Wednesday March 16th-   2 hour delay
 Week of April 11th -           MSTEP testing.
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Email: lblowers@hamiltonschools.us                                                        lcuster@hamiltonschools.us

HOMEWORK:  
 Book Projects: Students should read their biography book. The project will be a biography that will be written in class so other than the reading, there is no project for home. I spoke with them about what to focus on and taking notes would be a good idea.
 
MATH   - Mrs. Custer

Friday we took the test over Multiplying Whole Numbers and Decimals. Grades are in PowerSchool and tests for Mrs. Blower's class will come home Monday and Tuesday as I have time to go over them with students individually.

The division unit begins next week.  The best advice we can give is to keep practicing your quick math facts, which will make the long division work that much faster!

BLOWERS WRITING:    

Students are working on a personal narrative about meeting a challenge or goal. I shared an example and how I filled out my planning form and my draft. Students have completed their own plan and rough drafts. We are editing, revising and moving onto final drafts this week. I will share more information on writing their biographies this week so they can prepare notes as they are reading their biographies.

READING: with Mrs. Blowers

We read "Attack from Outer Space" which is about meteors, something we have learned about in science. Our big focus has been strategies for figuring out unknown vocabulary in context. We learned and practiced 5 strategies and will continue this. We also worked on finding details in the text and writing complete responses. We again shared what it would look like to get a 2, 3, and 4 on the standard (RI.5.1).

Social Studies with Mrs. Custer

We are finishing up our studies of the early English colonies. This week we learned about the southern colonies, we compared and contrasted each of the regions, and we talked about the different perspectives on land use between the Native Americans and the settlers. Our test will be next week.

Science with Mrs. Blowers 

Students are working in small groups to research a planet/dwarf planet and create a presentation which they will present to the class.      

Spelling:     The Lesson 19 test was Friday. The lesson 20 skill is adding suffixes. The spelling list is in the spelling tab.