5.24.24

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• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting
• Unlikely Friendships
• Wordle 
• Friday Gathering 
• 3rd Grade: Sea Turtle Project 
• 4th Grade: 50 Nifty United States 
• Retirement Gift to Mrs. Bishop

• Reading 
• End of Year STAR Assessments
• Scores will be sent home with final report cards 
• Bookmark gifts for 1st grade
• Last reading buddy session today!

• Writing: Civil Rights Movement (1946-1968)
• Extending our research with videos 
• Citing Sources in a Bibliography 
• Quotes vs. Paraphrasing 
• Studying Example Reports 
• Formatting a Cover Page
• Typing Draft 2

• Global Perspectives 
• Dividing Trip Planning 
• Being a Responsible Traveler 
• Ways to Travel Eco-Friendly 
• Transportation 
• Housing 
• Food 
• Activities

• Math
• Continuing to Update May's Mumford Mole Calendar Clues
• Beginning the new Collection - Collecting and Converting Cups, Pints, & Quarts
• Playing Target 1 Fractions
• Solving Story Problems that Involve Reasoning Skills
• Strategies for Solving Fraction x Whole Number
• 3 x 3/4 = 3x3/1x4 = 9/4 = 2 1/4
• 18 x 3/9 = 3 x 18/9 = 3 x 2 = 6 (Trading Places Strategy)
• Fraction x Fraction Multiplication
•  Area Model w/ Geoboards & Grid
• Multiplying numerator x numerator / denominator x denominator
• Generalizations About Fraction Multiplication
  
  
  
• Playing Beat Ms. Hill - fractions 
• Playing Fraction Splat!
• Whole Number x Fraction & Fraction x Fraction Checkpoints
• Spring STAR Math Assessment
• Scores will be going home with the last report card

• Science
• Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) Mini-Lesson
• Exploration & Activity ABout Which Planet Would be the Best to Send a Rover to
• Star Brightness & Habitable Planets Exploration

Announcements:

• PLAY DIRECTED BY MS. BISHOP!
• Get a babysitter for the kids and go on a date night to see Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks at the Caribbean Community Theatre! Starring GHCDS Board Member: Dr. Michelle Dizon!
• Only 3 shows left: May 24th& 25th at 8pm & May 26th at 4pm 
• Buy tickets at Eventbrite or reserve them by emailing eileencct@gmail.com 
• Synopsis: Lily, an aging but still formidable retiree, hires Michael, an acerbic dance instructor, to give her dance lessons in her Florida condo. Antagonism between the two gives way to profound compatibility as they swing dance, tango, waltz, foxtrot, cha-cha, and salsa while sharing barbs, secrets, and intimacies along with the dance steps.

• Monday, May 27th - NO SCHOOL 
• Memorial Day Weekend 
• Wednesday, May 29th - LS Music Concert 
• 9am in the Pavilion
• Thursday, May 30th - Friday, May 31st: Mt. Victory Field Trip
• Permission slips went home on Monday so please make sure you signed it & your child returned it!
• The school provides transportation to Mt. Victory on Thursday afternoon but students need to be picked up at Mt. Victory by noon on Friday May 31st. Please let us know if they're carpooling with someone!
• Monday, June 3rd- 5th Grade Parent Afternoon at 2:30pm 
• Come celebrate the end of the school year by playing Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader with us!
• Tuesday, June 4th - Beach Day at Buccaneer's Mermaid Beach 
• Permission slips will be sent home next week!
• Thursday, June 6th - Move-Up Day/Book Swap
• Read the letter attached to this week's email for more details. 

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