Middle School

Math: The Marionettes tackled finding the percent, part, and whole problems this week. They started with straight forward questions like 45 is what percent of 60? and ended the week with application problems like 45 6th grade students made a B or higher on their math test. If there are 60 6th graders, what percent of students made a B or higher? The Saplings reviewed how to find the area of rectangles, parallelograms, triangles, and trapezoids at the beginning of the week in order to prepare them for their lesson over finding the area of composite figures on Thursday. The […]

Math: The Marionettes started their unit on percents this week. They learned that a percent is always out of 100, and how to convert between fractions, decimals, and percents. The Saplings began the geometry unit. They had lessons over measuring angles, supplementary and complementary angles. Additionally the class read about Sir Cumference to discover pi, circumference, and area of circles. The Vroomshrooms graphed linear inequalities and systems of linear inequalities to finish up their unit. Next week they will begin exponential functions. ELA: After a long winter’s nap, we eased back into ELA with an activity that helped students understand

Math: This week the Marionettes finished up working with rates on Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday they had a lesson over classifying whole numbers, integers, and rational numbers. Thursday they completed their review for their check-in on Monday. The Saplings worked at their own pace to complete their linear relationship review, check in, and then a performance task. The performance task involved ordering supplies for a chemistry lab and mixing proportional solutions. The Vroomshrooms learned the three ways to solve systems of equations: Graphing, Substitution, and Elimination. They will practice these methods more Monday and finish the unit next semester. ELA:

Math: The Marionettes finished up working with ratios this week and practiced with finding incorrect statements and fixing those statements. They then moved onto rates. They were introduced to rates and how to use rates as comparisons. The Saplings jumped into proportional relationships. They learned how to identify the constant of proportionality and rates of change. Additionally they worked on representing proportional and non-proportional relationships verbally, with a table, graphically, and with an equation. Vroomshrooms finished their short unit on variation this week and took a check-in. Thursday they began their system of equations unit by learning how to solve

Math: The Marionettes started the week by exploring ratios. They sorted a small sample of Froot Loops by color, created ratios, and used that data to make conclusions about the colors in a whole box. After exploring they had introductory lessons on how to write ratios and using ratios to make comparisons. They ended the week with a solve and color to practice finding equivalent ratios. The Saplings spent the week taking a check-in. After completing their check-in, some students created mad-lib stories to practice finding interest and working with the simple interest formula as an extension assignment. The Vroomshrooms