JANUARY 8 - 12

SWIMMING BEGINS MONDAY, JANUARY 15TH!

CONFERENCES ARE FEB. 5TH AND FEB 7TH.

 

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

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

HOMEWORK:     

Math: Remembering 4-3 due Monday

Reading: Read an average of 20 minutes each day.

MATH: 

   Students took the multiplying & dividing fractions test on Wednesday. This is a more difficult unit and we typically see more 1's and 2's. We continue to review all year and students will be able to retest the standards that they received a 1 or 2 on when they are ready. 
  Next week we will begin our Multiplying Whole Numbers & Decimals. Students have already had a lot of practice multiplying except with decimals. 

 If you go to the math tab there are many videos and online practice things to do. It can be very helpful!!

WRITING:  

This past week students wrote a letter to two different audiences on the same topic, using a different tone and word choices. With swimming next week we will not begin a new writing project yet.

READING:

   We have been working on nonfiction standards such as main idea/detail, cause & effect, text structure, quoting text information, and writing complete answers to text questions in a specific, not vague, way.
We read about Mount St. Helens, the mystery of the Mary Celeste ghost ship, and treasure recently salvaged from a pirate ship off the east coast.

SCIENCE:

We have been investigating gravity which isn't completely new to students. We watched Felix Baumgartners 24 mile high free fall from space as part of this discussion. Students are also working on a basic slideshow about a planet. Monday will be the test over gravity. It is one question and they will write a letter explaining their thinking.

 SPELLING: This week we discussed the sounds that ou and ow make and their spelling patterns. The test was Friday and will come home on Monday.