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Assessment Home Connection

Self-assessment is a powerful tool to help you evaluate your learning development.
Use the K-W-L chart below to keep track of your progress.

K What I W What I Want L What I Dear Parents,

As part of our social studies program, your child has been learning about
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ancient civilizations of the Americas and the Mesoamerican civilization.
Your child learned ways that he or she can identify how these
civilizations developed and what major developments were achieved by

each.
You can help your child by supporting our classroom learning.

Here are some things you can do to reinforce the message of this lesson
and our related learning activities.

• Ask your child to tell you about the lesson and what he or she
learned from it.

• Choose one of the civilizations and discover more about the art
and culture of that time.
• Watch a video about Mesoamerica, the importance of its location,

and how that helped the development of all these civilizations.
• Watch with your child a video of someone speaking the ancient
language of Quechua.

Thank you for being a partner with us
in the education of your child!
Tidbit

Most of the Central American population are
Research has shown that children with involved parents score
mestizo, or of indigenous and Spanish descent.
better than others whose parents don't have a role in their
education process. Help your child stay brilliant!

Map of Central America

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