Sunday, February 22, 2015

Q. What's the king of the pencil case? A. The ruler.

This week in math.....

3rd grade- We are starting to learn what area and perimeter are. We will start to find the area of objects using square units. Check out this video for homework help this week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dqAOKdJmRI


4th grade- Back to fractions we go! We are going to be reviewing fractions and learning about finding a common denominator in order to add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators.
Check out this video to give you homework help this week!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-Y0Kvcnw8g


5th grade- We are learning about ratios and how we use ratios to convert different units!
What is a ratio? Check it out :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKf5Bjgup6s

Projects- We are finishing up creating our own animals. Please stop by and check them out when  you have time! They will be displayed in the hall outside of our classrooms!


Thursday Night is MATH NIGHT! Please bring your children to fun family night at Oasis from 6 to 8. See you there!


Sunday, February 15, 2015

I hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend. Tests will be going home this week please send back and sign!

This week in all three grades we are starting to prepare for the Smarter Balanced Test.We will be solving practice problems in class in order for the students to be prepared and feel confident. If anyone has any questions about the test please don't hesitate to ask. The test will be taken the last few weeks in April.

For those of you who I have contacted about tutoring we will start that Tuesday morning at 7:30. Monday and Wednesdays are 3rd and 5th grade and Tuesday and Thursdays are for 4th grade!

In projects this week students will be sharing their wonderful websites please ask them to show it to you! They are fabulous. We are starting a new program called Adopt a Pilot I will be sending home a little note about the program.

Have a great week!

Sunday, February 8, 2015

What did the sun go to school? A: To get brighter!

3rd- This week we are still working on fractions. We are comparing fractions, using benchmark fractions and understanding whole numbers as a fraction, We will be taking a pretest on Wednesday and having a test over fractions, partial sum, partial difference, and word problems on Thursday.

4th- This week we are learning how to add and subtract fractions with like and unlike denominators. Here is a link that will help students with their homework this week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=017cdlI36JE. Thursday students will have a quiz over equivalent fractions, decomposing fractions, and adding and subtracting fractions.


5th- This week we are still working with dividing fractions. Wednesday we will have a pretest and on Thursday we will have a test over adding,subtracting, multiplying, dividing fractions and fraction word problems.


Projects- This week we are finishing our websites which we will share with all of the parents. There are some awesome websites I am so proud of my students they have worked so hard on this project!

Remember no school on Monday!

Have a great week!


Sunday, February 1, 2015

Q: Why did the computer go to the doctor? A: Because it had a virus

Quizzes will be sent home tomorrow for all classes! Please sign and return.


3rd grade-  This week we are still working our way into fractions. We are learning about benchmark fractions and equivalent fractions.


4th grade- Fractions, fractions, fractions! We are starting to learn about equivalent fractions and decomposing fractions.


5th- Yes we love fractions! This week we are learning how to divide a fraction by a fraction and a fraction by a whole number.


Projects- The students are busy building their websites! This is their last week to finish them. We will email you links so everyone will be able to see their great work. Remember vocabulary test is this week February 5th!.

Have a great week!

Student's may buy Valentine's Day candy grams at lunch too send to their classmates and friends. They are .$ .50 each!