12.21.23

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• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting
• Christmas Carol Practice
• Holiday Raffle Assembly 
• We raised over $800 for CCT's Calico Cats Youth Theatre Program 
• Winter Concert 
• It was so nice to see so many families come out to support our musicians!

• Writing
• Finished Persuasive Essay Unit
• Publishing Party Celebration!

• Reading
• Finished Extreme Weather Unit
• Powerpoint Presentations

• Number Corner & Math 
• Completing our Dec. Calendar Collection: Up & Down to Two Thousand
• Continuing to Work on Geometry Concepts through our Pentominoes Calendar Markers
• Finding # of sides, perimeter, area, any lines of symmetry, and identifying parallel and perpendicular sides
• Completing Unit 2 on Multi-DIgit Multiplication & Taking the U2 Assessment

• Social Studies
• Continuing to Work on Identity Portraits - Adding details to facial features and starting to sketch out identity side of portrait

Announcements:

• Monday, January 8th - WINTER BREAK ENDS & SCHOOL RESUMES

• STAR Assessments - You will receive your child's results over Winter Break!

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12.15.23

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• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting
• Holidays Around the World 
• Hanukkah 
• Kwanza
• Ramadan 
• Three Kings Day
• GHCDS Spelling Bee 
• Congratulations to Jasem for winning 1st place, Zaid for 2nd place, and Toby for 3rd place! Well done to all the Spelling Bee contestants! 

• Writing
• Persuasive Essays
• Finalizing Essay #3 
• Adding research from articles or an interview 
• Typing essay of their choice for next week's Publishing Party

• Reading
• Natural Disaster Project
• Group Powerpoint Presentations
• Synthesizing all research into one paragraph 

• Word Study 
• Completing Spelling List #5 (crossword puzzle, blind sort, glue sort, quiz)

• Number Corner & Math 
• Finding # of Sides, Perimeter, Lines of Symmetry (if applicable), and Identifying Parallel and PErpendicular Lines of Pentominoes
• Continuing to Update Up & Down to 2 Thousand (adding/subtracting along a # line)
• Mystery Grid Game 2
• Multi-Digit Subtraction Problems
• Finding Diff. (ex. 41- 39 since the numbers are close) vs Take Away Strategy (ex. 41-3 since the numbers are far away)
• Constant Difference (ex. 171 - 68 = 170 - 67)
• Reviewing Multiplication Strategies - See Photo of Strategies Below
• Multiplication Strategies Work Sample (writing and solving multiplication story problems)
• Early Division Involving Remainders
• Unit 2 Assessment on Multi-Digit Multiplication & Early Division is NEXT WEEK

• Health & Wellness
• Working on Identity Self Portraits

Announcements:

• Classroom Donations: We are in need of more tissues and plastic utensils!

• Monday, December 18th - LS Holiday Raffle WINNERS  Announced 
• Pavilion at 9am 

• Wednesday, December 20th - LS Winter Concert in Pavilion at 9am 
• FAMILIES WELCOMED! 
• Message From Ms. Thompson Below

• Thursday, December 21st - EARLY DISMISSAL AT 12:30
• Winter Break Begins!
• School resumes on Monday, January 8th 

• STAR Assessments - You will receive your child's results by Winter Break!

Photos From The Week: 

Multiplication Strategies

12.8.23

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• Community Building 
• Happy Birthday, Makonnen & Ayla!
• Morning Meeting
• E.T. Greeting
• Shares: How you cheer yourself up, least favorite school rule, a rule you would make if you were in charge, holiday raffle prize you want most
• Riddles/Brain Busters
• Friday Gathering
• 6th Grade Presentation on Different Ways New Year's is Celebrated

• Writing
• Essay #3
• Real world topic choice for final persuasive essay 
• Difference between brainstorming and planning 
• Research as evidence 

• Reading
• Natural Disasters Round 2
• Group Poster Presentations
• 2nd round of research - new groups!
• Read Aloud 
• Finished Front Desk by Kelly Yang

• Word Study 
• Spelling List #5 - Open Sort, Closed Sort, Word Search, & Rainbow Writing 

• Number Corner & Math 
• New December Calendar Pattern - Pentominoes
• New December Collection - Up & Down to Two Thousand
• Completing Last Month's Collection - Cups, Quarts, & Gallons
• Mystery Grid Activity
• Analyzing Ratio Tables
• Multiplying by 10s and More Checkpoint
• Multiplication Story Problems - Estimating, Using the Area Model to Solve, & Introducing the Doubling & Halving Strategy
• Doubling & Halving Strategy
• Ex. 25 x 16 = 50 x 8 = 100 x 4 = 400
• Multiplying with Money & Units of Metric Measure

• Science/Health & Wellness
• Volcanoes!
• Ring of Fire - Volcano Mapping Activity
• Current Event Follow-up on a Volcano Erupting on the Ring of Fire!
• Why do some volcanoes explode? (exploration)
• Discussion About the Relationship Between Identity & Diversity and Equality vs Equity
  
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Announcements

• Classroom Donations: We are in need of more tissues and plastic utensils!
• Sunday, December 10th- CCT Children's Show (Flyer Below)

• Monday, December 11th - LS Holiday Raffle Week 
• Send your child in with some money to buy tickets to possibly win a prize!
• All the money raised will be donated to CCT's Afterschool Theatre Program
• Raffle names will be drawn on Monday, December 18th in the Pavilion at 9am 

• Thursday, December 14th - GHCDS Spelling Bee
• Wednesday, December 20th - LS Winter Concert in Pavilion at 9am 
• FAMILIES WELCOMED!
• Thursday, December 21st - EARLY DISMISSAL AT 12:30
• Winter Break Begins!
• School resumes on Monday, January 8th 

PHOTOS

School pictures have been emailed!