Saturday, November 29, 2014

What did the cow say on Christmas morning? ...... Moooooeey Christmas

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. This Thanksgiving I am thankful for being able to teach such wonderful kids and be surround by so many great people. Thank you for everyone who has made Fallon my new home!

This week I will be sending home quizzes for 3rd,4th, and 5th. Just remember to sign them quick and send them back with your students. This just allows me to know that you are seeing their work and we are all on the same page!


3rd- This week we are starting to learn how to round numbers to the nearest 10's and 100's using place value.


4th- We are starting to learn different multiplication strategies. This week we are going to dive into learning the partial product strategy.

5th- This week we are starting to learn about input and output tables and learning how to plot ordered pairs on a coordinate plane.

Projects- This weekend students are picking out their influential Revolutionary figure. We will start to do research on these characters so that students can start understanding their figure. Students will pick a influential character from the Revolutionary War. George Washington, Paul Revere, Molly Pitcher are a few ideas. Students will pick their character at school and than their final presentation is to dress up as their character and recite a 2 minutes speech from that characters point of view. Students will have to come up with their own costumes for their character! Thrifty Fines will have lots of options for everyone.

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Why did they let the turkey join the band? .... A: Because he had the drumsticks

Holidays are here! Remember that we only go to school on Monday and Tuesday this week.

3rd Grade- I will be sending home quizzes on Monday please send them back signed on Tuesday. For the short week this week we are going to continue to work on Elapsed time. If students could practice their math facts over break that would be awesome. IXL F.1-F.16 is all multiplication facts.


4th Grade- I will be sending home quizzes on Monday please send them back signed on Tuesday. We made gallon men last week in math! Ask your child about how awesome they turned out! We are going to still work on converting metric and customary units this week.  We still need lots of practice on this. If students get extra time over the break have them repeat some IXL for extra practice. N.3-N.13! 

5th Grade- I will be sending home quizzes on Monday please send them back signed on Tuesday. This week we are going to continue to work on order of operations and review diving by 10's, 100's, and 1000's. If students get time over break remember to study multiplication math facts! 

4th grade projects- We are off to a great start with our Revolutionary project. Students have all been working so hard. I hope everyone got a chance to see the hats, powdered wigs, and bonnets we made at school. This next week students will research more important individuals during this time period.  Our final project will be students participating in a "Wax Museum". This means students will pick one influential figure during this time period and dress up and recite information from that figures point of view during this time. If students would like to bring their own headphones to watch individual videos on their influential figure that would be great!

Thank you everyone who made donations and helped us out with our pizza party! We truly appreciate all your support and help! 

I am so thankful for having such wonderful students! Thank you parents for blessing me with fabulous children :)
Happy Thanksgiving! 

Saturday, November 15, 2014

What kind of music did the Pilgrims listen to at the first Thanksgiving feast? ............................... Plymouth Rock!



Students all brought home their math tests! Please sign and send back to school tomorrow! 

3rd Grade- This week we are still working with TIME! Students will be able to tell time to the nearest minute by understanding how an analog clock works and will be learning about elapsed time. 

4th Grade- We are working on the metric system. Students will be able to convert metric and customary units from bigger to smaller units. 

5th Grade-  This week we are starting to solve equations by learning the order of operations! ( Parentheses, Exponent, Multiply, Divide, Add, Subtract)

4th Grade Projects- Our Native American project turned out awesome! Thanks to everyone who stopped by to see our class's work. I will be posting more pictures of our final projects! 
We are now diving into The American Revolution. This week we will be introducing The American Revolution by creating fun crafts. 

Have a wonderful week!  

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Q: What did the turkey say to the computer? ....................A: “Google, google, google.

Hello Everyone! This week students will be bringing their test home Monday night for 3rd and Wednesday night for 4th and 5th. Please sign and send back with your signature! Remember no school on Tuesday.


3rd Grade- We are starting to dive into dealing with time this week. Students will start to explore time as a continuous measurement. Make sure to still be practicing those math facts at home!

4th Grade-  We are still working on word problems this week, but using the metric system to solve addition and subtraction word problems.

5th Grade- Students will multiply muli-digit whole numbers and multiples of 10 using place value patterns and the distributive and associative properties.

4th Grade- We are finishing up our Native American projects and will be presenting on Wednesday to their peers from other classes.


Have a great week!!

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Q:Why did the turkey cross the road? Bob: A: It was Thanksgiving, and he wanted people to think he was a chicken!

Halloween was a success! Thank you for everyone who came and helped out. It was a very fun day.


3rd- This week we will be having a test over the distributive property of multiplication, addition word problems, and subtraction word problems. All week students will be coming home with review worksheets and reviewing on IXL.

4th- This week we will be having a test over standard algorithm subtraction, addition multi-step word problems, and subtraction multi-step word problems. All week students will be reviewing these concepts!

5th- This week we will be having a test over adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimals. All week students will be reviewing these concepts.

4th Projects-  This week we are starting to create our Native American projects. Students came home with the materials they needed last Wednesday. Please send those materials tomorrow so we can start our projects!


We are running low on pencils and whiteboard markers. If anyone would like to donate that wold be wonderful!
Thank you,
Miss Petit