Clinton Township Newsletter

1 5 m a r c h 2 0 1 9 Clinton Township Middle School CTMS Drama Club is proud to present Mary Poppins Jr! Please join us for performances on March 7 and 8 at 7:00 pm and March 9 at 4:00 pm. Tickets can be purchased at the door and online. To purchase tickets online, please go to Clinton Township Middle School's website. Grade 3: In Language Arts third graders have been working to improve their research skills. They have been reading and writing informational text and are working to publish non-fiction writing. In Science, third graders have been learning about Force and Motion. Students have been working in teams to conduct investigations regarding magnetism and about the forces of pushes and pulls. Students are recording their observations and documenting their findings in personal Science Journals. The many hands on learning opportunities in Science allow students to make connections and understand scientific concepts in real life ways! Multiplication has been our major focus in Math over the past few weeks. Third graders are learning missing factor multiplication which is laying the foundation for beginning division. As the 100th Day of School approached, third grade teachers were preparing creative activities centered around the number 100! Boys and girls had the chance to work with all of the third grade teachers as they rotated through learning stations in each classroom! February's Word of the Month was Kindness. Third Graders worked hard, not only to be kind to others, but to recognize and thank others when they saw and experienced kindness. Grade 4: Students have explored the nonfiction genre through reading lessons on text features and text structures. Students then had the opportunity to apply their knowledge as they researched a choice topic. They gathered information from a variety of sources and reported their findings through their own nonfiction mini-books. In Science, students learned about energy by researching renewable and non-renewable resources. With the culmination of their research, they presented their findings to the class in small groups. Students then moved on to hands-on experiments to learn about force and motion. In Social Studies, students learned about immigration to the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s. They explored this time period through the eyes of an immigrant by writing first-person narratives to share with the class. Students learned more about fractions, including finding common denominators, putting fractions into simplest form, and ordering fractions from least to greatest. They then learned how to add and subtract fractions with common denominators, and will soon explore mixed numbers and improper fractions and how to multiply fractions. Grade 5: In Social Studies students have just finished their study on SAVE THE DATE! TREP$ is a n e n r i c h i n g a n d e m p o w e r i n g s t u d e n t e n t r e p r e n e u r p r o g r a m where students make their own business. Our second annual TREP$ Marketplace will be held at CTMS on Wednesday, April 10 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. Plan to come shopping and see all the wonderful products our students have made! Spotlight on Art: Clinton Township Middle School 2019: Select Middle School artists were chosen to have their artwork hung in the Hunterdon Art Museum's Young Artist Showcase this year, along with works from Patrick McGaheran and Round Valley School. The exhibit was hung from late January through mid-February with a well attended opening reception! Clinton Township Middle school was also featured at the Hunterdon County Library, North Branch in the Youth Services section on the first floor for the month of February. Coming up: Hunterdon County Library Exhibit in March! the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras. Students examined early man and the beginning of civilizations. A favorite activity was creating cave art. The spheres of the Earth are the focus of study in science. Students are examining the interaction and interconnectedness of the spheres and analyzing how a change in one sphere can have an impact on the other spheres. During math class fifth graders have completed their unit on multiplication of fractions and dividing fractions. From here we will examine how fractions and decimals are related and begin our decimals units. Classes are enjoying reading and exploring nonfiction texts while examining text structures and features. Students are also completing research projects and essays about chosen topics. Many students are researching Ancient Egypt through PBLs while discovering how Ancient Egyptian technology and civilization impacted us today.

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