9.15.25 through 9.26.25

  - Ask Your Child About - 

• Community Building
• Morning Meeting
• VI March 
• Greeting: My name is _______ and I can do this ____!
• Hispanic Heritage Month: Taino Symbols, Flamenco Dance, Cuba Virtual Tour, Animals of Costa Rica, Reading BOoks by HIspanic Authors: Arieli is a Dreamer by Arieli Morales, Bright Star by Yuyi Morales, Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina, Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos by MOnica Brown, and Isla by Arthur Dorros
• International Dot Day (Mon. 15th)
• Celebrating Saja's Birthday! 
• Officially Welcoming Malakai to our class!
  

• Friday Gathering: Presentation from Upper School Student, Maya Prasad, on Reusable Utensils & Celebrating Sept. Birthdays!

• Fun Run Kick-Off & Starting Fundraising! Click here to be redirected to the FUN RUN BLOG PAGE!

• Math
• STAR Math Assessment
• 9s - 12s Facts (making flashcards & quiz)
• Division definitions - divisor, dividend, quotient
• Division strategies - ratio table, reverse area model, std. alg. modified, cambridge std. algorithm

3-digit divided by 1 digit examples:

• Divisibility Rules (10, 5, 2, &3)
• Dividing and Multiplying a Number by Powers of 10
• Exponents 
• ex. 2 to the power of 3 = 2 x 2 x 2 = 4 x 2 = 8
• ex. 1,000 = 10 x 10 x 10 = 10 to the power of 3
• 10ths & 100ths Equivalencies, Simplifying fractions & GCF

• Literacy (Read Aloud, Word Study, Reading, Writing)
• Class Dismissed, by Allan Woodrow
• STAR Reading Assessment
• Reading Goals & Plan, Qualities of Strong Writing About Reading, Reading Knowing You Will Write About it (you will see more!)
• Writing Personal Narratives - Generating Ideas, Dreaming the Dream of the Story, Using Ideas from Other Authors to Spark Ideas, Tell Story with Details that Ring True, & Revising (how does my writing measure up?)
• Unit 1 Pre-Assessment (Stray & Michigan Football Video + Responses)

• Science/Social Studies
• Plant Growth & Matter (How does a tiny seed become one of the heaviest trees on Earth?)
• VI Culture - Music 
• Locating 13 Original Colonies on a Map
• Longitude & Latitude

• Homework
• Read 30+ min M-Th (weekend optional)
• Weekly Math HW
• Practice Math Flashcards at least 10 mins a night if you haven't mastered your facts yet!

- Announcements - 

• Mon. 9/22 through 10/2: Fun Run GHCDS Fundraiser (event day is 10/2)
• Make sure you are registered at MyBooster.com and check out the Fun Run Blog Page for more information!
• Parent Information Afternoon TONIGHT - Thursday, 9/25 from 4-5pm
• Tuesday, 9/30 is 5th Grade Class & Individual Photo Day!
• Please have your child come to school dressed for picture day and have swim clothes and a change of clothes packed
• After School Activities (Fall Session) begins 9/29 and runs through 11/14
• Run Club - Thursdays
• Please reach out if you would like to host a club!
• Friday, October 24th: Fall Conference Day - I (MS. HILL) WILL SCHEDULE ANOTHER DATE WITH YOU BECAUSE I HAVE A SOCCER COMMITMENT THAT DAY - apologies!
• Class Items We Still Need (optional donations)
• SHARPIES (all colors and sizes)
• Amazon Wishlist Link! 
• Art Costume Contest:
  
  
  

- Photos (more on the class Instagram @ghcds5thgrade_2526) - 

Checking to make sure the Subway foot long is actually 12 inches:

Sharing Stories: 

Fun Run Pep Rally:

9.2.25 through 9.12.25

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• Community Building
• Morning Meeting
• VI March 
• 4th -6th Grade Activities
• A-Z Scavenger Hunt
• More Trivia
• Steal the Stuffy
• Choice Time
• Welcoming Class Visitors for a Shadow Day
• Katelyn (& she is now officially part of the GHCDS community!)
• Malakai
• Friday Gathering 9.5.25
• New Student Intros (Welcomed Karsyn, Ben, & Marin!)

• Math
• Math Autobiography
• Reviewed Place Value, Rounding, and Addition & Subtraction Standard Algorithms
• Reviewed Multiplication - Focusing on Solidifying Mult. Facts using good old fashioned flash cards and playing multiplication war, & multi-digit multiplication strategies (ratio table, area model, partial products, and standard algorithm)
• Multiplying by powers of 10 (i.e. 23 x 2 = 46, so 23 x 20 = 460 and 230 x 200 = 46,000)
• 6s-8s Facts Quiz (9s-12s Quiz will be Next Week!)

Ratio Table:

Doubling & Halving Strategy:

Area Model/Array to Algorithm:

• Literacy (Read Aloud, Word Study, Reading, Writing)
• Class Dismissed, by Allan Woodrow
• Decorating Reading and Writing Journals
• Sketching and Painting Creative Book Covers
• Sharing Story of My Name Homework Assignment & Summer Top Pics Class Assignment
• Writing Story Grids - Character, Setting, Object, Situation

• Science/Social Studies
• Summer Top Pics Slide Creation & Share
• SEL Lesson w/ Ms. Bird (zones of development (blue, green, yellow, & red)
• Starting Our First Science Unit: Ecosystems & the Food Web
• Food Chain & Matter Flow (Activity: Eat & Be Eaten Game)
• STX Culture - Music (Quelbe, Calypso, Reggae, Soca, Zouk)
• 9/11 Lesson/Discussion
• Setting Up Science/Social Studies Binders

• Homework
• Read 30+ min M-Th (weekend optional)
• Weekly Math HW

- Announcements - 

• Tuesday, 9/16: STAR Math Assessment
• Wednesday, 9/17: STAR Reading Assessment
• Thursday, September 25th @4pm: Parent Information Afternoon (meet in Pavilion for greeting from Admin and light refreshments and then pick up your child from the playground and meet me in our classroom!)
• After School Activities (Fall Session) begins 9/29 and runs through 11/14
• Run Club - Thursdays
• Friday, October 24th: Fall Conference Day (more information to come)
• Class Items We Still Need (optional donations)
• SHARPIES (all colors and sizes)
• Amazon Wishlist Link! 

- Photos (more on the class Instagram @ghcds5thgrade_2526) -