2.17.26 through 2.27.26

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• Community Building
• Morning Meeting
• VI March
• Greeting
• Wordle
• Learning About the Impact/Legacy of the Following People: Katherine Johnson, Sojourner Truth, Jesse Owens, & Shirley Chisholm
• Black History Month Kahoot!
• Black History Month Rap (link)
• Celebrating Marin's Birthday
  
  
  

• Math
• Completing Cambridge Stage 6 Unit 4 - Addition & Subtraction
• Adding & Subtraction with Positive and Negative Integers
• Using Variables to Represent Lengths, Degrees, and other numbers
• U4 Assessment
• Extension - Algebra Challenges (solving for variables)

• Literacy (Read Aloud, Word Study, Reading, Writing)
• Reading Buddies with 1st Grade
• Starting our New Read Aloud,  Warriors Don't Cry, by: Melba Pattillo Beals
• Photos & Videos From Ms. Hill's Dad who stopped on a road trip at Little Rock Central High School to help enhance the students' learning experience!
  
  
  
• Completing Our Civil Rights Essay Drafts
• Reading Check In Assessment with Ms. Hill

• Science/Social Studies
• CNN10
• Completing STEM Fair Work & Boards!
• Presented Boards to 1st Grade Reading Buddies!

• Homework
• Get U4 Math Assessment Signed & Returned
• Read 30+ Min. each night
• No math HW

- Announcements - 

• Thanks to all who have brought us needed supplies in the last few months!
• STEM Fair is open to the public Tuesday 3.3 and Thursday 3.5
• Don't miss the chance to see all of the GHCDS students' work!
• Ms. Hill is out because soccer next week (March 2nd - 6th)
• Hope to see you all at the game vs. PR next Thursday!
• Students are able to leave school early - please email me any carpool arrangements so I can pass along to my substitute teacher, Mrs. Marlow

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2.2.26 through 2.13.26

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• Community Building
• Morning Meeting
• VI March 
• Greeting
• Wordle
• Completing the 2 Truths & A Lie Challenges
• Learning About Thurgood Marshall,  Amanda Gorman
• Valentine's Day Cupcake Contest & Card Exchange
• See photos below and more on our class Instagram page

• Math
• Working on Cambridge Stage 6 Unit 4 - Addition & Subtraction
• Classifying Numbers: Real, Rational, Irrational, Integers, Whole Numbers, and Natural Numbers
• Adding & Subtracting with Positive and Negative Integers
• Human Number Line Activity
• Stations - changing subtraction to addition problems, modeling on a number line, writing problems based on a number line situation, & story problems)
• Give & Take Strategy for Addition 
• ex: 399 + 634 = 400 + 633
• Constant Difference Strategy for Subtraction
• ex: 1,456 - 398 = 1,458 - 400

• Literacy (Read Aloud, Word Study, Reading, Writing)
• Reading Buddies with 1st Grade
• Completing One Crazy Summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia
• Starting our New Read Aloud,  Warriors Don't Cry, by: Melba Patillo Beals
• Continuing Our Civil Rights Essays - Intro & Starting Body Paragraphs
• STAR Reading Mid-Year Assessment

• Science/Social Studies
• CNN10
• Continuing STEM FAIR Work - Data Table, Graphs, Conclusion
• AgFair STX Fruit Slides!
• Essay Contest Background- Grievances
• Guest Speaker, Ms. Rachel Haverkorn (see pics below!)
• KAYAKING FIELD TRIP - THANK YOU BUSH TRIBE!
• See photos below and many more on our Class Instagram

• Homework
• Math - 1 Assignment Per Week (was no HW week of 2/2)
• Read 30+ min./night
• Check STEM FAIR CAL FOR DEADLINES & remember that we will be working on STEM Fair each day at school. If students need more time, they may work at home on assignments as well.

- Announcements - 

• Needed Supplies: Tape (all kinds & glue sticks and Elmer's)
• Here is the poster with the QR code to the student work that was on display at AgFair:

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Tuesday 1.20.26 through Friday 1.30.26

    - Ask Your Child About - 

• Community Building
• Morning Meeting
• VI March 
• Daily Greeting
• Bogle
• Wordle
• 2 Truths & A Lie Challenges
• Sharing what they love about themselves, their family, and school
• Starting Reading Buddies with 1st Grade! (see photos below!)

• Math
• Cambridge Stage 6 Unit 2 Assessment on Sequences/Function Machines, Special Numbers (particularly squared & cubed), & Common Factors and Multiples
• Cambridge Stage 6 Unit 3 - Averages Lessons, Practice, & Assessment
• Median, Mode, Mean, Range, & Mean

• Literacy (Read Aloud, Word Study, Reading, Writing)
• Morning independent reading
• Continuing One Crazy Summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia
• Continuing Researching for our Civil Rights Essays - books & articles & notes

• Science/Social Studies
• CNN10
• Continuing STEM FAIR Work - Purpose, Research, Background Paragraph
• AgFair STX Fruit Slides!

• Homework
• Math - 1 Assignment Per Week
• Read 30+ min./night
• Check STEM FAIR CAL FOR DEADLINES & remember that we will be working on STEM Fair each day at school. If students need more time, they may work at home on assignments as well.

- Announcements - 

• Ms. Hill is out Fri. 1/30 & Mon. Feb. 2nd - Traveling for Soccer (Mrs. Vaughn is my sub!)
• Thursday, Feb. 5th - KAYAKING FIELD TRIP with Bush Tribe (permission slip and waiver due Tues. Feb. 3rd)
• Permission Slip Due on Monday
• Friday, Feb. 13th - Valentine's Day Card Exchange & Cupcake Contest
• Students will need to bring in a box to decorate for Valentine's cards/treats exchange
• Contest info will be sent home on Monday, Feb. 2nd
• Monday, Feb. 16th - President's Day
• Tuesday, Feb. 17th - NO SWIM, regular PE instead (sharing pool with National Guard)

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1.7.26 through 1.16.26

   - Ask Your Child About - 

• Community Building
• Morning Meeting
• VI March 
• New Years Resolutions/Traditions
• Closed Eyed Greeting
• MLK/History mini Lessons - MLK Day Significance, Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass Legacies,  Athletes who became activists (Tommie Smith & John Carlos, Colin Kaepernick), Kahoot on Black History, & Activism through Music (specifically Hip Hop)
• SEL Lesson w/ Ms. Bird on Identity (what people can see vs. what they need to get to know you to learn) & Making Identity Avocados!
• Celebrating Reagan & Ian's Birthdays! 
  
  
  

• Math
• Cambridge Stage 6 Unit 1 Part 2 - The Number System (Rounding - to the nearest whole, tenth, & hundredth)
• U1 Assessment
• Continuing Cambridge Stage 6 Unit 2 Part 1 - Sequences/Patterns/Rules
• Cambridge Stage 6 Unit 2 Part 2 - Special Numbers (focusing on squared & cubed)
• Cambridge Stage 6 Unit 2 Part 3 - Common Multiples and Factors (ask your child about factor bugs!)
• Unit 2 Review & Assessment Next Week!

• Literacy (Read Aloud, Word Study, Reading, Writing)
• Morning independent reading
• Starting Our New Read Aloud, One Crazy Summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia
• Researching for our Civil Rights Essays - with classroom books and books they checked out from our GCHDS library (thanks, Ms. Alma!)

• Science/Social Studies
• CNN10
• Starting STEM FAIR Work - Overview, Topic Brainstorming & Forming
• Solidifying Question/Group for STEM fair & approval by parents/guardians
• Making Wire Moko Jumbies & Designing a Costume Out of Madras Fabric
• Creating a VI flag/hats/masks etc. for their Jumbie 

• Homework
• Math - 1 Assignment Per Week
• Read 30+ min./night
• Check STEM FAIR CAL FOR DEADLINES & remember that we will be working on STEM Fair each day at school. If students need more time, they may work at home on assignments as well. Next week: Research (Note Cards) Due, Sources List Due, Background Paragraph Due
• OPTIONAL - AGFair Assignments (poetry assignment will be required in school) - see email attachment from Ms. Hill

- Announcements - 

• MLK Day - No School this Monday, January 19th

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12.8 through 12.19 & HAPPY WINTER BREAK!

  - Ask Your Child About - 

• Community Building
• Morning Meeting
• VI March 
• Salute, Pinky Touch or Bow Greeting
• Learning About Winter Holidays - Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Years (traditions)
• SEL Lesson w/ Ms. Bird on Assertive Communication
• GHCDS Spelling Bee! Congrats to David Vaughan (Avery's brother) on the victory and to Reagan and Ben on their excellent representation of the 5th grade class on the big stage!
• Winter Concert (1st Band Concert in the books!!)
• Cookie Exchange
• Homemade gift exchange
• Caroling

• Math
• Cambridge Stage 6 Unit 1 Part 2 - The Number System (Rounding - to the nearest whole, tenth, & hundredth)
• U1 Assessment
• Cambridge Stage 6 Unit 2 Part 1 - Sequences/Patterns/Rules

• Literacy (Read Aloud, Word Study, Reading, Writing)
• Completing our read aloud, Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You, Adapted by Sonja Cherry-Paul (original authors: Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi)
• Class Spelling Bee! 
• Continuing Word Study List #3 - closed sort, rainbow writing, definitions, sentences
• Writing Class Dengue Article & Survey for GHCDS Faculty Members
• Researching/Planning, & Drafting Articles for Our Class Newspaper
• "Publishing" Our Class Newspaper & Deliverying via "Paper Routes"!

• Science/Social Studies
• CNN10 & Notes
• Starting Our Watery Planet Unit
• Hydrosphere & Water Distribution Activity (+ making a bar graph to represent our data)

• Homework
• ENJOY THE HOLIDAY BREAK!

- Announcements - 

• Spelling Bee - Congrats to the 5th grade contestants, Reagan & Ben, who both performed so well in the GHCDS Bee!
• Holiday Raffle - LS raised $778.50 for the St. Croix Animal Welfare Center! AMAZING!
• Winter Break 12/20- 1/6 (note: school resumes 1/7)

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