11.9.23

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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 
• Hybrid texts
• 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
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• 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 

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