1. Mrs. Hamlin’s Newsletter
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Mrs. Hamlin’s Newsletter
January 14-18
Important Dates 
Tuesday, January 15- Math
Benchmark
Friday, January th day of
school
Monday, January 21- No School-
MLK Day
Tuesday, January st day of
school- Dress up like 101
Dalmatians
Friday, January 25- PTO Food Sales
Important News
The students were troopers last week taking their reading and writing benchmarks. We will wrap up testing on Tuesday with our math benchmark.
Math
This week we will continue our unit on fractions. Our focus will be on adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators, decomposing fractions. We will review simplifying, finding equivalent fractions and comparing fractions.
Language Arts
This week we will continue to focus on the skill of idioms. During reading, we will learn how to develop thoughtful questions and inferences while reading, focusing on thinking beyond the text to notice bigger ideas. We will also review basic story elements (character, plot, cause/effect, problem/solution, etc.) In writing, we will begin our individualized informative chapter books. The students will choose between an animal/insect or natural disaster to research and write their chapter book about.
Science
We will do part 2 of our rocks, soil and landforms unit. Last week, students learned about physical weathering. This week we will learn about chemical weathering by investigating how rocks are affected by acid rain.
Social Studies
None
Spelling Words
All, there, because, until, almost, however, young, change, didn’t, course, before, ready, probably, past, girl, instead, warm, understand, power, problem, longer, winter, deep
Tests and Quizzes
Math- Daily Math (Fri.)
ELA- Spelling (Fri.)
SS- None
Science- None
Contact Information
Phone- (601)