Here are some useful videos to help with learning fractions and studying for the Chapter 8 Test:
Greatest Common Factor
Least Common Multiple
Simplest Form
Equivalent Fractions
Also check out Fun Brain's Fresh Baked Fractions!
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Class Update 2/22/15
Important Reminders:
Six Flags Read to Succeed Forms are due by Wednesday, February 25th. Great job to the many students who have already turned these in!
Middle School Placement Forms are due back by Friday, February 27th. Please return the white copy and keep the yellow copy for your records.
Spring Parent Teacher Conferences are coming up in March. I will be sending out an email invitation this week via Sign Up Genius to those parents for whom I feel a conference would be beneficial at this time.
Friday, March 6 is the last day of third quarter and a half day of school. Dismissal will be at 11:40 and no lunch will be served.
Please make sure you are checking your child's academic progress on SIS and their behavior and responsibility progress on the Class Dojo website regularly. These sites are updated regularly to make you aware of how your child is doing at school.
Class Updates:
In math, we have started our unit on fractions, which will cover several chapters in our book. Students have been learning about equivalent fractions, how to put fractions into simplest form, and how to compare the size of fractions. They have been working with hands on models using fraction bars and pizza fractions. We will also be looking at how fractions are related to decimals. Coming up, students will begin adding and subtracting fractions with both like and unlike denominators. Mixed numbers and improper fractions will also be explored. We will have a test on Chapter 8 before the end of the quarter. The date will be posted on the classroom calendar once it has been determined.
In reading, we will be learning the skill of comparing and contrasting. Students will practice comparing and contrasting characters, plots, settings, and themes in a variety of literature. The children are working hard on their poetry anthologies and we hope to have them finished by the end of this week. If you child is behind on their anthology, they may need to do some work at home to complete the project on time.
In social studies, our focus as been on the establishment of the original 13 colonies. Students have learned that the colonies are grouped into three geographic areas of New England, Middle, and Southern colonies. We have compared the land-forms, climate, and ability to farm and obtain natural resources in each region. For this chapter we took a more in depth look at the New England colonies to learn about the motivations in settling the colonies. We will be having a test on Chapter 5 on Friday. Look for a study guide to come out on Tuesday. Check out some of our completed Explorer Poster Projects:
We had a fantastic Valentine's Day party last week. Thank you to the Sheltons for organizing our Survivor themed party, and for all of the parents who volunteered and donated items. The kids had a great time! Here are some pictures:
Six Flags Read to Succeed Forms are due by Wednesday, February 25th. Great job to the many students who have already turned these in!
Middle School Placement Forms are due back by Friday, February 27th. Please return the white copy and keep the yellow copy for your records.
Spring Parent Teacher Conferences are coming up in March. I will be sending out an email invitation this week via Sign Up Genius to those parents for whom I feel a conference would be beneficial at this time.
Friday, March 6 is the last day of third quarter and a half day of school. Dismissal will be at 11:40 and no lunch will be served.
Please make sure you are checking your child's academic progress on SIS and their behavior and responsibility progress on the Class Dojo website regularly. These sites are updated regularly to make you aware of how your child is doing at school.
Class Updates:
In math, we have started our unit on fractions, which will cover several chapters in our book. Students have been learning about equivalent fractions, how to put fractions into simplest form, and how to compare the size of fractions. They have been working with hands on models using fraction bars and pizza fractions. We will also be looking at how fractions are related to decimals. Coming up, students will begin adding and subtracting fractions with both like and unlike denominators. Mixed numbers and improper fractions will also be explored. We will have a test on Chapter 8 before the end of the quarter. The date will be posted on the classroom calendar once it has been determined.
In reading, we will be learning the skill of comparing and contrasting. Students will practice comparing and contrasting characters, plots, settings, and themes in a variety of literature. The children are working hard on their poetry anthologies and we hope to have them finished by the end of this week. If you child is behind on their anthology, they may need to do some work at home to complete the project on time.
In social studies, our focus as been on the establishment of the original 13 colonies. Students have learned that the colonies are grouped into three geographic areas of New England, Middle, and Southern colonies. We have compared the land-forms, climate, and ability to farm and obtain natural resources in each region. For this chapter we took a more in depth look at the New England colonies to learn about the motivations in settling the colonies. We will be having a test on Chapter 5 on Friday. Look for a study guide to come out on Tuesday. Check out some of our completed Explorer Poster Projects:
We had a fantastic Valentine's Day party last week. Thank you to the Sheltons for organizing our Survivor themed party, and for all of the parents who volunteered and donated items. The kids had a great time! Here are some pictures:
Sunday, February 8, 2015
Class Update 2/8/15
Important Reminders:
For students participating in PRISM, projects are due tomorrow so that volunteers can check over the projects for completeness. Please leave projects in the hall outside our classroom. Long's PRISM night will be February 19 from 3:45 - 6:00.
Our Valentine's Day Party is Friday, February 13th at 2:00. Children may bring in Valentines for the class if they wish. Please know that this is optional. If your child does opt to bring Valentines, please make sure they bring one for every student in the class. We have 22 students, and class lists were emailed home last week. If any type of candy or treats are attached to the Valentines, they must be free of nuts or latex due to allergies.
Six Flags Read to Succeed forms are due by February 25th.
We are approximately at the mid-quarter point of third quarter. Please make sure to check SIS from time to time to see your child's grades. If your child is struggling with a subject, they still have several weeks to improve upon their average.
Wednesday, February 11th is an Early Release Day, with a 1:40 PM dismissal. Please make sure your child knows how they will be going home that day in case it is different from a typical day.
The Book Fair begins on February 12th in the library.
Class Updates:
In math, we have finished up our unit on decimals, and the students also learned the rules for the order of operations to help them with solving expressions. We have started a unit on fractions, and the children completed a fun hands-on activity with Smarties candy to review the basics of fractions. Over the next few weeks, we will cover equivalent fractions, making fractions into simplest form, and comparing the size of fractions. We will also look at how fractions and decimals are related.
Now that the students have had a chance to read and write a variety of poems, they have started working on creating their poetry anthologies. Anthologies will include a sampling of original poems written by the students, as well as a selection of poems published by famous authors that the students will analyze. Each child will also be memorizing a favorite poem to recite to the class. Here is a sample of some of the poetry written in class so far. The hearts are "friendship cinqains". Students interviewed a classmate and wrote about about their special qualities.
In reading, we have been working on identifying the main idea and supporting details for sections of non-fiction text. In addition, we have focused on cause and effect in both fiction and non-fiction. Students have discovered that cause and effect can be structured many ways, such as one cause with multiple effects, or a chain of cause and effect. The children also inferred potential causes of real world effects found in photographs.
The children have been working hard on their explorer projects in social studies, and students should be wrapping them up this week. Students are looking forward to sharing their posters with each other. Our next chapter in social studies will be on the New England colonies that helped comprise the original 13 colonies.
For students participating in PRISM, projects are due tomorrow so that volunteers can check over the projects for completeness. Please leave projects in the hall outside our classroom. Long's PRISM night will be February 19 from 3:45 - 6:00.
Our Valentine's Day Party is Friday, February 13th at 2:00. Children may bring in Valentines for the class if they wish. Please know that this is optional. If your child does opt to bring Valentines, please make sure they bring one for every student in the class. We have 22 students, and class lists were emailed home last week. If any type of candy or treats are attached to the Valentines, they must be free of nuts or latex due to allergies.
Six Flags Read to Succeed forms are due by February 25th.
We are approximately at the mid-quarter point of third quarter. Please make sure to check SIS from time to time to see your child's grades. If your child is struggling with a subject, they still have several weeks to improve upon their average.
Wednesday, February 11th is an Early Release Day, with a 1:40 PM dismissal. Please make sure your child knows how they will be going home that day in case it is different from a typical day.
The Book Fair begins on February 12th in the library.
Class Updates:
In math, we have finished up our unit on decimals, and the students also learned the rules for the order of operations to help them with solving expressions. We have started a unit on fractions, and the children completed a fun hands-on activity with Smarties candy to review the basics of fractions. Over the next few weeks, we will cover equivalent fractions, making fractions into simplest form, and comparing the size of fractions. We will also look at how fractions and decimals are related.
Now that the students have had a chance to read and write a variety of poems, they have started working on creating their poetry anthologies. Anthologies will include a sampling of original poems written by the students, as well as a selection of poems published by famous authors that the students will analyze. Each child will also be memorizing a favorite poem to recite to the class. Here is a sample of some of the poetry written in class so far. The hearts are "friendship cinqains". Students interviewed a classmate and wrote about about their special qualities.
In reading, we have been working on identifying the main idea and supporting details for sections of non-fiction text. In addition, we have focused on cause and effect in both fiction and non-fiction. Students have discovered that cause and effect can be structured many ways, such as one cause with multiple effects, or a chain of cause and effect. The children also inferred potential causes of real world effects found in photographs.
The children have been working hard on their explorer projects in social studies, and students should be wrapping them up this week. Students are looking forward to sharing their posters with each other. Our next chapter in social studies will be on the New England colonies that helped comprise the original 13 colonies.
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