November 2025
Reading
Module 3, In this module, children will learn ways to listen to each other and work out disagreements. Through reading and collaboration, children will learn to see different points of view. Then they will be able to understand why people may disagree and why sometimes that might be okay! At home, reinforce these important topic words when you read or talk with your child: compromise, decision, disagreement. Try to incorporate questions into everyday conversations such as: What would be a fair compromise for _? What is a good decision you made recently? How could this disagreement be worked out?
Writing
In Module 3, children will explore how people can work out disagreements with one another. They will learn that people have their own opinions, or feelings about topics. We will review how to be more effective in sharing our ideas when we listen and think about the ideas of others and how, sometimes, it is important to support your opinion with research. Last, the students will learn that others may agree or disagree with their opinion. At home, students can work with family members to think about why it is important to explain their point of view. Families can also help guide their child when they have had a disagreement with a friend or family member, how to express their feelings and opinions.
Math
In Unit 3, students will be measuring length. This unit introduces students to the concept of measuring length using standard units. It’s broken into three main sections, each with specific goals and hands-on activities. Students will learn Metric Measurement, Customary Measurement and Representing Data using Line Plots involving measurements. Students will learn to measure using centimeters and meters, inches and feet. Students will solve one-and two-step story problems involving measurement and they will use real-world contexts to apply measurement skills. At home, encourage your child to measure household items using a ruler or tape measure. Talk about measurement in everyday life—cooking, building, or shopping. Ask your child to explain how they solved a measurement problem or what units they used. This unit builds foundational skills that support future learning in geometry, data analysis, and problem-solving.
Phonics
In Unit 4, we will be reviewing suffixes –ed, -s, -es, and -ing. Your child will learn that -ed might sound like /id/ or /ed/ as in rented, /d/ as in banged. or /t/ as in fished. We will learning new suffixes -er and -est. We will discuss comparison endings long, longer, and longest. Your child will learn to underline base words and circle suffixes. Last, your child will learn new sounds that we will learn key words and then study them for reading and spelling. In Unit 5, We will review how to combine syllables for form multisyllabic words. Your child will put two closed syllables together such as bathtub. Your child will learn that when there are three consonants together the blend usually goes with the second syllable to divide the word. We will also introduce new suffix endings –ful, -ment, -ish, -ness, -less, -able, and -en.
Science
This unit is called “Properties of Materials.” Our unit question is; How can you design a mixture for a certain purpose? In this unit, students take on the role of glue engineers and use engineering design practices to create a glue for use at school, which serves as the design problem for the unit. They conduct hands-on investigations to observe properties of a variety of possible glue ingredients and learn how certain materials respond to heating and cooling. Over the course of the unit, students conduct tests that yield quantifiable results, graph their data, analyze and interpret results, and then use that evidence to iteratively design a series of glue mixtures, each one better
than the one before.