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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