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Week of May 29-June 3

 June 8th - 5th Grade Field Trip to Saugutuk Dunes
June 9th - 5th/6th Grade Field Day in afternoon.
June 10th - Last Day of School  HALF DAY 10:45 dismissal.

CONTACTING US   
Email: lblowers@hamiltonschools.us                                                        lcuster@hamiltonschools.us
HOMEWORK:
Math: Please check planners for math homework.

Reading:  Some students need to finish reading there  book club book.
MATH - Mrs. Custer

Our math fact graphs are being sent home today.   Great progress to everyone, but remember to practice this summer to keep it up!  Also look for the summer JRT booklet that is going home today.

​We will have a test next week over our final unit covering measurement and geometry.

BLOWERS WRITING:    

We began a very short, but fun poetry unit focusing on grammar and creative language.

READING: with Mrs. Blowers

Books Clubs will finish Monday.We will have a little time for some nonfiction reading after this. 

Social Studies:

We have been learning about the beginning of our country and how the founding fathers worked out the details of our government.  We will have a quiz next week. 
Science:  We continue to learn and review about physical and behavioral adaptations of plants and animals as well as about learned vs instinctive behaviors. We have also been discussing the body systems. There is a short assessment over two standards on Tuesday. The students have had Study Stacks since Thursday and should study these. 
Spelling:   There is no spelling lesson this week.

Week of May 23rd

CONTACTING US   
Email: lblowers@hamiltonschools.us                                                        lcuster@hamiltonschools.us
HOMEWORK:
Math: Lesson 78 (Select problems)

Reading:  Some students have some reading to finish up- it is in their planners.

Blowers Writing: Some students need to complete their final draft of the persuasive piece.  

May book for the project DUE MAY 31st. (Blower's Class)

MATH - Mrs. Custer

We did a great deal of converting in both the metric and customary systems this week.  On Friday, we took our final math facts tests.  Please ask your fifth grader about their amazing progress with their facts this year!  I am so proud of everybody's hard work! 
Friday I sent home May Delta Math test scores for you to see how your fifth grader did on the 6 standards of fifth grade math.  Please celebrate their success on that test as well!

BLOWERS WRITING:    

  Students have completed their choice persuasive paper. We will begin poetry next. This short unit has a focus on grammar. 

READING: with Mrs. Blowers

  Books Clubs will wrap up this week. We will have a little time for some nonfiction reading after this. 

  Students took the SRI test on Tuesday and I was so proud kids and the growth they have made! I will send scores and comments about your child's reading growth to you by emailing an attachment or sending home a paper copy to each of you soon. I am waiting on some Dibels scores at this time.

Social Studies:

This week we watched a movie, Johnny Tremain, to experience the realities of the American Revolution.  On Friday the kids received their American Revolution test and have it to show you this weekend.

Science: 

We learning about physical and behavioral adaptations of plants and animals as well as about learned vs instinctive behaviors.

 Spelling:   The Lesson 28 skill was Friday. Next week's skill is rules for using apostrophes.

Week of May 16th

 CONTACTING US   
Email: lblowers@hamiltonschools.us                                                        lcuster@hamiltonschools.us

HOMEWORK:

Science: Study the  Guide and journal- TEST WEDNESDAY

Social Studies: TEST MONDAY
Blowers Writing: Complete your persuasive draft.

Reading:  Complete the assignment in planners for Monday- this is different for each group.

Keep reading your May book for the project DUE MAY 31st.

 

MATH - Mrs. Custer

The Delta math test was on Thursday and the kids did So well.  I am proud of all of them for great gains in math this year!!  We started measurement and the Metric system this week.  There isn't homework yet, but continue to practice for next week's division retest  (Wednesday) if you are trying any standards again and next week's final math facts tests (Friday) if you haven't yet hit 30 problems in one minute.  Best of luck!

BLOWERS WRITING:    

  Students chose an article to read, wrote notes to support their view on a graphic organizer, and began writing a draft. The draft of this persuasive paper is due on Monday. 

READING: with Mrs. Blowers

  W are partway through our book club. Groups are reading Call of the Wild, The Fighting Ground, or Long Way from Chicago.

Social Studies:

Our test is on Monday.  Reviewing the concepts on the study guide will be very helpful for anyone who needs extra practice on the American Revolution.

Science: 

We have been reviewing material for the test which is Wednesday. This first test is over classification, physical and behavioral adaptations, and organisms responses to catastrophic events. Kids have a study guide and journal pages to study.

 Spelling:     The Lesson 27 skill was Friday. Next week's skill is rules for spelling words with double letters.

WEEK OF MAY 9TH

CONTACTING US   
Email: lblowers@hamiltonschools.us                                                        lcuster@hamiltonschools.us

HOMEWORK:

Reading: Keep reading your May book for the project DUE MAY 31st.

 

MATH - Mrs. Custer

On Friday we took our test on algebra, patterns and coordinate graphs.  Next week we will start measurement with the customary and metric systems.

 

BLOWERS WRITING:    

  Students completed their persuasive papers. We will be starting a new persuasive piece this week. Poetry will be our next after that.

 

READING: with Mrs. Blowers

  Students started book club on Thursday. Books students chose to read are A Long Way from Chicago, The Fighting Ground, and Call of the Wild. This will take us through much of May.

Social Studies:

We spent this week studying different perspectives on the American Revolution, from the King of England, to English merchants, Patriots, Loyalists and the slaves.  We should be ready for our test next week.

Science: 

We began our investigation of ancient life forms by observing and discussing rocks and fossils. We also began our discussion of catastrophic events and how they affect life on Earth. We will associate this with animals and how they must adapt to environmental change.

 

 Spelling:     The Lesson 26 skill was Friday. Next week's skill is homophones. The spelling list is in the Spelling Tab.

Week of May 2nd

Wednesday, May 11 is a HALF DAY ending at 10:45.

 CONTACTING US   
Email: lblowers@hamiltonschools.us                                                        lcuster@hamiltonschools.us

HOMEWORK:

Reading: Keep reading your May book for the project.

Math:  Lessons 6 and 95 are due Monday.

MATH - Mrs. Custer

It has been fun learning a new standard in math with coordinate planes.  We started by learning a lot of new vocabulary, and then working with real world situations.  There is a quiz on Monday.

 

BLOWERS WRITING:    

  We began our persuasive paper. We read a couple articles about whether sweets should be banned in schools. We evaluated the information and students took a position and are using information to write their position paper. There are some strong feelings on this one! :)

 

READING: with Mrs. Blowers

  We completed our assessment for Sign of the Beaver.  Next week we will be working on idioms. Students chose a book for book clubs, which begin Wednesday. We will also be working with nonfiction texts that fit in with their book club book as well as with the Tower Garden when we have computers available. 

Social Studies:

Social Studies - We learned all about the start of the American Revolution.  Check out these links for fun, musical ways to learn more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_56cZGRMx4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ikO6LMxF4

Science: We continue to observe our hermit crabs in our investigation of physical and behavioral adaptations.

 

 Spelling:     The Lesson 25 skill was Friday. Next week's skill is synonyms.

Week of April 25

 CONTACTING US   
Email: lblowers@hamiltonschools.us                                                        lcuster@hamiltonschools.us

HOMEWORK: 

Blowers Class- students should have a book chosen for the May book project which will be a book jacket. We discussed this on Thursday and some students have their book chosen and should begin reading.

MATH - Mrs. Custer

The kids are all bringing home their April math fact tests and their division test today.  There will be a division retest available in a couple of weeks, so please keep the test to practice and review if necessary.

BLOWERS WRITING:    

This coming week we will begin a persuasive paper. We will be reading a couple articles about whether sweets should be banned in schools. Students will evaluate the information and then take a position.

READING: with Mrs. Blowers

  We are in our last week of Sign of the Beaver. There will be an assessment on Friday. Students have their previous assignments that we will review and I will help them to know what to focus on. We will be working with some nonfiction next and then integrating some nonfiction in with our next book clubs. 

Social Studies:

This week we learned about the causes of the American Revolution.  Everyone should be reviewing their notes before we talk about the war next week.

Science: We observed our hermit crabs and began our learning about physical and behavioral adaptations.

 Spelling:     The Lesson 23 skill test over homographs was Friday. Next week's skill is the various spellings of the /j/ sound as in jar.