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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