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• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting
• Playing Wordle
• Categories Game with Different Letters
• Videos/Discussions 
• perseverance, useful vs. spinning worries, not giving up
• Friday Gathering 
• Ms. Coles' middle schoolers presented on composting 
• GAINS Lesson - Ms. Velez
• Congratulations to Nora for being nominated by her teachers for most flexible thinker!

• Writing
• Published Ag Fair Soil Poem
• Taking Notes on Chocolate Milk Debate
• Planning essay for debate

• Reading
• Continued Reading Darnell Rock Reporting by Walter Dean Myers 
• Researching Flavored Milk Bans 
• Choosing a group topic to research from the options below:
• Should insects be served in food? 
• Should we discontinue pennies? 
• Should sports be divided by boys and girls?
• Should Antartica be promoted as a tourist destination?

• Word Study 
• Started list #6 with NEW word study groups 
• Capitalization Mazes 

• Math
• Continuing to Update January Calendar (graphing patterns) & Collection (multiplying fractions and converting it to time or money amounts)
• Decimal Multiplication
• Example:

• More Decimals
• on a number line
• comparing, rounding, adding, & subtracting

• Science
• STEM Fair
• Finalized Groups/Projects, & Topics/Questions
• Set Up Google Folder & Doc
• Began Research/Notecards
• 5-10 notecards per group/project due Tuesday 1/30

• Global Perspectives 
• Winners of Healthy Shopping Project: 
• Best Budgeting: 
• Healthiest Options: 
• Most Meal Variety: 

Announcements:

• Monday, Jan. 29th - Lower School Afterschool Clubs Begin Next Week!
• Clubs meet from 3:45 to 4:30pm 
• Sign Up Form HERE

Photos From The Week: 

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