Family Digest · Quarter 3 · Week 21
The Roman Empire & the Pax Romana
Augustus and the long Roman peace.
6.SP.B.4
6.SP.B.5
RI.6.7
W.6.2
MS-LS2-3
C3 D2.Civ.6.6-8
ELA this week
- Monday: Read Augustus' Res Gestae excerpts; integrate visual sources (RI.6.7).
- Tuesday: Vocabulary: emperor, principate, pax, propaganda.
- Wednesday: Plan informative essay: 'How did Augustus change Rome?' (W.6.2).
- Thursday: Draft body paragraphs of informative essay.
- Friday: Publish informative essay; portfolio entry.
Words to know
emperor
principate
pax
propaganda
Standards
RI.6.7
W.6.2
Math this week
- Monday: Display data with dot plots (6.SP.B.4).
- Tuesday: Histograms: bin design and shape.
- Wednesday: Box plots — five-number summary (6.SP.B.4).
- Thursday: Compare distributions using box plots and dot plots (6.SP.B.5).
- Friday: Mixed practice: data displays.
Standards
6.SP.B.4
6.SP.B.5
Science this week
- Monday: Energy transfer in ecosystems — food chain pyramids (MS-LS2-3).
- Tuesday: Calculate energy loss between trophic levels (10% rule).
- Wednesday: Build an energy pyramid for a savanna ecosystem.
- Thursday: Compare aquatic and terrestrial energy pyramids.
- Friday: Lab notebook reflection on energy flow.
Standards
MS-LS2-3
Social Studies this week
- Monday: Octavian becomes Augustus; the imperial system masks the Republic's death.
- Tuesday: 200 years of relative peace; trade, roads, citizenship expanded.
- Wednesday: Roman law roots: 12 Tables → Justinian Code preview.
- Thursday: From Jupiter to deified emperors; tolerance of local gods.
- Friday: Map the Roman Empire under Trajan; greatest extent.
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 Augustus' Res Gestae excerpts".
- 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 "Vocabulary: emperor, principate, pax, propaganda".
- 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 "Plan informative essay: 'How did Augustus change Rome?' (W".
- 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 "Draft body paragraphs of informative essay".
- 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 "Publish informative essay".
- 6.Ask your child to teach you tonight's idea in 60 seconds: "Show me one example of display data with dot plots (6." 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.