Friday, March 24, 2023

Weekly News- March 24, 2023

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  • Community Building 
    • Happy Ramadan!
      • Mrs. Abdel shared with the class about Ramadan, fasting, and Eid
    • Women's History Month Role Models
      • Malala Yousafzai, Mary Thomas (Queen Mary), Sheryl Sandberg, Michelle Obama
    • LS Assembly 
      • In Honor of the new Julie Crisler-Raub ELC Building we gathered to honor Mrs. Crisler's retirement. 
      • Thank you to Scarlett and Nora for being our class speakers. 
  • Reading/Writing 
    • Unit 3: Revolution Debates
      • Researching why colonists chose to support Patriots, Loyalists, or stay neutral 
      • Creating a T-chart to prepare notes for next week's debate 
  • Read Aloud
    • Finished reading I Survived: The American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
    • New book of short stories: Every Living Thing by Cynthia Rylant
  • Social Studies
    • Created PowerPoints using their state research in preparation for class presentations. 
    • Here is the schedule for state presentations next week. While students did all the work in school, I sent home their Gmail login information with a little note explaining if they need extra time to finish their last few slides or if they just need to practice. PowerPoint slides can be found in their Google Drive. 

Monday 

March 27th 

Tuesday 

March 28th

Wednesday 

March 29th

Thursday 

March 30th

1.Toby 

(Texas)

1.Hazel 

(Louisiana) 

1.Olivia

(California)

1.Taliyah

(North Carolina)

2. Nora 

(Hawaii)

2. Keinalys 

(Illinois)

2. Sarima

(Nevada)

2. Sibali

(Maryland)

3. Scarlett (Oklahoma)

3. Emma 

(Michigan) 

3. Ramsey

(Connecticut) 

3. Fathi

(Utah)

4. Lucia 

(New Mexico)

4. Orion 

(Washington)

4. Madison

(Massachusetts)

4. Lux

(Pennsylvania) 

5. Simon 

(Colorado) 

5. Bailey

(Georgia)

5. Ania

(Montana)


  • Math
    • Subtraction
      • Number line strategies - removal strategy vs. finding the difference strategy
      • Subtraction standard algorithm
      • Subtraction strategies work sample assessment
      • Roll and Subtract One Thousand Work Station
    • Number Corner
      • Updating Function Machine Calendar Pattern (rule: 2n +5)
      • Week 1 out of 2 of The Great Fraction Race
  • Science/Health & Wellness
    • Slide City Engineering Plans
    • Relationship Between Identity and Diversity
    • Equity vs. Equality
    • G.A.IN.S. Lesson From Mrs. Velez
    • S.E.L Lesson from Ms. Bird on Inclusion
      • Playing a game to emphasize the importance of really seeing someone
Announcements:
  • March 24th: LS Trimester 2 Report Cards Emailed
  • March 27th-31st: Science Fair Week!
  • March 31st- Friday Gathering @8:30am in the Pavilion 
    • Parents are invited to see 4th grade present about the 50 States!
    • Here is a link to the song 4th Graders will be singing 
  • April 7th - 10th: NO SCHOOL for Easter Weekend
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