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

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