Essential Questions for the first 9 weeks: How do I become a great reader? How do I write to describe? How do I write a personal narrative? What is the relationship between a digits position and it's value? What is the relationship between addition and subtraction? How can I determine the amount of time that passes between 2 events? How is multiplication related to repeated addition and arrays? What are the similarities and differences between rocks and minerals? What role has Ancient Greece had in shaping how the United States is today?