10.27.23

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• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting 
• All about Mummies 
• Trick or Treat stories 
• Halloween Trivia
• Friday Gathering 
• A Midsummer Night's Dream Teaser Performance 

• Reading
• Unit 2: Extreme Weather
• Text Structure 
• Tackling Tricky Parts 
• Hybrid Texts
• Expository Narratives

• Writing
• Unit 2: Persuasive Essays
• Essay Structure 
• Brainstorming Strategies 
• Word Web, Listing, Free Writing

• Word Study 
• 3rd spelling test!

• Number Corner & Math 
• Continuing to Update the Calendar
• Working on equivalent fractions and decimals (fifths, tenths, hundredths) 
• Writing Large Numbers in Number Form, Expanded Form, and in Words
• Multiplying Length and Width of Rectangles to Find its Area
• Decimal and Fraction Place Value Work
• i.e. 2.45 = 2 and 45/100
• i.e. 2/10 = 0.2

• Science/Health & Wellness
• Structure & Function of the Eyes - How can some animals see in the dark?
• Began our Identity Unit

Announcements:

• RELAY FOR LIFE is  this weekend 10/28-10/29
• Located at Complex High School (track and field)
• Sign up to walk here
• Tuesday, October 31st - HALLOWEEN!
• Ghost walk around campus @8:45am - families welcome!
• 4th & 5th Grade Class Party @1pm - Sign Up Genius here 
• GHCDS Boo Bash & Trunk or Treat! @4-7pm
• Wednesday, November 1st - Parent Conference Day 
• No School for students in observation of Bull & Bread Day
• Make sure you confirm your conference time slot with us!
• UPCOMING PLAYS IN THE COMMUNITY 
• GHCDS presents A Midsummer Night's Dream 
• Show Dates: November 3rd, 4th, 5th, 10th, & 11th at 7pm 
• Caribbean Community Theatre presents The Tin Woman (starring Ms. Bishop!)
• Show Dates: November 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th, 17th and 18th at 8pm 
• Sunday Matinee on November 12th at 4pm 

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10.20.23

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• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting 
• Easter Island
• Learning about the island
• Greeting each other in Rapa Nui, the language of Easter Island
• Aztec Empire
• Learning about the capital
• Wrote a story using hieroglyphics 
• Halloween Craft 
• Origami Bats
• Girls Group with Ms. Bird
• Made friendship bracelets with Kindergarten 
• 2 GAINS Lessons from Ms. Velez
• Task Initiation vs Task Avoidance
• Great Shakeout
• Earthquake/Tsunami Safety Drill
• New Desk Spots!

• Reading/Writing
• Analyzing the setting 
• Finding the theme 
• Introducing Symbolism 
• Unit 1 Post Assessment
• Unit 2 Pre Assessment
• Created Ghosts to pear with our FabBOOlous stories 

• Word Study/Read Aloud
• Continued Working With Sort #3
• Word Search
• Rainbow Writing
• Crossword Puzzle
• Speed Sort & Blind Sort 

• Number Corner & Math 
• Continuing to Update the October Calendar and Playing our Collection Game
• Money and Fraction Models
• Race to the Millions
• Number Corner Problem String #6
• Continuing to practice using a ratio table to solve multiplication problems
• New Work Station Game: Dragon's Gold
• Multiplicative Comparisons 
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• Playing Dragon's Gold which works on Multiplicative Comparisons as well!
• Unit 1 Review Jeopardy!
• Unit 1 Assessment
• Starting Unit 2 - Multi-Digit Multiplication & Early Division
• Great Wall of Base Ten
• 2s-8s Facts Quiz

• Science
• Completing the Light, Eyes, & Vision Activity (eye model)

Announcements:

• RELAY FOR LIFE IS RESCHEDULED to next weekend 10/28-10/29
• Located at Complex High School (track and field)
• Wednesday, October 25th- Bake Sale after school!
• Funds go to Cancer Support VI
• See flyer below
• Tuesday, October 31st - HALLOWEEN!
• 4th & 5th Grade Class Party - Information in Friday email. 
• GHCDS Boo Bash & Trunk or Treat! @4-7pm
• Wednesday, November 1st - Parent Conference Day 
• No School for students in observation of Bull & Bread Day
• We will be in contact with details about time slots for meeting

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10.13.23

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• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting - Hispanic Inventors
• Domingo Santa Liotta (artificial heart)
• Alajandro Zaffaroni (inhaler)
• Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena (color TV)
• Friday Gathering 
• Guardians of Culture presented on history of moko jumbies!

• Reading
• Using the text to find evidence 
• Using multiple pieces of evidence to make an argument 
• Debating with a partner 

• Writing
• Typing on a Google Doc
• formatting 
• voice typing tool 
• organizing into paragraphs
• Unit 1 Publishing Party

• Word Study/Read Aloud
• List #2 Check-in
• Started List #3 - Open Sort, Closed Sort
• Continued our Read Aloud, Front Desk, by Kelly Yang

• Number Corner & Math 
• Continued to Update Our Calendar Grid Pattern ($, decimal, fraction relations)
• Continued Our Race to the Millions Place Value Game
• Roll & Round Game to Work on Rounding to the Nearest Thousand, Ten Thousand, and Hundred Thousand
• Finding the Multiples of 4 & 8 within 100 and Noticing Patterns
• Number Corner Problem String #5
• Using a Ratio Table to Solve Multiplication Problems
• Doubles-Doubles Strategy
• 4 x 7 = (2 x 7) x 2
• Half Tens Plus One Set Strategy
• 6 x 8 = (5 x 8) + 8
• Doubles-Doubles-Doubles Strategy
• 8 x 4 = (2 x 4) x 2 x 2 = 8 x 2 x 2 = 16 x 2 = 32
• Tens Minus One Set Strategy
• 9 x 6 = (10 x 6) - 6
• New Work Station Games
• Spinning Around Multiplication
• Four Products in a Row
• Multiplicative Comparisons (ex. below)

• Science
• Completed Designing Constellations

Announcements:

• Snack Shack Has Reopened: 4th Graders may purchase snacks on M, W, and F
• Wednesday, October 18th- Scholastic Orders Due Online
• Thursday, October 19th- Parent Education Night (Screentime Safety) 
• Located in the Library from 5:30-6:30
• Friday October 21st & Satruday 22nd- Relay For Life 
• Located at Complex High School (track and field)
• Wednesday, October 25th- Bake Sale after school!
• Funds go to Cancer Support VI
• See flyer below
• Tuesday, October 31st - HALLOWEEN!
• 4th & 5th Grade Class Party - Information in Friday email. 
• GHCDS Boo Bash! - Organized by Parents Association 

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10.5.23

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• Community Building 
• Happy Birthday to Colton!
• Morning Meeting - Hispanic Activists
• Sophie Cruz
• Mendez Family 
• Lizzie Velasquez
• Berta Caceres
• SEL Lesson from Counselor Ms. Lolli
• Being proud of unique attributes
• Class melting pot activity
• Embracing differences 
• What do we have in common game
• Being respectful

• Reading
• Identifying Character Traits 
• Studying Complex Characters 
• Using Evidence to Debate
• Read Aloud 
• Finished The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo 
• Started Front Desk by Kelly Yang

• Writing
•  Character Development 
• Partner Feedback 
• Using Mentor Texts for Inspiration 
• Different Types of Dialogue

• Word Study
• Completed Sort #2
• Crossword puzzle, blind sort, glue sort
• 2nd Spelling Check-in is Tuesday!

• Number Corner & Math 
• 2s-6s Multiplication Quiz
• Starting the October Calendar Pattern and Collection
• Money, fraction, & decimal relationships
• Race to the millions game
• Multiplication 
• Ratio table strategy
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• One more, one less strategy
• i.e. 4x7= (4x6) + (4x1) or (4x8) - (4x1)
• Solving multi-step story problems
• Put it on the Line Game 1
• Focusing this month on rounding, estimating, place value, and adding and subtracting large numbers
• New Work Station Games
• Cover Up, Arrays to One Hundred, and The Multiple Wheel

• Science
• Final Constellation Design & Description

Announcements:

• Snack Shack Has Reopened: 4th Graders may purchase snacks on M, W, and F
• No School For Students: Friday, October 6th (Faculty Workshop Day)
• No School For Students: Monday, October 9th (VIPR Friendship Day)
• Friday, October 13th: Moko Jumbie Presentation/Performance @8:45am
• Families are welcome to join
• October 13th- Last Day for Food Drive 
• October 18th- Scholastic Orders Due Online

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