9.19.24

 

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• 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!):