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.