1.26.24

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• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting
• 2 Truths & 1 Lie 
• I Wish My Teacher Knew Share 
• Boggle 
• Friday Gathering 
• Ms. Coles' middle schoolers presented on composting 
• GAINS Lesson - Ms. Velez
• Congratulations to Johnathan for being nominated by his teachers for most flexible thinker!

• Writing
• Published Ag Fair Soil Poems
• Informational Booklets on Pre-Revolutionary War
• Planning using a table of contents 
• Drafting using research notes 

• Reading
• Continued Reading I Survived the American Revolution by Lauren Tarshis
• Paraphrasing in note taking 
• Choosing a group topic to research from the options below:
• Colonial America 
• French & Indian War
• British Taxes 
• Boston, Massachusetts 

• Word Study 
• Starting New Word Study Groups/List
• Open Sort, Word Search, Crossword Puzzle, Closed Sort, Rainbow Writing

• Math
• Continuing to Update January Calendar (similar figures) & Collection (representing quarters as mixed numbers, improper fractions, & decimals)
• Playing Division Capture
• Fractions on a Geoboard (modeling, comparing, adding, subtracting, & playing the Last Equation Wins Game)

 

• Science/Health & Wellness
• Completing Identity Portraits (see photos below & more on our class Instagram!)
• Weathering & Erosion Exploration 
• What happens to rocks over time?
• Root wedging
• Ice Wedging

Announcements:

• Monday, Jan. 29th - Lower School Afterschool Clubs Begin Next Week!
• Clubs meet from 3:45 to 4:30pm 
• Sign Up Form HERE

Photos From The Week: