Family Digest · Quarter 1 · Week 7
The Indus Valley Civilization
Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro: the planned cities of South Asia.
6.EE.A.2
6.RP.A.3
RI.6.2
RI.6.6
MS-LS1-3
C3 D2.His.2.6-8
ELA this week
- Monday: Begin informational text on the Indus Valley; central idea (RI.6.2).
- Tuesday: Vocabulary: archaeology, artifact, urban planning.
- Wednesday: Compare an archaeologist's account with a textbook account (RI.6.6).
- Thursday: Argument paragraph: 'What evidence reveals about Indus society' (W.6.1).
- Friday: Mini research: 'Why did Indus civilization fade?' — cite two sources (W.6.7).
Words to know
archaeology
artifact
urban planning
Standards
RI.6.2
RI.6.6
W.6.1
W.6.7
Math this week
- Monday: Equivalent expressions: 3(x + 2) = 3x + 6; the distributive property.
- Tuesday: Use ratio reasoning to scale a city plan up or down.
- Wednesday: Identify equivalent expressions; combine like terms.
- Thursday: Word-problem expressions: model a real-world situation algebraically.
- Friday: Mixed practice: variables, equivalent expressions, ratios.
Words to know
variables
equivalent expressions
ratios
Science this week
- Monday: Excretory system intro; kidneys and homeostasis.
- Tuesday: Investigation: filter 'kidney' challenge with sand and gravel.
- Wednesday: Skin: largest organ; layers and functions.
- Thursday: Compare body systems in vertebrates vs. invertebrates.
- Friday: Body-systems checkpoint; exit ticket on hierarchy.
Social Studies this week
- Monday: Map the Indus and Saraswati rivers; the Hindu Kush; monsoon climate.
- Tuesday: Grid streets, brick uniformity, the Great Bath; what these say about society.
- Wednesday: The undeciphered Indus script; trade with Mesopotamia (Meluhha).
- Thursday: No clear kings or temples — what kind of society was this?
- Friday: Climate change, river shifts, and the disappearance of Harappan cities.
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 "Begin informational text on the Indus Valley".
- 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: archaeology, artifact, urban planning".
- 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 an archaeologist's account with a textbook account (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 paragraph: 'What evidence reveals about Indus society' (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 "Mini research: 'Why did Indus civilization fade?' — cite two sources (W".
- 6.Ask your child to teach you tonight's idea in 60 seconds: "Show me one example of equivalent expressions: 3(x + 2) = 3x + 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.