Monthly Curriculum

APRIL

Math

Unit 7 - Multiplication of Mixed Numbers; Geometry; Tables and Graphs

In this unit students learn two methods for multiply mixed numbers. They use these methods to find areas of rectangles with fractional side lengths to solve problems involving fractional data in line plots. Students also review attributes of 2-dimensional figures and classify shapes in a hierarchy based on properties. Finally, students graph points on coordinate grids to visualize numerical patterns and represent real-world problems. 

Science

Living Systems

The Living Systems Module has four investigation that focus on systems as a unit of study. The idea of a system is one of grand integrating (crosscutting) concepts that pervades all of science. Students start by looking at Earth as the interaction of four Earth systems and subsystems - the geosphere, the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, and the biosphere. The focus of the module then turns to the biosphere as students explore ecosystems and organisms in term of their interacting parts.