Week of September 18th

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

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

HOMEWORK:     

Math: Complete Lesson 1-7                                                                       Read: Reading an average of 20 minutes daily is an ongoing homework assignment.

Field Trip:  Thank you to parents who went on this HOT field trip! The kids were pretty hot and tired and ready for home when the time came. I was very pleased with their behavior, how well they listened to instructions, their willingness to try activities and encouragement of others. It was such a hot day and they hung in there so well even when it got hard at the end. I let them know how much I appreciated it. 
I will add pictures to the blog in the photos tab hopefully tomorrow. I will email to let you know when they are there. 

MATH:  We have been reviewing improper fractions and mixed numbers, comparing fractions, equivalent fractions, factors and multiples. We began adding and subtracting mixed numbers with like denominators. Next week we will begin adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators.

See the math tab for tutorials when needed.

LANGUAGE ARTS 
Writing: We continued our practice of writing complete sentences by writing about our Camp Manitou field trip.

READING:  

We are using nonfiction articles to continue to practice reading strategies and work on finding the main idea and details as well as how to respond to text questions. Next week we will begin our first genre unit with the book Encounter and then moving into the novel "Guests". This ties in with our U.S. History unit.

SCIENCE: 
  Groups designed an obstacle course for a marble in order to make it move as SLOWLY as possible from one end to the other during our investigation of motion. They ran 3 trials and revised their first try. Tuesday they will try out their revised runs. They will then graph their results of the distance, time, and speed.