3.1.24

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• Community Building 
• Welcome, Ms. Anna!
• GAINS Lessons- Ms. Velez
• Sustained Attention
• Morning Meeting
• Black History Biographies 
• John Lewis, Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Breedlove
• Visiting Puppy!
• Spring Door Decorating

• Writing
• Table of Contents as an Outline Tool
• Planning the Structure of  an Informational Narrative
• Using Notes to Guide Writing

• Reading
• Using Kiddle to Find Reliable Sources
• Do's and Don'ts of Note Taking 
• Practicing Note Taking as a Class 

• Math
• Completing Feb. Calendar Pattern and Collection
• Ask your child how many degrees of a circle we collected this month!
• Drawing and Measuring Angles Using a Protractor
• Estimating Angles Using Fractions of a Circle
• Finding Mystery Angles ex: 180 - 30 = 150 degrees
  
  
  
• Solving Multi-Step Story Problems
• Unit 4: Charting 1,000,000, Adding Large Numbers Using the Give and Take Strategy, Playing Round, Add, and Compare

• Word Study/Read Aloud
• Closed Sort, Rainbow Writing, Blind Sort

• Science/Health & Wellness
• Erosion, Natural Hazards, & Engineering
• Exploration & Slide City Activity 
• Mental Health and Wellness - Google Slideshow

Announcements:

• Friday, March 8th - Early Dismissal at 12:30
• SPRING BREAK BEGINS! No School the week of March 11th 
• School Resumes on Monday, March 18th
• Report Cards for Trimester 2 will be sent out after Spring Break 
• SUMMER PLANNING!
• Please Fill Out This Summer Adventure School Parent Survey 

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2.23.24

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• Community Building 
• FIELD TRIP 
• Frederiksted Walking Tour was great!
• Thank you to parents who joined us!
• Morning Meeting
• Black History Biographies 
• Booker T. Washington, Serena Williams, Langston Hughes, & Muhammad Ali 
• Tyler's Birthday Celebration! 
• Thanks for the cupcakes!

• Writing
• Publishing Party for American Revolution Booklet #1
• Pre-War Subtopics
• Revolutionary War Booklet #2
• Table of Contents 
• Using a variety of genres 
• Planning ahead for sources 

• Reading
• Battles of the American Revolution 
• Multiple mediums: books, articles, videos, websites, ebooks, etc. 
• Organized notetaking 
• Researching with a partner 
• Math
• Continuing to Update our Geometry Themed February Number Corner Calendar and Collection 
• Using a Protractor to Draw Angles
• Comparing Fractions & Decimals with a >, <, or = sign
• Completing Unit 3 Assessments/Unit 4 Pre-Assessment (for those who finished the U3 one)
• Starting Unit 4 on Addition, Subtraction, and Measurement 
• See the email attachment for the unit family letter from Bridges
• Playing Target 1,000 to work on Multi-Digit Addition

• Word Study/Read Aloud
• The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
• Crossword Puzzle for Spelling List

• Science
• Sedimentary Rocks & Fossils Exploration and Activity

Announcements:

• Friday, March 8th - Early Dismissal at 12:30
• SPRING BREAK BEGINS! No School the week of March 11th 
• School Resumes on Monday, March 18th
• SUMMER PLANNING!
• Please Fill Out This Summer Adventure School Parent Survey 

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2.15.24

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• Community Building 
• Cupcake Contest Winners!
• Best Tasting: Cecilia (1st), Lamees (2nd), Hudson (3rd), & Olivia (Honorable Mention)
• Best Decorated: Zavier (1st), Tyler (2nd), and Paytan (3rd)
• Thursday Gathering 
• Ruff Start Dog Rescue came to collect the money raised by the Valentine's Day Bake Sale- a total of $241 was raised!
• We got to meet two puppies and learn a little about where they're located and where their new location will be- near the Frederiksted Police Station
• Valentine's Day 
• Jeopardy Game
• Morning Meeting
• Class Handshake 
• Black History Bios - Katherine Johnson, Sojourner Truth, Jesse Owens, SHirley Chisholm, Maya Angelou, Frederick Douglass

• Writing
• Informational Booklets 
• Extension story to continue I Survived characters 
• Historical Fiction Genre
• Using Dialogue & Inner Thoughts

• Reading
• Research Round 2!
• Connecting how pre-war events have affected war times 
• Paraphrasing key ideas 
• Keeping notes organized 
• Math
• Updating Calendar and Collection (angles)
• Fractions & Decimals
• Put it on the line game
• Fractions & Decimals Game (representing fractions on a 100s grid)
• Unit 3 Jeopardy Review
• Unit 3 Assessment (to be completed Tuesday for those who haven't finished it yet)

• Word Study/Health & Wellness
• Word Search
• New Unit on Nutrition
• How food affects your mood and the brain
• Kahoot! 

Announcements:

• Friday, February 16th - NO SCHOOL 
• Teacher Workshop Day 
• Monday, February 19th- NO SCHOOL In Observation of Presidents Day
• Enjoy the Agriculture Fair over this long 4 day weekend!
• Check out the 4th/5th Grade Soil Anthology at the GHCDS Booth!
• Friday, February 23rd- FIELD TRIP!
• 4th grade will be going on a walking tour of the Frederiksted Fort 
• Details are listed in the permission slip sent home 
• Return by Thursday, February 22nd with money
• Chaperones are welcomed but will cost an additional $?
• SUMMER PLANNING!
• Please Fill Out This Summer Adventure School Parent Survey 

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2.9.24

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• Community Building 
• Happy (early) Birthday, Patrick & Dominick!
• Friday Gathering 
• 2nd Grade Lunar New Year Presentation 
• Morning Meeting
• Sign Language Greetings 
• Black History Biographies 
• Jackie Robinson, Kamala Harris, Simone Biles, & Kobe Bryant
• Welcoming High School Mini Gusto Helper. Thank you, Candance!
• Fitness Challenges to Stay Active on a Rainy Day

• Writing
• Informational Booklets 
• Finished Booklet #1 about Pre-War Events
• Adding Sources Page
• Creating a Book Cover 
• Choosing from Four Topics for Booklet #2
• Soldier Life, Hidden Voices, Spies, or George Washington vs. King George III

• Reading
• Research Round 2!
• Students have now shifted from studying causes of the American Revolution to the battles and events within the war.
• Note Taking - Citing Sources 
• Math
• Continuing our Feb. Calendar Pattern (adding 45 degrees a day) and Collection (adding 15, 30, or 45 degrees to our circle)
• Converting Improper Fractions to Mixed NUmbers (ex. 9/5 = 5/5 + 4/5 = 1 4/5)
• Adding Fractions Using Money (ex. 1/2 + 1/4 = $0.50 + $0.25 = $ 0.75 = 75/100 = 3/4)
• Finding 10ths & 100ths on a Number Line
• 2 New Games: Decimal Four Spins to Win & Decimal More or Less
• Fraction & Decimal Checkpoint
• Fraction & Decimal Relationships (i.e. 1/10 = 10/100 = 0.10 = 0.1)

• Science/Word Study/Read Aloud
• Erosion Activity (Sugar Shaking)
• Volcanic Lava Activity
• Starting New Word Study List
• Completing the I Survived Read Aloud & Watching Videos About the Battle of Brooklyn/Long Island (to go along with the history of the book)

Announcements:

• Wednesday- February 14th - VALENTINE'S DAY 
• Bring a box in before Valentine's Day to decorate - This will be where students collect their candy and cards. It could be a shoe box, a tissue box, a cereal box, or something of that size. 
• Cupcake Competition (optional)- Forms were sent home last week. If they still want to participate and haven't submitted a form yet please have them bring it signed on Monday!
• Candy Grams - $5 
• Order Forms Sent Home in Folders
• Friday, February 16th - NO SCHOOL 
• Teacher Workshop Day 
• Monday, February 19th- NO SCHOOL In Observation of Presidents Day
• Enjoy the Agriculture Fair over this long 4 day weekend!
• SUMMER PLANNING!
• Please Fill Out This Summer Adventure School Parent Survey 

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2.2.24

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• Community Building 
• Monthly SEL Lesson 
• Self Love and Self Confidence 
• Morning Meeting
• 1 Min. High Five Greeting
• Wordle Word Game
• Squeeze Challenge
• Beginning Black History Month Bios - Amanda Gorman & Thurgood Marshall

• Writing
• Informational Booklets on Pre-Revolutionary War
• Drafting using research notes 
• Paraphrasing 
• Using Sensory Details
• Genre Variety 

• Reading
• Identifying Types of Sources - Primary vs. Secondary 
• Questions to analyze primary documents 
• Notetaking Do's & Dont's 
• Reading Buddies with Kindergarten! 

• Word Study 
• Completing Check In #6 

• Math
• Completing January Number Corner Calendar & Collection
• Beginning February Number Corner Calendar & Collection - Focusing on Measuring Angles
• Multistep Division Story Problem Strategies (ex. below)

  

  
  
• Adding & Subtracting Fractions Using the Egg Carton Model 
• Using a Ratio Table to Multiply Fractions and Mixed Numbers
• Intro To Decimals - ie. decimals are fractions
• Comparing Decimals
• Relationship Between Tenths & Hundredths

• Science/Health & Wellness
• Ms. Dykstra's Solar System Tour
• Creating the 29 Ways to Love Yourself  Bulletin Board

Announcements:

• Wednesday- February 14th - VALENTINE'S DAY 
• Bring a box in before Valentine's Day to decorate - This will be where students collect their candy and cards. 
• Cupcake Competition (optional)- Forms were sent home this Thursday. Please sign and submit by February 9th if your child wants to participate. 
• SUMMER PLANNING!
• Please Fill Out This Summer Adventure School Parent Survey 

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