October 28, 2022 - Weekly News

 Ask Your Child About...

• Community Building 
• Ms. Velez from GAINS Program 
• Integrity & Empathy Lesson 
• Halloween Morning Meeting Riddles & Games 
• Friday Gathering Moko Jumbie Performance by Guardians of Culture  
• Reading 
• COMPLETED UNIT 1
• Studying Symbolism 
• Supporting Theme with Evidence 
• Finished Filming Book Trailers for Tiger Rising 
• Writing 
• COMPLETED UNIT 1
• Adding quotation marks 
• Using Speech to Text Typing Tool
• Creating a Book Cover 
• PUBLISHING PARTY! 
• Special guests: Dr. Hamdorf, Mrs. Bishop, Mrs. Canning, & Mrs. Mault
• Word Study 
• Ask your child what they scored on their 3rd spelling check-in!
• Math 
• Number Corner
• Writing Larger Numbers (to the Hundred Thousands) in expanded form, numerically, and in words
• Round and Roll Place Value Game
• Comparing and Adding Fractions using a 10x10 grid and 2x5 grid
• Completing the Race to the Millions Collection Game
• Making the Class Great Wall of Base Ten
• Learning the Area Model to Multiply Larger Numbers
• Area Using Base Ten Pieces
• New Work Station Game: What's Missing Bingo (to work on multiplication and division)
• Science 
• Starting a Lesson on How Your Brain Controls Your Body

Announcements: 

• Friday, October 28th- Trunk or Treat @5:30 on the GHCDs Upper Field
• Monday, October 31st
• Costume Parade @8:45 (Parents Welcome!)
• Students need to arrive at school already dressed in their costumes! 
• 4th/5th Halloween Party @1:45 
• Volunteers arrive by 1:00 to help set up stations 
• Tuesday, November 1st- Conference Day (NO SCHOOL for students) 
• Friday, November 11th- Veterans Day (NO SCHOOL for students) 

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October 21, 2022- Weekly News

 Ask Your Child About...

• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting Weekly Theme
• Ancient Cultures (Easter Island & Aztecs) 
• Ms. Bird's Monthly Visit 
• Conflict Resolution Skills (escalating vs. de-escalating)
• Bake Sale for Cancer Support VI 
• Finished Our Halloween Door Decorating
• Reading (Unit 1 Continued)
• Studying How Setting Affects Characters 
• Analyzing Important Objects 
• Identifying Themes 
• Connecting Ideas Across the Text 
• Read Aloud 
• Continued Front Desk by Kelly Yang 
• Started Editing Tiger Rising Book Trailers on VIMEO
• Writing (Unit 1 Continued)
• Studying Student Sample Writing to Understand Quality Over Quantity 
• Identifying Story Tension through Partner Feedback 
• Annotated the Short Story Eleven by Sandra Cisneros to Study Author's Craft 
• Grammar Lesson: Commas 
• Math 
• Number Corner
• Continued to recognize patterns in our calendar
• Continued our place value game: Race to the Millions
• Finding equivalent fractions and decimals to represent 40 cents 
• Explored Mass vs. Weight and Volume vs. Capacity
• Learned How to Convert Units of Measurement (i.e. cm to meters)
• Science 
• Made eye models and explored how light is the key to making our eyes "SEE"
• Explored what makes some animals be able to see better in the dark with some fun activities in class!

Announcements: 

• Friday, October 28th- Trunk or Treat @5:30 on the GHCDs Upper Field
• Monday, October 31st
• Costume Parade @8:45 (Parents Welcome!) 
• 4th/5th Halloween Party @1:45 
• We are still in need of volunteers & supplies! Sign up here!
• Tuesday, November 1st- Conference Day (NO SCHOOL for students) 
• Friday, November 11th- Veterans Day (NO SCHOOL for students) 
• The 5th Grade Bake Sale Raised $706 (matched) for Cancer Support VI. Thanks to all who supported the bake sale this week!

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October 14, 2022 - Weekly News

 Ask Your Child About...

• Community Building 
• Hispanic Inventors 
• Canned Food Drive 
• Halloween Activities!
• Door Decorating 
• Pumpkin Painting
• Reading 
• Unit 1 Continued 
• Thinking About How Characters Can Be Complex 
• Debating Theories on Characters 
• Using Quotes as Textual Evidence 
•  Read Aloud
• New Chapter Book: Front Desk by Kelly Yang 
• Tiger Rising Group Project: Planning to Film Book Trailers 
• Writing 
• Unit 1 Continued 
• Editing With a Checklist 
• Using Mentor Texts to Improve Craft Moves 
• Started 2nd Realistic Fiction Stories 
• Following the Steps of the Writing Process 
• Word Study 
• Spelling List #3
• Ask Your Child How They Did On The Last Spelling Check-In!
• Math 
• Number Corner
• Continued our Calendar Pattern which focuses on equivalent fractions, decimals, and money amounts
• Continued our Collection Game which focuses on place value
• Put it on the Line Game 1 
• Focused on rounding and place value
• 2 New Work Station Games that focus on multiplication and multiplicative comparisons
• Products 4 in a Row
• Dragon's Gold 
• Unit 1 Assessment
• 5s Quiz

Announcements: 

• Wednesday, October 19th- After School Bake Sale to Benefit Cancer Support VI 
• Friday, October 28th- Trunk or Treat @5:30 
• Monday, October 31st- Costume Parade and Halloween Celebration 
• We are still in need of some items and volunteers: 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0a4baaaf2da2fb6-4th5th 

• Tuesday, November 1st - Parent Teacher Conference Day 
• It's up to you whether you'd like to meet in person or via Zoom!
• Be on the lookout for an email next week with the sign up link 

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October 7, 2022- Weekly News

 Ask Your Child About...

• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting- Hispanic Activist of the Day
• Class Speaker: Taliyah 
• 4th Grade Friday Gathering Presentation 
• Equality vs. Equity Lesson 
• Reading 
• Identifying Character Traits 
• Using Precise Language 
• Tracking Habits on a Reading Log 
• Forming Ideas About Complex Characters 
• Finished Reading Tiger Rising!
• Writing 
• Constructing Strong Endings 
• Revising Using Different Lenses 
• Partner Feedback Using Grow & Glow Strategy 
• Word Study 
• Spelling Assessment #2 
• Math 
• Number Corner
• Wrapped Up September's Calendar and Collection
• Started October's Calendar and Collection
• Calendar revolves around Fractions and Decimals
• Collection is a place value game called Race to the Millions
• Ration Table Problem String as a multiplication strategy
• Multiplication Strategies
• Using Hidden Arrays to help solve 6s, 8s, and 9s facts
• 6s: Half Ten Plus one set 
• ex. 6 x 3 = half of (10 x 3)  plus 3 more
• 8s: Double-Double-Double Strategy
• ex. 8 x 3 = (2 x 2 x 2) x 3 = 3 x 2 x 2 x 2
• 9s: Tens minus one set
• ex. 9 x 3 = (10 x 3 ) - 3
• Multiplication and Division Checkpoint: First Bridges Assessment of the Year
• Multiplicative Comparisons in "The Giant's Castle"
• i.e. The door is ____ times as tall as the shovel. 
• Work Station Games
• The Multiple Wheel
• Spinning Around Multiplication
• Science 
• Astronomy Lesson about Constellations with Mrs. Dykstra's High School Class 
• Human Machine Lesson 2 Exploration
• What do blind people see?

Announcements

• Oct. 6th-14th- CANNED FOOD DRIVE 
• The class with the most donations wins a popsicle party!
• Monday, Oct. 10th - NO SCHOOL 
• In Honor of VI/PR Friendship Day
• Wednesday, Oct. 19th - After School Bake Sale to Benefit Cancer Support VI (see flyer below)
• Friday, Oct. 28th - Trunk or Treat @5:30
• Monday, Oct. 31st- Halloween Party (4th & 5th Combined) 
• Please donate your time or supplies if you're able by following this SignUpGenius link: 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0a4baaaf2da2fb6-4th5th 

• Tuesday, Nov. 1st - NO SCHOOL 
• Parent/Teacher Conference Day 

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