Ask Your Child About...
- Community Building
- New Student: Welcome to GHCDS, Keinalys!
- Holiday Raffle-Winners will be announced on Monday!
- Daily Riddle
- Reading
- Unit 2- Research Group Projects
- Learning how to paraphrase
- Synthesizing information from multiple texts
- Created Extreme Weather Posters
- Finished Read Aloud: Front Desk by Kelly Yang
- This book is the first of a series if your child wants to read more!
- Writing
- Unit 2- Persuasive Essays
- Characteristics of Intros and Conclusions
- Elaborating on examples
- Goal Setting to help with reaching due dates
- Math
- December Number Corner
- Difference between # of sides, perimeter, and area of a shape
- Lines of symmetry
- Parallel vs. perpendicular lines
- Adding and subtracting 3-digit numbers on a number line
- What is our target number to reach by the end of the collection?
- Mystery Grid Game
- Doubling and Halving Strategy
- ex. 8 x 16 = 4 x 32
- Using Ratio Tables to Multiply Money and Metric Units
- ex.
- New Work Station Game: Moolah on My Mind
- Assessments
- Multiplication Checkpoint
- Multiplication Strategies Work Sample
- Multiplication Facts Quiz (1-9s)
- Science / Health & Wellness
- Volcano Mapping Activity
- Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
- Self quiz for students to see how they learn and interact best
Announcements:
- Sunday, December 11th- CCT Kids Show @4pm
- Come out and support Lux and Taliyah in the holiday play @CCT! (poster below)
- Wednesday, December 14th- Winter Concert @9am in Pavilion
- Parents & Family are invited!
- Students are expected to dress their best!
- Thursday, December 15th- GHCDS Spelling Bee @10:50am in Pavilion
- Good luck Lucia & Ramsey!
- Friday, December 16th- Pajama Day, Gift Exchange, & Early Dismissal @12:30pm
- Winter Break Begins!
- Basketball Clinic @12:30pm (Sign up for $30 with lunch included)
- School Resumes on Monday, January 9th
This Week in Pictures:
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