Play Kakooma at home

In class, we learned how to play Kakooma.  This game can be played at home, too, and is a great way to practice fact fluency.  Follow the steps below to get started!

Visit this website: http://gregtangmath.com/kakooma
Click Practice
Select multiplication and the honeycomb version (see below)

Select the level of difficulty you want - easy sun more challenging clouds. 

Have fun growing your brain! 

OR visit the link, click play, and start at level two! 

Questions to ask your child this week

Looking for something specific to ask your child about school?
Here are a few questions from the week that can start a great family conversation.

11/28
What is Kaboom?
What is Kakooma? 
How can you give a summary of a text in one sentence? 
What is an inference? How can you make an inference? 
What are some strategies that you can use to multiply? 

Math fact fluency games

Marlee reflecting on our math lesson. 

Caden reflecting on his math thinking. 

Playing Kaboom to practice math fact fluency. 

Playing Kakooma for math fact fluency. 

Making our class multiplication chart

Students working together to create a multiplication chart for our class. Students had to prove their thinking as they created a chart for the class to refer to.  They could not use the same strategy twice.  

Thank you to the Hooksett Grange for our dictionaries

Multiplication using facts you know

Book Order Reminer

Just a friendly reminder to get your holiday book orders in! If you want your order to be a holiday present, just let me know and I will leave your books in the office for pickup instead of sending them home with your happy.  Happy reading!

Holiday Book Orders

December book orders will be going home today!  All orders must be placed online by Wednesday, December 7th.  If you are purchasing a book as a holiday surprise: please just send me an email and I won't send the book home with your child.  I will instead let you know when your order arrives so that you can pick it up in the office at your convenience.

Challenge Winner

This week's challenge winner is Cam! Way to go!

Shoeboxes

Thank you SO much to everyone that has brought in extra shoeboxes! We are still short by 4 boxes.  Our hope is to start working on our projects on Thursday so any extras before then would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Still need shoeboxes

Our class is still in need of 6 shoeboxes for an upcoming art project.  If you have any extras at home that you could donate to our class we would all greatly appreciate it! Thank you!

Questions to Ask Your Child

11/14
What is multiplication? 
What are some different ways to find the product? 
What is inferencing? 
How can you show the reader how a character is feeling instead of telling them in a narrative? 

Mentor Paragraph from Author Isabel

This week, Author Isabel, wrote our mentor paragraph! Read below for the narrative Author Isabel created. Our class then tried to imitate Isabel's writing as all students wrote about a time that they got in trouble! We learned that starting with a quote, action, sound, or feeling is a great hook for the reader!

Pant pant pant.  I headed down the hall making sure to take my time.  Thoughts raced through my head.  Why in the world was I going to the Principal’s? It was only Thursday.  It would be the weekend soon.  I saw the door to the office and noticed my hand was shaking as I reached for the door.  I opened it and the lady smiled.  It was too late… The next thing I knew I was seated next to my BFF, Jake, who looked as worried as I was.   “So”  began the Principal, “did you see this young man get slapped in the face?”  “No!” I told him.  “I was picked up early.” “Oh” he said.  “You may return to your room.”  I was relieved I gratefully rushed back to my room.  I didn’t know why I was involved.  Thoughts were still racing through my head.  What had happened to Jake?  Was he okay? But most importantly, who in their right mind would hit Jake in the face?  The light was off in my classroom and nobody was there.  The lunch cart was gone so I assumed my class ws at lunch.  When I got to the cafeteria I knew everything would be fine.  So, I just let things carry on.  Now whenever I’m called down to the Principal’s I know not to worry too much.  

This Week's Challenge Winner Is...

BELLA! Way to go, Bella!

New Videos Posted in Google Classroom

Need help with bar models? Want to watch our writing lesson this week? Check out Google Classroom and watch real videos of our class at work! Follow along and complete each activity from home.

Shoeboxes Needed Please

Hello everyone! Our class needs shoeboxes for an upcoming art project! Please send you child in with a shoebox with their name written on it ASAP.  Also, if you have some extras that you could send in for students who do not bring one in that would be greatly appreciated!  We need to top and bottom of the box to create a habitat diorama.  Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you so much to all of the families that attended parent teacher conferences today! I greatly enjoyed talking with everyone and thank each and every one of you for your continued support!

Google Classroom Video

Need help with bar modeling? Check out our Google Classroom to watch videos of our class lessons! Follow along for some extra practice.

Halloween JOKES Video

Check out our Google Classroom to see the video of our class telling Halloween jokes!