Mrs. Appleton's Birthday Was Today!

I wanted to take a moment and thank all of my students who wished me a Happy Birthday and sang to me and wrote me such sweet letters and cards today! What a sweet, thoughtful bunch of students I have! Thank you! You can see in the pictures some of the cards they gave me! I love you all! Mr. Appleton even had roses delivered to Mrs. Appleton at school! What a surprise!!!
-Mrs. A

Problem Area: Elapsed Time

This seems to be a problem area for a lot of our students this year. Please practice with your notes and old problems. Here is an example:

Kelly leaves home at 9:14 am to go shopping. She gets back home at 1:35 pm. How long was Kelly gone?

First, figure out the whole hours by writing:
Start 9:14 am
10:14am
11:14 am
12:14 pm
1:14 pm
How many hours is that? Do not count the starting time. You should have gotten 4 hours.

Now figure out how many minutes it is between 1:14pm and 1:35pm. You will want to "chunk" the minutes in little bits that you are comfortable working with. Here's one way you can do it:

1:14-1:24 = 10 minutes
1:24-1:34 = 10 minutes
1:34-1:35 = 1 minute
Now add all of the minutes and you get 21 minutes, so your final answer would be:

4 hours and 21 minutes

READ EVERY NIGHT!

My homeroom Reading class is supposed to be reading at least 20 minutes EVERY night and writing it down on their Reading calendar (which is due October 1st). The more you read, the better reader you become. Mrs. Appleton reads every night too. Which book am I reading at this time? It's a new one I just got in on Friday called "China Ghosts" which is about a couple's journey to China to adopt their baby. It's GREAT!!!! Feel free to email me and tell me which book YOU are reading right now and what it is about. You can also click on "comment" right below this message, and leave a comment telling me what you are reading. Everyone will be able to read what you write! ENJOY your books!!!!

Don't Forget Your Homework!

Each teacher in 5th-Grade posts homework every day. Mrs. Appleton has a homework board so no one should forget to write their homework down. Some students are forgetting this! Remember homework is not punishment; it is to give you some extra practice at home so you're ready the next day to learn more!

AR Points

Each 5th-grade student is expected to read EVERY night! Each student should take AR Tests during the week and reach their goal of 4 points. Those who meet this goal will receive a reward on Friday afternoon. Remember, the more you read, the better you become at it. Students may borrow books in Mrs. Appleton's room, the school library, or from home. Students all received their Yearly AR Goals today in Library class from Mrs. Sule. We also have a Class Goal and if our class meets that goal, we will get a PIZZA PARTY! GO 5th-GRADE GO!! Enjoy those books and remember to read some chapter books too as well as fiction AND nonfiction!!!!!!!!! READ READ READ!!!!!!!!

Mrs. Appleton's Classroom

Here are pictures of our classroom. We take pride in our classroom and work very hard to keep it clean, organized, and neat. We keep our materials in our lockers when we're not using them and we LOVE to use the fun group table with the umbrella!

Sarah, Plain and Tall Acrostic Poems

Students wrote Acrostic Poems to describe the main character of Sarah, Plain and Tall. They had to use the letters in her name to start each line and then each line had to describe her personality, her likes/dislikes, or things she does in the story. All of them were very impressive and the students enjoyed decorating their "Sarahs". GOOD JOB!

Make Sure You Know Your Multiplication Facts!

We are getting ready to start on multiplying larger numbers and many many 5th-grade students do NOT know their basics facts (0-12). If you don't know them, you need to make yourself some flashcards and STUDY STUDY STUDY! If you don't know the facts, you're going to have a hard time with the larger numbers AND with division and fractions later. Help yourself and learn them NOW!

What Have We Learned In Math?

Make sure you know how to do the following things in Math:
Place Value of Whole Numbers/Decimals
Comparing Whole Numbers/Decimals
Ordering Whole Numbers/Decimals
Rounding Whole Numbers/Decimals
Adding Whole Numbers/Decimals
Subtracting Whole Numbers/Decimals
Equivalent Fractions and Decimals
Multiplying Whole Numbers/Decimals
Elapsed Time (PRACTICE THIS A LOT!)

We're Reading Sarah, Plain and Tall!

Today we started the novel, Sarah, Plain and Tall, in my homeroom's Reading Class. They are loving it! What a wonderful novel!