5.2.24

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• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting
• Kindness Bingo
• Each day doing kind things for others/writing thank you/appreciation notes to admin & grounds & cleaning crews

• Writing: Unit 4- Literary Essays 
• How to write a strong introduction 
• Identifying craft moves that show HOW the character is described 
• Looking beyond the WHAT (retelling the plot)
• Retirement Gift for Ms. Thompson 
• Favorite Memory Reflection 

• Reading: Unit 4- Historical Fiction Book Clubs 
• Identifying theme 
• Navigating a journey of thought in discussions 
• Using historical pictures to relate to characters 

• Word Study/Read Aloud
• Closed Sort, Rainbow Writing, & Crossword Puzzle
• Short Stories & Discussing Moral/Meanings/Connections Between Them

• Math
• Completing April Calendar & Collection and Starting May Calendar Pattern (shapes rotating 90 degrees at a time around a grid)
• Unit 4 Assessment on Multi-Digit Addition and Subtraction, & Measurement
• Starting the next unit on Multiplication & Division, Data & Fractions
• Social Studies
• Continuing to Prepare for State's Presentations - they begin on Monday!
• Practicing the 50 States Song - LINK HERE TO PRACTICE AT HOME!
• Lyric Change: sub out Texas for VI

Announcements:

• NO SCHOOL for students on Friday, May 3rd 
• Faculty Workshop for Teachers 

• GHCDS SPRING MUSICAL 
• The Music Man - May 3rd&4th

• Wednesday, May 8th - FIELD TRIP to Salt River Bay (Organized by Project Promise) 
• It will last from about 9am-11am 
• Permission Slips Due by Monday May 6th 

• LS Art Show
• Thursday & Friday May 9th & 10th: 4-6pm

• Friday, May 10th - 4th Grade Presents at Friday Gathering in the Pavilion at 8:30am 
• Sharing their 50 States Projects & Song 
• Parents and Families WELCOMED!

Photos From The Week: 

Congratulations to the GHCDS Elementary Boys Soccer Teams who won 1st and 2nd place in last weekend's tournament! Go Panthers!