1.28.22

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• Community Building
• Valentine's Day Prep
• Sweethearts Door Decorating
• 28 Ways to Love Yourself Door Decorating
• Read Aloud You Are Enough, by Grace Byers
• "Don't Ever Doubt Your Worth" Motivational Speech
• Reading
• Presented Extreme Weather Group Posters via Gallery Walk
• Introduced New Extreme Weather Topic
• Researched using a variety of sources
• Read and summarized articles on their topic
• Writing
•   Completed Their 2nd Persuasive Essay
• Used their editing checklist to proofread
• Word Study
• Introduced Spelling List #7
• Open sort, closed sort, & book search
• Math
• Number Corner
• Thirds, Sixths, & 12ths on a Ruler
• Division Story Problems
• Jan. Number Corner Checkup Assessment
• Equivalent Fractions & Checkpoint on the skill
• Fractions with Geoboard
• Social Studies
• Nutrition
• Analyzed Nutrition Labels
• Mock Online Grocery Shopping
• Budgeting
• Balanced Diet

Important Information

• Picture Day Make-Up will be Monday January 31st
• New students and students who were absent on the first picture day will have their individual photos taken
• We will also take a whole 4th grade class photo
• STAR Assessments are next week
• Reading is Tuesday and Math is Wednesday
• If your child has headphones, please have them bring them in by Wednesday
• If not, we have some extras
• No School Friday Nov. 4th in lieu of Zoom Parent - Teacher Conferences
• Unlike the fall conferences, we will not be meeting with all families
• If you didn't receive an invite for a conference but have a question or concern, please e-mail us to schedule a time to chat
• Swimming will resume next week
• Please remember to have your child pack their swim gear on Thursdays
• Valentine's Day
• Celebrating on Monday the 14th
• If your child wants to participate, they must bring in a card and/or treat FOR EVERYONE
• There are 24 students in the 4th grade - CLASS LIST IN HOMEWORK FOLDER
• Afterschool activities
• 6 week programs
• Be on the look out for a sign up form
• Starting the week of Feb. 21st
• Parent volunteers are welcomed (if fully vaxxed)
• Please reach out to Julie Crisler if you are interested
• Donations
• Paper plates for lunch heat-ups
• Glue sticks

This Week In Photos (TWIP)

1.21.22

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• Community Building
• Martin Luther King Jr. - his life, activism style, & speech analysis
• Peaceful protests in history
• Visit from our school counselors Ms. Bird and Mr. Addison
• Friendship Dynamics
• In-bound vs. Out-of-bound Comments
• Reading
• Continued working on extreme weather projects
• Researched real life examples of natural disasters 
• Worked in groups to synthesize information & create posters
• Writing
•   Began the drafting process for their second persuasive essay
• Variety of evidence including facts from informational texts or videos, interview quotes, or anecdotes
• Keeping your audience in mind & making sure your evidence supports your thesis
• Word Study
• Continued work on spelling list 6 - speed sort, rainbow writing, & word search with their words
• Math
• Number Corner
• Continued with the Jan Calendar Pattern & Collection
• Vocab - Equilateral triangle, irregular quadrilateral
• Fractions & inches on a Number Line
• Division Capture game
• Problem String - making the connection between multiplication & division
• Each student added thirds, sixths, & twelfths to their fraction manipulative collection
• Changing improper fractions to mixed numbers and vise versa
• Egg Carton Fractions
• Social Studies
• Started our US Geography unit
• Focused on location and landforms of the U.S.
  

Important Information

• 12:30pm Dismissal Friday January 28th
• Teacher Workshop Afternoon
• Donations
• Please send in any wrappers or empty food containers with nutrition labels - thanks to those who donated already!
• We are in need of paper plates for lunch heat-ups
• Picture Day Make-Up will be Monday January 31st
• New students and students who were absent on the first picture day will have their individual photos taken
• We will also take a whole 4th grade class photo
• We will send out information soon regarding After School Activities - due to COVID, dates are being changed

This Week In Photos (TWIP)

1.14.22

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• Community Building
• Welcome Gabriel Melendez & Knox Kohl - We are so excited to have you join our GHCDS community!
• Visit from our school counselors Ms. Bird and Mr. Addison
• Reading
• New Read Aloud - Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina by Rodman Philbrick
• Extreme Weather research groups
• Note taking on natural disaster subcategories: causes/effects, safety/preparation, & real life examples
• Writing
• Persuasive essays: shifting from personal opinions to broader world debates
• Brainstorming using 3 strategies: freewriting, listing, and word webs  
• Word Study
• Introduced new word study groups based on mid-year spelling assessment
• Began work with spelling list #6 
• Math
• Number Corner
• New Calendar Pattern - shapes
• Vocab - Isosceles right triangle, Scalene right triangle, Parallelogram, & Rhombus
• Finding area of the shapes using square units
• New Calendar Collection - 3 Quarters a Day
• Writing money amounts as fractions (including improper fractions and mixed numbers) and decimals
• Fair shares
• Using coins, manipulatives, & clocks to solve division problems that will lead to quotients that are fractions
• Fractions and Mixed Numbers
• Making construction paper fraction strips
• Unit 2 Assessment Returned before - Please make sure you signed it and that it is returned to school!
• Social Studies
• New Year's Reflections & Resolutions

Important Information

• No School this coming Monday January 17th
• MLK Day
• 12:30pm Dismissal Friday January 28th
• Teacher Workshop Afternoon
• Donations
• Please send in any wrappers or empty food containers with nutrition labels in tact for our Health & Wellness lesson on Wednesday
• Picture Day Make-Up will be Monday January 31st
• New students and students who were absent on the first picture day will have their individual photos taken
• We will also take a whole 4th grade class photo
• Trimester 2 Specials
• For Art, students need to bring in a sketchbook if they haven't already
• For Music, students need a folder and a highlighter if they haven't brought them in already

See photos below of Knox & Gabriel!