5.27.22

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• Community Building
• Marble Greeting
• Morning Riddle
• Spring Concert
• CONGRATS TO ALL PERFORMERS & see photos below!
• Bullying Talk with Ms. Crisler
  
• Literacy
• Reading
• Historical Fiction Book Clubs Continued 
• Reading informational texts alongside novel to deepen historical context
• Answering reflection questions as they finish their novels 
• HOMEWORK: Finish historical fiction book over the long weekend if they haven't yet
• Last Reading Buddies session! 
• 4th graders read narratives they wrote from the beginning of the year 
• Made origami bookmarks as a thank you gifts for their buddies 
• Writing
• Literary Essays Continued 
• How to revise introduction paragraphs 
• How to write strong conclusions 
• Using descriptions of an author's craft as evidence 
• Word Study
• List #13 Check-In 
• End of Year Spelling Assessment 
• Math
• Number Corner
• Matching line graphs with its corresponding scenario
• Last problem string on multiplying a fraction by a whole number
• Added more data points to our water evaporation collection graph
• Reviewed Division Strategies
• Reviewed for the Unit 6 Assessment
• Took the Unit 6 Assessment - last of the year!
• BOOM Online Review 
• Social Studies
• USVI History & Culture
• Timeline of European settlement in the USVI
• Science 
• Completed the Energy Transfer & Engineering Lesson
• Ask your child about the roller coaster they built with their team!

Important Information

• Reminder - Grade 4 Snack Shack Days: MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS
• Buck Island Beach Day: NEXT FRIDAY 6/3
• End of Year Celebration: Tuesday 6/7 @ 8:30am
• See e-mail for invitation with more details 
• LS Field Day: Wednesday 6/8 in the afternoon
• Last Day of School: Thursday 6/9 
• Early dismissal @12:30pm

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5.20.22

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• Community Building
• Appreciation Cheer!
• Illustrating with Mo Willems 
• Virtual Tour of Smithsonian Zoo 
• Visited GHCDS Student Art Show 
• Friday Gathering: Artist, Debbie Sun, presents about madras fabric 
• Literacy
• Reading
• End of Year STAR Assessment 
• Historical Book Clubs Continue!
• Studying minor characters 
• Revising interpretations of theme using a checklist 
• Analyzing historical pictures to understand the setting 
• Writing
• Finishing Literary Essay #1
• Using transition phrases to strengthen writing 
• Revising using opinion checklist 
• Partner feedback 
• Starting Literary Essay #2
• Brainstorming through free writing 
• Adding complexity to our thesis 
• Word Study
• Spelling List #13
• Rainbow Writing, Word Search, Crossword Puzzle, & Blind Sort 
• Math
• Number Corner
• Reviewed rectangle perimeter and area problems (finding missing dimension)
• Creating sequences using shapes and numbers
• Graphing our collection data on a line graph
• Last Decimal Draw game
• Analyzing Data From Line Plots 
• Line Plot Fractions from the Pool Times Chart
• Using line plots to find fraction of people that spent different amounts of time in the pool
• Sharing and dividing money 
• Whole numbers
• Fractions of a dollar
• Spring STAR Assessments
• New Workplace Game - Lowest Remainder Wins
• Social Studies
• USVI History & Culture
• Cisterns
• Plants of the Rainforest
• Indigenous peoples of Salt River & Archeological Digs at Salt River
• Health & Wellness
• Last class lesson from Ms. Bird

Important Information

• Reminder - Grade 4 Snack Shack Days: MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS
• Spring Concert: Thursday 5/26 @ 9am in the Pavilion
• Families are welcomed to attend!
• Buck Island Beach Day: Friday 6/3
• Permission Slip DUE NEXT FRIDAY 5/27
• End of Year Celebration: Tuesday 6/7 @ 8:30am
• See e-mail for invitation with more details 
• LS Field Day: Wednesday 6/8 in the afternoon
• Last Day of School: Thursday 6/9 
• Early dismissal @12:30pm

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5.13.22

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• Community Building
• Greeting in different voices
• Daily Riddles 
• 15 and Out (Great game to play as a family!) 
• Boom, Clap, Snatch game 
• AG Fair Contest
• Thank you to all students who submitted poems to the competition
• Good luck to the 5 poets below who will be representing GHCDS
• Gabriel, Izzy, Carmen, Ava, & Hudson
• Literacy
• Reading
• Started a new read aloud book of short stories: Every Living Thing by Cynthia Rylant
• Buddy Reading with Kindergarten!
• Continued our Historical Fiction Book Clubs
• Identifying multiple themes 
• Following the structure of a book club meeting 
• Collaborating through productive conversations 
• Writing
• Started the drafting process for Literary Essays 
• Summarizing mini-stories to support reasons
• Identifying "just-right" quotes 
• Using lists as evidence 
• Word Study
• Introduced new spelling words - List #13
• Math
• Number Corner
• Problem String - multiplying fraction by a whole number
• Intro to our new collection - water evaporation
• Measurement & conversions word problems
• Decimal Draw game 
• Area & Perimeter Checkpoint
• Completing a chart about time spent in a pool & making a line plot from the data
• Looking at data
• Working with range, mode, & median
• New workplace game - Fraction Spin & Add
• Science/Health & Wellness
• First puberty/hygiene lesson
• Energy lesson 3 on energy transfer and engineering
• Why is the first hill always the highest? 
• Social Studies
• Began our unit on VI History - ask your child about our Kahoot! quiz

Important Information

• Final STAR Assessments NEXT WEEK: 5/17 & 5/18
• IF YOUR CHILD HAS THEIR OWN PAIR OF HEADPHONES, HAVE THEM BRING THEM IN FOR WEDNESDAY'S ASSESSMENT (We have some but not a class set.) 
• Grade 4 Snack Shack Days: MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS
• Art Show: Wednesday, May 18th to Friday May 20th 
• Stop by the Pavilion and take a look at student work!
• Spring Concert: Thursday 5/26 @ 9am in the Pavilion
• Families are welcomed to attend!
• Buck Island Beach Day: Friday 6/3
• Permission Slip will be sent home in a couple weeks!

Art Show Flyer

5.6.22

THANK YOU to all of our wonderful families for putting together such a great Teacher Appreciation Week! Every handwritten card, treat, and gift was treasured. You all and your kids sure do know how to spoil us! WE ALSO WISH ALL THE MOMS A VERY HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Ask Your Child About

• Community Building
• Roll & Skip Greeting
• Quote of the day
• History of Cinco de Mayo
• Sparkle Spelling Game (You can play at home as a family too!) 
• Row Your Boat Subtraction Song
• Quiz, Quiz, Trade: Math Facts
• Mother's Day Craft 
• Moms: make sure you receive your gift!
• Wrapped Up Kindness Bingo
• Congrats, Ridley!
• Literacy
• Reading
• Finished reading Number the Stars 
• Emailed the author- Lois Lowry
• Continued Unit 4: Historical Fiction Book Clubs
• Analyzing historical timelines side by side with character timelines 
• Understanding characters' perspectives 
• Identifying pivotal moments 
• Finding symbolism in the details 
• Writing
• Continued Unit 4: Literary Essays
• Select a text to focus on for 1st literary essay 
• Brainstorming and note-taking in a group book conversation 
• Finding and testing out a central thesis 
• Responding to our Pen Pals in Germany!
• Word Study
• Completed List #12 and spelling test
• Math
• Began our final month of Number Corner for the year!
• Decimal Draw Game
• Problem String
• Big Idea #1: Multiplying only one factor doubles the product
• Big Idea #2: Using an array to multiply a whole # by a fraction
• Reviewing Metric Units of Measure
• Investigating Area and Perimeter of Rectangles
• Using the area and one dimension to find the missing dimension
• Using one dimension and the total perimeter to find the missing dimension
• Reviewing Factors and Multiples
• Continued practice using a ratio table and the reverse area model to solve division problems. See the following example:
  
  
  
• Science/Health & Wellness
• Continued our Science unit on Energy
• Completed the Bumper Coaster Experiment
• Students used paper roller coasters and marbles to experiment with the transfer of energy
• Mental Health Discussion Day #2

Important Information

• GHCDS Musical: Once Upon a Mattress ($15)
• Final Week: May 6th, 7th, & 8th @ 8pm
• THIS Monday May 9th - No School
• Long Mother's Day Weekend
• Final STAR Assessments: 5/17 & 5/18
• Spring Concert: Thursday 5/26 @ 9am in the Pavilion
• Buck Island Beach Day: Friday 6/3
• Permission Slip will be sent home in a few weeks

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