Good afternoon math families! We began our first geometry unit and the kids are enjoying it. We will spend this week working with protractors learning how to measure angles. Students are welcome to bring in their own protractors if they have them, but it's not necessary because I have plenty to share. On Friday there will be a short quiz on angles and the terms we learned last week.

Welcome back math families! We are all finished with decimals (although in math you're never really finished with anything) and we're moving into our geometry unit. We'll begin with points, lines, rays and angles. I love the geometry because it's a nice change after the first quarter. I am going to be assigning seats this quarter to see if we can't get better participation from everyone. Really the class is  doing so well, but I want to see if it helps those who were in the back to be a little closer. Anyway, looking forward to seeing everyone again!

Last week of the quarter! We had the day off of course today because of our field trip. Tomorrow we're back at dividing with decimals. We'll be moving onto word problems that involve division and then we'll review some, too. We'll probably play a couple of games to make it fun. It's been a nice quarter with these kiddos. Hope they are enjoying it as well.

Can you believe we only have two more weeks?! I hope you and your families are planning something nice for the break. These kids work so hard at Archway. This week in math we will be doing word problems involving multiplication of decimals. After that we'll be ready for dividing with decimals. We should have no problem finishing up this unit before the break. I will be giving the students a study guide on Monday which will be due the following Monday. Enjoy the weekend!

Greetings math families! Sorry I've forgotten to update this recently. We are now working through Unit 7, using all operations in solving problems with decimals. We will spend the remainder of the week working with word problems, reviewing model drawing and expectations for these problems. These kids have a solid foundation based on what I observed this morning. Next week we will begin multiplication, followed by division with decimals. Should be a fun week!

Good morning! I almost forgot to write a blog for this week. I hope you and your families enjoyed the long weekend! We got out of the heat and went camping. Lots of fun, but lots of work as well.

This week we'll be wrapping up our first decimals unit in math. The study guide is due tomorrow and the quiz will be on Thursday or Friday depending on how well the students understand the last two lessons. The next unit is also decimals, but it involves calculations through all the operations. Have a great week!

Wow! What an amazing lightning storm before the rain began. I hope you were able to see it with your kids! As I look ahead to the math plans for this week, I realize that we need to have a little quiz before beginning thousandths and rounding. So we'll do a quick quiz on Tuesday, before moving on to the final lessons of this initial unit. The students have had ample practice with tenths and hundredths and should do fine. I will also send out a study guide on Monday, which will be due on Friday.  There will be some problems that we haven't covered, but they can begin working on it to review for the unit test which will be the following week. That's it for now. It was nice to meet several of you on Wednesday night; we've got a great group of kids in here for math!