Week of March 13th

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

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

HOMEWORK:     

MATH: Lesson 7-2  problems 2 -10 There is a tutorial and practice in the math tab.                                                                                                                                                Book Project:  Due March 29th. They are creating a Book Jacket. Students have another book chosen and should be reading.
MATH:  
There are math tutorials and practice in the order of lessons in the MATH Tab 

We took the test over division content on Wednesday. There will be a retake after more practice for students who received a 1 on any standard or would like to test again if they received a 2.

  We began algebra this week although we have been doing some of these skills on our morning work for a couple months.

 

LANGUAGE ARTS 
Writing: Students completed the Hawkeye Press articles and we began sharing. We will complete sharing these on Monday. Our next project will be a persuasive piece. Students will be able to choose from 3 topics.
 
READING:  

This week we read 2 picture books, discovered their shared themes, and how each book presented the theme. The Bracelet and So Far from the Sea are both Historical Fiction set in 1942 when Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. We discussed understanding the feelings on both sides.

SCIENCE: 

Students are completing their research projects about their planets and will present these next week. After this, we will complete the test. Our Objects in the Sky unit will then be completed and we will begin our "Systems" unit.

Social Studies - This week we spent time on an interactive website that helped us understand what life was like for settlers coming to the New World.  Check it out from home if you want to experience the rest of the adventure to Maryland!

http://mdroots.thinkport.org

 
 Word Study
 Students took the lesson 23 skill test. Next week's skill lesson is possessive nouns. The lesson 24 word list is on the blog which can be helpful for the proofreading section.