12.8.23

 Ask Your Child About...

• 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
  
• Video: 
  
  

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!