9.27.24

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• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting
• VI March
• 5th Grade Pledge
• SEL Videos/Discussion - Group Motivation, One Day (kindness ripple effect)
• Fun Run Character Videos - Focus, Self-Awareness, Respect
• Inspirational Hand Messages
• Weekly Awards
• Sigma Citizenship - Joshua
• Silver Scholarship - Rock
• Integrity Iguana - Tyler
• Positive Platypus - Sage
• Respectful Raptor - Makonnen
• Fun Run Pep Rally
• Fun Run Class Rewards - Dance Party, Fitness Challenge, & Trick Shot Game (congrats to D'Sean, our trickshot class champion!)
• Friday Gathering - Waste Management Guest Presentation

• Math
• STAR Math Fall Assessment
• Continuing to Update our Calendar - Clock & Money Fractions
• Continuing our Layer a Day Collection - Volume of Rectangular Prism
• Reviewing Multiples, Factors, Prime, and Composite Numbers
• Ten Times, More or Less
• ex1. 2x4 = 8, so 2x40 = (2x4) x10 = 80
• ex2. 3x61= (3 x 60) + (1x3) = 180+3=183
• ex3. 3x59 = (3x60) - (1x3) = 180-3= 177

• Literacy
• BFG, by Roald Dahl (finished book)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J.K. Rowling (started)
• Home of the Brave, by Katherine Applegate (continued & discussed)
• Word Study
• New Lists: Open Sort, Closed Sort, & Rainbow Writing
• Reading
• Fall STAR Reading Assessment
• Revising Writing About Reading
• Starting Bend 2 of Unit 1
• Determining Themes
• Reading to See More Significance
• Starting Book Clubs - reading goals, group rules, starting to read books
• Writing
• Personal Narrative Writing Choice Board Entry(ies)
• Summer Reading Extension
• Presenting Movie Poster Project

• Science
• Matter & Plant Growth
• Decomposers & Matter Cycle
• Started Mold Terrarium Experiment

Announcements:

• Classroom Supplies
• Local plant seeds! (ie lemongrass and other plants for bush tea)
• SHARPIES & PLASTICWARE
• GHCDS Fun Run Event - Thursday, October 3rd
• Week of Oct. 7th 
• School Photo Week
• October 11th - No school for students (Professional Dev. Day for Teachers)
• October 14th - No school for students (VI/PR Friendship./Indigenous Peoples' Day)
• Oct. 18th
• LS Conference Day

Photos From The Week:

9.19.24

 

 Ask Your Child About...

• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting
• VI March
• 5th Grade Pledge
• SEL Videos/Discussion - Glass of Water (& letting go of negative thoughts), Making an Impact (& how we can do that daily and on a larger scale), I am Me, & Compassion
• Weekly Awards
• Sigma Citizenship & Silver Scholarship - Ronin
• Integrity Iguana - Joshua
• Positive Platypus - Tyler
• Respectful Raptor - To Be Presented on Monday
• First G.A.IN.S Lesson with Ms. Bird about how our brains work and grow!
• D'Sean's Birthday Celebration
• Thanks for the cupcakes!!

• Math
• Continuing to Update our Calendar - Clock & Money Fractions
• Continuing our Layer a Day Collection - Volume of Rectangular Prism
• Numerical Expressions Checkpoint
• Doubling & Halving Strategy 
• ex. 25 x 16 = 50 x 8 = 100 x 4 and so all are equal to 400
• Boxing Baseballs Challenges
• Finding Different Rectangular Prisms with 24 Cubes
• Intro to Finding the Surface Area of Rectangular Prisms

• Literacy
• BFG, by Roald Dahl (continued to read)
• Home of the Brave, by Katherine Applegate
• Word Study
• Writing Sort, Definitions, Speed Sort, Whiteboard Writing
• Spelling Check-In #1
• Reading
• Considering Perspective
• Learning to Think Analytically
• Book Club Intro
• Summer Reading Extension
• Completing the Movie Poster Project (posters will be on display on the bulletin on the walkway between the 4th-6th and 1st-3rd grade buildings!)

• Science
• Matter & Plant Growth
• Investigating What Plants Eat (spoiler: it's air!)
• Weighing Air Activity 
• Fun Fact: Air Has Weight!
• Playing Eat or Be Eaten Food Chain Game (learned last week)

Announcements:

• Classroom Supplies
• Thank you to Ayla's Family for Donating Soil!
• SHARPIES & PLASTICWARE
• GHCDS Fun Run Fundraiser Begins NEXT WEEK
• Pep Rally For Students At School - Sept 24th 
• Students Will Come Home on the 24th (Tues) With a Lanyard To Register
• Week of Oct. 7th 
• School Photo Week
• Oct. 18th
• LS Conference Day

Photos From The Week (please check our class Instagram for more photos!): 

9.13.24

 

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• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting
• VI March
• 5th Grade Pledge
• 9/11 Article, Discussion, & Moment of Silence
• SEL Videos - Power of Words, Be Thankful, We Believe in You, & How to Be a Hero
• Weekly Awards
• Sigma Citizenship - CAITLIN
• Respectful Raptor - COLTON
• Silver Scholarship - D'SEAN
• Integrity Iguana - CECILIA
• Positive Platypus - ROCK
• Logged into Chromebooks, learned how to access our Google Classroom
• First S.E.L. Lesson with Our New Counselor, Ms. Xio!
• Parent Information Afternoon

• Math
• Continuing to Update our Calendar - Clock & Money Fractions
• Starting our Layer a Day Collection - Volume of Rectangular Prisms
• Solving Problems Using Multiples & Factors - Frog Rock Jumping Questions
• Playing the Multiple Game
• Boxing Baseballs Challenge
• Working on building different rectangular prisms and representing their volumes i the form: (length x width) x height or (base) x height
• Problem String - Subtraction Strategies (TOP EXAMPLE is finding the difference since the numbers are close together and BOTTOM EXAMPLE is removal because the numbers are far apart and you are only taking away a small amount)
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• Literacy
• BFG, by Roald Dahl (continued to read)
• Home of the Brave, by Katherine Applegate (started another read aloud that connects with reading lessons)
• Qualities of Strong Writing About Reading
• Read, Knowing You'll Write, Seeing More (Staying Alert While Reading)
• Use Your Own Thinking, Exploring Voice
• Going over Unit 1 Pre-Assessment
• Movie Poster Group Assignment

• Science
• Web of Life Lesson 1
• Food Chains, Producers, & Consumers
• Eat or Be Eaten Game

Announcements:

Thank you to all who were able to join us for parent information afternoon this week!

• Classroom Supplies
• SHARPIES & PLASTICWARE
• Week of Oct. 7th 
• School Photo Week
• Oct. 18th
• LS Conference Day

Photos From The Week (please check our class Instagram for more photos!): 

9.6.2024

 Ask Your Child About...

• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting
• VI March
• 5th Grade Pledge
• Growth Mindset Videos, Cont.
• Inspirational Video - Be a Mr. Jensen (tapping in class turned drummer)
• Breathing Video to Calm Emotions
• Team Building Games with 4th-6th Grades
• Forehead Dots
• Trust Walk
• What Time is it Mr. Wolf
• Stuck in the Mud Tag Game
• Human Knot
• Friday Gathering
• New Student & Teacher Intros
• Welcomed Abdullah in our 5th grade class this week!
• First Choice Time!

• Math
• What a Math Class Looks & Sounds Like 
• Reviewing Multiplication Strategies
• Playing the Product Game & Making Mathematical Observations About It
• September Calendar Pattern - Time, Money, & Fractions
• Addition Strategies Problem String

• Literacy
• BFG, by Roald Dahl
• Alma, by Juana Martinez-Neal
• Taking the Upper Elementary Spelling Inventory
• Sharing Name Stories
• Working on Book Cover Canvas'
• Decorating Reading & Writing Notebooks
• Starting Unit 1 in Reading - Analyzing Themes
• Goal Setting
• Pre-Assessment
• Wordle Challenges
• Finish the Proverb Team Challenge

Announcements:

• Schedule Note - The 2nd P.E. day listed is SWIM DAY
• Classroom Supplies
• Some of you expressed interest in donating more supplies. We could use Sharpies (any/all size & colors including metallic) & plasticware. Thanks to anyone able/willing to donate!
• If you have plants in pots or you would like to donate soil/seeds for our planters, we would welcome the donations! We are planning to make bush tea with what we grow!
• Thursday, September 12th 4-5pm
• Lower School Parent Information Night
• Begins in the Pavilion and then you will meet your children in our classroom
• Children will be watched on the slab while you are welcomed in the Pavilion
• COLOR DAYS CONTINUE
• Please have your child try to wear the day's color to help our ELC kiddos learn their colors!
• 9/9: Green Day
• 9/10: Purple Day
• 9/11: Brown Day
• 9/12: Black & White Day
• 9/13: Rainbow Day
• Week of Oct. 7th 
• School Photo Week
• Oct. 18th
• LS Conference Day

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