Our Tessellation Tree

Happy Holidays to those of you who celebrate.  This December the students created a Tessellation Tree in our classroom.  This tree is more than just a colorful triangle.  It is also is a Math Puzzle to solve!  Do you see any patterns?  The students quickly noted that the number of "trees" needed for each row was increasing by 2's and was always an odd number: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, etc.  Then the students noticed a bigger pattern.  If you count the number of trees needed for 1 row, 2, rows, 3 rows, the numbers go like this: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100.  Do you see the pattern yet?  Discuss the patterns with your student and predict how many trees you would need for a tree 25 rows tall.  There is a way to solve this problem and predict the answer for any row!

Enjoy your Winter Break and 

Happy Holidays to those who celebrate!

Solving Math Mysteries

Check out these Math students.  They are solving problems using fractions and then using the clues given to solve a Math mystery.  Who will solve the mystery first?  The students work in teams or compete against their classmates to become the best sleuth!  🕵🕵🕵  

Happy Thanksgiving

Wishing everyone a peaceful break this November and to those who celebrate, Happy Thanksgiving.  

I will see you back at school in December!

Mean, Median,Mode, & Range

This week our LMM 5th graders worked with Mean, Median, Mode, and Range. The students created a statistical question and researched a data set.  The students then used Mean, Median, Mode, and Range to answer their statistical questions.

What have we been Reading?

In our 4th/5th grade class at Walton we have been reading Serafina and the Black Cloak.  This is a suspenseful mystery book with quite a few spooky surprises!  So far we have read about a mysterious man in a black cloak, Serafina's mysterious beginnings, and a missing girl in a yellow dress. 

The story takes place at the Biltmore Estate a real life mansion in North Carolina.  We have watch some videos and have been studying pictures of the mansion to see where the story takes place. 

I don't want to give too much away because I know how the story ends, but let's just say that the students won't expect what is going to happen by the end of the book!  

Irrational Numbers - WAL/LMM GR6

This week our sixth grade Math students at both Walton and Luis Munoz Marin are learning about rational and irrational numbers.  We started out the year with adding and subtraction integers (positive and negative whole numbers) and then we moved onto fractions, decimals, and percentages including terminating and repeating decimals.  Don't forget, students, a repeating decimal CAN be written as a fraction so it IS a rational number!!

Irrational numbers are numbers like π or √2 which cannot be written as a fraction.  These numbers continue on forever without repeating or terminating.


Now you know the advanced Math topics that are challenging our 6th graders!

Friendly Faces

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!