Multiplication Fun

Last week we had one of our monthly paperless days.  For math students worked in pairs and practiced their multiplication facts. One way we practiced was on multiplication.com. This is a great resource for children struggling with multiplication. Another way we practiced was using math charts and multiplication manipulatives. We also played a game called "Boom". In this game students drew sticks out of an envelope and had to correctly answer the multiplication problem. If they get it right they keep the stick. If they drew a stick labeled boom they lost all of the sticks they had gained. Another game we played was multiplication cards. Using a standard deck of playing cards, students had to draw two cards and answer the multiplication fact. If students drew a face card that was a stopper and their turn ended. If students drew two face cards that was a bankrupt and they had to put all matches back in the deck. Game ends when I call time.
Students really enjoyed playing the games, many of these can be used at home to practice multiplication with your children. We will be moving on to double and triple digit multiplication before long, it is imperative that students know their basic facts.

Human Food Web

In science we are studying about the food web. Students have been learning about omnivores, carnivores, herbivores, producers and consumers, predator and prey, and the relationship amongst all of these in a food web.

Students were given yarn and a card with the name of a plant or animal (one person had the sun, because the food web could not exist without the sun). With the yarn they were to connect themselves with everything that they ate or that ate them. I asked questions regarding what classifications his/her plant or animal would fall under.

"All About Me"

The first week of school my students spent time getting to know their classmates. Students were given an opportunity to write an "All About Me" paper and read it to the class. Here are some of the things we learned about some of our classmates:

Brantley- My name is Brantley Hall. I am 10 years old. I like to play football and soccer. I like my football all star team and im on soccer traveling team. I have lived in Georgia all my life. I have been to lots of states. They were all cool and big. In Flordia I rode in a helicpter to see Flordia from up in the air.


Alyssa-My name is Alyssa Randolph.I'am in Twe Kwon Doe. I'am really good at it. I have a black belt.I won second place in thev tournement last summer.I was cheered on by my brother,mother,and my stepfather.I put forth my best effort and won  second place in the tournement.



Derrick- My name is Derrick. I am 9 years old. My favorite sport is soccer. I won two trophies playing soccer. Also, I have two trophies in basketball. My favorite food is pizza, hotdogs, fries, pickles. I have two sisters. When I grow up I want to be a fire fighter.


Karen-My name is Karen. I am 9 years old. I'm from San Antonio, TX. I was born September 15. I was raised here in Hinesville, GA. I have 2 sisters. I have birds as pets. I like to play soccer with my cousins. I enjoy playing in the pool.

Elliott- My name is Elliott. I just moved here to GA from KY. I really like it here in GA because it does not get too cold. My new school is very big. We even have lots of computers in the classroom and two laptops.

New School Year

Welcome to a new school year. I am very excited to start posting pictures and allowing the children to write about what we are doing in our class. Please check in to see what activities and projects we are working on. There will be a great deal more to follow in the upcoming months.