Mrs. Hamlin’s Newsletter Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Hamlin’s Newsletter January 14-18 Important Dates  Tuesday, January 15- Math Benchmark Friday, January 18- 100th day of school Monday, January 21- No School- MLK Day Tuesday, January 22- 101st 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) 992-5279 jenne.boucher@rcsd.ms bra223@rcsd.ms