12.21.23

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• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting
• Christmas Carol Practice
• Holiday Raffle Assembly 
• We raised over $800 for CCT's Calico Cats Youth Theatre Program 
• Field Trip to CCT
• Winter Concert 
• It was so nice to see so many families come out to support our musicians!
• Paytan's Birthday Celebration!

• Writing
• Finished Gingerbread Scripts 
• Newspaper Edition 2!
• PDF copy attached to this week's email

• Reading
• Readers Theatre 
• Voted on favorite script of the 6 options 

• Science/Crafts
• STEM Fair Overview
• Brainstorming will begin when we return from break!
• SLIME Experiment!
• Making Parent/Family Gifts

Announcements:

• Monday, January 8th - WINTER BREAK ENDS & SCHOOL RESUMES

• STAR Assessments - You will receive your child's results over Winter Break!

Photos From The Week: 

12.15.23

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• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting
• Holiday & winter themed jokes/riddles
• SEL Videos/Discussions about increasing good vibes and decreasing negative vibes, what makes you strong/your strengths, giving & receiving gifts, and heroes
• Spelling Bee Warm Up! 
• GHCDS Spelling Bee 
• Congratulations to Jasem for winning 1st place, Zaid for 2nd place, and Toby for 3rd place! Well done to all the Spelling Bee contestants! 

• Writing
• Script Writing 
• Fractured Gingerbread Tales
• Structure of a script 
• Role of a Narrator 

• Reading
• Readers Theatre 
• Fluency Practice 
• Holiday skits 
• Voting on Theatre Club Script to prepare for next week's field trip

• Word Study 
• Started List #6

• Number Corner & Math 
• Continuing to Categorize Quadrilaterals - Trapezoids vs Parallelograms vs Kites
• Quadrilaterals Song
• Creating a "zoomed in" graph of our foot lengths vs. heights
• Creating a line plot with data about different worm's lengths
• Reviewing Using a Ratio Table for Multiplication
• Decimals
• Practicing the Give & Take Strategy to Add Decimals
• Multiplying and Dividing Decimals by 10 and 100
• Great Wall of Base Ten - Transferring it to Decimals
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• Modeling, Reading, & Comparing Decimals

  
  

• Science
• Starting New Unit: Water Cycle & EArth's SYstems
• Hydrosphere and Water Distribution Exploration & Activity
• Visually represented how much more salt water there is on Earth than fresh/frozen fresh water
• Groundwater as a Natural Resource Exploration & Activity
• Playing Wanted: A Well Game

Announcements:

• Classroom Donations - We are in need of more tissues and plastic utensils!

• Monday, December 18th - LS Holiday Raffle WINNERS  Announced 
• Pavilion at 9am 

• Monday, December 18th - 5TH GRADE FIELD TRIP TO CCT 
• Permisson slips due today 12/15
• Bus leaves campus after lunch and and returns by 3:15 for Closing Circle 

• Wednesday, December 20th - LS Winter Concert in Pavilion at 9am 
• FAMILIES WELCOMED!
• Message from Ms. Thompson Below

• Thursday, December 21st - EARLY DISMISSAL AT 12:30
• Winter Break Begins!
• School resumes on Monday, January 8th 

• STAR Assessments - You will receive your child's results by Winter Break!

Photos From The Week: 

12.8.23

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• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting
• Holiday Animated Short Films 
• How to achieve goals
• Friday Gathering
• 6th Grade Presentation on Different Ways New Year's is Celebrated

• Writing
• Brainstorming for Newspaper #2
• Holiday Writing 
• Where should Santa vacation persuasive essay 
• Mad Libs - nouns, adjectives, and verbs 

• Reading
• Informational Post Assessment for Comprehension 
• Mini Holiday Unit 
• Comparing & Contrasting Different Versions of the Gingerbread Man Stories 
• Read Aloud
• Started a new book: Flying Lesson & Other Stories Edited by Ellen Oh

• Word Study 
• Spelling List #5 Assessment 

• Number Corner & Math 
• New December Calendar Pattern - Classifying Quadrilaterals
• New December Collection - Our Foot Lengths vs. Arm Spans
• Review Bingo
• Unit 2 Assessment on Fraction Addition and Subtraction & Multiplying a Fraction by a Whole Number
• Beginning Unit 3 on Place Value & Decimals
• Adding and Subtracting Decimals 
• Give & Take Strategy (example below)
  
  
  
• Beat Ms. Hill Fractions Game
• Fraction & Decimal Equivalencies

• Science
• Finishing Up our Web of Life Unit
• Food Webs & The Flow of Energy
• Creating a Dinosaur Food Web

Announcements

• Classroom Donations: We are in need of more tissues and plastic utensils!
• Sunday, December 10th- CCT Children's Show at 4pm (Flyer Below)

• Monday, December 11th - LS Holiday Raffle Week (Letter attached to email)
• Send your child in with some money to buy tickets to possibly win a prize!
• All the money raised will be donated to CCT's Afterschool Theatre Program
• Raffle names will be drawn on Monday, December 18th in the Pavilion at 9am 

• Thursday, December 14th - GHCDS Spelling Bee
• Wednesday, December 20th - LS Winter Concert in Pavilion at 9am 
• FAMILIES WELCOMED!
• Thursday, December 21st - EARLY DISMISSAL AT 12:30
• Winter Break Begins!
• School resumes on Monday, January 8th 

PHOTOS

School pictures have been emailed!

12.1.23

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• Community Building 
• Morning Meeting
• Gratitude Challenge Shares - Place @ School, Place in Classroom, Animal, and Sense You are Thankful For
• Videos/Shares About Believing in Yourself, Responsible Decision Making, Rainbow Breathing, Friendship, & Never Giving Up
• Friday Gathering
• Ms. Thatcher Sundae Fun Run Prize!

• Writing
• Unit 2: Journalism
• Publishing Party!
• Delivered Newspapers Around Campus 
• Emailed to all parents on Wednesday
• Cards for Mrs. Bird & her family 

• Reading
• Unit 2: Informational
• Summary Structure 
• Comprehension Assessment
• Read Aloud - Finished Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
• Trinidad & Tobago Colonial History 

• Word Study 
• Started Spelling List #5

• Number Corner & Math 
• Completing November's Calendar Pattern on Translating Triangles & November's Collection of Meters
• Ask your child how to convert 10 meters into Kilometers, Decameters, Decimeters, and Centimeters
• Order of Operations "Taylor Swift Song"
• Watch/Listen Here!
• Playing Expression Bingo
• Working With Fractions Checkpoint
• Continuing to Practice/Review Strategies to Add & Subtract Fractions (see below & ask your child about the giant 1 strategy), including finding common denominators 
  
  
  

• Science/Health & Wellness
• Playing Bloom Busters to Try and Save their Town From Algae Blooms!
• Winter Door Decorating - 6 Pointed Snowflakes & Penguins

Announcements

• Sunday, December 3rd- Splash & Dash
• SEE POSTER BELOW
• Monday, December 11th - LS Holiday Raffle Week 
• Send your child in with some money to buy tickets to possibly win a prize!
• All the money raised will be donated to CCT's Afterschool Theatre Program
• Raffle names will be drawn on Monday, December 18th in the Pavilion at 9am 
• Thursday, December 14th - GHCDS Spelling Bee
• Wednesday, December 20th - LS Winter Concert in Pavilion at 9am 
• FAMILIES WELCOMED!
• Thursday, December 21st - EARLY DISMISSAL AT 12:30
• Winter Break Begins!
• School resumes on Monday, January 8th 

Pictures This Week:

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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