May 23rd

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congratulations Norah! She earned a book after she finished her 24th story!

May 22nd

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congrats to Tyler R. who finished his 48th story today! He earned a book!

May 21st

5th Grade Math: We didn't meet today so...no homework! :)

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congratulations to Skylie! She finished her 48th story and earned a book! She even picked a book that she thought her little sister would like! Also, congratulations are in order for Kailyn who earned a prize after she finished her 54th book!

May 16th

5th Grade Math: Unit 5 Test is tomorrow so make sure to study tonight!!!

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congratulations to Ramsy who finished his 48th story today! He earned a book to take home! Way to go Ramsy!

May 15th

5th Grade Math: Tonight's homework is to complete Unit 5 Study Guide. Tomorrow during class we will go over the answers to the Study Guide, and I will answer any questions the students have about how to do any of the problems. The test will be on Thursday.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congrats to Zach who completed his 60th story today! He earned a book to take home.

May 14th

5th Grade Math: Students reviewed how to change a mixed number into an improper fraction. Homework for tonight is to complete Converting Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions worksheet.

May 10th

5th Grade Math: Today we went over converting fractions to decimals again. Homework for tonight is Converting Fractions & Decimals (A) worksheet.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congrats to Josh who earned a prize today after finishing his 42nd book! Awesome job!!!

May 9th

5th Grade Math: Students reviewed how to convert a fraction to a decimal, percent, and ratio. Their homework for tonight is to complete Converting Fractions & Decimals (B) worksheet.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congratulations to Riley, Aiden, & Evan who all earned books today! Riley completed her 12th book, Aiden his 36th, and Evan his 48th! Way to go all of you!!!

May 7th

5th Grade Math: Students are continuing to review for the test that we have coming up. Today we reviewed equivalent fractions. I showed them how to find equivalent fractions by multiplying the numerator and the denominator by the same number. Homework for tonight is to complete the equivalent fractions worksheet, front and back.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congrats to Joe who earned a book today after finishing his 48th story! Way to go Joe!

May 3rd

5th Grade Math: In Math today, students are starting to review what we have been learning in the past few weeks. Today we reviewed how to compare fractions using <, >, and =. Homework for tonight is to complete Comparing Fractions worksheet, side B & C.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congrats to Kendal who earned a book after completing her 48th book! Wow! That's a lot of stories!

May 1st

5th Grade Math: 5th Graders had a review of the concepts that we have learned about in Unit 5. They need to complete pages 162 & 163 in their workbooks for homework tonight. This is the last assignment in their workbooks for a while. I do encourage them to look over some of the work that they have done in their workbooks to see if they can improve their grade on any of the pages.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congrats to Kailyn and Cierra who both earned books today! Kailyn finished her 48th book and Cierra finished her 24th! Great job girls!

April 30th

5th Grade Math: Students continued learning about circle graphs and how to use their percent circle to make a graph using information. Homework for tonight is to complete pages 158 & 159 in their workbooks. Some of the students left their workbooks at school over the weekend, so I am also giving them until tomorrow to turn in their homework from last Friday.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congratulations to Jasmine who earned her first book today after finishing her 12th story! Xander & Chase also deserve a shout out because they each earned a prize after finishing their thirtieth and forty-second stories respectfully! Congrats to all of you!

April 27th

5th Grade Math: Students had a bit of a review today over perimeter, area, and measuring angles. They seemed to understand perimeter pretty well, but they do need a little bit more help on finding area. Homework for tonight is to complete pages 155 & 156 in their workbooks.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congrats to Cassie who earned a book today after finishing her 24th story! Also, Ramsy & Tyler R. earned a prize after they both completed their 42nd stories! Way to go all of you!!!

April 25th

5th Grade Math: Students reviewed bar graphs and circle graphs today during class. They used the graphs to compare and contrast the different information each graph shows you. They also learned how to figure out which graph is better for different situations. Homework for tonight is to finish pages 149 and 151 in their workbooks. We worked on page 150 together as a class.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congratulations to Norah who earned a prize after completing her 18 story! Way to go Norah!

April 24th

5th Grade Math: Students learned how to convert a decimal into a percentage today. We have been talking about this all year, but students do find this concept to be really confusing. Some of the students do see that this is how they can figure out their grades from a calculator, but they still need a bit more help. :)  Homework for tonight is to complete pages 147 & 148 in their workbook.

April 23rd

5th Grade Math: 5th Graders continued to learn about how to change a fraction to a decimal today during class. Tonight for homework is pages 145 & 146 in their workbooks.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congratulations to Zach who earned a prize today after he completed his 54th story today! Wow! That's a lot of stories!

April 20th

5th Grade Math: 5th Graders have a review for homework tonight. One of the workbook pages is prime factorization which we have been learning about since the beginning of the year and the other is a Math Box page. We talked about all of the topics on the pages and students shouldn't have too much difficulty finishing them over the weekend. Homework is pages 143 & 144 in their workbook.

April 19th

5th Grade Math: Students were introduced to how to turn a fraction into a decimal using fraction strips, a ruler, and a straightedge. They have a diagram in their workbooks that will help them with this. The only thing extra that they need to complete this sheet is a straightedge. Some of them found this very confusing, so they might need a little extra help on it. Homework for tonight is to complete pages 141 and 142 in their workbooks.

April 18th

5th Grade Math: Students learned about rounding decimals. We talked about when you would round down, round up, or round to the nearest number. I used examples such as interest on your bank account, figuring out your grades, and running for track or swimming. They will need to use this knowledge to help them with their homework tonight which is pages 139 & 140 in their workbooks.

4th Grade REWARDS: 4th graders are now using the REWARDS strategy to help them decode words while they are reading. This will help them while they are reading books at home for fun, reading a text book, or even with their spelling words. This week's passage is about an athlete named Wilma Rudolph and some the struggles that she has been through on her road to the Olympics.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congrats to Josh who earned a book after completing his 36th story! Way to go Josh!

April 17th

5th Grade Math: Today we started learning how to write a fraction as a decimal. To introduce students to this, they are learning to multiply the denominator by a number to equal 100. For example if the fraction was 3/4, they would multiply by 25 because 4 x 25=100. The class mantra is "What you do to the bottom, you need to do to the top". :) Homework for tonight is to complete pages 137 & 138 in their workbooks.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Gavin finished his first set of 12 stories earning him a book to take home! Skylie finished her 42nd book and she earned a prize! Congratulations to the both of you!!!

April 16th

5th Grade Math: Homework for tonight is pages 133 & 136 in their workbooks.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congrats to Emily! She earned a book after finishing her 36th story! Also Kailyn and Kendal both finished their 42nd story earning them a prize! Awesome job all of you!

April 12th

5th Grade Math: Students turned in their fraction projects today and they all look fabulous! We are going to be displaying them on the wall in our classroom. :) Tonight's homework is to complete pages 134 & 135 in their workbooks.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congratulations to Anthony and Kara! They both finished their 24th story and earned another book to take home!!!

April 10th

5th Grade Math: 5th Graders continued working on their fraction projects today. These are due Thursday.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congrats to Terrick who finished his 24th story and earned a book! Way to go Terrick!

April 9th

Welcome back and I hope that everyone had a relaxing and fun spring break!

5th Grade Math: We started doing a fraction project using construction paper circles, scissors, and glue. Students are to make fractions using their circles and make a picture out of it. They need to know the fraction that they made and use at least three different denominators. We will continue working on this project tomorrow.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congrats to Aiden who earned a prize today after finishing his 30th story! Way to go Aiden!

March 28th

5th Grade Math: During class today we cut out our fraction strips and put them in envelopes. Students can use them to help figure out which fractions are equivalent to each other. Homework for tonight is to complete page 130 in their workbooks.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Evan finished his 42nd story earning him a prize! Cierra also earned a prize after completing her 30th book and Savannah earned a prize finishing her 6th story. Keep up the excellent reading during spring break!!!

March 26th

5th Grade Math: Students continued to look at fractions today. We started learning how to order fractions from least to greatest and greatest to least. Homework for tonight is to complete page 129 in their workbooks and color in their fraction strips. We will be cutting them together in class tomorrow, so all I want them to do is color them tonight. Each row needs to be a different color and no colors may be repeated. They may use crayons or colored pencils, no markers.

4th Grade REWARDS: We are starting to use the Rewards strategy for decoding words while reading a passage. This will show students how to use the strategy while they are reading a text book, AR book, or a book for fun!

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congrats to Norah who earned her first book today after finishing her 6th story! Way to go Norah!!!

March 23rd

5th Grade Math: We continued learning about mixed numbers and improper fractions. We also talked about how to use a ruler to find fractions. Homework for tonight is pages 127 & 128 in their workbooks.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congratulations to Ramsy and Tyler who both finished their 36th book today and earned a book!!!!

March 21st

5th Grade Math: Some students struggled with the assignment last night, so they can fix their mistakes for homework tonight. We also spent more time on those problems today during class, and they need to complete Study Links 5.1 for homework. This page also has problems like the ones that they did not understand last night. Hopefully it will go better this time around. :) They also need to complete page 123 in their workbooks.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: 4 students earned books and prizes today!!! Riley completed her 6th book and earned a prize. Both Abbey and Cassie finished their 18th story and earned prizes. Zach completed his 48 story and earned a book. Congratulations to all of you and I am proud of all the hard work that you have been showing me!

March 20th

5th Grade Math: Today we started Unit 5, Fractions. The first lesson in this unit is a review of what the students learned about fractions in previous years. Homework for tonight is pages 121 & 122 in their workbooks.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congrats to Joe who earned a prize today after completing his 42nd story! Jasmine also took home a prize today after finishing her 6th! Way to go!!!

March 19th

5th Grade Math: We took Unit 4 test today, so no homework!!! :)

March 16th

5th Grade Math: Because of the 2 hour delay, we did not meet for Math today. The test will be on Monday.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congratulations to Kendal who finished her 36th book today earning her a book to take home. Way to go!

March 14th

5th Grade Math: Students were given a study guide to help them prepare for their test. This needs to be completed tonight. I am offering extra credit on their test if they bring this back signed by a parent.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Kailyn earned a book today after finishing her 36th book! Way to go Kailyn!

March 13th

5th Grade Math: We continued to review division today. I am noticing that sometimes the 5th graders find it difficult to know which number comes first in a division problem. It is not always the largest number. For example if the problem says 3 divided by 9, it could also be 3/9. The students are getting this mixed up and sometimes writing 9/3. Tonight's homework is a worksheet with problems like these on it. The test will be on Friday.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congrats to Skylie and Chase who both finished their 36th story today! They both earned a book to enjoy at home!

March 12th

5th Grade Math: Today we continued reviewing long division. Some students are doing very well with this and others need a bit more practice. We will continue to work on this until Wednesday, and then we will be focusing on the upcoming test which is on Friday.

March 8th

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congrats to Gavin who earned his first prize after finishing his 6th book! Keep up the great work!!!

March 6th

5th Grade Math: We are still reviewing how to do long division the traditional way. The kids are really excited because I told them that this is the way that all of their parents learned how to divide. :) Their homework for tonight is to complete a division worksheet using the traditional method to divide.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congrats to Evan who completed his 36th story today! He earned a book! Way to go Evan!

March 5th

5th Grade Math: 5th Graders reviewed division and magnitude estimates today. We are continuing to learn the traditional way to do long division. Some of the students still struggle with this, and others think that it is an easier method. I want them to be exposed to different ways of dividing, and then they can chose which method they prefer. Magnitude estimates is how the 5th Graders estimate what place value their answer will be in when they are dividing. Their homework for tonight is to complete a division worksheet using both methods of division and also a worksheet on magnitude estimation.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Zach and Emily both earned prizes today! Zach finished his 42nd book and Emily completed her 30th! Keep up the excellent work both of you!!!

March 2nd

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congratulations to both Norah and Tyler who both earned a prize today! Norah completed her 6th story and Tyler completed his 30th! Way to go!

March 1st

5th Grade Math: 5th Graders got a short lesson on long division today. I have noticed that some students were already using long division, so I am teaching them both methods and letting them chose which method they prefer to use. Long division is the traditional way of dividing. :) They do not have any division homework for tonight, but they will next week. Tonight, I want them to focus on rounding numbers. I have noticed that many of them know how to round, but they get confused when asked to round to a certain place value. Their homework is a worksheet, front and back, with numbers that they need to round. One side is rounding to the nearest whole number and the other side is rounding to the nearest tenth.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Kara finished her 18th story today and earned a piece of candy! Josh completed his 30th story and he earned a prize! Congrats to the both of you!!!

Feb. 29th

5th Grade Math: Students are going to be doing a review of what we have been learning for the next couple of weeks. We will really be focusing in on division and making sure that every student knows how to divide with their eyes closed! :) Homework tonight is a division worksheet and page 120 in their workbooks.

4th Grade REWARDS: This week's lesson we reviewed the different vowel sounds, prefixes, and suffixes that we have been learning this year. We are then using that knowledge to sound out words that we don't know and reading them in sentences as well. We also do a spelling portion of the lesson that has students sounding out words and trying to spell them. I am noticing that all of the students are doing very well at this. They even amaze themselves at what big words they can spell!

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Two students earned books to take home today. Cierra finished her 24th story and Joe completed his 36th! Congratulations to the both of you!!!

Feb. 28th

5th Grade Math: 5th Graders did a little bit of review this morning. We talked about different types of triangles, angle measures, and prime factorization. I was very pleased that many of them remembered most of this! :) Their homework for tonight is to complete pages 116 & 117 in their workbooks.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Ramsy finished his 30th story and earned a piece of candy! Congratulations Ramsy!!!

Feb. 27th

5th Grade Math: Today we reviewed place value and talked a little bit about fractions and decimals. Most students find this topic very confusing, but we haven't gotten into that Unit yet. The problems on their homework that deals with these are a review for the students. However, don't panic if they aren't understanding it very well because we will go much more in depth with it shortly. :) The homework for tonight is pages 113 and 114 in their workbooks.

Feb. 23rd

5th Grade Math: Lately I have noticed that some students are not doing their homework. In order to make the students more responsible, I sent home a letter and a list of missing work with each child today. I expect the students to show them to their parents and return the bottom part signed, so I know that their parents have seen it. Tonight's homework is pages 111 and 112 in their workbooks. It is over using division in story problems and how to look at the remainder. Sometimes we need to round up to the nearest whole number and sometimes we need to ignore it.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congrats to Xander who completed his 24th story today, earning him a book to take home! Keep up the great reading!

Feb. 22nd

5th Grade Math: Today we reviewed partial quotient division, and students learned how to multiply to check their answers. For tonight's homework, I expect the students to multiply each of the problems to check their answers. Homework is pages 106 & 107 in their workbooks.

4th Grade Rewards: This past couple of weeks we have been reviewing the vowel combinations, prefixes, and suffixes that we have been learning this year. Students are using that knowledge to sound out longer words and also using them in sentences. I can tell that they are starting to see how they can use the strategies that we are learning in class and using them while reading! :)

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Kendal earned candy today after finishing her 30th book! Way to go Kendal!

Feb. 17th

5th Grade Math: We continued to go over how to divide using decimals. The main mistake the students seem to make is forgetting to estimate what the quotient will be and then forgetting to put the decimal back into their answer. Homework for tonight is Study Link 4-5 and workbook page 110.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: We had two students earn candy or a book today. Chase earned a piece of candy when he finished his 30th book and Cassie earned a book after she completed her 12th story. Congratulations to the two of you!

Feb. 16th

5th Grade Math: Today we learned how to divide decimals. Students are to make an estimate of what place value the answer will be and then divide ignoring the decimal. Using their estimate, they then put the decimal in the answer. Tonight's homework is pages 108 & 109 in their workbooks. I am also collecting their workbooks tomorrow to grade them, so if they have any pages that they want to redo or complete for a late grade, make sure that it is done tomorrow.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congratulations to Skylie and Terrick who each earned candy today! Skylie finished her 30th story and Terrick finished his 18th! Way to go!

Feb. 15th

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day yesterday and enjoyed all of the festivities going on in all of the classrooms!

5th Grade Math: We did not meet this morning, so everyone has an extra night to get their homework completed. :)

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congrats to Emily who finished her 24th story today and earned a book to take home! Keep up the great work!

Feb. 13th

5th Grade Math: Some students still need a little bit more practice on dividing using partial quotients, so they have another worksheet to complete using them. I also noticed that many of the kids did not finish their homework over the weekend, so I made sure to give each of them an extra copy, and I expect them to have it done on Wednesday. We also talked about how to use map scales to find distances. They were assigned workbook page 103 which has them figuring out distances using a map. Since tomorrow is Healthy Heart day (Valentine's Day) students will not be meeting for Math, so they have an extra night to do their homework.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: This week we have welcomed some new students into our classroom! Welcome Norah, Savannah, Riley, Gavin, & Jasmine! We hope that they are enjoying our class, learning, and becoming better readers! :)

Feb. 10th

5th Grade Math: We continued to go over how to divide using partial quotients. I spent the entire class period going over how to use the method and doing problems together as a class. Students can use the weekend to fix any mistakes that they made on the workbook pages and they also need to complete Study Links 4-2.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congratulations to Zach who finished his 36th story today! He earned a book! Keep up the excellent reading! Also, some of our students have been working really hard this year at their reading, and they are right where they should be. This means that they are exited from the Read Naturally program. I am very happy for these students, but I will miss seeing them everyday in my classroom. I guess I will have to see them in the hall! :)

Feb. 9th

5th Grade Math: Day 2 of Division. Today we reviewed partial products for division. They were first introduced to this method in 4th grade. I warned the students that parents might not be the best help for this because we were not taught this way when we were in school (Me included)! :) I did tell them that if they are really struggling with the concept that they could learn how to do the problems with their parents. Their SRB shows them exactly how to do the problems on page 22. Homework for tonight is to complete pages 101 and 102 in their workbook.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Evan earned a prize today after finishing his 30th story and Kyrsten earned a book after completing her 24th story! Congratulations to the both of you!

Feb. 8th

5th Grade Math: 5th Graders started learning about division today. We talked about fact families, and how if you know your multiplication facts, then you can divide! This should be a review for the students, and they seemed to pick up on it quickly. Homework for tonight is page 99 and 100 in their workbooks.

4th Grade REWARDS: This week we started different kinds of lessons. In these lessons, we review a vowel sound and some prefixes and suffixes that we learned earlier this year. Then, we read sentences with big words in them, so students can use the strategies that we have been talking about. This way, when they are reading a book at school or at home, they will break up the word into small parts in order to figure out what the word is.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Sara completed her 24th book today and earned a book to take home! Way to go!

Feb. 7th

5th Grade Math: We took the Unit 3 test today, so no homework tonight! :) Tomorrow we start Unit 4, Division.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congratulations to Zach who finished his 30th story today! He earned himself a prize!

Feb. 6th

5th Grade Math: Test is tomorrow! We played a Jeopardy review game today in class and some of the students seemed like they needed to look over the problems for the test again and practice using their protractors. I did give them an extra credit worksheet to take home that has them measuring angles using their protractor. I encourage all of the students to complete this and to look over their study guide for the test. They will turn in their study guide with their test.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Joe finished his thirtieth story today earning him a piece of candy! Also, Josh finished his twenty-fourth story earning him a book to take home. Congratulations to the both of you!

Feb. 3rd

5th Grade Math: Today we went over the study guide for the Unit 3 test. The homework for this weekend is to go over the study guide and study for the test. We will play a review game on Monday and have the test on Tuesday.

4th Grade Rewards: This week we talked about the /ea/ sound and the two ways it can be said. The first way is like meat, and the second way is like thread. We also reviewed different prefixes and suffixes that we have learned this year. At the end of the lesson, students practice spelling some of the challenging words that we went over that week. They did really well this week and most got them all correct! :)

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congratulations to Ramsy who finished his 24th story today and earned a book to take home!

Feb. 2nd

5th Grade Math: Students were given their study guides tonight as their homework. It is due tomorrow. I made the study guide from the test, so if they understand how to do all of the problems without help from a parent or their SRB, then they will do great on the test. We will go over all of the answers to the study guide tomorrow to make sure that all students know what to expect for the test.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Abbey finished her twelfth story today earning her a book to take home. This is the first book that she has earned and she was very excited to pick one out.

Feb. 1st

Can you believe that it is February already? Although I am getting ready for Spring with all of the nice weather we have been having! :)

5th Grade Math: Today we reviewed how to find a missing angle in a triangle. Some students noticed that there was a pattern between a straight line measure and a triangle. They are both equal to 180 degrees. The homework tonight is to complete the missing angle in a triangle worksheet. Tomorrow we will review everything that we have been learning in this unit and I will make sure to go over some of the problems that they are struggling with.

Jan. 31st

5th Grade Math: I have graded all of the pages in their workbooks up to Unit 4, or page 98. I have noticed that some students are not completing all of their assigned pages. Some students have quite a few that are not completed. Any page that has "please finish" on the top means that I have graded that page, but they need to complete it in order to recieve a grade. I also allow students to redo any of the pages that they want to get a better grade for. All they have to do is turn back in their workbook with a sticky note on the pages that they have completed or revised, so I know which pages to look at. :)

Today we talked about supplementary angles and how they form a 180 degree angle, or a straight angle. We also learned how to find the missing angle(s) by knowing the supplementary angle. Homework tonight is a worksheet about supplementary angles. Students will need to find the missing angle measures.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Aiden earned a prize today after he finished his 18th story! Way to go Aiden!

Jan. 30th

5th Grade Math: Today we went over how to use a protractor. All of the students have a protractor on their geometry template that they can use. Their homework gives them angles and they need to find the angle measure. There is a front and back to the worksheet.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congratulations to Kara who finished her twelfth story today! She took home a book as well as Kendal who completed her 24th story! Keep up the great reading!

Jan. 27th

5th Grade Math: Today we reviewed place value. Most of them seemed to do pretty well at this. :) Homework for this weekend to complete a place value worksheet, front and back.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congratulations to Xander for completing his 18th book and earning a prize! Also, congratulations is in order for Chase, who finished his 24th story today! He earned a book to take home. Keep up the great work!

Jan. 26th

5th Grade Math: The 5th graders were given a short quiz today and I did give them an extra copy to take home to give to their parents or siblings. I can't say what the quiz is about because it would give away all the answers! :) The students had fun taking it and I told them that I would give them extra credit for giving the quiz to someone they know. I did tell them not to give it to anyone younger than them. They also have to complete the Math Boxes on pages 97 & 98 in their workbooks.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Three students earned books today! Skylie, Kailyn, & Greta all finished their 24th story earning them their second book so far this year! Way to go girls!

Jan. 25th

5th Grade Math: Today we learned about our Geometry Template and some of the different shapes that are on it. Students learned how to put some of the shapes together to make new shapes and also how to make interesting pictures with their template. This was not hard for most of them because they have been doing this all year in their spare time. :) Homework for tonight is pages 93, 94, 95, and 96 in their workbook. The instructions for these pages is on page 92. I am not expecting students to complete every single problem on these pages. Page 93 and 95 each has 5 problems, and I expect students to complete at least 3 of them on each page. They can put their answers on page 94 and 96.

4th Grade REWARDS: This week we learned about the /ea/ sound. Students learned to first try to say /ea/ like in meat. If that doesn't make a real word, they then try /ea/ like in thread. We also reviewed prefixes and suffixes. Students are getting better at decoding words!

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Evan finished his 24th story today earning him a book to take home! Congratulations!

Jan. 24th

5th Grade Math: 5th graders reviewed how many degrees are in a triangle, circle, and how to find the degrees for any kind of shape using the amount of sides it has. Many students were very confused by this, but I spent a great deal of time with it today, so they should know it. :) We also reviewed expanded notation and standard form for writing numbers. The homework for tonight is page 90 and 91 in the workbook.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Tyler earned a book today after completing his 24th story! Cierra and Emily both finished their 18th story, earning them a prize! Keep up the amazing work!

Jan. 23rd

5th Grade Math: Today we talked about how to find the sum of angles in different types of polygons. We found out that all we have to do is subtract 2 from the number of sides a shape has and multiply that number by 180. For example, a hexagon has six sides. If we subtract 6-2, it equals 4. 4 x 180= 720, so if we add all the angles together in a hexagon, it would equal 720 degrees. Students need to use this knowledge to complete the workbook pages assigned. They need to finish pages 88 & 89 for homework tonight. I also still need some tessellation projects from some students, so they need to work on that as well if they have not turned it in. I am taking off 10 percent points per day that it is late.

Jan. 20th

5th Grade Math: Remember that the tessellation project is due on Monday. I looked at all of what the students had done so far and we talked about any mistakes that they might have made. Not only to I want the shapes to tessellate, or repeat, but the colors as well. I also expect students to use at least 3 different colors on their tessellations. They also need to complete workbook pages 85 and 86, which we did together in class, so they should have this completed already.

Jan. 19th

5th Grade Math: We did not meet for Math today because of the two hour delay. Remember that the tessellation project is due on Monday.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Terrick earned his first book today after he finished his twelfth story! Way to go Terrick!

Jan. 18th

5th Grade Math: Today we talked about tessellations a little more and students were given a project to work on about tessellations. They are making their own tessellations with grid paper that I provided for them. They are to make a tessellation on the sheet of paper with no white space remaining on the page. I expect students to use at least 3 colors on their tessellation. The finished products will go up on the wall in our classroom, so I want to see students using their best coloring! Neatness counts as part of the grade! :) This project is due Monday, January 23rd. Also for homework tonight that is due tomorrow is page 84 in their workbooks.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Students are still reading their stories and trying to beat their goals. Today Joe earned his 2nd book after he finished his 24th story! Wow, 24 books already! Also, Kyrsten earned candy after finishing her 18th book! Congratulations to both of you!

Jan. 17th

5th Grade Math: We continued to review polygons today and their properties. Students learned that a regular polygon is a polygon that has equal sides and equal angle measures. For their homework, they need to figure out if each regular polygon is able to tessellate, or repeat itself, without any gaps. They seemed to be very familiar with tessellations, but some of them struggled with using their template to make their own tessellation. Their Math homework for tonight is to complete workbook pages 81-83.

2nd and 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Charlotte completed her 12th story today earning her a book to take home! This was the first book that she earned, so she was really excited! :)

Jan. 16th

I hope that everyone enjoyed their snow day last Friday and took some time to go outside and enjoy it! :)

5th Grade Math: We learned about congruent triangle today and what that means. We also reviewed different types of triangles and what properties each triangle has. Tonight's homework has students drawing a congruent triangle using a few different methods. Homework is pages 76, 77, and 80.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congratulations to Sara and Josh who, today, finished their 18th stories! They each earned a prize to take home with them. Keep up the excellent reading!

Jan. 11th

5th Grade Math: I hope that everyone stays well or gets better soon! 4 students were gone today! :(
Even though 1/3 of our class was gone, we still learned about different angles. Students learned about adjacent and vertical angles. We also learned that adjacent angles equal 180 degrees because together they form a straight line. Tonight's homework is pages 75 and 76 in the workbook.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: We had our first student today that finished his second folder of twelve stories! That means that he has completed a total of 24 stories so far! This person is Zach. He got to take home the stories that he has been reading in class as well as pick out a book to take home! Enjoy reading your new book!

Jan. 10th

5th Grade Math: Today we reviewed how to use a protractor to measure angles, and we reviewed mean, median, and mode. Homework for tonight is workbook pages 70 and 71. I also gave students an extra night to complete page 69.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: We had 3 students that met their goals today!
Anthony finished his first 12 stories earning him a book! Ramsy and Greta both finished their 18th story and they both earned a piece of candy! Keep up the excellent work! :)

Jan. 9th

5th Grade Math: All of the students have been really excited to start using their templates and today was the day that we started using them! We briefly went over how to use the protractor that is on their templates. They have used them before, but some of them are a little bit rusty on where to put their protractor and what numbers to use. Their homework for tonight is to complete pages 68 and 69 in their workbook. Tomorrow I will explain how to use the protractor again and have them remeasure the angles from tonight's homework.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: We have another student that earned a prize today, Kendal! She finished her 18th story and picked out a prize! :)

Jan. 6th

5th Grade Math: Today we started talking about angle measure. We are starting to find the measure of angles by imagining it as the middle point of a circle. We learned that a circle has 360 degrees. Using that information, we can find the measurement of an angle. Students are to complete pages 66 and 67 for homework.

4th Grade REWARDS: This past week we have been focusing on the different sound of g when it is followed by an e, i, or y, and vowel combinations that have more than one sound. When g is followed by an e, i, or y, it makes a /j/ sound. For example, ginger. Our goal is that the kids will use these strategies when they come to a word they don't know. :)

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Today Chase completed his 18th book earning him a prize! Congratulations!

Jan. 5th

5th Grade Math: We concluded our lessons about the U.S. Census today and reviewed open number sentences. An open number sentence is a math sentence that contains a variable. For example: 4 + 3 = a. For homework, students have to complete pages 64 & 65 in their workbooks. One page is reading story problems and writing an open number sentence that goes along with the story. The other is Math Boxes. Everything that I have assigned them is a review, so they should not have too much difficulty finishing them. We also went over every problem as a class today.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: Congrats to Skylie who finished her 18th story today! She earned a prize to take home with her.

Jan. 4th

5th Grade Math: We spent one more day on Censuses and how to read tables to find information. The students will need to have their SRB again tonight in order to do the homework assignment. Tonight they are expected to complete 3 workbook pages, 61-63. Page 61 is Math Boxes which is a review for them. Some of the topics we have not covered yet this year, but they have seen them in years past. The other two pages, 62 & 63, are Census questions. They both go together and ask the student to look at a table and find information.

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally:
Way to go Kailyn for finishing your 18th story today! She earned candy for her hard work.

Jan 3rd

Welcome back and Happy New Year! I hope that everyone had a relaxing break and got to spend some extra time with friends and family! I know I did! :)

5th Grade Math: We just started Unit 3 today which is about Geometry. The first couple sections are about the U.S. Census and what we do with the data collected. The homework is page 60 in their workbooks and they also have to complete Study Links 3.1 worksheet. They will need their SRB to help them with these pages. Many students were a little rusty on their multiplication facts after break so remember to keep practicing!

2nd & 3rd Grade Read Naturally: We are back in full swing reading stories and completing questions. Congratulations to Evan and Joe who completed their 18th stories today earning them each prizes! Way to go boys!