Family Digest · Quarter 3 · Week 19
Rome Rising — From Republic to Mediterranean Power
Punic Wars and Roman expansion.
6.G.A.1
6.G.A.2
RI.6.1
RI.6.2
MS-LS2-2
C3 D2.His.4.6-8
ELA this week
- Monday: Read on Punic War causes; cite text evidence (RI.6.1).
- Tuesday: Read Livy excerpt on Hannibal; central idea (RI.6.2).
- Wednesday: Vocabulary: republic, consul, legion, triumph.
- Thursday: Argument paragraph: 'Was Rome justified in destroying Carthage?' (W.6.1).
- Friday: Revise argument; peer-edit conventions.
Words to know
republic
consul
legion
triumph
Standards
RI.6.1
RI.6.2
W.6.1
Math this week
- Monday: Volume of right rectangular prisms with fractional edges (6.G.A.2).
- Tuesday: Volume word problems: shipping containers, swimming pools.
- Wednesday: Find missing edge length given volume.
- Thursday: Composite figures — volume of L-shaped solids.
- Friday: Mixed practice: area, surface area, volume.
Words to know
area
surface area
volume
Standards
6.G.A.2
Science this week
- Monday: Patterns of interactions — competition (MS-LS2-2).
- Tuesday: Investigation: brine-shrimp competition for limited food.
- Wednesday: Niche vs. habitat — distinguish with examples.
- Thursday: Brine-shrimp data analysis; identify limiting factor.
- Friday: Lab notebook sync; weekly reflection on competition.
Standards
MS-LS2-2
Social Studies this week
- Monday: Rome vs. Carthage for Sicily; the corvus boarding bridge.
- Tuesday: The Second Punic War; map Hannibal's route from Spain.
- Wednesday: The disaster at Cannae; how Rome survived a near-knockout.
- Thursday: Scipio Africanus; 'Carthago delenda est.'
- Friday: Provinces, slavery from conquest, problems of empire.
Ask at the dinner table
- 1.Ask: "Who is the main character or speaker in what you read today, and what do they want?" Then have your child read aloud one favorite sentence from "Read on Punic War causes".
- 2.Ask: "Who is the main character or speaker in what you read today, and what do they want?" Then have your child read aloud one favorite sentence from "Read Livy excerpt on Hannibal".
- 3.Ask: "Who is the main character or speaker in what you read today, and what do they want?" Then have your child read aloud one favorite sentence from "Vocabulary: republic, consul, legion, triumph".
- 4.Ask: "Who is the main character or speaker in what you read today, and what do they want?" Then have your child read aloud one favorite sentence from "Argument paragraph: 'Was Rome justified in destroying Carthage?'".
- 5.Ask: "Who is the main character or speaker in what you read today, and what do they want?" Then have your child read aloud one favorite sentence from "Revise argument".
- 6.Ask your child to teach you tonight's idea in 60 seconds: "Show me one example of volume of right rectangular prisms with fractional edges." Teaching it back is the fastest way to lock it in.
How to help at home
Read together. Spend 15 minutes on any text — fiction, news, even recipes. Talk about new words.
Show your thinking. When you do math in real life (cooking, shopping, budgeting), narrate it out loud.
Ask "why" and "how." For science and social studies, open-ended questions matter more than right answers.
Celebrate effort. Six hours of school is a long day. Notice the work, not just the grade.