Grades 5 through 7 Mrs. Williams Math, Science, Social Studies Grade 5 and 6 Math, Science, and Social Studies November and December flew by! 5th and 6th grade spent most of November preparing their portfolios and practicing for student led conferences. This is always a busy time of the trimester and they enjoy sharing their portfolios with their parents. Grade 5-6 math students have been hard at work mastering fraction operations. They have been applying those skills by creating recipes for a cupcake shop. Who knew making cupcakes involved so much math? In 6th grade the focus has been on expressions and radical operations. The holiday season brought a fun research activity to our classroom. Students determined the actual cost of the 12 Days of Christmas by researching the current price for the presents given in the song. Next month, 5th graders will shift their focus to rates, ratios, and proportions. Meanwhile 6th grade will take their knowledge of expressions and begin solving equations and inequalities. Students continued working on their multitasking research papers and have learned how to properly cite in-text using the MLA format. They also worked together on multiple holiday- based STEM activities. They determined the best cookie for Santa based upon the milk absorption of the cookies, made snowflakes with borax and hot water, and learned which materials would best prevent a snowflake from melting. In the upcoming month, we will begin our exploration of the Internet, basic networking, and computer hardware. Social studies was full of fun and excitement as students created their own canopic jars and tested different mixtures and solutions to determine what would best preserve a slice of 13
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