LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!

 

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• Community Building 
• Celebrated Summer Birthdays!
• Keinalys, Taliyah, Maddie, Toby, & Sarima
• Buccaneer Beach Day!
• Are you smarter/stronger than a 5th grader game (students vs parents)
• Field Day
• We had a blast! Thank you to Mr. Mondesir and Coach Jacob for organizing a fun event!
• The award, bouncy ball, and book we gave the kids today!

Summer Announcements:

• Report Cards & STAR Assessments will be emailed
• Summer Reading is Attached to E-mail
• Math Summer Work - Attached to E-mail and Hard Copy Sent Home Today (not required, but recommended!)
• Note: it is not an assessment even though the title says so :-)

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5.24.24

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• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting
• Unlikely Friendships
• Wordle 
• Friday Gathering 
• 3rd Grade: Sea Turtle Project 
• 4th Grade: 50 Nifty United States 
• Retirement Gift to Mrs. Bishop

• Reading 
• End of Year STAR Assessments
• Scores will be sent home with final report cards 
• Bookmark gifts for 1st grade
• Last reading buddy session today!

• Writing: Civil Rights Movement (1946-1968)
• Extending our research with videos 
• Citing Sources in a Bibliography 
• Quotes vs. Paraphrasing 
• Studying Example Reports 
• Formatting a Cover Page
• Typing Draft 2

• Global Perspectives 
• Dividing Trip Planning 
• Being a Responsible Traveler 
• Ways to Travel Eco-Friendly 
• Transportation 
• Housing 
• Food 
• Activities

• Math
• Continuing to Update May's Mumford Mole Calendar Clues
• Beginning the new Collection - Collecting and Converting Cups, Pints, & Quarts
• Playing Target 1 Fractions
• Solving Story Problems that Involve Reasoning Skills
• Strategies for Solving Fraction x Whole Number
• 3 x 3/4 = 3x3/1x4 = 9/4 = 2 1/4
• 18 x 3/9 = 3 x 18/9 = 3 x 2 = 6 (Trading Places Strategy)
• Fraction x Fraction Multiplication
•  Area Model w/ Geoboards & Grid
• Multiplying numerator x numerator / denominator x denominator
• Generalizations About Fraction Multiplication
  
  
  
• Playing Beat Ms. Hill - fractions 
• Playing Fraction Splat!
• Whole Number x Fraction & Fraction x Fraction Checkpoints
• Spring STAR Math Assessment
• Scores will be going home with the last report card

• Science
• Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) Mini-Lesson
• Exploration & Activity ABout Which Planet Would be the Best to Send a Rover to
• Star Brightness & Habitable Planets Exploration

Announcements:

• PLAY DIRECTED BY MS. BISHOP!
• Get a babysitter for the kids and go on a date night to see Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks at the Caribbean Community Theatre! Starring GHCDS Board Member: Dr. Michelle Dizon!
• Only 3 shows left: May 24th& 25th at 8pm & May 26th at 4pm 
• Buy tickets at Eventbrite or reserve them by emailing eileencct@gmail.com 
• Synopsis: Lily, an aging but still formidable retiree, hires Michael, an acerbic dance instructor, to give her dance lessons in her Florida condo. Antagonism between the two gives way to profound compatibility as they swing dance, tango, waltz, foxtrot, cha-cha, and salsa while sharing barbs, secrets, and intimacies along with the dance steps.

• Monday, May 27th - NO SCHOOL 
• Memorial Day Weekend 
• Wednesday, May 29th - LS Music Concert 
• 9am in the Pavilion
• Thursday, May 30th - Friday, May 31st: Mt. Victory Field Trip
• Permission slips went home on Monday so please make sure you signed it & your child returned it!
• The school provides transportation to Mt. Victory on Thursday afternoon but students need to be picked up at Mt. Victory by noon on Friday May 31st. Please let us know if they're carpooling with someone!
• Monday, June 3rd- 5th Grade Parent Afternoon at 2:30pm 
• Come celebrate the end of the school year by playing Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader with us!
• Tuesday, June 4th - Beach Day at Buccaneer's Mermaid Beach 
• Permission slips will be sent home next week!
• Thursday, June 6th - Move-Up Day/Book Swap
• Read the letter attached to this week's email for more details. 

This Week in Pictures: 

5.10.24

 Ask Your Child About...

• Community Building 
• THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE TEACHER APPRECIATION GIFTS!!
• Morning Meeting
• Videos/discussion about personal space
• Mt. Victory T-Shirt Voting & Cabin Roommate Suggestion Lists
• Practicing song for Mrs. Thompson

• Reading & Writing: Civil Rights Movement (1946-1968)
• Decided on topics and subtopics to create multiple chapters 
• Using an outline to guide research 
• Flashdraft to get ideas down on paper 

• Global Perspectives 
• Creating Google Forms to Survey Classmates' Ideas 
• Using survey results to plan itinerary 

• Math
• Continuing to Update the Mumford Mole Graph (working on cardinal directions and identifying coordinate points)
• Divisibility Rules (ask your child for the pattern/rule for dividing by 5s, 10s, and 3s)
• Using Ratio Table to Do Modified Long Division

  

  
  
• Unit 4 Review Jeopardy
• Unit 4 Assessment (multiplying and dividing whole numbers and decimals)
• New Math Fact Site - Reflex
• Multiplying Fraction x Whole Number

• Science
• Completing the Universe in a Box Activity (constellations and seasons)
• Phases of the Moon & Making Models

Announcements:

• 5th/6th Bowling Night is TOMORROW, May 11th!
• click here for more info
• SCHEDULE CHANGE: No 5th Grade Friday Gathering on May 17th!
• Monday, May 27th - NO SCHOOL 
• Memorial Day Weekend 
• Week of May 28th - BOOK DRIVE
• Please send in used books from your house that your children no longer read! They can be summer reading books from past years or just books they've grown out of. NO DAMAGED BOOKS PLEASE!
• We are organizing a book drive so students can have book options for summer. 
• Teachers will be collecting them over the next 2 weeks! 
• Wednesday, May 29th - LS Music Concert 
• 9am in the Pavilion
• Thursday, May 30th- Mt. Victory Field Trip
• Permission slips go home next week!
• Tuesday, June 4th - Beach Day
• More info to come!

Photos From The Week: 

5.2.24

  Ask Your Child About...

• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting
• What makes a good leader?
• Working hard for your dreams 
• Perseverance - Examples in History 

• Writing
• Retirement Gift for Ms. Thompson 
• Favorite memory reflection

• Reading: Civil Rights Movement (1946-1968)
• Research 
• Exploring topic options 
• Making sure to read a variety of books
• Gathering background information about the time period 
• Boxes & Bullets Note Strategy 
• HOMEWORK: Ask an adult "What do you know about what life was like in the 1960s?"

• Word Study/Read Aloud
• Spelling Test #8
• Continued Reading Stamped

• Global Perspectives 
• New Unit: Creating a Vacation Itinerary 

• Math
• Completing April's Calendar & Collection & Starting May's Calendar Pattern (Mumford Mole)
• Playing Put it on the Line Decimals
• Finish Multiplication Strategy Posters
• Multiplication Algorithm Checkpoint
• Estimating Division Problems Using Multiplication to Help (ex: 121/11 is close to 10 since 11x10 is 110)
• Estimate & Check Game - Class vs Ms. Hill
• Using a Ratio Table & REverse Area Model to Help Solve Division Problems
• Conservation of Water Division Story Problems 

• Science
• Continuing Spaceship Earth Unit
• Exploring Who/How the First "Clock" Was Made (sun dial)
• Looking at Sun/SHadow Patterns to Help Identify Seasons
• Changes in Constellations Depending on the Season

Announcements:

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

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

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

• Friday, May 17th - 5th Grade Presents at Friday Gathering in the Pavilion at 8:30am 
• Sharing about their fantasy book clubs 
• Parents and Families WELCOMED!

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

4.26.24

   Ask Your Child About...

• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting
• Mindfulness - Yoga, Books, Drawing Activity
• Wordle & Mathler

• Writing
• Post Assessment Scores 
• Comprehension Questions 
• Focus on theme, craft techniques, and compare/contrast
• Score Reflection and Student Shares
• Newspaper Edition 4 
• Drafting articles for final class newspaper 
• Emailing interview questions to teachers and coaches 

• Reading
• Book Club Group Presentations 
• Warriors by Erin Hunter
• Wings of Fire by Tui T. Sutherland
• Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis 
• Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott 
• Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan 
• Guardians of GaHoole by Kathryn Lasky

• Read Aloud
• New Book: Stamped (For Kids) by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi 

• Math
• Continuing April's Calendar Pattern (volume) and Collection (adding 3/4 of an hour and dollar)
• Monday = last day of Khan Academy Work 
• Final Discussion on Pencil Length Collection 
• Multiplication Strategy Review
  
  
  
• Put it on the Line Decimals (multiplying, dividing, adding, & subtracting)
• Multiplication Strategy Poster
• Multiplication Story Problems (choosing the most efficient strategy for you for the problem)
• Multiplication Escape Room!

• Science
• Nature Drawing
• Day, Night, & Earth's Rotation Exploration and Activity

Announcements:

• GHCDS SPRING MUSICAL 
• The Music Man - April 26th-28th, May 3rd-4th
• Congrats to Hazel, Olivia, Ramsey, Nora, and Maddie on their performance last night!

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

• 5th & 6th Grade Bowling Night Saturday, May 11th
• View invite here
• Friday, May 17th - 5th Grade Presents at Friday Gathering in the Pavilion at 8:30am 
• Sharing about their Fantasy Book Clubs
• Parents and Families WELCOMED!

Photos From The Week: 

4.19.24

  Ask Your Child About...

• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting
• Compassion video from York Middle School in Maine 
• Guided Meditation 
• Mindful Breathing
• Mathler daily puzzle 
• 1st Grade's Poem in My Pocket Day
• Eco Fair Field Trip!
• Hosted by St. Croix Environmental Association at the Botanical Gardens 

• Writing
• Graphic Novels student share 
• Theif of Always alternate ending 

• Reading
• Book Clubs
• Working on a culminating group reflection in a slide show 
• Author bio., fantasy characteristics, symbolism, and theme

• Word Study
• Started list #8

• Math
• Continuing April's Calendar Pattern (volume) and Collection (adding 3/4 of an hour and dollar)
• Khan Academy
• Multi-digit multiplication and division
• Multiplying fractions
• Powers of 10
• Big Book Work Focusing on Multiplication and Division 

• Science
• Starting Unit on Stars & the Solar System

Announcements:

• April 22nd - 26th - Earth Day Spirit Week!
• See the Flyer below to prepare for the theme of each day
• GHCDS SPRING MUSICAL 
• The Music Man - April 19th - 20th, 26th-28th, May 3rd-4th
• Sunday, April 21st - Junior Triathlon Race
• Cramer's Park at 8am (Information Below)

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

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4.12.24

 Ask Your Child About...

• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting
• Boggle
• Wordle
• Everyone Has a Strength Video and Share
• Friday Gathering in the Library 
• 5th Grade presented on STEM Fair
• Happy Birthday, Emma!

• Writing
• Comic Convention Publishing Party 
• Finsihed our final graphic novels and share with 1st grade!
• Thank you to parents who were able to attend our celebration!

• Reading
• Continued Fantasy Book Clubs 
• Comprehension Questions 

• Math
• Continuing April Calendar Pattern (volume)
• Starting April Collection (adding 3/4 of a dollar and hour)
• Using Pictures and Numbers to Multiply a Fraction x Fraction and Divide a Whole Number by a Fraction
• Connecting the Area Model/Partial Product Model to the Multiplication Standard Algorithm

• Science
• STEM Fair in-Class Presentation
• STEM Fair Friday GAthering Presentation Prep

Announcements

• GHCDS SPRING MUSICAL 
• The Music Man - April 19th - 20th, 26th-28th, May 3rd-4th

• SUMMER PLANNING!

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