More Ideas on Arrays

I was thinking that the next picture we take should be all of us, sitting in our own rectangular array. We have 27 in our classroom. How many rows and how many columns would it take?

Rectangular Arrays

Room 15 has gone crazy over Rectangular Arrays. We have made them out of bugs, butterflies and soccer balls. We have made them from marker dots and centimeter cubes. We have learned that:
All arrays have the same number of items in every row.
All arrays have the same number of items in every column.
When writing the number sentence of a rectangular array, you list the rows first.
Rectangular Arrays represent multiplication.
With all our hard work, most of us are ready to move on to the idea of factors and divisibility. We can hardly wait!!!

Back to School Night

Muchisimas gracias a todos los padres quienes vinieron esta noche. Fue muy lindo para mi conocerles y saber de su apoyo y animo. Espero tener un ano de mucho progreso y desarollamiento. Esta noche vinieron 19 de los 25 familias de la clase y la mayoria trajieron sus utiles. Es un buen empiezo.

Thank you so much to all the parents and students who came to Back to School Night. It was a pleasure to meet you. I am looking forward to our work this year and hope we see a lot of academic growth. Tonight, 19 of our 25 families came to Back to School Night and most have already brought their school supplies in. It's a great start:)

Mrs. Stevens and her Husband at Red Rock this Summer

 

Welcome Back

Hello, and welcome to the beginning of a new school year. My name is Mrs. Barbara Stevens, and I will be the teacher for the students in Eagleton's room 15. Allow me to tell a little about myself. I have been teaching at Eagleton for 19 years! This year is the beginning of my 20th year. I feel that Eagleton and the community around it has become my second home. This is my third year teaching 5th grade at Eagleton.

All students should enjoy their 5th grade experience at Eagleton. This year we will be sleeping over one night at Balarat, the district's outdoor lab facility. This experience is usually the highlight for our students. We will be studying the history of the United States of America and doing several "celebrations" centered on understanding what is was like living in times and/or places other than our own.

Eagleton is very centered on student achievement and 5th grade is no exception. Students in room 15 will be expected to read a short book every night for homework and come prepared to take and AR quiz on the computer in the morning. Each student is encouraged to begin reviewing the multiliplication tables now because our math lessons are based on math factors and fractions. Knowing your multiplication factors (both backwards and forwards) will be imperative as we move into higher math skills.

Students will be expected to complete homework for math every night except for Friday and will have weekly Spelling assignments. If students need help with their homework, I am available after school and before school.

Summer of the Monkeys

Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls


My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I read this book because my daughter, Abby, told me that it was one of her favorites growing up. The author, Wilson Rawls, has the ability to put a lot of heart into his books and great characterization. He never fails making me fall in love with his characters and making me cry at the end.

This from the back of the book: A tree full of monkeys is the last thing fourteen-year-old Jay Berry Lee expects to find on one of his treks through Oklahoma's Cherokee Ozarks. Jay learns from his grandfather that the monkeys have escaped from a circus and there's a big reward for the person who finds them. Jay knows how much his family needs the money, and he's determined to catch the monkeys. It's a summer of thrills and danger no one will ever forget.

This book is a good solid 5th grade read.

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The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley

The Sisters Grimm Book 1: The Fairy-Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley


My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book was a well written fantasy. Two girls that have been orphaned find out that they are related to the Brothers Grimm and must now help protect all the fairytale people. But first, they must save their grandmother Grimm from the big, bad giant. If you like fantasy and adventure, you will like this book.

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Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Coraline-Graphic Novel by Neil Gaiman


My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book is a bit twisted, but has a great message which is "appreciate the family that you have!" It has some dark parts which may be scary to some students. I didn't realize that there was a movie out about it until after I read it. The movie looks eerily haunting. I would love to see it.

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Good Summer Reading

The Secret School by Avi


My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This book is a bit simplistic, which may be a good thing. It has a good theme for the beginning of school which is "school is a great place to be and learning is fun for its own good." I was thinking about using it as a shared reading for the beginning of the year to get us motivated to work hard and take advantage of our opportunity to be in school.

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Welcome to Room 15