Oct. 5......................Homecoming week
Oct. 8 .....................5th/6th Grade Bingo Bash
More info. to come about these events.
CONTACTING US>
Email: lblowers@hamiltonschools.us lcuster@hamiltonschools.us
Phone:
269-751-4436
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"Photos" tab:
Mrs. Custer and I will add photos from Monday's field trip when we have time this coming week.
HOMEWORK:
MATH: "Compare the Fractions" is due Monday.
Blowers Book Report This
is due Oct. 1st for presentations. Students who do not have access or
slow service and want to do their slideshow presentation at school will
have time for this on Sept. 28 and 29. I sent home a notes outline for
each slide if students want to use this, sent home a list of character
traits for their "Character", and we practiced how to write a summary.
JRT- Just Right Time:
This Tuesday and Thursday 5th graders went to assigned classrooms to meet their "Just Right Time" teachers. Next week we will begin the full program. A note was sent home Thursday.
MATH
We tackled greatest common factors, how to form equivalent fractions
and the process for comparing fractions that have uncommon
denominators.
Language Arts
BLOWERS Writing: Students completed the final drafts of their writing of a piece
titled, "What I
Didn't Get to do this Summer". With this piece I am
reviewing the writing process and what it looks like in our classroom. I am also
looking for their strengths and what is needed to be worked on. From there students will begin to set goals in writing. I will be putting grades in for 3 standards, but they will not affect a final grade.
We discussed the purposes of captions and practiced writing them. Monday students will choose an animals picture and write a caption. We will compile the class' captions to make a flippable interactive book. We are focusing on precise language, how punctuation makes meaning, and using text and pictures for inferencing.
READING:
We have been using the article, "How candy Conquered America" to practice making and writing comparisons and using the QAR strategies when finding information in texts. (Question/Answer Relationships). We practiced comparing and contrasting information from two articles of similar topics. One of the our upcoming texts we will be reading is about the Joplin tornado. We will focus on making inferences about vocabulary, finding and understanding text features and use the QAR strategy independently. This coming week will be your child's first grades in PowerSchool for reading
Social Studies
This
week we dug in deep using our reading strategies and websites to learn
more about The Constitution and how a bill becomes a law in the U.S.
The answers to my questions are due Monday.
Science
This week are studying motion- how do we know something is moving? We use a point of reference. We will conduct an investigation outside. Next week students will design an obstacle course on a table. The purpose is to keep a marble rolling from one end of the table to the other as SLOWLY as possible. We will measure speed and discuss motion and forces.
Spelling:
Students took the Lesson 2 test on Friday.This will be their first Spelling Grade in PowerSchool.
The Lesson 3 word list is in the "Spelling" tab above. I recommend that students review the
words as they frequently come up in these 2 assessments!
The skill next week is irregular verbs.
We also learned about nouns and pronouns- how to identify whether a word is a noun and that pronouns replace nouns.
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Saturday, September 19, 2015
UPCOMING DATES:
Sept. 21...................Field trip
Oct. 5-9................... Homecoming week
Oct. 8 .....................5th/6th Grade Bingo Bash
More info. to come about these events.
FIELD TRIP:
We will have a 5th grade field trip on September 21st. This is a way for all of our 5th graders to come together and do team-building activities. 4 notes have gone home about this trip. The camp sent us a medical form on Friday- late, I know. Every student needs to return this on Monday. I will attach it on the email with the linnk to this blog if your child lost it.
* A reminder that there is a parent section on the school website where you can find information about a variety of topics. http://www.hamiltonschools.us/for-parents/
CONTACTING ME: Email: lblowers@hamiltonschools.us Phone:
269-751-4436
ALSO: If you get a call with a "231" area code, that is likely me calling from my cell phone.
REMIND: More of you have signed up for Remind text messages! It's an easy way to get reminders for tests, field trips, and last minute items if you don't look at your email routinely. Signing up takes seconds to do! Enter this number: (424) 835-7621
Text this: @1458b
"Photos" tab: Mrs. Custer and I will add photos from Monday's field trip when we have time next week!
HOMEWORK:
Book Report: This is due Oct. 1st for presentations. Students who do not have access or slow service and want to do their slideshow presentation at school will have time for this on Sept. 28 and 29. I sent home a notes outline for each slide if students want to use this, sent home a list of character traits for their "Character", and we practiced how to write a summary.
JRT- Just Right Time:
Next Tuesday and Thursday 5th grade will have a "soft start" to our JRT time where we will just be meeting each other and discussing what we will be doing with students. This time is like RTI where students from all classes have been grouped to work on particular needs in reading and math. Your child has been assigned to a one of the seven 5th grade teachers for this.
MATH
Language Arts
BLOWERS: Students are completing their writing of a piece titled, "What I Didn't Get to do this Summer". I will be making comments on their googledocs about their pieces over the weekend. With this piece I am reviewing the writing process, what it looks like in our classroom. I am looking for their strengths and what is needed to be worked on.
READING: We read "My Lucky Day" and discussed/practiced the steps to summarizing fiction. Students took the SRI on Tuesday. We read the NF article "How Candy Conquered America". Through this article we practiced summarizing sections of NF text, making inferences using background knowledge and text clues, and using text clues to find definitions to unknown vocabulary. Next week we will reread this article and discuss and practice Question/Answer relationships. We will also practice compare and contrast strategies with the above article and a paired text to the above article.
Social Studies
Science
This week we walked the grounds discussing areas we will work in for science and picked up items from nature to mass and weigh, working in partners to do all of this. We have had some discussions about mass and weight which can be confusing for students. We watched some video clips with examples and explanations. Later we will be doing other investigations about mass and weight.
Spelling: Students took the Lesson 1 test on Friday. We took this test together as a practice as the proofreading test is new to them.
The Lesson 2 word list is in the "Spelling" tab above. We no longer have the Word Test in 5th grade. Students will be learning a skill which they will be tested on as well as be tested on proofreading skills. I do recommend, however, that students review the words as they frequently come up in these 2 assessments!
More info. to come about these events.
FIELD TRIP:
We will have a 5th grade field trip on September 21st. This is a way for all of our 5th graders to come together and do team-building activities. 4 notes have gone home about this trip. The camp sent us a medical form on Friday- late, I know. Every student needs to return this on Monday. I will attach it on the email with the linnk to this blog if your child lost it.
* A reminder that there is a parent section on the school website where you can find information about a variety of topics. http://www.hamiltonschools.us/for-parents/
CONTACTING ME: Email: lblowers@hamiltonschools.us Phone:
269-751-4436
ALSO: If you get a call with a "231" area code, that is likely me calling from my cell phone.
REMIND: More of you have signed up for Remind text messages! It's an easy way to get reminders for tests, field trips, and last minute items if you don't look at your email routinely. Signing up takes seconds to do! Enter this number: (424) 835-7621
Text this: @1458b
"Photos" tab: Mrs. Custer and I will add photos from Monday's field trip when we have time next week!
HOMEWORK:
Book Report: This is due Oct. 1st for presentations. Students who do not have access or slow service and want to do their slideshow presentation at school will have time for this on Sept. 28 and 29. I sent home a notes outline for each slide if students want to use this, sent home a list of character traits for their "Character", and we practiced how to write a summary.
JRT- Just Right Time:
Next Tuesday and Thursday 5th grade will have a "soft start" to our JRT time where we will just be meeting each other and discussing what we will be doing with students. This time is like RTI where students from all classes have been grouped to work on particular needs in reading and math. Your child has been assigned to a one of the seven 5th grade teachers for this.
MATH
We have spent most of our
time on review of math concepts and facts. I call it getting the summer
cobwebs out! Our new lessons this week focused on the difference between
multiples and factors and how to determine the greatest common factor. We also
took the Delta math test this week.
Language Arts
BLOWERS: Students are completing their writing of a piece titled, "What I Didn't Get to do this Summer". I will be making comments on their googledocs about their pieces over the weekend. With this piece I am reviewing the writing process, what it looks like in our classroom. I am looking for their strengths and what is needed to be worked on.
READING: We read "My Lucky Day" and discussed/practiced the steps to summarizing fiction. Students took the SRI on Tuesday. We read the NF article "How Candy Conquered America". Through this article we practiced summarizing sections of NF text, making inferences using background knowledge and text clues, and using text clues to find definitions to unknown vocabulary. Next week we will reread this article and discuss and practice Question/Answer relationships. We will also practice compare and contrast strategies with the above article and a paired text to the above article.
Social Studies
We had a fun week
celebrating Constitution Day by reading a couple books, watching SchoolHouse
Rock, reciting the Preamble (after learning what those big words actually mean)
and enjoying patriotic cupcakes! We also started a review of the 3
branches of government.
Science
This week we walked the grounds discussing areas we will work in for science and picked up items from nature to mass and weigh, working in partners to do all of this. We have had some discussions about mass and weight which can be confusing for students. We watched some video clips with examples and explanations. Later we will be doing other investigations about mass and weight.
Spelling: Students took the Lesson 1 test on Friday. We took this test together as a practice as the proofreading test is new to them.
The Lesson 2 word list is in the "Spelling" tab above. We no longer have the Word Test in 5th grade. Students will be learning a skill which they will be tested on as well as be tested on proofreading skills. I do recommend, however, that students review the words as they frequently come up in these 2 assessments!
Friday, September 11, 2015
UPCOMING DATES:
Sept. 21...................Field trip
Oct. 5-9................... Homecoming week
Oct. 8 .....................5th/6th Grade Bingo Bash
More info. to come about these events.
Notes from Mrs. Blowers:
I hope the first week went well for your child. We have spent a lot of time learning routines, finding where we're going, practicing opening lockers, and meeting new people. Team-building activities have been part of this and we will continue to do these off an on. I look forward to getting to know your children and each of their unique personalities better!
* Next week Mrs. Custer will join my blog and begin writing the Math and Social Studies sections. We will have our own section for writing.
* We will have a 5th grade field trip on September 21st. This is a way for all of our 5th graders to come together and do team-building activities. 2 notes went home today about this.
* A reminder that there is a parent section on the school website where you can find information about a variety of topics.
http://www.hamiltonschools.us/for-parents/
CONTACTING ME:
Email: lblowers@hamiltonschools.us
Phone:
269-751-4436
REMIND: 9 of you have signed up for Remind text messages. It's an easy way to get reminders for tests, field trips, and last minute items if you don't look at your email routinely.
Signing up takes seconds to do!
Enter this number: (424) 835-7621
Text this: @1458b
"Photos" tab: Mrs. Custer and I will add photos from class, field trips etc throughout the year and place them in this tab or directly on the blog page.
HOMEWORK: No homework EXCEPT to read their Book report book. Information about the assignment was further explained to students today and a note was sent home.
MATH
Students will begin getting into the first math unit, Adding and Subtracting Fractions next week. The "Math" tab above has tutorials I put on from last year and Mrs. Custer may add others as the year goes on.
Language Arts
We began writing a piece titled, "What I Didn't Get to do this Summer" for a little change of pace from the usual.
In reading we read and discussed a short article about 9/11 and included mini-lessons about thinking about our reading by summarizing information as well as noticing the difference between recognizing vocabulary words and truly understanding them. We will be reading texts associated with our Comprehension Toolkit and reviewing/practicing comprehension strategies beginning next week. The "Reading" tab above has some sites for comprehension and vocabulary. I will add to this.
Science
Our first science unit - Forces and Motion-begins Monday. We will be heading outdoors for several investigations.
Spelling:
The Lesson 1 word list is in the "Spelling" tab above. We no longer have the Word Test in 5th grade. Students will be learning a skill which they will be tested on as well as be tested on proofreading skills. I do recommend, however, that students review the words as they frequently come up in these 2 assessments!
Sept. 21...................Field trip
Oct. 5-9................... Homecoming week
Oct. 8 .....................5th/6th Grade Bingo Bash
More info. to come about these events.
Notes from Mrs. Blowers:
I hope the first week went well for your child. We have spent a lot of time learning routines, finding where we're going, practicing opening lockers, and meeting new people. Team-building activities have been part of this and we will continue to do these off an on. I look forward to getting to know your children and each of their unique personalities better!
* Next week Mrs. Custer will join my blog and begin writing the Math and Social Studies sections. We will have our own section for writing.
* We will have a 5th grade field trip on September 21st. This is a way for all of our 5th graders to come together and do team-building activities. 2 notes went home today about this.
* A reminder that there is a parent section on the school website where you can find information about a variety of topics.
http://www.hamiltonschools.us/for-parents/
CONTACTING ME:
Email: lblowers@hamiltonschools.us
Phone:
269-751-4436
REMIND: 9 of you have signed up for Remind text messages. It's an easy way to get reminders for tests, field trips, and last minute items if you don't look at your email routinely.
Signing up takes seconds to do!
Enter this number: (424) 835-7621
Text this: @1458b
"Photos" tab: Mrs. Custer and I will add photos from class, field trips etc throughout the year and place them in this tab or directly on the blog page.
HOMEWORK: No homework EXCEPT to read their Book report book. Information about the assignment was further explained to students today and a note was sent home.
MATH
Students will begin getting into the first math unit, Adding and Subtracting Fractions next week. The "Math" tab above has tutorials I put on from last year and Mrs. Custer may add others as the year goes on.
Language Arts
We began writing a piece titled, "What I Didn't Get to do this Summer" for a little change of pace from the usual.
In reading we read and discussed a short article about 9/11 and included mini-lessons about thinking about our reading by summarizing information as well as noticing the difference between recognizing vocabulary words and truly understanding them. We will be reading texts associated with our Comprehension Toolkit and reviewing/practicing comprehension strategies beginning next week. The "Reading" tab above has some sites for comprehension and vocabulary. I will add to this.
Science
Our first science unit - Forces and Motion-begins Monday. We will be heading outdoors for several investigations.
Spelling:
The Lesson 1 word list is in the "Spelling" tab above. We no longer have the Word Test in 5th grade. Students will be learning a skill which they will be tested on as well as be tested on proofreading skills. I do recommend, however, that students review the words as they frequently come up in these 2 assessments!
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