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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