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Just a few friendly faces saying 

🌝 HELLO!🌝

Word Problem Game with LMM Grade 3

Third Graders are practicing word problems playing a game.  Students rolled a dice and read a word problem, the students then had to find a multiplication or division sentence that matched their word problem.  First student to 4 in a row was the winner!

Enjoying the Beautiful Weather at WAL Grade 6

We are so lucky at Walton to have a beautiful courtyard. The weather has been PERFECT lately for working outside.  Students are even able to take computers outside!  These 6th graders are busy writing Math problems using integers (positive and negative whole numbers).  Check out some of their work:

   A hot helicopter was flying. It went  25 feet into the canyon. Then it went up 15 feet. Then it went up another 15 feet. How high was the helicopter above the canyon?      -25+15+15= 5

George and Harold were playing video games and sharing points.

George scored -10 points and Harold scored 24 and then -12. How many points do they have altogether?

-10+24+(-12)= 2

Reading Graphic Novels at WAL Grade 4/5

Our 4/5 Readers have been exploring Graphic Novels.  We are all reading the book El Deafo which is an autobiographical story from Cece Bell. Cece lost her hearing at age 4 and had to learn how to cope with friends, family, and school.  This fun story had students thinking about disabilities as super-powers!  In the story Cece takes on the role of "El Deafo" and braves the world!

Students also got to choose their own graphic novel to read and compare to El Deafo. Students read about dragons, friends, babysitters, and more!

WAL Energyz Guys

This week at Walton we hosted Energyz Guys.  We learned about how to conserve energy in our lives.  Be sure to ask your child's homeroom teacher about an energy-saving kit.

Luis Munoz Marin Place Value

Check out these 4th grade smarties! They are playing Math games with partners while learning Place Value up to the millions place.  The students also read the book Count to a Million.   How can your challenge your student with numbers up to a million?

Luis Munoz Marin: I-Ready All-Stars

Check out our I-Ready All Stars at Luis Munoz Marin.  These students are hard at work at learning Math at their own pace thanks to i-Ready.  Did you know that teachers assign special lessons for students based on the students' needs?  And did you know that the students can work on i-Ready at home or on a computer at the local library?  Students have a goal to work on i-Ready for 60 minutes in each subject per week.  Ask your student about i-Ready and how they are doing on their personal Math/Reading goals. 

A Million Reasons to Love School

Today in class 4th and 5th grade students practiced writing and reading numbers up to a BILLION!!!  Students did a great job creating numbers with 9, 10, 11, and even 12 digits!!  I am always impressed with these hard working students and today they really impressed.  Check out these photos of amazing students.

Mini Glow Parties

Just a little celebration today.  Check out our Glow Party!!!  We danced and partied a little to celebrate another successful day in the Gifted classroom.

Caught Reading at Walton!

Look who I caught reading in our classroom.

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This year we will be reading new graphic novels in our classroom thanks to the support from Donor's Choose.  Over 20 new Graphic Novels were added to our classroom library over the summer.  The students are busy reading books like Dogman, Smile, and Babysitter's Club.

Here are a few books that you can ask your student about: