11.4.24

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• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting
• VI March
• 5th Grade Pledge
• Disney Movie Picture Challenge
• D. Hamilton JAckson/Liberty/Bull & Bread Day History
• Jokes from Caitlin & Zaina & More Halloween Themed Jokes
• Halloween Activities (decorations for classroom & home)
• Pumpkin Paper Lanterns
• Origami Ghosts & Leaves
• Tissue Paper Jars - for tea light (candle) or to store things in

• Math
• Completing the October Calendar Pattern - Mystery Grid (3-D Structures)
• Continuing to Graph The Two Decomposing Carrots' Masses
• Order of Operations
• Using Parentheses to Make Groups
• Continuing Unit 2 - Adding & Subtracting Fractions
• Using Money & Clock Models & Deciding when it's best to use which model
• ie. It is easiest to use a CLOCK model when the denominators of the fractions are factors of 12 (can do any factor of 60 as well but that is more difficult)
• ex: 1/2 + 1/3 = 6/12 + 4/12 = 10/12 = 5/6 (money wouldn't work because 3 isn't a factor of 100)
• ie. It is easiest to use a MONEY model when the denominators of the fractions are factors of 100
• ex: 1/2 + 1/10 = 50/100 + 10/100 = 60/100 = 6/10 = 3/5 (you could use a clock but it would be harder because you would be dealing with parts of 60 instead of parts of 12)
• ie. Sometimes both models work!
• ex: 1/2 + 1/4 = 6/12 + 3/12 = 9/12 = 3/4 OR 1/2 + 1/4 = 50/100 + 25/100 = 75/100 = 3/4

• Literacy
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J.K. Rowling
• Ask your child who they think opened the Chamber of Secrets!
• Word Study
• Continuing List #3 - Sentences & Your Pile, My Pile
• Spelling Check-In #3 - Next Week
• Reading
• Rating Book Club Books
• Book Club Debates
• Writing
• Continuing Our Personal Narrative Unit
• Bringing Forth the Story Arc Lesson
• Writing Story From the Perspective of a Piece of Candy on Halloween
• From the Bottom of the Bowl, a 5th Grade Collection of Stories is on display in our classroom - please come and take a look if you please!

• Science
• Ghost Marshmallow STEM Building Challenge

Announcements:

• Friday, Nov. 8th
• RESCHEDULED 4th-5th Grade Halloween Party 
• Please e-mail me directly if you are available to volunteer Friday afternoon 1230p-3p
• Monday, Nov. 11th
• No School - Veterans' Day
• Friday, Nov. 22nd
• Dismissal @12:30pm
• Fall Trimester Ends & Thanksgiving Break Begins

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