Picture Retakes:
Please be reminded that picture retakes are on December 1st!
Turkey Trot and PTO:
Thank you to all who helped with or donated to our annual turkey trot. Everyone had a lot of fun during this 13-year GRAIS tradition!
We have a couple of PTO updates. The fall fundraiser Midland catalog is closed, and all orders are being delivered. Prizes will be sent home with students next week!
Everyone’s favorite, Square 1 Art has been sent home with your student. The deadline is approaching quickly. All orders are due by 12/1/22. There’s a link on the GRAIS PTO page where you can search for your student if your paper has been misplaced.
Also, The link to spirit wear will go live today and will be posted on the GRAIS PTO Facebook page later today. We will also send home a flyer on Monday, which shares the online information to purchase items. Orders can only be placed online and the items will be shipped directly to your home. The Spirit wear will be closed on 12/18 at midnight so please get your orders in. All orders placed should be received by Christmas.
Happy Thanksgiving from the PTO!
Grade Five Math and Science:
Students will begin working on our unit on four operations with whole numbers and decimals. Upon return from Thanksgiving break we will begin with addition and subtraction with whole numbers and decimals. In science we will be continuing our unit on mixtures. Students will be learning to differentiate between a physical and chemical change and learn the rules to identify if a chemical change has occurred. Students will be learning that chemical changes cannot be undone.
Grade Five ELA and Social Studies:
In ELA classes, the fifth graders will be continuing to practice answering response-to-text questions and using text evidence to support their claims. We will also be continuing our study of Greek and Latin roots to further develop students' word solving skills. Students will also be working on novel studies of rich texts. Students continue to explore each of the 13 English Colonies in social studies class, as well as to learn about important earlier leaders and the reasons each one was founded.
Grade Four Math and Science:
In math we are starting our exploration into beginning algebra concepts and algebraic thinking by studying multiplication as a comparison, for example understanding statements like this: 21 is 3 times as many as 7. We will also be solving for the unknown in both multiplication and division problems, and using bar models to represent multiplication and division equations. In science we are excited to delve into our Earth science unit where we will discover that studying landforms and rock layers can help us to understand erosion, deposition, and the changes to the Earth's landscape over time.
Grade Four ELA and Social Studies:
The fourth graders are working on writing expository paragraphs using topic sentences, detail sentences and clinchers. We are also working on capitalization and punctuation. We are also making inferences when we read, as it is important to use the text and our background knowledge. We will be continuing to expand our vocabulary using Flocabulary. They will be learning all about the Northeast Region. We will be using our map skills to learn about the states, capitals, landforms and bodies of water. The natural resources, climate and the economy are some of the important topics that we will cover about our region.
Upcoming Dates to Remember:
First Trimester Grades Close - November 29th
Hat, Sock, and Mitten Drive - November 28th - December 19th Sock Drive.pdf
Rescheduled Picture Retakes - December 1st
Scheduled Evening Conferences - December 6th
Scheduled Afternoon Conferences - December 8th
Deposit Due for Nature’s Classroom - December 16th
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!