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!!!