Eloquence Day was a fun event- the students were pretty excited about it. I saw students pulling out chairs for each other, trying to use their utensils appropriately, using manners at the table, and using their manners to listen as the owner of the Boatwerks gave a manners review before our lunch. We appreciate Boatwerks donating their space for us!
You may view pictures below.

HOMEWORK:
Students should keep reading over break- this is homework kids! Read nonfiction and/or chapter books.

Math: Students should have their study guide completed. Remember there are tutorials on the blog for assistance. 

Mrs. Blower's class will NOT have a January book project. 




 

Week of December 7th

Student Absence: If you know ahead of time your student will be missing school and want work sent home, giving me at least 2 days advance notice is helpful in gathering it from teachers. Thanks!

Christmas Gift Giving- Candy Cane Selling Monday!

Monday volunteers begin selling candy canes- money raised goes to a Charity students will be discussing. This is in place of a Christmas gift exchange for teachers and students.                      
How it works: A student can buy a candy cane for a friend, teacher, sibling, etc., fill out a ticket with the friend's name, and the friend gets his/her name in for the drawing on Eloquence Day. The person drawn will choose which charity the donations will go to.  I will buy each student a candy cane so their name is in the drawing at least once. 
                                                                                                                         

Eloquence Day Friday December 18th: 

We will be practicing our manners in class this week to prepare. Students should dress up for this fun event. Students may bring additional clothes to change into afterwards.   
         

Eloquence Day money is due next week. $6- I need to turn mine in too!                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

CONTACTING US>    
Email:  lblowers@hamiltonschools.us    lcuster@hamiltonschools.us                         
Phone:
269-751-4436
   
HOMEWORK:   Read a minimum of 20 minutes as always!

                                                   

MATH   - Mrs. Custer 

We have been working hard on multiplying fractions times fractions, mixed numbers and whole numbers.  On Friday, we also looked at how you divide a whole number by a fraction.  The kids did Great with this new concept!  For homework, please continue to practice for the math fact tests that are next Thursday.  You will need to be able to complete 30 problems in a one minute this time...  Good Luck, but practice to get better, too!

 
BLOWERS WRITING: 
 This week students gave Book Report presentations. Next week we'll be looking over our graded letter assignment and doing mini-lessons about sentence fluency and adding detail.

READING: with Mrs. Blowers
This week we were back to working with nonfiction texts. We practiced finding cause and effect within a text and students read an article on their own where this was a focus. We also reviewed strategies for making an inference and using text details and worked independently with a text they chose.
 
Social Studies with Mrs. Custer

Social Studies - We have learned about the early Western African empire of Ghana this week, including the reasons why they grew so large and powerful and also why the empire finally collapsed.

Science with Mrs. Blowers

We have been reviewing for our test on Wednesday that covers contact and non-contact forces. I sent Study Stacks to the kids. I am resending them as I took something off and added the term air resistance.We will be playing a favorite review game Monday- Kahoot!

 Spelling:     

No spelling lesson next week.

Week of Dec 1

Christmas Gift Giving: 

Student brought a note home last week about our 5th Grade Charity Project. We will be having a 5th grade Christmas party, but we will not be exchanging gifts, but rather donating to a charity that students will have a hand in choosing. The letter is attached if you did not receive it last week.

CONTACTING US>    
Email:  lblowers@hamiltonschools.us                                              lcuster@hamiltonschools.us                         
Phone:
269-751-4436
   
HOMEWORK:   

MATH:    

This weekend's homework is only to review today's lesson that is in their math spiral. 

 

LANGUAGE ARTS:
Blowers Book Report: Due Date: Dec 9                                                  

WRITING: Some students need to complete the FINAL draft of their 2 letters. 

MATH   - Mrs. Custer 

We can now multiply a fraction, whole number, and mixed number by a fraction.  This weekend's homework is only to review today's lesson that is in their math spiral.  There is a quiz over multiplication of fractions next Tuesday.

BLOWERS WRITING: 
 This week we worked on the standard W.5.4 -writing for purpose, task, and audience. Students wrote 2 letters explaining why they were late to school. One was written to a friend and the other to the principals.  We discussed how the tone and language of the letter to a friend would be different that the one to the principals. 

READING: with Mrs. Blowers
This week we were back to working with nonfiction texts. Students read a selection about saving dolphins independently or with a partner. We worked on vocabulary- meaning, parts of speech, synonyms and antonyms as well as how to use the word correctly in a sentence. We practiced skimming for information and how to respond to questions using text support. This is review work and next week students will work on these skills independently  and get a choice of articles.
 
Social Studies with Mrs. Custer

We have started a unit about the continent of Africa.  This should help us establish some history about the people of Africa as we also learn about slavery and the beginning of colonization in North America. 

Science with Mrs. Blowers

We completed our investigation into the forces involved in flight- lift, drag, thrust, and weight/gravity. We began investigating electricity as a non-contact force. Our activity centered around static electricity and positive and negative charges. We used balloons and our hair to see this in action!

 Spelling:     

The Lesson 10 test was Friday. The new skill this week for Lesson 11 is apostrophes and their purpose. Students know they should study the activities we do in class to study for the test as well as practice the words on the list in the spelling tab.