SEPTEMBER 19

CONTACTING ME: My school phone is working now. My extension is 413. I am not always in the room to hear it. You can always call my cell - 231-357-4710. My email: lblowers@hamiltonschools.us
 
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STUDENT COUNCIL: We heard several speeches from candidates in our classroom and they all did so well! Our student council represntatives are Greyson Borg and Brianna Hofman. Congratulations!

 CONSTITUTION DAY: Thank you to Amy Boehm for making the cake forour class and to Rochele Hofman for bringing in plates, forks, and napkins.

Homework:  (THERE ARE 2 TUTORIALS IN THE MATH TAB)
 * Homework this weekend is "HOMEWORK 1-7". The top section is odds only and all word problems. Students know they should show work on another piece of paper.
* READING an average of 20 minutes per day is also homework throughout the year. 
 
Book Project Homework due September 29. You may want to check in with your child about where they are on this. Your child will be reading a chapter book (they may read this at home and school). Monday they will receive the materials for the "Sandwich Book Report". The section on the "Author's Style" could be difficult and your child may choose to leave that part out since we haven't had a lot of time to discuss this at this point.
ANOTHER NOTE ABOUT HOMEWORK: In a nutshell: If your child can't do the HW and a parent can't help (I've been there!) it needs to show an attempt and a note about it must come from a parent in order for the work not to be counted as late. I have talked with the class about this numerous times. I don't want families having stress at night and this is a way I hope helps while still showing responsibility. 
  My HW policy is in the packet that was sent the first day of school.
 
 SNACKS/DRINKS: PLEASE help your child remember a snack every day. They may bring a water bottle.

MATH  Try the Math Tab! This has video tutorials for you and your child with lessons on what we are currently working on as well as concepts that students should know in order to make make the current unit easier to understand. I will continue to add to this.
   We continued to practice past concepts and break it down so we can unerstand now just the how to perform the math operation, but understand the reason and what it looks like in pictures. This week we will add in adding and subtracting mixed numbers with unlike denominators.
   Students took the 6th grade Delta as well (this tests 5th grade concepts).
  Students will be given a list of concepts not passed to put in their goal folders, and we will work on improving their understanding of these concepts.
 
LANGUAGE ARTSWe looked at and discussed text features in nonfiction. We read a nonfiction article and practiced as a class. Students also worked in pairs reading a nonfiction article to search text features and how they help us comprehend nonfiction texts.
 
SCIENCE
  We spent time discussing vocabulary concerning motion and learning about forces. Students worked on an investigation focusing on finding the average speed by measuring our a distance, using various types of motion and timing how long it takes them, and then Dividing the distance by the time to get their speed.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Your child will frequently need to bring their social studies book home in order to complete HW. Mrs. Custer will tell them this when they do the planner in social studies. Then when my class does the planer with me, I have them review with me what Mrs. Custer had them write so they get another opportunity to hear and read it.

Spelling: We will take the Lesson 2 test on Monday.