Week of November 6th

Middle School Website: This is the link for the middle school website.    

http://www.hamiltonschools.us/schools/hamilton-middle/   

HOMEWORK:     

Math: There is a math review page due Monday.

Reading: Students have a text to read about the Arawak Indians and some questions to complete by Tuesday.

MATH: 

We have been reviewing concepts from the Place value unit and the test is Tuesday. We will go over the test on Wednesday and begin our next unit, Multiplying and Dividing Fractions. This will go through to Christmas break.

WRITING:  

 Students are working on a writing project given to them by Mrs. Maxson. They are taking information they learned about 5 Native American regions and organizing it on slides. They are writing paragraphs about which area they would prefer and why. These are due Wednesday. We will begin a persuasive brochure written from the point of view of a turkey not wanting to be eaten at Thanksgiving.

READING:

Literature Circles began last week. Students are reading in small groups, practicing comprehension strategies that we have been working on this year. I am sitting in with 2-3 groups each day for discussion and comprehension strategy assistance.

 

SCIENCE:   

This week we watched a Bill Nye video about simple machines. We continued our investigation of simple machines by creating ramps and measuring the amount of force it took to lift a wood block straight up as compared to pulling it up a ramp. We will be reviewing concepts this week and the test will be next week.

 

WORD WORK:

We will continue to learn about suffixes this coming week. Knowing the meanings of prefixes and suffixes can help students figure out words they don't know.

 

 SPELLING: This coming week Lesson 10 will focus on prefixes. We have a couple lesson pages that students can study from for the test each week. The test for Lesson 10 will be on Friday.

Week of October 30

Middle School Website: This is the link for the middle school website.    

http://www.hamiltonschools.us/schools/hamilton-middle/   

HOMEWORK:     

Math: Lesson 34 - 5 word problems

Spelling: Complete spelling Lesson 7- compound words          Writing: Some students need to finish final drafts.                                                

  Read: Reading an average of 20 minutes daily is an ongoing homework assignment.

MATH: 

We learned about the associative property and rounding decimals. This coming week we will add in graphing decimals and then review for the test. The test will be Friday.

WRITING:  

Students finished their "Spooky Stories" and we read them to the class- I love that part and the kids really enjoy hearing other's stories as well. 

READING:

We finished reading the article Burning Town about the Peshtigo fire in WI back in the 1800's. This week we will begin literature circles. 

SCIENCE:   In science we have been investigating simple machines. Yesterday we made marshmallow catapults - levers in the simple machine family. Students tested and adjusted their catapults to make the marshmallow go the farthest. We will continue this on Monday.

 

WORD WORK:

We have been working on prefix meanings and usage. We will add in suffixes this coming week. Knowing the meanings of prefixes and suffixes can help students figure out words they don't know.

 

 SPELLING: The test over compound words is Tuesday.