10.20.23

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• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting 
• Growth Mindset 
• Importance of Pep Talks & Believing in Yourself 
• Listening Builds Relationships 
• GAINS Lesson by Ms. Velez
• Task Initiation 
• Hispanic Heritage Luncheon with Senora Nicholas
• Halloween Door Decorating Activity
• Great Shakeout
• Earthquake/Tsunami Safety Drill
• New Desk Spots!

• Reading
• Book Club Group Presentations
• Unit 1 Post Assessment
• Starting new unit: Nonfiction Texts
• Unit 2 Pre Assessment

• Writing
• Starting new unit: Journalism
• Class Speaker- Reporter Mr. Knight from the St. Croix Avis

• Read Aloud
• Finished Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate

• Number Corner & Math 
• Continuing to Update the Mystery Calendar
• Completing the Carrot Masses Graph (& the Carrot Funeral)
• Finding the Volume of Irregular 3-D figures
• Strategies on Finding all the Possibilities of Combinations 
• Ex: different combos of 3 ice cream flavors and 3 toppings
• Ex: different combos of the # of each of the items to purchase with a certain amount of money
• Unit 1 Assessment
• Starting Unit 2 - Adding and Subtracting Fractions
• Using money to add and subtract fractions
• Using clocks to add fractions

• Spanish
• Hispanic Heritage Month Culminating Food Experience 

Announcements:

• RELAY FOR LIFE IS RESCHEDULED to next weekend 10/28-10/29
• Located at Complex High School (track and field)
• Wednesday, October 25th- Bake Sale after school!
• Funds go to Cancer Support VI
• See flyer below
• Tuesday, October 31st - HALLOWEEN!
• 4th & 5th Grade Class Party - Information in Friday email. 
• GHCDS Boo Bash & Trunk or Treat! @4-7pm
• Wednesday, November 1st - Parent Conference Day 
• No School for students in observation of Bull & Bread Day
• We will be in contact with details about time slots for meeting

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