We finished up MAP Reading testing today. If students did not finish, they will be pulled from classes next week to complete it. NExt week in ELA, we will start reading the book, The Boy of the Painted Cave. The book ties into our Social Studies curriculum and focuses on early clans and cave painting.

Homework:

ELA: Second Personal Narrative due 10/20/17. This is to be completed 100% at home. 
SS: EP Project due 10/9/17
Reading: Latin Quiz: 10/2/17
Math: R & P 1.2.3 #68-72 pg 38
Science: Test corrections due 10/2/17

So nice to meet you all last night, thank you for taking the time our of your busy schedule to spend some time at Hamilton. We are doing MAP testing in ELA for the next couple of days.

* Early People Museum is October 13th from 11:00-12:00. Feel free to come for all or some of this exciting event. 

Homework:

SS: EP Project due 12/9217
Reading: Latin Stem Quiz 10/2/17


This is, hopefully, the link of the Social Studies video that students asked for!
Dawn of Humanity Video

Today we shared our personal narratives in a small group and had the chance to give positive feedback. In SS, we started a video about the Dawn of Humanity. Reminder that Go-To-School-Night is tonight starting at 6:30.

Homework:
ELA: MAP testing tomorrow and Friday
Reading: Latin Stem Quiz on 10/2/17
SS: EP Project due 10/9/17
Math: R & P 1.2.2 #57-61 pg 33-34

Tuesday 9/26

Homework:
ELA: Personal narrative due 9/27/17
Reading: Latin Quiz: 10/2/17 (Kruger's class - September Reading Log due Mon 10/2)
SS: Chapter 2 Quiz- 9/26/17- You may use your Hominid Chart for the quiz
Science: Test Wednesday (see below)
Math: Work on any missing hw - check IC

Science Test Tomorrow! Wed 9/27

Today we continued to work on editing/revising narratives. We also studies for our chapter 2 Social Studies Quiz tomorrow.

Homework:
ELA: Personal narrative due 9/27/17
Reading: Latin Quiz: 10/2/17
SS: Chapter 2 Quiz- 9/26/17- You may use your Hominid Chart for the quiz
Science: Test Wednesday
Math: R & P 1.2.1 #46-50 pg 29

Today we continued to teacher conference with our personal narratives. We also looked closely at synonyms for said in our texts, so we can in turn become stronger writers. The students presented their Hominid arguments. The winners are..... Mrs Duffield's homeroom- Lucy and Mr Kruger's Homeroom- Homo Sapiens Sapiens.

Homework:

ELA: Personal Narrative due 9/27/17
Reading: Stem Quiz: 9/25/17
SS: EP project due 10/9/17

 Today we completed some peer editing/revising in ELA.

Homework:
ELA: Personal Narrative due 9/27/17
SS: EP project due 10/9/17 AND Chapter 2 Assessment on 9/26/17
Reading: Stem Quiz 2 9/25/17

Students used the narrative writing rubric to guide our narrative revisions. We will peer edit tomorrow. In SS, groups have today and tomorrow to create their visual and speech to convince their class that their assigned Hominid group is the most capable.

Homework:

ELA: Published Personal Narratives due 9/27/17
SS: EP Project due 10/9/17
Reading: Stem organizer due 9/22/17 AND stem quiz on 9/25/17
Science: OPTIONAL- finishing read race #2
Math: R & P 1.1.5 #1-36 pg 25-26

Today we continued to work on our ELA personal narrative writing while focusing on strong leads. In Social Studies, students are working in groups to create a persuasive visual and speech to convince the class that their assigned hominid group is the MOST capable. In Science, we read about flight and looked at vocabulary words related to flight.

Homework:

ELA: rough draft and leads due 9/20/17 AND final personal narrative due 9/27/17
SS: Early People Project due 10/9/17
Reading: Stem graphic organizer due 9/22/17 AND stem quiz 9/25/17
Math: none

Happy Monday. Feeling a sense of belonging is an important part of being a middle school student. We spoke about what it means and feels like to be a part of a community. Our motto: Hamilton, a place where I belong.
In Science, we graphed trolley data.

Homework:

ELA: Finish external/internal chart if not done
SS: Research topic for Early People Project
Reading: Stem Quiz #2- 9/25/17
Math: 1.1.4 #28-32 Pg 21-22

Homework:
Social Studies: Decide Early People Project Topic by 9/18
Reading: Steam Quiz on 9/18
Math: Finish missing work

We continue to add to our list of what strong narrative writing looks like, especially after reading a mentor text written by James Howe. In SS, we are getting close to picking our Early People Project topic. As readers we also look for strong narrative strategies in the books we are reading. We should always read like a writer and vise versa! We had day 2 of our air trolley lab in Science. 

Homework:

SS: EEP due 10/9/17

Reading: Latin Stem Quiz on 9/18/17

Math: 1.1.3 R & P #19-23 (pg 19-23)

Math & Reading Links

This link will take you to the homework - no login needed.  Just click on your math book and it will take you to all the Review & Preview of the entire book!

https://homework.cpm.org

Latin Stems Practice (this link has all the year's latin stems and stem words.  There may be additional stems added).  This is an online game with a drop-down menu with various ways to study & practice the stems:

https://sites.google.com/a/madison.k12.wi.us/study-words/

Thanks,

Justin

Today we continued to look at how to generate writing topics. Tomorrow in ELA, we will choose a small moment topic that we take through the entire writing process. We also discussed our Early People Project, which I will send information electronically later today. In Science, we started an air trolley lab.

Homework:

Reading: Steam quiz Monday, 9/18
Math: 1.1.2 R & P #10-14
SS: Early People Project due 10/9/17 AND check TCI log in

Today we looked at other ways to generate strong narrative writing TOPICS. We created a list of important people and things that are important to us and SMALL coinciding moments.

Homework:

ELA: Write about a page of a personal narrative
Reading: Latin Stem quiz on 9/18/17 AND bring your novel to class every day
SS: Early People Project Due: 10/9/17- We will discuss more this week.
Science: none
Math: none

Today in reading we talked about stems, form of a word before an affix is added. Above is an example of the graphic organizer used to define the stems. Students who have Duffield or Kruger for Reading will have a weekly quiz of the stems that we study.

Homework:

ELA: Finish you personal narrative you started today in class about a special place OR write a new personal narrative using your special place map- Due 9/12/17
Reading: Stem Quiz on Monday, September 18th and stem organizer due 9/15/17
SS: Geography packet due 9/12/17
Math: Mr K- R & P (pg 6) #3-4
Science: None

In Language Arts today we discussed strong narrative writing strategies. We analyzed a 6th grade writing sample and identified strategies. Some of the ideas we came up with: precise word choice, creating a movie in my mind, dialogue (not too much), metaphor/simile, and internal dialogue. We will used these strategies to assist with our writing and reading next week.

Homework:

ELA: none
Reading: Bring your realistic fiction book and notebook to class
Science: Looked over class materials and defined ideal science ideal learning community- NO homework
Gym- BRING CLOTHES

Good afternoon. We had the chance to take a writing assessment today and get rolling in our other core classes. If you do not have a realistic fiction novel, please bring one tomorrow!

Good afternoon. We had the chance to go through more housekeeping items today. Students should have signed two agreements: a technology agreement and a plagiarism agreement. Those will be kept on file here at school. We also set up our school-wide AVID binder organization system.

Good afternoon! Today was a flurry of activity. We discussed many procedures; that will become easier and easier to follow as the weeks go by. Students took home a t-shirt order form today, please have them return it tomorrow. If it did not come home, please make sure your child knows what size t-shirt (adults sizes) they wear as they are getting a free Hamilton t-shirt! Some students did already turn them in to us.