1.17.25

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• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting
• VI March
• 5th Grade Pledge
• Categories Game
• Setting Intention for the Day (~5min of relaxation after morning meeting)
• S.E.L. Lesson From Ms. Xio (see photos below!)
• Defining & Differentiating between the following terms: Gossip, fable, rumor, slander, hearsay, speculation, & substantial
• READING BUDDIES WITH 1ST GRADE HAS BEGUN
• See photos below to 2nd hand experience the magic!
• 4th Grade's Friday Gathering Presentation
• MLK Day

• Math
• Continuing January Calendar Pattern on Numerical Patterns & Related Graphs of a Line
• Starting Collection - Multiplying and Adding Fractions of an Hour (screen time earned for fictional "Susan") & Fractions of a Dollar (allowance earned for fictional "Susan")
• Finding the Volume of Irregular Rectangular Prisms
• Continuing Unit 3 - Place Value & Decimals
• Multiplying and Dividing By Powers of Ten
• Exponential Notation
• ex1: 1,000 = 10 x 10 x 10 = 10 to the power of 3
• ex2: 10 to the power of 4 = 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 = 10,000
• Reviewing Great Wall of Base Ten from Last Year (screenshot 1) and Renaming to Involve Decimals (screenshot 2)
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• Modeling, Reading, & Comparing Decimals
• Subtracting Decimals (removal vs differencing strategies)
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• Science
• STEM Fair
• Finalizing Topics
• Background Research Reading & Notecards
• Variables' Song: LISTEN HERE

• Read Aloud & Word Study
• Completing Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Spelling Inventory Assessment (new groups start next week!)

• Literacy
• 5th Grade Files - Special Edition Breaking News Articles - LA Fires
• Continuing to Read Non-Fiction - For Writing & STEM Fair Research

Announcements:

• TODAY AFTER SCHOOL
• Movie in the Library - Run by Upper School Students @ 4pm (Batman Lego Movie)
• STEM FAIR
• One Board Per Project Needs to Be Brought in ASAP
• Next Week in Class We Will Work on: Sources List, Hypothesis, & Background Information Paragraph (based on research from this week students completed)
• No School Monday, January 20th
• MLK Day
• Come support Ms. Hill & other runners running the 50k race this Sunday (I am doing it as a team and running the final leg) - ends at Cane Bay
• Classroom Book Wishlist

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