Family Digest · Quarter 3 · Week 26
The Rise of Christianity in the Roman World
From Judea to the empire.
6.RP.A.3
6.SP.B.4
RI.6.6
W.6.1
MS-LS4-2
C3 D2.His.14.6-8
ELA this week
- Monday: Read on Roman Judea; author's perspective (RI.6.6).
- Tuesday: Vocabulary: messiah, gospel, apostle, persecution.
- Wednesday: Compare two accounts of early Christianity (RI.6.6).
- Thursday: Argument planning: 'Why did Christianity grow despite persecution?' (W.6.1).
- Friday: Argument essay draft & revise.
Words to know
messiah
gospel
apostle
persecution
Standards
RI.6.6
W.6.1
Math this week
- Monday: Cumulative percent practice in historical contexts.
- Tuesday: Data displays — population growth of early Christianity.
- Wednesday: Line plots and dot plots of population data.
- Thursday: Percent change applied to early-church growth.
- Friday: Mixed practice: data and percent.
Science this week
- Monday: Anatomical similarities suggest common ancestry (MS-LS4-2).
- Tuesday: Compare vertebrate forelimbs (whale, bat, human, cat).
- Wednesday: Investigation: classify limb structures by similarity.
- Thursday: Embryological similarities — discuss diagrams.
- Friday: Mini-quiz on common ancestry; portfolio entry.
Standards
MS-LS4-2
Social Studies this week
- Monday: Province of Judea; Jewish kingdoms under Rome; tensions.
- Tuesday: Historical context; teachings drawn from Jewish tradition.
- Wednesday: Paul's missionary journeys; Greek as the gospel language.
- Thursday: Emperor cult conflicts; persecution under Nero, Diocletian.
- Friday: 313 CE: legalization; 380 CE: state religion.
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 Roman Judea".
- 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: messiah, gospel, apostle, persecution".
- 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 "Compare two accounts of early Christianity (RI".
- 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 planning: 'Why did Christianity grow despite persecution?' (W".
- 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 "Argument essay draft & revise".
- 6.Ask your child to teach you tonight's idea in 60 seconds: "Show me one example of cumulative percent practice in historical contexts." 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.