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!):