11.17.23

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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

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