Ask Your Child About...
- Community Building
- Morning Meeting
- Gratitude Challenge Shares - Place @ School, Place in Classroom, Animal, and Sense You are Thankful For
- Videos/Shares About Believing in Yourself, Responsible Decision Making, Rainbow Breathing, Friendship, & Never Giving Up
- Friday Gathering
- Ms. Thatcher Sundae Fun Run Prize!
- Writing
- Unit 2: Journalism
- Publishing Party!
- Delivered Newspapers Around Campus
- Emailed to all parents on Wednesday
- Cards for Mrs. Bird & her family
- Reading
- Unit 2: Informational
- Summary Structure
- Comprehension Assessment
- Read Aloud - Finished Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
- Trinidad & Tobago Colonial History
- Number Corner & Math
- Completing November's Calendar Pattern on Translating Triangles & November's Collection of Meters
- Ask your child how to convert 10 meters into Kilometers, Decameters, Decimeters, and Centimeters
- Order of Operations "Taylor Swift Song"
- Playing Expression Bingo
- Working With Fractions Checkpoint
- Continuing to Practice/Review Strategies to Add & Subtract Fractions (see below & ask your child about the giant 1 strategy), including finding common denominators
- Science/Health & Wellness
- Playing Bloom Busters to Try and Save their Town From Algae Blooms!
- Winter Door Decorating - 6 Pointed Snowflakes & Penguins
Announcements
- Sunday, December 3rd- Splash & Dash
- Monday, December 11th - LS Holiday Raffle Week
- Send your child in with some money to buy tickets to possibly win a prize!
- All the money raised will be donated to CCT's Afterschool Theatre Program
- Raffle names will be drawn on Monday, December 18th in the Pavilion at 9am
- Thursday, December 14th - GHCDS Spelling Bee
- Wednesday, December 20th - LS Winter Concert in Pavilion at 9am
- Thursday, December 21st - EARLY DISMISSAL AT 12:30
- Winter Break Begins!
- School resumes on Monday, January 8th
Pictures This Week:
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- Community Building
- WELCOME TO OUR NEW STUDENT: Paytan!
- Happy Birthday, Hazel!
- Ms. Velez Guest Teacher
- GAINS Lesson about emotional regulation
- Fun Run & Obstacle Course/Foam Pit!
- Thank you so much to the Parents Association for organizing this annual fundraiser!
- Thanksgiving Potluck
- Thank you to all the parents who donated food or their time!
- Friday Gathering - 1st Grade's Stone Soup Skit
- Morning Meeting
- Fun Run updates, prizes, and videos
- Self Affirmations
- How emotions affect our actions
- Writing
- Unit 2: Journalism
- Final news article
- How to include quotes or suvery results
- Thinking about your audience
- Editing & Revising
- Reading
- Unit 2: Informational
- Comprehension Passage on the First Thanksgiving
- Read Aloud - Continued Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
- Word Study
- Spelling Bee!
- Congratulations to Toby, Sarima, and Scarlett who placed 1st, 2nd, & 3rd
- The GHCDS Spelling Bee will take place on December 14th
- Finished Spelling List #4
- Number Corner & Math
- Continued Recording Triangle Transformations on a Coordinate Grid (Quadrant I)
- Beginning our Collection of Meters & Converting Units (i.e. meters to km, or decimeters to cm, etc.)
- 2 Strategies - Ratio Table or acronym for khdbdcm (Kilo-, Hecto-, deca-, BASE, deci-, centi-, milli-)
- Fraction Addition & Subtraction Checkpoint
- Science/Health & Wellness
- Playing the Big Fish Ecosystem Game
- Learning About and Discussing the Possible Causes/Effects of Harmful Algae Blooms
Announcements
- THANKSGIVING BREAK! - No School from Nov. 18th to Nov. 26th
- Trimester 2 Begins on Monday, November 27th
- Order the 2023-2024 GHCDS Yearbook now!
- UPCOMING PLAYS IN THE COMMUNITY
- Caribbean Community Theatre presents The Tin Woman (starring Ms. Bishop!)
- Show Dates: 17th and 18th at 8pm
This Week In Photos:
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- Community Building
- Happy Birthday, Scarlett!
- Morning Meeting
- Fun Run updates, prizes, and videos
- Silly Sock Day
- Extra Recess
- Goal: Earn More Extra Recess & Crazy Hair Day by Monday
- Updating the States Map in Front of Admin Building
- Reading
- Unit 2: Journalism
- Guest Speaker- Mrs. Rachael (4th grade aide & copy editor at St. Croix Avis)
- How to write a feature article - Mango Melee
- Practicing Breaking News - missing tortoise on campus
- Planning topics for class newspaper
- Preparing interview questions
- Writing
- Unit 2: Informational
- Tackling tricky vocabulary
- Identifying text structure
- Questions to reflect on when reading history
- Number Corner & Math
- November Calendar Grid - Triangle Transformations in Quadrant 1 (moving along x and y axis, reflections, and rotations)
- Number Corner Review Jeopardy
- Number Corner Check-up #1
- Using a Double # Line to Add & Subtract Fractions
- Using Equivalent Ratios to Figure out Which is the Better Buy?
- ex. 10 for $8 or 20 for $23
- Science/Health & Wellness
- Completing Mold Terrariums
- Setting Up Binders
- Ecosystem Vocab and Setting Up Big Fish Ecosystem Game
- Social Studies
- Longitude and Latitude Coordinates
Announcements:
- Friday Nov. 10th, 2023 - No School for Students
- Veteran's Day, Observed
- Professional Development Day for Teachers
- Monday, Nov. 15th - Classroom Spelling Bee
- The top winners will advance to the GHCDS Spelling Bee on December 14th
- Tuesday, Nov. 14th - FUN RUN!
- Friday, Nov. 17th - ThanksgivingTasting
- Early Dismissal at 12:30pm
- THANKSGIVING BREAK! - No School from Nov. 18th to Nov. 26th
- Trimester 2 Begins on Monday, November 27th
- UPCOMING PLAYS IN THE COMMUNITY
- GHCDS presents A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Last wekeend to see the school play: Nov.10th & 11th at 7pm
- Caribbean Community Theatre presents The Tin Woman (starring Ms. Bishop!)
- Show Dates: Nov. 10th, 11th, 17th and 18th at 8pm
- Sunday Matinee on November 12th at 4pm
This Week In Photos:
Ask Your Child About...
- Community Building
- Morning Meeting
- Picking yourself up after bad times
- Ignoring negative thoughts from others
- Halloween Party
- 7 Stations: Halloween treats, crafts, and games!
- Big thank you to everyone who donated supplies and helped run stations!
- Fun Run Pep Rally!
- Make sure your child is registered on mybooster.com
- SEL Lesson From Ms. Lolli (Counseling Department) on Self Control
- 3rd Grade Friday Gathering
- Presentation on Happiness
- Reading
- Spooky Stories
- Continued Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
- Writing
- Spooky Stories
- News Articles
- Halloween Report
- Fun Run Pep Rally Report
- Using quotes from an interviw in an article
- Number Corner & Math
- Completing the Mystery Building Calendar Pattern
- Pattern Puzzles (i.e. How many combinations of coins can you make 20 cents with?)
- More Using Clocks to Add Fractions
- Racing Fractions Game
- Science/Health & Wellness
- G.A.I.N.S. Lesson with Ms. Velez about Emotional Control/Self Regulation
- Big Fish Ecosystem Game
- Continuing to Collect Data on Mold Terrariums
Announcements:
- Friday Nov. 10th, 2023 - No School for Students
- Veteran's Day, Observed
- Professional Development Day for Teachers
- UPCOMING PLAYS IN THE COMMUNITY
- GHCDS presents A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Opening night is TONIGHT!
- Show Dates: November 3rd, 4th, 5th, 10th, & 11th at 7pm
- Caribbean Community Theatre presents The Tin Woman (starring Ms. Bishop!)
- Show Dates: November 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th, 17th and 18th at 8pm
- Sunday Matinee on November 12th at 4pm
