Week at a Glance: February 24-28, 2025

Week at a Glance: February 24-28, 2025

Highlights of the Week:

Reading: Last week of Unit 3 in Reading; Project Week!

Writing: Historical Fiction story and Opinion speech-two big writing projects this week!

Spelling: 13 Review words from Unit 3 in Reading

Math: Continue Chapter 9

Social Studies: Begin presenting Feb. book reports- Black History Month

Religion/ Social Studies: Freedom Tea this Friday


Spelling Words: Review of Unit 3- no new words or no bonus words- all review words:

Wolves, choose, geese, heroes, balloon, rescue, happiness, graceful, peaceful, impolite, nonfiction, children, incorrect

  • Daily practice with spelling words in SeeSaw activities
  • Daily spelling words homework.

Reading: Unit 3- Week 6: Project based learning week

This week students will

  • write an opinion speech about why it is important to take advantage of heroic opportunities.
  • research evidence that supports their claim and persuades their audience.

Lesson 1 Compare Across Texts Inquire

  •  Answer the Essential Question • Introduce Inquiry Project
  • • Read “Heroes Aren’t Just for Comic Books”
  • • Generate questions
  • • Apply Academic Vocabulary

Lesson 2 Explore and Plan Conduct Research-- Argumentative Writing

  • • Read: “I’m a Volunteer!”
  • • Apply characteristics of text
  • • Using a search engine
  • • Identify keywords to research

Lesson 3 Collaborate and Discuss Refine Research- Read a Student Model

  • • Identify features of argumentative texts
  • • Paraphrasing and Quoting
  • • Read “A Helping Hand”
  • • Apply paraphrasing and quoting to article

Lesson 4- Extend Research Collaborate and Discuss-Investigate a variety of media

  • • Incorporate media into opinion speech
  • • Revise & Edit: Relevant Details
  • • Peer review opinion speeches

Lesson 5 Celebrate and Reflect Reflect on the Unit-- Present your opinion speeches

  • • Reflect on your project
  • • Reflect on your goals
  • • Reflect on your reading
  • • Reflect on writing


Writing: Big week for our class this week in writing:

  • Write a historical story based on previously read stories: Below the Deck: A Titanic Story, Granddaddy’s Turn to Vote, Little House on the Prairie, By the Shores of the Silver Lake, or Mama Mira using a graphic organizer and type the final piece.
  • Write an opinion piece on a charity or organization that means a lot to the students. Students will work in small groups to research a charity to write about and persuade the class to want to learn more and do more. This project will be ongoing throughout the next 2 weeks.

Math: Chapter 9- Properties and Equations

Vocabulary Words: Associative Property of Multiplication, Distributive Property, equation, evaluate, expression, operations, variable, 

Mathematical  Practices:

  • Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
  • Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
  • Look for and make use of structure.
  • Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
  • Attend to precision.
  • Look for and make use of structure.
  • Model with mathematics

Monday- Lesson 2- The Distributive Property- Apply the Distributive Property of Multiplication to find products. Students will apply the Distributive Property of Multiplication to find products.

Tuesday- Lesson 3- Hands on: Multiply Three Factors- Explore how to find the product of 3 numbers. Students will explore how to find the product of three factors. 

Wednesday-Lesson 4- The Associative Property--Apply the Associative Property of Multiplication to find products. Students will apply the Associative Property of Multiplication to find products.

Thursday-  Check my Progress thus far in the chapter- 2 page review; Lesson 5- Write Expressions- Students will write expressions using the 4 operations-

  • Daily Simple Solutions Math Packet
  • Daily practice with IReady Math lessons- Review of math concepts learned this week-
  • Daily SeeSaw math enrichment activities
  • Multiplication and Division facts practice

Social Studies:

Our Freedom Tea is this Friday in the Koenig Center at 8:00-8:45- Students will be presenting their writings on Dr. King and his dream of peace. Also, students will be learning about the Civil Rights Movement. Students will also begin presenting their Black History Month reports.

Religion: Freedom Tea- 

  • 8:30 All school Mass on Tuesday- not a buddy Mass
  • Religious songs, prayers, devotions and discussions
  • Songs to represent love of God through love of country, peacefulness, and neighbor
  • Prepare for Lent next week- theme is HOPE