathematicians classify and measure right, acute, obtuse, and straight angles. 
• Mathematicians classify triangles as right, acute, or obtuse and equilateral, scalene, or isosceles. 
• Mathematicians investigate the sum of the interior angles in a triangle and determine an unknown angle measure. 
• Mathematicians recognize and apply transformations, such as translation, reflection, and rotation. 
• Mathematicians investigate and describe the results of combining and subdividing polygons.

Science

What We Learned This Past Month:

• Scientists demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and the nature of science by planning and conducting investigations.
• Scientists Investigate and understand how sound is created and transmitted, and how it is used. 
• Scientists investigate and understand basic characteristics of visible light and how it behaves. 
• Scientists investigate and understand that matter is anything that has mass, takes up space, and occurs as a solid, liquid , or gas.

What We Will Be Learning Next Month: 

• Scientists demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and the nature of science by planning and conducting investigations.
• Scientists Investigate and understand that organisms are made of one or more cells and have distinguishing characteristics that play a vital role in the organism’s ability to survive and thrive in its environment.