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Lexile refers to a student's reading ability or the difficulty of text. The more words your student knows, the more complex text they can read and understand, the higher the Lexile.

are letters or groups of letters added to the beginning of a word to make a new word. Brainstorm with your student all the words that start with prefixes. Below are some samples, click here for more:

re - indicates "again, or back"

remarry, redo, rejoin, regain, rewrite, recalculate

dis - indicates "not, or opposite of"

disobey, disable, disappear, disrespect, discomfort, discredit

are letters or groups of letters added to the end of a word to make a new word. Brainstorm with your student all the words that end with suffixes. Below are some samples. Click here for more.

less - indicates "without or lacking"

homeless, fearless, useless, pointless, harmless

full - indicates "full of or will fill something"

forgetful, hopeful, powerful, faithful, painful

Practice this with your student by engaging in a debate conversation. Have your student use the "Claim, Evidence, Reasoning" framework. Here is an example:

Claim - Our family likes Gala apples better than any other type of apples.

Evidence - the student needs to research/state what evidence supports this claim. Perhaps, Gala apples are eaten quicker in the home, than any other type.

Reasoning - students make sure the evidence can support the claim.

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Math: students are learning about ratios, equivalent ratios, and unit rate. Here is a game you can use to help them practice at home (en Español)

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Science: students are learning about the phases of the moon, eclipses and seasons. You can use Oreo cookies to help your student learn this. See how here.

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Social Studies: students will be learning about history in Europe including the Treaty of Versailles, WW2, the Holocaust and Worldwide depression.

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Math: students are currently focusing on solving two-step equations and inequalities. Here are two resources you can use - game1 and game 2, you can use at home to support your student.

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Science: students are learning about the cell processes photosynthesis, cellular respiration, and mitosis.

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Social Studies: students are finishing up their unit on Southwest Asia’s history including the establishment of Israel and the United States involvement in the Middle East including the Kuwait War, Iraq War, and War on Terror. We will then be moving into our unit on Southwest Asia’s government and economics.

ELA: students are working on an argumentative writing. Students will choose a side after reading articles about the benefits and risks of self-driving cars and write an argumentative essay to convince readers to agree with them.

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Math: students are learning how to find the slope from different representations (graph, table, ordered pairs, verbal descriptions, equations), how to write slope-intercept equations from different representations, comparing rates of change (slope) and initial values (y-intercepts). Use this to support your student learn this important concept.

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Science: students are learning about matter: elements, pure substances and mixtures.

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Social Studies: students are learning about the causes that led to the Revolutionary War and the impact of the Declaration of Independence on Georgia. Students will be applying that knowledge to a choice board American Revolution project.

Questions Parents Can Ask Their Child About This Unit

1. What was the Siege of Savannah?
2. Why was the Constitutional Convention important?
3. What are the Articles of Confederation?