Week of May 14th - May 18th

DATES:
June 1st .............................. Dunes Field Trip
June 4th ............................. Dunes rain date

 
Middle School: You may want to bookmark the Middle School blog: http://hamiltonmiddleschool.blogspot.com/


Middle School 6th grade Parent Orientation:
 The 6th Grade Parent Orientation will take place on May 22nd. Two options are available for parents. Please see details below:

• What: 6th Grade Parent Orientation (Incoming 5th graders for the 2012-13 school year)
• When: May 22nd
• Who: Parents of current 5th grade students entering 6th grade in the 2012-13 school year.
• Location: Middle School Library
• Time: 9:00am-10:00am or 6:00pm - 7:00pm

**Students are welcome to attend the 6:00pm orientation, however, they are not required.

Penny War:  
Our class won the Penny War! A sincere thank you to all who participated in this!

Pizza Party!  The AWIM volunteers brought cookies, pizza, and pop for our class on Friday to celebrate our win in the Jet Toy competition in February. Congratulations kids! Thank you to JCI!


Math:  
   We began our Ratios and Percents unit this week. We have been working with ratios and equal ratios and when we would use them in "real life".  We continue to review concepts we have worked on this year.

Reading:  
 Book Club continues. Students have been having great discussions with their groups. I have enjoyed listening to them ask and respond to each others' questions. We are practicing using our skills to summarize orally and in written form what has been read as well as using text information to respond to questions.

Writing:  
Pourquois are completed. Students have the option to present these next week. Meanwhile we have been working on Middle School prompt. Student are choosing to write about anxieties and/or what they look forward to in middle school. Lockers is a biggie! Nervousness about the combination lock and excited because they are so much larger!

Science:  
We continue to observe our animals. We talked about external and internal cues in addition to other topics we have covered. It's been fun having the animals, but 'm glad they will all be adopted out next week!!


Spelling:
This week's skill was synonyms.
Have a great weekend!