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The Groton Elementary School Hawk Squawk Newsletter

"Your Weekly Dose of Hawk Happenings!"

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October 7th, 2024

  • Board of Education ​Meeting
  • 6:00 PM
  • District Office


October 11th, 2024

  • GES Picture Day
  • UPK - 5th Grade


October 14th, 2024

  • National ​Observance
  • No School


October 17th, 2024

  • GES GPTO Meeting
  • Room 35
  • 6:00-7:30 PM


October 28h, 2024

  • Board of Education ​Meeting
  • 6:00 PM
  • District Office


October 31st, 2024

  • GES Fall Parade
  • 2:00pm

We’re thrilled to announce the ​launch of our weekly student ​newscast! Over the past few weeks, ​our incredible students have been ​hard at work on script writing, ​technology, and reporting.


Thank you to Mrs. Marquis and Mrs. ​Montreuil for their dedication and ​support in getting this project ​going. A special thank you to Mr. ​Skinner for helping setup the ​technology and helping me (Mr. ​Doane) with the video production ​side of things. We are excited to ​build our students' capacity and ​skills throughout the year!

The Positivity Project (P2)

Dear Families,


This week, our school community will focus on the Other People Mindset of Being present and giving others my attention. This ​means when we are with other people, we are present and give them our full attention.


In today's world, it's easy to get distracted by phone calls, messages, and social media. These distractions can pull us away from ​what's most important — our relationships with other people.


Just as plants need sunlight to grow, our relationships need attention. If we don’t give our full attention when we are with our ​family, friends, and even colleagues, we can't build strong relationships. It’s crucial to put down our phones and tablets and really ​listen when others are talking. Positive relationships are the foundation of a positive culture, and we can’t build positive ​relationships without attention.


To practice and encourage the Other People Mindset of being present and giving others our attention, please visit the Positivity ​Project’s P2 for Families. There, you will watch a video clip together and discuss a quote and three questions.


Thank you for your support!


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What are we Learning this Week?

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Grade ​Level/Subject

ELA

Math

Science

Digital Literacy

UPK-3

  • Letter C Letters in name
  • Counting 1-10Sorting
  • Fire Safety


UPK-4

  • Frogstreet: Theme 2: My Family and Friends; ​Week 1: My Family
  • Wonderful Word of the Week: fabulous
  • Introduce letters: Ff, Mm, & Gg
  • Frogstreet: Measurable Attributes: Small, ​Medium, Big; Comparing Sizes; Long and ​Short; Tall and Short; Height and Width
  • GES STEAM lab visit to explore the fall ​season weather and make a leaf craft


LEAP K-2

  • Learning about the letters Ss and Bb ​and the sounds they make.
  • In writing, we are drawing faces.
  • Numbers 0-5 
  • The Four Seasons


Kinfergarten

  • We are learning about the letters Ss ​and Bb and the sounds they make.I
  • n writing, we are drawing a playground ​with shapes and beginning to work on ​stories by using pictures!
  • We are working on finding all the ​friends of 5 (0 and 5, 1 and 4, 2 and 3).
  • We are also using pictures to show ​simple addition sentences.



1st Grade

  • We will be focusing on reviewing the letter ​names, sounds, and formation for j, l, k, z, ​and y. 
  • We will be reviewing all short vowels and ​learning about the Floss Rule.
  • During reading, we will be focusing on text ​organization, retelling, and the setting of a ​story.
  • We will be learning and using a variety of ​strategies to solve addition problems and ​addition word problems. 
  • We will also be working on understanding the ​equal sign.



2nd Grade

  • We are learning about the digraphs ck, ng, ​and ph.In reading we will be focusing on the ​author's purpose, the central idea and ​making inferences. 
  • We will be focusing on two and three digit ​numbers. We will also be ordering and ​comparing numbers. 
  • We will be exploring sand and ​silt. 


3rd Grade

  • Students will decode and spell words with ​the long i spellings. Will will explore different ​elements of poetry while reviewing text ​features, figurative language, and ​asking/answering questions. In writing, ​students will continue to draft a personal ​narrative writing piece. 
  • Students will review fact families to ​determine the unknown factor in a ​multiplication equation. We will continue to ​spiral review the strategies that can help ​solve a multiplication problem. 
  • Students will explore how ​temperature water’s state and ​density. 
  • This week in Digital Literacy, we ​explored our Google Classroom and all ​of the components that make it up to ​give a safe space to learn. 

4th Grade

  • Spelling: Students will be learning how to ​spell multi-syllable words.
  • Shared reading: Students will be exploring ​the informational video Animal Senses and ​informational text Blind Ambitions. While ​using this text students will be discovering ​how to ask and answer questions while ​reading, media & techniques, figurative ​language and text structure. 
  • Writing: Students will be learning the key ​components of informational writing. We will ​be focusing our informational writing on ​Native Americans.
  • Students are continuing to learn about Place ​Value. Students have been learning addition ​and subtraction with regrouping.
  • Also students have been reviewing rounding ​a specific number to the nearest thousands ​place, ten thousands place, and hundred ​thousands place.


  • This week in Digital Literacy, we ​explored our Google Classroom ​and all of the components that ​make it up to give a safe space to ​learn. 

5th Grade

  • Spelling: Students will be learning how to ​spell words with /ou/, /ô/, /oi/
  • Reading: Students will read two fictional ​texts this week and study the literary ​elements of each story as well as the ​figurative language found within. Students ​will also visualize the stories as they read ​them.
  • Writing: Students are continuing to work on ​their personal narrative stories. They will ​revise them to include vivid details, dialogue, ​and captivating introductions.
  • Students are wrapping up their ​first module which includes place ​value, rounding decimals, and ​performing operations with ​decimals.


  • This week in Digital Literacy, we ​explored our Google Classroom and all ​of the components that make it up to ​give a safe space to learn.