Mrs. Young

Math:  We worked on word problems surrounding the 12 Days of Christmas.  Fun!!!  No HW

SS:  We presented our holiday information!  No HW

BRING SNOW GEAR TOMORROW FOR SNOW SCULPTING!!!

Schuiteman

ENGLISH -
Today we went to library for a quick checkout, then we finished up the movie, "A Christmas Carol".  Finally, we discussed the similarities and differences to the play version that we read.  No Homework!

Social Studies -
We continued doing some research about different Christmas traditions around the world.  Then, we shared what we found with each other to wrap up today.  No Homework!

**DON'T FORGET -- We will be going outside to play and design our sculptures tomorrow!!  Please bring appropriate gear to be outside!!**

Lillmars

Science: Today we worked on an introductory microscope lab called "Hello, Microscope". Students who didn't finish may do so tomorrow. HW: Kids who are able can bring in a few microscopic items like bug parts (I told them window sills are good places to look for dead insects) or pet hair.

Social Studies: Students continued to study about how other parts of the world celebrate this time of year. No homework!

Mrs. Young

Math:  Quiz today over rates.  No weekly homework this week!

SS:  Finishing holidays around the world.  Presenting one informally tomorrow.

**Bring snow gear Thursday!!**

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we continued watching "A Christmas Carol".  We will finish up tomorrow and work on comparing and contrasting.  No Homework!!

Social Studies -
Today we continued to do research on what other countries do around the world to celebrate Christmas.  No Homework!

** Don't forget..... bring your snow "stuff" for Thursday, as we will be doing some outside activities for part of the morning!! **

Lillmars

Science: Today we labeled the parts of a microscope and got a bit of practice using one! No homework, but kids were asked to check out the window sills at home to see if there are any unwanted bugs we could look at :).

Social Studies: We started looking at what other places around the world do to celebrate Christmas.

Mrs. Young

Math:  We reviewed for a quiz tomorrow.  No weekly homework this week!

SS:  We are continuing to research holidays around the world.  No HW

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we started to watch a movie version of "A Christmas Carol".  While watching, we will discuss how this version is similar or different to the play we read & about how our visualizations of the characters compare as well.  No Homework!

Social Studies -
Today we started with some activities centered around our theme of the week:  Christmas Around the World.  Students will do some research and looking into what Christmas is like in other countries.  No Homework!!

Lillmars

Science: Today in Science, the students finished watching "118 Green Street" and began writing about the microscopic organisms located in (and around) houses and on our bodies. HW: Finish the paragraph for Monday!

Social Studies: Students watched CNN student news and chose a story to write a summary of. We talked about where in the world some ingredients of fast food comes from! No homework.

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we finished reading "A Christmas Carol" together!!!  We also finished sketching our visualizations.  No Homework!!!

Social Studies -
Today we watched CNN Student News & discussed the stories.  Finally, we took another look at the mountains in Asia & also the connections along the Andes mountain range.  No Homework!

Mrs. Young

Math:  We are continuing our work on rates.  Quiz on Tuesday!  Weekly HW was due today!

SS:  We are continuing our study of holiday traditions around the world.  No HW

Lillmars

Science: Today the students watched a video called "118 Green Street" about the microscopic organisms found in and around our homes (and even on us)! No homework!

Social Studies: We pushed the classroom tables to the walls and did our best to form the continents out of yarn. We used paper pyramids to resemble mountains and put them in the majorly mountainous locations in the continents. No homework!

Schuiteman

ENGLISH - Today students worked together to read the play format of "A Christmas Carol".  We also stopped to draw our visualizations of a few of the characters.  No Homework!

Social Studies - Today we discussed the various locations of the world's mountains & then focused in on the Andes Mountains and the other associations that go along with them.  No Homework!

Mrs. Young

Math:  We are still working on shopping (finding unit rates).  Some students are getting there, but others are still struggling.  You could work with your child by presenting them with store ads and asking them to calculate the unit rate, or similar questions.  We are looking to quiz over this next week.  If your child didn't finish the automobile speed/shopping sheet today, they should finish for tomorrow.  Weekly review is due tomorrow.

SS: We are learning about holiday traditions around the world.  No HW

Lillmars

Science: Today was our last work day for the human impact essay! Students should have it shared with me by Friday unless they have extra time because they were absent (please check with me if unsure of when yours is due).

Social Studies: Today we talked about how elevation can impact climate. No homework.

**Students are coming home with information about swimming! Our class swims from Jan 23-Jan 30!

Schuiteman

ENGLISH -
Today we discussed what a Classic piece of literature is & shared the history of the story, "A Christmas Carol".  Next, we chose reading parts for the play version of "A Christmas Carol" & then started reading.  No Homework!!

Social Studies -
We will continue to discuss the regions of South America & talk today about the elevation of the land & its impact. No Homework!!

Mrs. Young

Math:  We calculated the amount of sugar in a 20 oz Coke today.  Wow!!!  Ask your child to find an item in your house that your family eats on a regular basis.  Just for fun, calculate the amount of sugar in a serving.  Holey Moley!  We eat a lot of sugar.  They should finish the cars/shopping sheet for tomorrow if not done.  Weekly review is due Friday!!

SS:  Today we started researching the holiday traditions around the world.  Pretty interesting stuff.  No HW

Mrs. Young

Math:  Today we checked our homework from the weekend.  We used the rest of class to start our weekly homework.  Weekly homework is due Friday!

SS:  WE looked at where the ingredients for fast food meals come from and started Thermographs.  No HW

Mrs. Young

Math:  We are continuing to work on Unit Rates.  Our kiddos are doing really well.  Homework this weekend is to finish the word problems from today.  No pictures needed.  Due Monday

SS:  We looked at where the mountains are formed on the continents and, specifically, what the associations are between the plate techtonics, mountains, earthquakes, volcanoes, etc.  No HW

Lillmars

Science: Today, students had time to continue typing their essays. They will have their LAST chunk of time for these on Monday (so unfinished ones at that point will be homework).

Social Studies: Students watched CNN student news and talked about the regions of South America.

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we celebrated our accomplishment of the argument assessment by enjoying some Christmas poetry writing activities.  Many students seemed to really enjoy a time to slow down and create something creative! :)
No Homework!!
Stay safe, stay warm, play outside in the snow, & read a bit from a book!!

Social Studies -
Today we watched CNN Student News and then discussed regions in South America.  No Homework!!

Mrs. Young

Math:  We are continuing to work with Unit Rates.  Weekly homework is due tomorrow (or next school day if there is a closing).

SS:  We are continuing our work with South America's regions.  No HW

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we went to library for returning, renewing, and checking out!  Then, we came back and had our last work time on our Argument Assessment writing piece.  Almost all students were able to finish and submit..... I will work with the few who need to finish up!!
No Homework!!

Social Studies -
Students had a compare and contrast assessment today.  Using maps of both the United States and Africa, students had to complete a Venn Diagram and a written statement about the similarities and differences they observed.  No Homework!!

Stay warm!!  Looks like winter is finally making its appearance!!

Lillmars

Science: Students continued working on their human impact writing. When they get to class tomorrow, they should have started their introduction.

Social Studies: Students took their compare and contrast assessments. No homework!

Mrs. Young

Math:  Today we worked on Unit Rates.  Students began to understand how to calculate things like "cost per ounce" and which store has the "best price".  Weekly homework is due Friday.  Students should also be working on their square/cube flashcards.

SS:  We continued working on our regions of S America map.  No HW

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we continued to write, check over, and work on our Argument Assessment writing.  Some students started to submit their final as well.  Tomorrow will be our last in class work day! :)  No Homework!!

Social Studies -
Today we discussed some compare and contrast written samples.... what would make a 3?  How about a 4?  We also watched CNN Student News and discussed this day in history!
No Homework!!

Lillmars

Science: Today in Science, the students should have completed their research and began their organizer for their argumentative writing on human impact. HW: All students were asked to come to Science with their first TWO reasons (and three pieces of evidence for each) filled out on their organizer.

Social Studies: Students did a practice venn diagram comparing and contrasting South America and Europe. We will take our assessment tomorrow. No homework!

Schuiteman

ENGLISH -
Today we continued to work on our Argument Assessment.... students picked up where they left off after a work session yesterday.  No Homework!

Social Studies -
Today we went over our Venn Diagrams of South America and Europe map comparison.  Students practiced writing a statement about how they were similar and how they were different using specific details.  We will have an assessment on this tomorrow.  No Homework!

Mrs. Young

Math:  We are continuing our work with Ratios.  Students also need to work on learning their squares and cubes.  They have flashcards.  Weekly homework due Friday.

SS:  Today we took an assessment over comparing and contrasting.  No HW

Mrs. Young

Math - No math today.  We spent the morning working on an English assessment.

SS - Today we will talk about the assessment for SS tomorrow.  Nothing to study.  Then we started talking about South America.  No HW

ENGLISH

Today, ALL students did English all morning.  They did not have regular Science or Math this morning.  The purpose of this change up was to do an "authentic" argument writing setting.  Students were given a question to argue along with a video clip + 2 articles to read that would help them support the chosen side.  Once they gathered evidence, they started to plan & write an argument piece.  No Homework!!  We will brush up this piece throughout the week in English this week.

Lillmars

Science: Today we took a break from Science to allow more time for students to work on their ELA argumentative writing.

Social Studies: Students finished their inference sheets and began practicing compare and contrast topics. HW: Students should have their Venn Diagrams done for tomorrow!

Mrs. Young is out of the classroom today!!

Students in math were told to do the worksheets for weekend homework.  If students can do it, they should.  If they get frustrated, do what you can and stop.

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we critiqued some samples of the bully argument piece.  We discussed how an argument piece is graded and students talked through how they would grade a piece.  Finally, we previewed our final argument writing task that we will begin on Monday.  HW - PLEASE BRING HEADPHONES FOR ENGLISH ON MONDAY and enjoy family & maybe a bit of a good book this weekend! :)

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we watched CNN Student News and then we worked on the skill of compare and contrast with our Climate Graphs we created.  No Homework!

Lillmars

Science: Today we continued researching human impact on the environment. No homework!

Social Studies: Today students should have finished the inference sheets using their climate graphs. No homework!

Science Links for Human Impact Research

Feel free to use the links below for your research on human impact. You can use other resources you find also!

• Hunting:  Help or hurt the environment? Hunting article

• The case of the missing Honey Bee - Ted Ed video
• Urban Bee Keeping Ted Talk
• 1st 21 days of a bee’s life Ted Talk
• California Oil Spill Article & Video
• Acid Rain Info
• Emerald Ash Borer Article

Other links (2016/17)

National Geographic

Is Human Impact Accelerating Out of Control?

Khan Academy-5 Human Impacts on the Environment-video

Human Activites that affect the ecosystem

Human impact on the oceans

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we went to library for our checkout time.  Then, we came back and worked on giving a partner some feedback about his/her writing piece.  No Homework!!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we started talking about the skill of compare and contrast.  We then applied this with a "gallery walk" of all of the climate graphs we have been working on.   No Homework!!

Mrs. Young

Math:  We are continuing to work on Ratios.  Homework is due tomorrow.

SS:  Compare and Contrast.

Lillmars

Science: Students researched human impact on the environment today and tried to decide on a stance: are humans more helpful or harmful to the environment? We will continue research tomorrow-- and eventually write an argumentative essay including our research. No homework!

Social Studies: In class today, kids used their data and climate graphs to make inferences about their set locations as far as use of air conditioners, irrigation, crops grown, apparel, etc. No homework!

Mrs. Young

Math:  Students continue to practice ratios.  Today, they also got flash cards for the square and cubed numbers.  They will need to be working on learning these.  Homework is due Friday.

SS:  Today we worked on comparing and contrasting.  We will be doing some additional practice on this.  Assessment early next week.  No HW

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today, we continued working on our argument writing.  We went over the needs for the closing and then we used a self checking sheet to be sure that we had all of the necessary parts of the argument.
No HOMEWORK!!

Social Studies -
Students worked on finishing Climate Graphs, and drawing conclusions from their graphs.  If they finished, they shared with a partner about our conclusions.  No Homework!

Lillmars

Science: Today in Science, we had a small discussion on what types of impacts humans have on the environment. Students ended the hour reading/evidence hunting about whether hunting is helpful or harmful to the environment. No homework!

Social Studies: Students finished research on average precipitation and average temperatures for their two locations and finished their climate graphs. No homework!

Lillmars

Science: today we finished watching our nature videos and began talking about our last ecology standard-- human impact on the environment. No homework!

Social Studies: the Turkey trot was rescheduled for today, so we didn't have social studies time! No homework!

Science Links for Human Impact Research

Feel free to use the links below for your research on human impact. You can use other resources you find also!

• Hunting:  Help or hurt the environment? Hunting article

• The case of the missing Honey Bee - Ted Ed video
• Urban Bee Keeping Ted Talk
• 1st 21 days of a bee’s life Ted Talk
• California Oil Spill Article & Video
• Acid Rain Info
• Emerald Ash Borer Article

Other links (2016/17)

National Geographic

Is Human Impact Accelerating Out of Control?

Khan Academy-5 Human Impacts on the Environment-video

Human Activites that affect the ecosystem

Human impact on the oceans

Mrs. Young

Math:  We have continued working on ratios.  Homework is due Friday.

SS:  Turkey Trot is today, so no SS.

Mrs. Schuiteman

ENGLISH -
Today we went over how to write the body of our argument paper with our 3 reasons & document evidence.  Then, we had time to write our body of our paper.  No Homework!

Social Studies -
We did not have Social Studies today due to our make up TURKEY TROT!!  What a great way to enjoy this beautiful day at the END of November!!!

Lillmars

Science: today in Science, we watched most of each class's ecology videos. We will finish them tomorrow and begin looking at our final ecology standard.

Social Studies: We started researching average temperature and precipitation for our selected cities. Some students who finished early began putting their data into their climate graphs. We will continue these tomorrow.

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we finished up our organizers for our writing & discussed the 3 parts to the writing.  Finally, we discussed the introduction in detail - a hook & a thesis - with a look at a model.  Then, students wrote their introduction.  No Homework!!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Students worked on graphs for their climate graph project.  No Homework!

Mrs. Young

Math:  Today we were introduced to ratios.  We wrote ratios for various examples.  Weekly homework is due Friday!!

SS:  We will finish our research on our cities and start working on how to write compare and contrast of two topics.  No HW

Mrs. Young

Math and SS:  No homework!

Happy Thanksgiving!  Hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable break!  See you Monday!!

SCHUITEMAN

Today students finished Day 10 of a 10 Days of Gratitude Journal..... your child is bringing this home this weekend, with the challenge of sharing some or all of it with someone in some way!  Ask him or her about it!!!

We also did some activities centered around Thanksgiving.... including creating something for someone we were thankful for -- ask your student about this!!

Finally, we had some time for a Hawk Walk & Gym Time in lieu of the Turkey Trot outside today.

Have a fantastic break & Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Mrs. Young

TOMORROW IS THE TURKEY TROT!  SEND YOUR CHILD DRESSED FOR THE WEATHER.  LAYERS ARE BETTER AS WE ARE PLANNING AT THIS POINT TO TOUGH IT OUT.  COMFORTABLE WALKING/RUNNING SHOES ARE ALSO A MUST!

Math:  We took an interim assessment on the computer to get information regarding our student's performance on the material we have covered so far this year.  I will be adding it into PS so that you can view it when I have a chance, but it does not count as part of their grade.  No homework.

SS:  We are continuing our city/country research.  No homework!

Lillmars

Science: Kids used today's class to edit and time stamp their ecology videos to easily label where the academic vocabulary can be found. We will do out best to finish this process tomorrow.

Social Studies: Today students reflected back on what they learned about the latitude and what happens with climate and plants and animals as one moves away from the equator. No homework!

Mrs. Young

Math:  We reviewed for an online assessment that will take place tomorrow.  The review sheet is homework - No calculators!  Due tomorrow.

SS:  Students began working on a project surrounding a city, country.  There is no due date yet.  They will use this information to do some writing down the road a bit.  No homework.

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we completed gratitude journal #8.  We then did closing statements and a final vote from our debate.  Finally, we went over our argument writing standards that we will work towards in our next week or so of writing.  No Homework!!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we introduced our Climate Graph Project & selected 2 cities to use.  No Homework!!


**Students had an opportunity to participate in Market Day today run by our 7th grade Economics elective class.... it is always a fun experience!  Ask them about it!**

Mrs. Young

Math:  We continued to work on GCF and LCM.  Homework was due today.  No weekend homework.

SS:  Finishing Climagraphs.  No HW

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we completed our gratitude journal.  Then, we had our DEBATE!!  Students did a great job with this! :)
No Homework!!!  Get out and play tonight while the weather is still beautiful!!!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we practiced making a climate graph and drawing conclusions.
No Homework!

Mrs. Young

Math:  We learned about factor trees and factor rainbows.  Homework is due tomorrow!

SS:  We are still working on Africa's climate.  No homework.

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we completed day 6 in our gratitude journals.  We also went to library for our weekly checkout.  Finally, we grouped off and did some prep for our debate tomorrow!!
No Homework!!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
We created a practice Climate Graph and completed a couple of practice worksheets on reading Climate Graphs.  No Homework!!

Lillmars

Science: Today, the students began filming their ecology "pretty near" videos. No homework!

Social Studies: The students continued making their climate graphs today. No homework!

Lillmars

Science: Today we finished (hopefully) our scripts for our ecology videos. We will start filming tomorrow. No homework (unless you told your group you would bring a prop for the video)!

Social Studies: Today the students started creating their own climate graphs. We will continue these tomorrow. No homework!

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today, we read in our read aloud and completed gratitude journal #5.  Students received some graded papers back.  We also started to "divide" into sides for our debate.  No Homework!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we continued working on what a climate graph is & how to use one.  We also started some compare and contrast with climate graphs.  No Homework!

Mrs. Young

Math:  Today we took a quiz over dividing fractions.  Weekly homework sheet is due Friday!

SS:  Today we worked on an atlas activity for Africa.  We also started to discuss climate graphs.  No HW

Mrs. Young

Math:  Quiz over dividing fractions tomorrow.  Weekly homework due Friday!

SS:  AFrica continues!  No HW

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we completed day 4 of our gratitude journal.  We wrapped up document #6, and then we reviewed the evidence to compose a letter.  Students need to share the "letter" with someone at home tonight.  HW- SHARE LETTER & GET A SIGNATURE!!  Due tomorrow!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we started a mini unit on Climate Graphs - we will learn how to read them, create them, and what information and inferences we can make from them.  No HW!

Lillmars

Science: Today in Science, the students continued planning their ecology videos. Tomorrow will be the last day to plan-- recording videos will be part of Weds, Thurs, and Fri.

Social Studies: Today in SS, students will continue to work with climate graphs. No homework!

Mrs. Young

Math:  We are reviewing fraction division.  Quiz Wednesday.  Weekly homework due Friday.  No Calculators.

SS:  We are continuing our study of Africa.  No HW

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we read in our read aloud, completed gratitude journal #3, and then worked with our documents.  We discussed #4, completed #5, and read #6.  #6 is the last of the documents!  This week, we will work on a decision & supporting that decision!!
No Homework!

SOCIAL STUDIES-
Today we did an activity where we worked to sort and make sense of much of the Africa information we have gained so far.  No Homework!!

Lillmars

Science: Today in Science, the students started planning their ecology video with their groups. They have the requirements for the video and picked their own groups! We start filming Weds/Thurs. No homework!

Social Studies: The students continued working on climate graphs! No homework!

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we did Day #2 of our Gratitude Journal, we read further in our read aloud, and we worked through Document #3.  We also started Document #4.  No Homework (aside from reading some over the weekend).

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we watched CNN Student News, acknowledge Veterans Day, and finished up our Africa lessons.  No Homework!

Have a GREAT weekend!!

Mrs. Young

Math:  We are continuing to work on fraction division word problems.  This is hard for some of the kiddos because they struggle to identify which number goes first.  You can try to give them some practice in real-life problems as you enjoy your weekend.  No HW

SS:  We are continuing our study of Africa.  NO HW

Lillmars

Science: Today in Science students played a few more rounds of "Oh Deer", mimicking limiting factors like forest fires, droughts, deforestation and over hunting. We will finish graphing our data tomorrow. No homework.

Social Studies: Today students finished presenting their lessons. No homework.

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we went to library for book checkout.  We also started a "Gratitude Journal" that we will write in for the next 10 school days leading up to Thanksgiving.  Finally, we covered "Document #2" in our packet, as we work on finding evidence to back up our argument.  No Homework!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we started sharing our lessons on the variety of consequences of Africa's location of latitude.
No Homework!

Mrs. Young

Math:  We are continuing our work with division of fractions.  Every student has a math notebook with the steps for drawing the solution, as well as, calculating the solution.  They should be bringing these notebooks home when they have work to complete so it helps them know what to do.  Weekly review sheet is due tomorrow.

SS:  We are continuing our investigation of Africa.  No HW

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we read in our read aloud and worked through Document #1.  No Homework!!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we watched CNN Student News, worked on our lessons with our groups, and we started presentations.  No Homework!

Mrs. Young

Math - Weekly homework sheet is due Friday.  We have had to s---l---o---w way down.  Many kiddos are struggling a little with fraction division.  We will continue to work on this for the rest of this week at least.

SS - Rainy season in Africa, Africa's environment and animals.  No HW

Science: Today in Science, the kids played a game called "Oh deer!". No homework!

Social Studies: Today the students will begin teaching their lessons they prepared about Africa. No homework!

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we read in our read aloud.  We discussed the feelings of fairness.  We defined our "big" question for our argument writing, "Should bullies be treated as criminals?".  Finally, we ended with a "gut write" a short journal of our initial reaction to the question.  No Homework!!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Students had a final day to work with their groups to prep the Africa lesson they were working to teach.
No Homework!

Mrs. Young

Mrs. Young is out of the classroom today.

Math:  We are continuing our work with dividing fractions.  Word Problem drawings are due Wednesday.  Practice sheet "Puzzle Time 2.3" is due Thursday.  Homework sheet "No Calculators" is due Friday!

Social Studies:  Today we read about traveling to Mars.  No Homework!

Mrs. Young

Math:  We are working on drawing answers to fraction word problems.  Students also got a weekly homework sheet - due Friday!

SS:  We finished Africa Latitude notes.  No HW

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH
Today we shared good weekend news & read aloud in our book.  Then, we completed a journal about rules, consequences, and fairness.  No Homework!

SOCIAL STUDIES
Today we worked with our groups on our lesson we will teach on Africa and its latitude consequences.  No Homework!

Lillmars

Science: Today we graphed the data from Friday's "predator/prey" game. We analyzed the data with our groups and then discussed the questions as a class. HOMEWORK: The students have a paragraph to finish about limiting factors in ecosystems (what can be responsible for lowering a population other than a predator/prey relationship). These are DUE TOMORROW.

Social Studies: The students continued working on their Africa consequence lesson. They will need to have their lesson ready to teach on Wednesday.

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we did our read aloud & then continued discussing theme.  We watched a short video clip and talked about theme examples from our reading passage yesterday.  No Homework!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we worked with our groups on our Africa's latitude presentations.  No Homework!!

Mrs. Young

Math - We continue working with dividing fractions and mixed numbers.  Graphing pictures are due Monday.

SS - Africa and its latitude.  No HW

Lillmars

Science: Today, we went outside and played predator vs. prey. After we came inside, we discussed how the game simulated life in the wild and what we witnessed with our population data during the game. No homework!

Social Studies: Today we began working on our South America presentations. Students will have Monday to work on these also. No homework!

Lillmars

Science: Today we learned the directions to the game "predator vs. prey" that we will play tomorrow outside (keep that in mind when dressing for tomorrow). We then played squat review and continued working on our "words in a picture" from yesterday. No homework.

Social Studies: Today we finished talking about the latitude of Africa. We broke into groups for our presentations-- we will continue working on these tomorrow and Monday. No homework.

Mrs Young

Math - we continued drawing division today - homework sheet is due tomorrow!  Graph pictures are due Monday, colored!

SS - today we began discussion surrounding Africa's latitude and its impact on the continent and its people.  No HW

Mrs. Young

Math - We started learning to draw fraction division to solve instead of calculating.  Wow, pretty cool concept.  HW is due Friday!  Graph pictures are due Monday!

SS - Africa Presentations today!  No HW

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we had a quiz over our vocabulary we have been working on thus far this year.  We will be wrapping up the reading skills we have been studying with a little practice on theme.  No Homework!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we watched CNN Student News Special on an important current event.  We then split into groups and started reading about different consequences of Africa's physical geography.  No Homework!

Lillmars

Science: Today in class, students defined and listed examples for 6 academic vocabulary terms. They also rated themselves on the understanding of each term. We ended the hour starting a "words in a picture" assignment (this is not homework at this point, we will try to work on it later this week).

Social Studies: Today in class, students will continue talking about Africa's location and what the location of the continent means in terms of what is found there versus other places. No homework.

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we read in our read aloud & we reviewed our vocabulary.  HW - Study for vocab quiz if you need to!!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we finished our maps with our base knowledge of Africa.  No HW!

Lillmars

Science: Today in Science, the students finished their fact finding about mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism. We then filled out a fill-in-the-blank cartoon about these symbiotic relationships. Last, we played a couple rounds of "5 Second Rule". No homework.

Social Studies: Today in SS, the students watched a CNN segment on distracted driving. Then, we filled out a KWL chart about Africa. We ended the hour sharing the "K" and "W" from our charts. No homework.

Mrs. Young

Math - we are starting division of fractions - Weekly homework assigned, due Friday!!  Graphing pictures due Monday, 11/7!

Social Studies - we finished our Africa presentations and started to see them - No HW

Mrs. Young

Math & Social Studies were omitted today to celebrate Fuel Up To Play 60, Be The Good, and introduce Career Goal setting.  No homework.

SCHUITEMAN

Today we spent the day doing activities!  We did a little bit of Be the Good, some career consideration activities, and a Fuel Up to Play 60 Carnival time -- complete with healthy smoothie samples!  Fun things happening here at HMS!!
No Homework!
Have a GREAT weekend & a safe, happy Halloween!

Lillmars

Science: Today we began talking about symbiotic relationships. Students learned about parasitism, commensalism, and mutualism. We will finish our fact-finding on Tuesday! No homework!

Social Studies: Today we took our vocabulary assessment (which will count for an ELA standard score). No homework!

Mrs. Young

Math:  We took a quiz today over coordinate graphing.  Continue working on your graphing picture.

Social Studies:  We continued working on our Consequences presentations.  Should be able to present Tuesday when we return.

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we went to the library for book checkout time.  We also discussed examples of each of our vocabulary words.  No Homework -- aside from spending some time reading! :)

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we started looking at the continent of Africa-- in particular, the type of climate there & how that impacts the types of animals, the types of vegetation, and the types of crops that are grown there.  We first thought about what we already know & what we were curious about, then we took some notes with some maps about the topics.  No Homework!

Reminder:  Half day Friday, No School Monday!

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we read again in our read aloud & then we finished up the movie we were watching.  Students continued to look for examples/evidence from our vocabulary list.
No Homework!!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we had our vocabulary quiz!  No Homework!


REMINDER - Friday is a 1/2 day (7:45-10:45) and Monday there is No School due to teacher professional development.

Lillmars

Science: Today the students took their academic vocabulary assessment.

Social Studies: The students watched CNN student news and played "memory" with a partner to review vocabulary.

Mrs. Young

Math:  Today we continued working on coordinate graphing.  Kiddos received a review sheet for a quiz on Thursday.  They should be continuing to work on their coordinate graph projects also.

Social Studies:  We took our vocabulary quiz today.  No homework.

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
We read another chapter in our read aloud & then continued the movie-- we continued finding evidence & examples of our vocabulary.  We are also thinking about theme while watching.  No Homework!!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we reviewed our vocab for one more day.  Vocab Quiz tomorrow!  HW - STUDY VOCABULARY!

Lillmars

Science: Today, we reviewed our academic vocabulary. Tomorrow we will have a quick check vocabulary assessment.

Social Studies: Today we finished making visuals for our SS vocabulary. We cut out our flashcards and reviewed a bit. We also practiced latitude and longitude!

SS - Young

Today we finished latitude and longitude and studied for our vocabulary quiz tomorrow.  Tonight they should continue to review for the quiz tomorrow.  They may choose to use the Quizlet site below.
https://quizlet.com/143687117/unit-1-lesson-1-flash-cards/

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we read another chapter from our read aloud.  We also started a movie that we are using to review all bullying vocabulary words & to talk about "theme" as the second part of reading standard 2.  No Homework!!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we played memory with our vocab cards.
HW - STUDY your words!!!  Quiz tomorrow over the vocabulary!

Looking forward to meeting many of you at conferences this week!!

Math - Young

Today we started working on our larger graphing pictures.  These will be a challenge for some.  Fun overall, we hope.  They can work on these outside of class.  When finished they will need to color them.  No due date set yet.

Lillmars

Science: Today we created a food web from organisms found in a pond habitat. No homework-- but we will have an assessment on our academic vocabulary from this unit on Wednesday!

Social Studies: Today we went through our vocabulary from Friday and practiced latitude and longitude. We have a vocabulary assessment coming up this week for Social Studies also!

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we prepared a self reflection & looked over a few items to get ready for Parent Teacher Conferences.  No Homework!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we watched CNN Student News, did an activity with Latitude & Longitude, and then we study our vocab words.  Vocab quiz will be next week!  No Homework!

Have a GREAT weekend!!!

SS - Young

We will be working with latitude and longitude today.  No HW

Math - Young

We continue working with coordinate graphing.  No homework

SS - Young

Today students worked with the quizlet flashcards to prepare for a vocabulary quiz next week.  No homework.

Math - Young

We are continuing our work with the 4 quadrant graphs.  Today we worked on distance, area and perimeter.  No homework.

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we went to the library for checkout & then we had one last work time to finish up our summary & characterization assessments.  No Homework!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we discussed facts we learned about the Equator from Kids Discover yesterday.  We also played a treasure hunter activity (practicing working with a grid - like latitude and longitude and our cardinal & intermediate directions).  We used vocab words for just a bit as well.  No Homework!!

REMEMBER - In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness, WEAR PINK FRIDAY!!!

SS - Young

We spent some time today learning about several topics from a Junior Scholastic magazine.  Mrs. Young was gone this afternoon.  No HW!

Math - Young

We are continuing to work on our coordinate graphing.  No HW

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we worked on our summary and characterization assessment with the story, "The Loser".  No Homework!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today students used a Kids Discover Magazine to explore the Equator -- the places, animals, and people there.  No Homework!

Remember - Wear Pink on Friday!!!

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we read a little further in our read aloud book, then we started reading a new story called, "The Loser" for our summary and characterization assessment.  No Homework!!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we worked on our Vocabulary Words & creating study cards with sketches.  No Homework!!

PINK DAY on Friday in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness!!!

SS - Young

We didn't quite finish our Ancient Cities yesterday.  Will finish today!  No homework.

Math - Young

We have been working on coordinate graphing on the 4 coordinate plane.  Ask you child to do the coordinate dance for you!!  Will tape and post later this week.  No homework.

Lillmars

Science:
Students saw a demonstration with rootbeer to show energy flow in a food web.

Decomposer, producer, consumer links:

Energy flow link

Producer/consumer/decomposer game

Producer/consumer/decomposer song

Vocabulary link

SS - Young

WE finished climate in ancient cities and started studying for a vocabulary quiz.  Quiz will be Friday and will count for an English standard about gaining and using new vocabulary.  Quizlet link for flashcards:  https://quizlet.com/143687117/unit-1-lesson-1-flash-cards/

Math - Young

Today we started graphing in the four coordinates.  We started with some simple pictures.  Originally, I asked kids to work on it for a little while tonight, but have since changed my mind.  No homework.  I don't think they're ready to go it alone just yet!

Lillmars

Science- Today in Science, the students watched a Bill Nye video about Food Webs. No homework!

Social Studies- Today in Social Studies, the students looked through facts about the equator. No homework!

Social Studies - Young

Today we finished examining Climate in Ancient Cities and how they relate to today.  We also practiced out vocabulary.  Vocabulary quiz next week!

Math - Young

Today we took a quiz.  No homework!

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we shared things we are looking forward to for the weekend & read a little further in our read aloud.  Then, we had some work time to finish up our practice summary & characterization.  We then started to discuss what it will take to get a "3" on an assessment over these skills.  We will continue this conversation on Monday as we lead up to our assessment next week!  No Homework!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we watched a CNN Student News & discussed some current events.  We also discussed the location of some ancient cities and their relationship to the equator -- talking about how that impacts temperature.  No Homework!

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!

Social Studies - Young

Today we looked a little more closely at the equator and the climate of the past in major cities and how it impacted life.  No HW

Math - Young

Today we reviewed for a quiz tomorrow over integers and rational numbers.  If kiddos want to prepare, they should refresh their memories on how to convert between fractions - decimals - and percents, as well as place value and ordering numbers.  I suspect this will be a really good quiz.

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we went to library for our weekly checkout time.  Then, we practiced writing a summary and doing some direct & indirect sharing from an article that we read yesterday, "Girl Power".  There will be a quiz next week over these skills we have been practicing!  No Homework!!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
We ran out of time yesterday, and did not complete the Zoom book activity, SO we did that today!!   We worked on sequencing events, asking detailed questions, and working together!   No Homework!!

SS - Young

Today we did some directional writing, close and far away map perspectives, and talked about the equator/tropics.  No HW

Math - Young

Today we finished some of the work we've been plugging through.  We also began to review for an upcoming quiz.  No HW

Lillmars

Science: today in Science, we turned in our biome pyramids and continued talking about biomes with a video clip, a song, and a word search. No homework!

Social Studies: Today we used our compass roses (we created them on Monday) and then did an organizational activity with a picture book named "Zoom". No homework!

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we read another chapter or two in our read aloud.  We discussed our characterization finds from "Tuesday of the Other June", then we reviewed "text evidence" and "inference".  Finally, we read a short non-fiction article at the end of our hour.  Tomorrow we will again practice summarizing & inferencing with this non-fiction article. No Homework!!!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we used our compass rose that we made, and then we did a sequencing activity with the picture book Zoom.  No Homework!!

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we read another chapter in our read aloud.  We also reviewed the vocab words:  direct characterization, indirect characterization, text evidence, and inference.  We then used "Tuesday of the Other June" one more time to practice characterization.  No Homework!!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we finished creating our compass rose & practiced using them with proper terminology.  No Homework!!

Mrs. Young is out of the classroom today.

SS - Young

Today we wrote about our bedroom/house drawings.  We also looked at the need to look up close or far away at a place.  Finally we started working with the equator, tropics, etc.  No Homework.

Math - Young

We have been working on converting fractions - decimals - percents.  I think we are starting to get it.  No homework.

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we shared good news from the weekend & read another chapter in our read aloud.  Then, we went over a sample of a "good" summary & tried to write our own summary using the model to guide us.  Finally, we discussed some important vocabulary words.  No Homework!!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we went over our World map pre-test and talked about some map terminology.  Then, students started designing their own compass rose.  No Homework!!

Lillmars

Science: Today, kids had their final work day on their biome pyramids. These are DUE tomorrow!

Social Studies: Today, students began a compass rose activity. No homework!

Mrs. Young's Classes

Today is the Art Prize Field Trip to Grand Rapids!  No homework!

Lillmars

Science: Today we finished biome research! Students will have Monday to work on their Pyramid-- they are DUE Tuesday. This means that if students are NOT done researching, they should finish that over the weekend!

Social Studies: Today we talked about maps and items usually labeled on maps. We discussed the equator, tropic of Cancer, tropic of Capricorn, Prime Meridian, key/legend, scale, cardinal directions, ordinal directions, etc. No homework!

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we went to library for book checkout!  We then came back and reviewed what a summary was.  Finally, we practiced what 5 key things need to be in a summary.  No Homework!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we watched CNN Student News for some of the latest current events.  Then, we did a world map pre-test and discussed some vocabulary terms.  No Homework!

REMINDERS:  ART PRIZE is TOMORROW!!!!  Remember, you do not need your binders, but a small string bag is recommended to carry your lunch, water bottle, etc.  Remember to bring a lunch that is completely disposable.  Also, you should plan to bring a notebook or some kind of device with a camera (with your parent's permission).  Let's get ready for a fabulous day!!!

SS - Young

Today we caught up on a few of the things that were started when I was out of class for my foot surgery.  We then talked about different map looks and how close do we need to be for different purposes.  No homework.

Math - Young

Today we worked with how to convert between fractions(mixed numbers) - Decimals - Percents.  No homework.

Math & Social Studies - Young

Today was "Be The Good" day.  Normal class will resume tomorrow.

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH & SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today was a BE THE GOOD focus day!!!  Students watched a variety of video clips and had some great discussion to continue following up on what BE THE GOOD really means!!!
No Homework!!

Art Prize:  Remember to watch the forecast to determine proper dress & that you will need a completely disposable sack lunch!!

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we read further in our read aloud, finished "Tuesday of the Other June", discussed our predictions, and (in some classes) started looking at elements of a good summary.  No Homework!!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we watched a video clip that led into some discussions about different kinds of map projections and we also talked about tools geographers use.  No Homework!


*Reminder:  Our first 2 hour delay day is tomorrow!!!
*Art Prize Friday:  Be watching the weather for how to dress & don't forget a lunch!!

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we changed seats, read from our read aloud, and reviewed our skill of prediction.  We also continued to read the story, "Tuesday of the Other June".  No Homework!!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we had very special visitors -- the high school German Exchange students came to visit our class, and we were able to have a question & answer session with them about their culture!
No Homework!!

Art Prize trip is Friday!!!  Keep watching the weather to plan appropriate clothing, and don't forget we will need a sack lunch!!

Lillmars

Science: Students started researching their assigned biome today! One site that was available for research was: http://eschooltoday.com/ecosystems/what-is-a-biome.html

Social Studies: Today we did a wrapping challenge! No HW.

Mrs. Young is out of the classroom until Wednesday!

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we read further in our read aloud.  We debriefed on Empathy.  We talked about the reading skill of prediction & started a story called, "Tuesday of the Other June".  We will use all of the vocabulary we have been learning along with a couple of reading skills to discuss this story!
No Homework!!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we worked on covering a volleyball with paper.... we will debrief on Monday.  Hint:  We will talk about map projections.  No Homework!

Happy Homecoming!!!
Go Hawkeyes!
Have a GREAT weekend!

SS - Young

Today we finished the discussion of geography.  Then played with Google Earth to locate some special places.  No homework.

Math - Young

Today we looked at how to compare decimals and fractions when positive or negative.  We finished worksheet 6.3A.  No homework

Lillmars 9/30

Science: today in Science, the students continued academic vocabulary for the ecology unit. We also began filling in an example of a ecosystem organizational pyramid.

No homework, but students are allowed to bring tech in to research their assigned biomes on Monday and Tuesday of next week!

Social Studies: Today in Social Studies, the students worked through chapter two of our book with a partner. The main question of the chapter was "Why Do We Study Geography?"

No homework!

SS - Young

We are continuing our exploration of what geography is all about.  No HW

Math - Young

Today we quizzed over positive and negative numbers.  No HW

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we went to library for checkout, read in our read aloud, and shared our Empathy Maps with one another.   No Homework!!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we took some notes and watched a video from Section 2 of our reading.  We then had a volleyball covering challenge.  Stay tuned to how this relates! :)
No Homework!

Art Prize Volunteer info went home yesterday.... if you volunteered & you have not received the paper, ask your student about it!!

Spirit Week Friday is HAWKEYE DAY - wear your BLACK & GOLD!!!

Lillmars 9/29

Science: Today in Science, the students will finish their ecology fact find, and begin to talk about the biomes of the world. No homework!

Social Studies: Today in SS, we began chapter 4 and continued talking about Geography. No homework!

SS - Young

Today we continued our discovery of geography and finished our election exploration from yesterday.  No HW

Math - Young

Today we added fractions and decimals to our exploration of positive and negative numbers.  This is a little more complicated.  No HW

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we read a chapter from our book, and then we were busy Empathy mapping.  Students practiced putting themselves in someone else's shoes in a difficult scenario.  We will be sharing our maps with each other tomorrow!
No Homework!!!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we read and discussed Geographic Inquiry!   We also started answering - Why Do We Study Geography?  No Homework!!

ART PRIZE..... Volunteer Info was sent home with your child today if you have volunteered to go!!

THURSDAY is Sports Team Day!!  Wear something that supports your favorite team!!

SS - Young

Mrs. Young is out of the classroom today.  We worked on several Junior Scholastic articles today, one about the election.  No homework.

Math - Young

Mrs. Young is out of the classroom today.  We worked with positive and negative numbers today.  Also, we reviewed basic skills which is due tomorrow.

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we read another chapter in our read aloud.  Then, we revisited the definition of the word EMPATHY.  Finally, we started an activity with a small group where we are "mapping" what it would be like to be a person in a certain scenario.  For example, if you were a new student to HMS, what would you be hearing, seeing, doing, feeling, and saying while at school.  No Homework!!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Students continued a reading of Section 1 in Chapter 1 and also started a reading of either Chapter 2 OR Chapter 4.  We are working to define Geography and gather a base knowledge about what geography is.  No Homework!

REMINDER - ART PRIZE slips and $3 are due WEDNESDAY (tomorrow)!!
Also, Wednesday is WACKY WEDNESDAY for Spirit Week.  Wear mismatched clothes & have fun with your hair! :)

SS - Young

We are continuing our exploration of geography and what it means to be a geographer.  No HW

Math - Young

We are working with integers.  It is a different way of thinking about numbers.  No HW

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we shared good news from the weekend & read another chapter in our book.  We then journaled about whether bullying is a serious issues in school or not.  We shared and discussed our thoughts on this.  Finally, we defined the word Empathy, which we will use more tomorrow!
No Homework!!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
We took a quick quiz over conditions and connections.  We then worked on a reading from Chapter 1 in our online text - What is Geography?
No Homework!


****REMEMBER:  ART PRIZE field trip slips and $3 are due on WEDNESDAY!!****

Social Studies - Young

Today we wrote about connections and conditions using our skills of describe/explain.  No homework.

Math - Young

Today we spent some time looking for pictures online of positive numbers and negative numbers in the real world.  Lots of cool pictures were located for us to use next week for class discussion.  No homework.

Lillmars

Science: Today we spent some time researching for our pond visit tomorrow. We will be studying the organisms found in the high school pond to discover the health of the pond and its water. No homework, but please keep these details in mind for tomorrow:

*If you have rubber boots, WEAR THEM! You are guaranteed to get whatever you wear on your feet wet and muddy.

*You may want to wear long pants because of the mosquitoes

*You may want to bring a change of clothes in case you get dirtier/more wet than you'd like to be for the remainder of the day :)

Social Studies: Conditions and Connections. No homework!

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we went to library for checkout.  We finished up our notes over the types of bullies & read over some strategies on how to handle bullies.... more on this tomorrow!!  No Homework!!

SOCIAL STUDIES -
Today we continued to discuss and practice Conditions and Connections.  We also had some discussion questions.  No Homework!


REMINDER -
ART PRIZE field trip.... Parent Volunteer forms are due tomorrow (FRIDAY)!
Permission slips and $3 are due next week WEDNESDAY (the 28th)!

Social Studies - Young

Today we worked on describing/explaining as per our standard "Describe/Explain"  (see your flip chart for explanation).  Students will be assessing conditions and connections using this standard very soon.  No homework.

Math - Young

Students got back their quiz from Tuesday.  They will continue to see these concepts through out the year and can improve their grades.  Next week they will likely see this again.  :-)  We also finished our perseverance problems.  No Homework!

Lillmars- Science Links for Thursday

Link 1

Link 2 

Link 3

Lillmars

Science:
Today in Science, students re-submitted their Felix analyses. We went through the abiotic/biotic sheet from yesterday, and took our second nature walk in search for more examples of biotic and abiotic factors.

I moved our assessment from being tomorrow to Monday. The assessment will be over biotic and abiotic factors!

Students will be allowed to bring in their own technology for Science tomorrow if they choose. I will have computers in the room available for use.


Social Studies:
Today we continued talking about conditions vs. connections. No homework!

Social Studies - Young

We are continuing to work through Connections and Conditions while trying to identify an early history location in North America.  No Homework

Math - Young

Today we started working on Perseverance.  Students were divided into small groups and given some problems to solve to demonstrate perseverance.  We will finish them tomorrow.  No Homework.

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we shared good news & read aloud from Fish in a Tree.  Then, we worked on taking notes on the types of bullies & continued with some skits.  No Homework!

Social Studies -
Today we started to focus on Conditions and Connections in Geography.  Students also received their analyze assessment back from Monday.  This was a first attempt at showing how well they could analyze something.... a skill we are just starting to practice.  We will continue to assess analyzing throughout the year, so if the score is low for now, know they will have opportunities to improve!
No Homework!

Social Studies - Young

Today we continued working through and gaining an understanding of connections and conditions of a place.  We will continue to practice these in preparation for an assessment later.  Students received their Michigan Map analysis back today.  It is early in the year, so we don't yet expect them to be perfect.  We will continue working on analyzing through out the year.  No homework.

Math - Young

Students took a quiz over decimals today.  No homework.

SCHUITEMAN

ENGLISH -
Today we read another chapter in our read aloud.  We went over the definition of a bully & a victim.  Finally, we started reading and sharing about 5 different types of bullying.
As you can tell from our discussion our first theme will be Bullying-- what is it exactly?  How do we help stop it?  Our reading, writing, speaking, & listening (English skills) will focus around this theme for the first few weeks!
No Homework!

Social Studies -
Today we did a map activity.  No Homework!

Lillmars

Science: Today, students used computers to learn more about biotic/abiotic factors. Here are the links we used:

Link 1

Link 2

Link 3


Social Studies: Today in Social Studies we started talking about Jamestown and how people selected where to live way back when! :)

Lillmars'- Sci and SS

Science: Today, many students were given back their Felix analysis and asked to read over my comments and requests to add detail/evidence to improve their scores. We then continued our ecology unit with some academic vocabulary and a practice quiz. No homework!

Social Studies: Today we watched CNN student news and then took our first assessment. No homework!

Schuiteman

ENGLISH -
Today we shared good news & read the next two chapters in our read aloud book to start.  Then, students did some journaling and discussion over the topics of feeling safe at school & the positive and negative things that influence our learning.  No Homework!

Social Studies -
Today will we take an assessment over our ability to analyze.  We will also begin a map activity.
No Homework!

Social Studies - Young

We are continuing to explore our Conditions and Connections with maps.  No Homework.

Math - Young

Today students had to create a way to remember what to do with the decimal point when adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimals.  Creativity was the key.  Many people creating poems, songs, skits, etc.  Presentations tomorrow.  Quiz tomorrow??

Lillmars (Sci and SS)

Science: Today in Science, the students began the ecology unit. We learned about biotic and abiotic factors. No homework!

SS: Today we discussed and did activities related to Constitution Day, which is tomorrow! No homework!

Social Studies - Young

Conditions and Connections.  Map Activity.  No homework.

Math - Young

Today we checked our 8 word problems and played a new game.  Ask your child about Kaboom!  No homework.

Schuiteman

English:Today we took the SRI test -- 1st one for the school year!!  No Homework!

Social Studies:We honored Constitution Day by watching a couple of video clips and discussing.  No Homework!

Have a GREAT weekend!!!

Social Studies - Young

Today we did a map activity in class.  No homework.

Math - Young

We checked our 8 problems from Tuesday.  Started working on 8 word problems today using decimals.  Possible pop quiz tomorrow.  No homework.

Schuiteman

English - 
Today we went to the library for checkout time.  We also started a new read aloud book called, Fish in a Tree.  Finally we continued working on our Summer Story.  No Homework!!!

Social Studies - 
Today we worked on putting our analyze skills to work & talked about writing quality, clear observations.  No Homework!

Social Studies- Lillmars

Today in SS, students will continue practicing how to analyze and describe objects. We will then take our first assessment using a map of Michigan to analyze and describe. No homework!

Science- Lillmars

Today is the day! Students are choosing one of four options to report their findings from our crime scene. Their "Felix Final Analysis" is DUE tomorrow!

Social Studies - Young

Today students used their analysis skills on the Michigan map.  We've been practicing, even on Mr. Morrison's tie (ask your child).  No homework.

Math - Young

Today students took the Delta Math Screener.  They should be able to tell you how they did as scores were available immediately after finishing.  No homework.

Schuiteman

English-- 

Today we finished our classroom expectations and signed them.  We also started our "Summer Story" as a first writing assignment.  No Homework!!!

Social Studies-- 

Today we worked further on the skill of analyzing.  We did an activity with a $1 bill! :)
No Homework!

Social Studies- Lillmars

Today we continued our discussions about attention to detail and observations by beginning our "dollar drawing" competition. No homework!

Science

Wow! The kids have been SUPER excited about the fictional crime scene we've been studying and using to practice being scientists. Today we began doing forensic testing of the some of the evidence found at the scene. It is really fun to listen to the students hypothesize about what happened to poor Felix Navidad!

No homework!

Math - Young

Today we worked on 8 practice problems using either addition, subtraction, multiplication or division of decimals.  Some students didn't finish and need to finish these tonight for homework.

Social Studies - Young

Today we practiced analyzing.  We will do an assessment tomorrow.  Nothing to study.  No homework.

Schuiteman - Social Studies

Today we did an activity with a penny..... along with the activity came the discussion about analyzing and observing -- two skills we will need to do a lot of in Social Studies.  :)  No Homework!

Schuiteman - English

Today we shared & discussed our 3 Values.  We also discussed what we valued as a student in class & created a set of classroom expectations as a class.  No Homework!!

Schuiteman - English

Today we completed a 3 Values Activity.  Students were challenged to think about what was most important to them from a large list of words!  No Homework!

Schuiteman - Social Studies
We watched some news clips and discussed 9/11.  No Homework!

Social Studies - Young

We took a look at Patriot's Day/9-11 anniversary.  No homework.

Math - Young

Today we learned what it means to be efficient.  Not everyone is efficient right away, it takes time to become efficient in math.  Some of us are bunny hoppers.  Some are penguins.  Some are one-legged hoppers.  We are striving to be the best we can be and learn to become sprinters.  (Ask your child about this).  We talked through dividing decimals and started an 8 problem practice sheet.  No homework today!  Play outside!

Math, Homeroom, and Social Studies - Mrs. Young

Today our whole day surrounded our "Be The Good" program.  Lessons in  each class related to this idea of being the good in the world.  No homework.

Social Studies Young

We analyzed a penny and a dollar today to practice applying our skills.  No homework

Math Young

We continued working with adding and subtracting decimals, but added multiplication of decimals to our skill set.  No homework.

Homeroom Young

Flip chart sticky note due Friday - signed by a parent.

Science

Hello!
My name is Mrs. Lillmars and I teach Science on our team (and Social Studies to my homeroom).

Today in Science, the students brainstormed, discussed, and created a poster about the characteristics of scientists. We learned that although many people picture scientists as men with crazy hair and a lab coat, ANYone can be a scientist! Today, the students learned that THEY ARE SCIENTISTS!

HW: The "Dear Mrs. Lillmars" letter we started yesterday is DUE tomorrow!

Homeroom Mrs. Young

Students are bringing home a classroom information flip chart.  Please sign the sticky note and have your child return it by Friday.

Summer math/reading packets are also due by Friday!

Social Studies Mrs. Young

Today we began learning to analyze.  Ask your child about their analysis of a dime.  No homework!

Math Mrs. Young

Today we worked on reviewing and learning how to add and subtract decimals.  No homework.

Mrs. Schuiteman - English

What a great first day!!
We played a bingo game to get to know one another & we completed a journal.
No Homework!!

Supply "Wish List" Mrs. Young 2016-17