The boundaries of the Roman Empire have reached the grounds of BDS! This unit promises to be packed with fun activities and engaging lessons. I enjoyed the Greek unit so much and am looking forward to transitioning to a new topic.
Math: We have begun topic three which deals with understanding multiplication. Today we talked about multiplication as repeated addition. We used Lego blocks as manipulatives and designed our own arrays. I feel confident that the students will do very well with this topic. We will not test on this subject until next week.
Language Arts: “Far down the mountain, on the narrow ribbon of road, he spotted a moving line that threw off reddish flashes of metal in the sunlight. Legionaries. At the sight, black hatred churned up in him. Out of habit he spat violently.” – Elizabeth George Speare The Bronze Bow. Today we started reading our book for the unit. Every Tuesday the students will have reading homework. This would be a great night for you to discuss the text with them. For our grammar study session, we will learn about time order words and different types of nouns. There will not be a test on this until next week. Wednesday is “bring your favorite noun to school day”. The student can bring three of their favorite things to school. For spelling, please note that “Legionaries” has only one n. It is correct on the spelling list but incorrectly spelled on the vocabulary list (whoops).
Conceptual- This week in conceptual we will learn about the topography of Rome by studying key features of maps. We will learn about the creation of Roman: both myths and facts. The children will even create their own versions of how BDS began. On Thursday we will start our Fourth grade classroom project from this unit. We are going to design and create a three dimensional map of Rome. Supplies will be needed for this, so I will get you information on this project very soon. On Friday we will learn about the religion of ancient Rome.
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