9.22.23

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• Community Building 
• 5th Grade's Friday Gathering Elephant Presentations
• Celebrating D'Sean's Birthday!
• Morning Meeting
• Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
• Drawing a Taino symbol
• Observing and practicing Flamenco Dance steps
• Virtual Field Trip to Cuba
• Acting out some animals of Costa Rica

• Reading
• Analyzing characters with reading partners 
• Growing ideas about a character through note-taking 
• Identifying character traits using our word wall 

• Writing
•  Learning to "show not tell" through details 
• Creating tension in our stories through conflict
• Balancing our stories with dialogue, inner thughts, and action to make them well-rounded
• Studying the book Pecan Pie Baby by Jacqueline Woodson to understand opening scenes

• Word Study
• Blind Sort, Glue Sort, Crossword Puzzle
• Spelling Check-In #1

• Number Corner & Math 
• Continuing to Update the Calendar Pattern (Ancient and Modern Numerals) and Collection (Inches, Feet, & Yards)
• Problem String: Doubling and Halving Strategy
• ex. 10 x 8 = 5 x 16
  
  
• Comparing Numeration Systems (Ancient Egyptian & Modern Including using Base 10 Diagrams)
• Writing Numbers in Expanded Form
• Playing the Math Game Splat! with a Partner
• Multiplication Strategies: Open Number Line, Ratio Table, Tile Array, Area Model
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• Division Strategies: Skip Counting, Ratio Table, & Tile Array
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• 2s, 3s, 4s Quiz

• Science/Social Studies
• Visiting the Planetarium to See/Discuss Constellations and a Solar Eclipse
• THANKS TO MRS. DYKSTRA (US Science Teacher)
• Robot Finger Models
• Mrs. Velez' First GAINS Lesson
• Train your brain
• Growth vs. fixed mindset
• Persistence
• Perseverance

Announcements:

• Thank you to all families who joined us yesterday at Parent Information Afternoon!
• Next week Tuesday & Wednesday, students will be taking the STAR Assessments
• Encourage them to have a good night's sleep and a hardy breakfast in order to be focused!
• Friday, September 29th: 4th grade presents about Hispanic Heritage Month at Friday Gathering 
• Pavilion @8:30-8:45 am 
• Families are welcome to join!
• No School For Students: Friday, October 6th (Faculty Workshop Day)
• No School For Students: Monday, October 9th (VIPR Friendship Day)

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