November Units of Study
Units Overview
SEL Topics:
This month, our class will focus on building connections through morning check-ins and engaging in activities centered around acts of kindness. Students will take part in kindness activities such as writing kind notes, helping classmates, sharing compliments, and working in groups that encourage teamwork and care.
In our talking circles, we will explore:
- Diversity
- Inclusion
- Being Fair
Amplify Desmos Math:
Unit 3: Wrapping Up Addition and Subtraction Within 1,000
We will finish Unit 3 around November 14. Below is the information for this unit.
In this unit, students will develop fluency with addition and subtraction within `1,000` while using rounding and estimation to determine the reasonableness of answers.
Sub-Unit 1: Adding Within 1,000 (Lessons 1–8)
Sub-Unit 2: Subtracting Within 1,000 (Lessons 9–14)
Sub-Unit 3: Rounding Within 1,000 (Lessons 15–18)
Sub-Unit 4: Solving Two-Step Problems (Lessons 19–22)
Below is the link to the caregiver resource that includes explanations of key math concepts and problems to try with your student Link
Unit 4: Relating Multiplications to Divisions
In this unit, students will explore the relationship between multiplication and division to multiply and divide whole numbers within `100`
Sub-Unit 1: What Is Division? (Lessons 1–4)
Sub-Unit 2: Relating Multiplication and DIvision (Lessons 5–8)
Sub-Unit 3: Multiplying Greater Numbers (Lessons 9-15)
Sub-Unit 4: Dividing Greater Numbers (Lessons 16–20)
Below is the link to the caregiver resource that includes explanations of key math concepts and problems to try with your student Link
Amplify CKLA:
Unit 4: Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome
What will my student learn?
Unit Summary
Students dive into ancient Rome, exploring its culture and historical events. They read the legend of Romulus and Remus, centered around Rome’s founding, as well as several myths about Roman gods and goddesses. Students study the historical rise and fall of the Roman Empire, and they learn about key historical figures, such as Hannibal, Julius Caesar, and Augustus. Students review the spelling patterns of /r/-controlled vowels, irregularly-spelled words, and spellings of the sound /ee/. They also go over verb tenses, subject-verb agreement, and the verbs to be and to have—learning to change the spelling of verbs to match various subjects. Finally, students study the common suffixes –er, –or, –ist, –ian, –y, and –al to understand how suffixes change the meaning of root words and how they can change a word’s part of speech.
Vocabulary:
defied, crouched, veni vidi vici, elaborate, ingenious, pillars, artifacts, barbarians, talent
Below is the link to the caregiver resource that includes Reading worksheets if you want to work with your student at home Link
Foundational Skills:
What will my student learn?
Students will continue to review reading and spelling words with specific spelling patterns.
This will include words with separated digraphs, such as /ae/ > ‘a_e’ (cape), and words with vowel teams, such as /ae/ > ‘ai’ (aim), ‘ay’ (away), and ‘eigh’ (eight).
Students will review tricky spellings (book/moon), the hard and soft ‘c’ and ‘g’ (cake/cent, cage/ glass), and words that end in /v/ and /j/ (love, huge). They will review two of the major syllable types, VCe (grape•vine) and vowel team (lay•out), and affixes including re–, pre–, mis–, –ness, –ly, and –ous (redo, pretest, misled, happiness, quickly, dangerous).
What will my student read?
In Unit 2, students will read fifteen fiction and nonfiction passages that include words with the target skills they just learned. Students will practice reading with proper speed, accuracy, and prosody. Here are two examples: ● “How to Sketch a Giraffe” is an instructional text about drawing. Students will read the passage and identify words that have a hard ‘c’ and a soft ‘g’, words that use the prefix dis–, and multisyllabic words that have VCe syllables.
- “Zoila’s Sleigh” is a story about a winter adventure. Students will read the passage and identify words with the /oi/ sound, words with the /ou/ sound, words with the /ae/ sound spelled ‘eigh’, and words that end in –ous.
Social Studies:
Unit 2: People, Places and Environments
In this unit, students will In this unit, we will continue to explore how the place they live influences their identities. By honoring the uniqueness each child brings to the learning journey they will recognize that we all come from somewhere, and that location bonds people with their family, friends, and community. The inquiry unit of study provides opportunities for children to learn how to use various geographic tools to locate and learn about places. They will examine the ways people use and change the land and gain a growing understanding of how the land creates unique opportunities and challenges. They will identify places of personal and geographic importance within the city of Chicago to demonstrate their understanding of the unique relationship between Chicago and the people who live here.
Essential Question: How is the place we live important to who we are?
Lesson 3: How We Use the Land
Lesson 4: Our Environment
Lesson 5: How People Move
Science:
Unit 1: Plant and Animal Relationships
In this unit, students will investigate why new chalta trees aren't growing in the Bengal Tiger Reserve by exploring what seeds need to grow and how they get to suitable locations. Through hands-on investigations, models, and scientific texts, students learn how plant structures support growth, how animals help disperse seeds, and how different types of seeds move within habitats. By the end of the unit, students use evidence to explain the interdependence of plants and animals in ecosystems.
Chapter 4: How Are Other Seeds in the Reserve Able to Get to Places Where They Can Grow?
This chapter focuses on understanding how other plant species successfully disperse their seeds. Topics include: Investigating different types of seeds and their characteristics, Planning and conducting a seed dispersal investigation, Analyzing the results of the investigation, Completing the end-of-unit assessment to demonstrate understanding.