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!!