2.15.24

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• Community Building 
• Mrs. Fitzgerald is back!
• She will be supporting us in the classroom part time. Every week she will be spending 2-3 mornings with us- WELCOME BACK!
• Cupcake Contest Winners!
• Best Tasting: Cecilia (1st), Lamees (2nd), Hudson (3rd), & Olivia (Honorable Mention)
• Best Decorated: Zavier (1st), Tyler (2nd), and Paytan (3rd)
• Valentine's Day 
• Jeopardy Game 
• Escape Room
• Thursday Gathering 
• Ruff Start Dog Rescue came to collect the money raised by the Valentine's Day Bake Sale- a total of $241 was raised!
• We got to meet two puppies and learn a little about where they're located and where their new location will be- near the Frederiksted Police Station
• Morning Meeting
• Mrs. Fitzgerald Welcome Sign 
• Friendship Soup
• Wordle 

• Writing
• Finished research-based essays 
• How to Structure a Strong Introduction 
• Proofreading before Feedback 
• Drafting for Newspaper Edition #3

• Reading
• New Unit: Fantasy Book Clubs!
• Group Constitutions
• Fantasy Elements 
• Changing Setting 
• Analyzing Who Holds the Power 
• Math
• Continuing Calendar (multiplying fractions to find area of different items) & Starting Collection (converting 0.01 liters to ml)
• Using a Ratio Table to Solve Multiplication and Division Problems
• Using Half Ten and Half 100 Facts to Help Solve Problems

• Science
• STEM FAIR
• Completing materials list and procedure
• Setting up their data tables
• THEY SHOULD BEGIN THEIR EXPERIMENTS THIS WEEKEND IF POSSIBLE!

• Word Study/Read Aloud
• Completed list #6!
• Started new class book: The Thief of Always by Clive Barker 

Announcements:

• Friday, February 16th - NO SCHOOL 
• Teacher Workshop Day 
• Monday, February 19th- NO SCHOOL In Observation of Presidents' Day
• Enjoy the Agriculture Fair over this long 4 day weekend!
• Check out the 4th/5th Grade Soil Anthology at the GHCDS Booth!
• No Math HW Next Week - Students should be working on their STEM FAIR EXPERIMENTS!
• SUMMER PLANNING!
• Please Fill Out This Summer Adventure School Parent Survey 

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