11.9.23

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• Community Building 
• Fun Run updates, prizes, and videos
• Silly Sock Day
• Crazy Hair/Hat Day
• Morning Meeting 
• High Five Greeting 
• Daily Share Question: weekend activities, superheroes, & famous people 
• What is Veteran's Day? 
• Gratitude Reflection

• Reading
• Unit 2: Extreme Weather 
• Organizing notes into subcategories 
• Summarizing an article 
• Summarizing a video 
• Working as a team to navigate informational resources 

• Writing
• Unit 2: Persuasive Essays
• Organizing our drafts 
• How to write a strong introduction 
• Tips for writing a clear conclusion 
• Using transition phrases

• Number Corner & Math 
• Review Jeopardy for Number Corner
• Number Corner Checkup #1
• Continuing to Update the Nov. Calendar on Elapsed Time
• Give & Take Strategy for Addition 
• ex: 99 + 246 = 100 + 245
• Last Multiplication Facts Quiz

• Science/Health & Wellness
• Multiple Intelligences
• Creating a Bio Poem about the Ocean as a Class
• Exploring How Our Brain Controls Our Body - Color/Words activity

• Read Aloud/Word Study
• Continuing to read Front Desk, by Kelly Yang
• Word Search, Rainbow Writing, Crossword Puzzle for Sort #4

Announcements:

• Friday Nov. 10th, 2023 - No School for Students 
• Veteran's Day, Observed
• Professional Development Day for Teachers
• Monday, Nov. 15th - Classroom Spelling Bee
• The top winners will advance to the GHCDS Spelling Bee on December 14th 
• Tuesday, Nov. 14th - FUN RUN!
• Friday, Nov. 17th - ThanksgivingTasting 
• Early Dismissal at 12:30pm
• THANKSGIVING BREAK! - No School from Nov. 18th to Nov. 26th 
• Trimester 2 Begins on Monday, November 27th 
• UPCOMING PLAYS IN THE COMMUNITY 
• GHCDS presents A Midsummer Night's Dream 
• Last wekeend to see the school play: Nov.10th & 11th at 7pm 
• Caribbean Community Theatre presents The Tin Woman (starring Ms. Bishop!)
• Show Dates: Nov. 10th, 11th, 17th and 18th at 8pm 
• Sunday Matinee on November 12th at 4pm 

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