Greetings Families!  

We have had another great week at Killian!  

Reading Works Passages

Your child can login to Reading Works to get extra practice with their reading  skills.   This site  has  nonfiction & fiction passages with curriculum and supports designed to improve comprehension.   Your child will work on  some of the passages at school.  However, they may work on any passage  at home that he / she chooses.   This is non graded and serves as practice.   

How to get students to their assignments

1. Have students go to www.readworks.org/student

2. Students enter class code LQHH4X

3. Tell your students that their default password is 1234

Skills for the Week

• Math: Understand place value through 999 by demonstrating the hundreds digit in a three-digit
• Phonics and Decoding:  Blend words with /ē/ spelled e and e_e.
• Comprehension Skills:  Cause–and–Effect relationships within a text.
• Writing: Non Fiction
• Science: Forces in Motion
• Social Studies:  United  States Citizens

This week’s reading selection: All about Earthquakes! 

Summary: Earthquakes happen when Earth’s plates shift and rub against each other. Whether they occur on land or underwater, earthquakes can have a major effect on man-made and natural structures.

Essential Question: Why do earthquakes occur? How do earthquakes change Earth’s surface?



plates -  noun the huge parts of Earth’s crust on which continents and oceans rest

interact -  verb to act on or influence each other

collide  - verb to crash into each other

boundaries  - noun lines that form an edge

energy -  noun the power used in action and work

structures - noun things that are built

absorb - verb to soak up or take in




Monday
Reread the story of the week.  Complete Text Connections question 1 - 4  at the end of the story.  
Vocabulary:   Choice Board Activity  
*Math: Eureka Math Activity Sheet 

Tuesday  
1. How do Earth’s plates cause earthquakes? 
2. How are seismic waves and tsunamis alike? How are they different? 
3. Why do earthquakes occur? 
*Vocabulary:   Choice Board Activity
*Math: Eureka Math Activity Sheet 

 Wednesday
1. In what ways do plates interact? 
2. What are plate boundaries? 
3. Why is it good that newer buildings sway in an earthquake?
4. How do earthquakes change Earth’s surface? 
*Vocabulary:   Choice Board Activity  (Optional)
*Math: Eureka Math Activity Sheet 

Thursday 

Reading:  Re Read your story for the week.   You will take your reading and vocabulary assessment tomorrow.  

*Vocabulary:  Study     

*Math: Eureka Math Activity Sheet