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- 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!
This Week In Pictures:









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