9.29.25 through 10.9.25

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• Community Building
• Morning Meeting
• VI March 
• Greetings - Growing Sound & Gesture (last week) & Silly Voice Echo (this week)
• Hispanic Activists - Lizzie Velasquez, Roberto Clemente, Sophie Cruz, Sylvia Mendez, & Berta Caceres
• Hispanic Inventors - Domingo Santo Liotta, Alejandro Zaffaroni, & Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena
• Celebrating Katelyn's Birthday!
• School Photo Day
• FUN RUN!
• Field Trip to CMCArts, Park for Lunch and Playing, & Pollys for Ice Cream

• Math
• Assessment on Rounding, Factors, Multiples, 4 operations with whole numbers including standard algorithms and turning a remainder into a fraction
• Fraction Review and Extension of Skills - Comparing/converting tenths and hundredths, +/- Fractions with Unlike Denominators, Finding Fractions of Whole Numbers, Decomposing Fractions & Multiplying Fractions & Mixed Numbers
• UPCOMING: FRACTIONS ASSESSMENT NEXT WEEK ON ABOVE SKILLS + DIVIDING FRACTIONS
• "Fraction Stuff" notes from 10/8 for insight into strategies I taught them (they loved the title!):
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Literacy (Read Aloud, Word Study, Reading, Writing)
• Completing Class Dismissed, by Allan Woodrow
• Starting Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson (historical fiction - American Revolution Setting)
• Finishing Word Study List #1 (including quiz & retake if needed)
• Starting Realistic/Historical Fiction Book Clubs
• Continuing Personal Narrative Writing - partner feedback, editing checklist, flash drafting, story arc outlines

• Science/Social Studies
• Continuing STX/VI Culture
• Web of Life Lesson 3 - Decomposers & Matter Flow (Where did all the leaves go? - activity)

• Homework
• Read 30+ min M-Th (weekend optional) - BOOK CLUB READING IF NEEDED
• Weekly Math HW
• Return Signed Math Assessment

- Announcements - 

• Halloween is Approaching - sign up to volunteer to help out at our 4th-5th grade class party or donate supplies via the link below!
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• After School Activities (Fall Session) begins 9/29 and runs through 11/14
• Run Club - Thursdays
• Sign Up for YOUR Fall Conference via the link below if you haven't yet!
• https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A4BAAAF2DA2FB6-59006673-5thgrade#/
• Class Items We Still Need (optional donations)
• SHARPIES (done!) - THX AVERY & KATELYN!
• Amazon Wishlist Link! 

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

See Separate Blog Posts for Fun Run & Field Trip Photos!

BOOK CLUBS: 

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