Hello Families,
Halloween is
tomorrow and students will be getting into their costumes tomorrow at lunch,
going through different stations, and walking through the haunted house created
by the 8th grade class. For the sake of all students, please make sure
that there is no blood, gore, or weapons involved with their costume. I
will try to get some pictures up as soon as possible, however I will be
spending my afternoon monitoring the haunted house. If anyone is willing
to stop by to get some pictures of the 6th grade class, I would greatly
appreciate it.
Math
Since our last
update, the students created their model pyramids of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Each student was able to pick the base length for their pyramid.
Then, using Pythagorean Theorem they calculated the height of each face for
their pyramid. Finally, they cut out all 4 faces and the base. Once
Steve finished with original works, we teamed up during art class to teach them
how to decorate their pyramids. Steve has continued to work with them in
art class and I gave them a period during Social Studies class to continue
working on their pyramids. Each pyramid will be shown off during
conferences in 2 weeks.
We also spent some
time looking how length and width changes if you have a fixed area and
perimeter for a rectangle. This led us down an awesome path, introducing
students to plotting, curves, lines, intersection of lines, and asymptotes.
This class loves a challenge.
Finally, we are
working with circles, looking at radius, diameter, circumference, and pi.
We are going to derive the formula for the area of a circle tomorrow.
Social Studies
On top of learning
about hieroglyphs in art class, students have been working on a short (3-5
slides) PowerPoint presentation on their ancient Egyptian God. I decided
to use PowerPoint because students will be able to show different pictures when
they are trying to convince the class about which god we should honor with a
new temple. Next, everyone wrote/is writing their presentation and used a
recording device to record their speech by themselves. Tomorrow, they
will evaluate their own presentation and then present their information to the
class. Conferences will most likely be the completion of the Egyptian
project.
Today, October
30th is a parent meeting, if you are unable to make, then minutes will be sent
out.
Happy Halloween
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