Week of Feb. 15th

DATES:
2/24 - 5th Grade field trip to Symphony

A reminder note will come home Monday. 

THE WEEK OF 2/29 - BLOWERS CLASS SWIMMING    I will send home a reminder note this week. 
CONTACTING US   
Email: lblowers@hamiltonschools.us                       lcuster@hamiltonschools.us

HOMEWORK:  
MATH:      Lesson 12, worksheet 4-9 and the puzzle on the backside of it
READING: Read your February book and work on the project.
 
MATH   - Mrs. Custer 
are taking a quiz on exponents on Monday.  The weekend homework is Lesson 12, worksheet 4-9 and the puzzle on the backside of it.  Next Friday we will take our Math Fact tests (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) for February.

BLOWERS WRITING:    

  Students will present their speeches on Wednesday and Thursday. They chose a fruit or vegetable to do a little research on. They are working on a persuasive plan and draft for their speech persuading others to elect them as fruit/veggie of the year. They will present their speeches, slogans, and campaign posters. We have looked at the standards and proficiency scales for this piece and students will receive presentation, writing to persuade, and conventions grades.

READING: with Mrs. Blowers

  Students presented plays on Friday and did a great job! Next week we will be back reading nonfiction. We will focus on comparing and contrasting, summarizing, vocabulary in context, and comprehension strategies.

Social Studies with Mrs. Custer

We finished identifying and classifying information about the original 13 colonies this week.  We spent Friday investigating primary and secondary sources from Plymouth to see what we could learn from them.  These kids are Great thinkers!

Science with Mrs. Blowers 
We discussed relative distances of planets. We used toilet paper sheets to view the relative distances of the planets from the sun so we could get a better idea. We also compared asteroids, comets, meteors, planets, and dwarf planets. 

Spelling:     Spelling is the same- we needed to let other classes catch up. 
The Lesson 17 skill is making plural words. The spelling list is in the spelling tab and it is a good idea to study it.