11.15.24

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• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting
• VI March
• 5th Grade Pledge
• WEEKLY AWARDS
• Respectful Raptor - Luke
• Integrity Iguana - Cecilia
• Sigma Citizenship - Tyler
• Positive Platypus - Colton
• Silver Scholarship - Ayla

• Math
• Continuing the November Calendar - Tumbling Triangles (graphing coordinate points and analyzing transformation of different triangles around a graph: translations, rotations, & reflections)
• Metric Conversions
• Adding & Subtracting Fractions - finding a common denominator
• LCM Method - ie. to find 1/4 + 5/6 you would need to find a common multiple for the denominator then adjust the numerator. The LCM is 12 in this case but a denominator of 24 works too, or any other common multiple. 
• 1/4 + 5/6 = (1/4 x 3/3) + (5/6 x 2/2) = 3/12 + 10/12 = 13/12 or 1 1/12
• Double Number Line Method
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• Checkpoint on Graphing Coordinate Points & Adding Fractions
• Continuing to make a River Trail Map (mapping fractions of the trail)

• Read Aloud
• Home of the Brave & Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Word Study
• Continuing List #4 - Rainbow Writing, Definitions, & Sentences
• Reading
• Continuing to ID Themes in Novels 
• Comparing Themes Across 2 NOvels (Home of the Brave & Harry Potter)
• Unit 1 Post Assessment
• Writing
• Continuing Our Personal Narrative Unit
• Finishing Up Typing Stories
• Editing - Grammar, Checklist, Self, & Peer

• Social Studies
• Reviewing Indigenous Peoples' of the VI Migration & Way of Life & The Start of European Colonization in the Area

Announcements:

• Friday, Nov. 22nd
• Guardians of Culture Moko Jumbie Performance at Friday Gathering & Post Performance 5th Grade Lesson with Mr. John
• 2024 Taste of Thanksgiving @11am
• SIGN UP
• Dismissal @12:30pm
• Fall Trimester Ends & Thanksgiving Break Begins

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