CONFERENCES: October 24th & October 26th

CONFERENCES:  October 24th & October 26th            

An email for conference sign-up was sent home and the link is in the announcements. A paper sign-up came home on Friday. I do like to include your child in conferences, so bring them along! If you prefer not to have your child with you, this is fine.

SNACKS: Please send a snack with your child each day. Many students are not bringing one with them and 3-4 hours since breakfast is a long time!  

Middle School Website: This is the link for the middle school website.                       http://www.hamiltonschools.us/schools/hamilton-middle/   You can find the school announcements here along with other information. If you have not signed up for School Connects where you would get announcements, etc. sent to your email, you can check with the office about how to do this.

HOMEWORK:                                                                                                                                       MATH: 1/2 sheet of fraction review- 5 problems due Monday 

Science: Continue to study the Study Stacks - the test will be the week of Oct. 24th.   

Social Studies: Read Ch. 3 and complete assignment- in planners.                                   

Book Report Project:  This is due November 1st.        

Students chose a book to read between home and school. They have a graphic organizer to fill in character, setting, plot, problem, and solution. They need to have an item, drawing, etc, in a bag or container to represent each area. They will present these to the class on Nov 1 and 2. We used a book they read in 4th grade to create a practice assignment. I will send this example home next week. This assignment requires students to manage their time and to be careful about procrastinating. The standards we are focusing on are RL.2 summarizing and SL.4 -Report on a topic speaking clearly and at a good pace.

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 MATH:  
  Students took the test over Unit 1 Adding & Subtracting Fractions. Grades are in powerschool and students are making goals for concepts to work on.  You will see these goals and receive the tests at conferences.
We are now working on Place Value.
LANGUAGE ARTS 
Writing: Students are writing Spooky Stories. We are using sound words (Onomatopeia) and focusing on giving details that help the reader "see" what is happening. 
Standards: W.3 -Writing a narrative using detail organization, conversation, introduction and conclusion.   L.2 Demonstrate capitalization, punctuation, & spelling in writing.

READING:

This week we focused again on strategies to figure out vocabulary in context. We also practiced using BK + TC- Background knowledge and text clues- in order to make inferences when reading. We read "Happy Campers", an article about a camp for young cancer patients and thier families. We have practiced strategies for finding text information, making inferences, and gone through examples of what it looks like to write a complete and thorough response for a 3-4.

 SCIENCE   We continue to study the concept of speed. Students are working on investigations where they are moving across a 10m distance doing various movements and then recording their times, and calculating their speed. We then created a line graph of our motion and are comparing it to the trend of a steady heel to toe walk. We will be looking again at the proficiency scale and reviewing for the test over lessons 1-4 this wee. The test will likely be no sooner than October 24th. 
  Studies:- Mrs. Custer


Word Study
We took the Lesson 5 test Friday. These will come home on Monday. Our next skill is using the homophones there, they're and their. The word list is in the SPELLING Tab.