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!