Grades 5-8 Mrs. Williams Grades 5-8 Math and Science & 5-6 Social Studies Grade 5-8 Math and Science & 5-6 Social Studies Wow! Grade 5-6 has been working hard in math. Math workshop students have explored many new topics this month. Three groups worked together on a project to apply decimal operations knowledge by paying bills, writing checks, and balancing a check register. The other two groups continued their study of fractions and integers. They also became experts of exponents, square and cube roots and scientific notation. Next month we will be moving into new units of study including fractions, simplifying expressions, and multiplying and dividing numbers in scientific notation form. This month in science, students continued to practice typing, and many students are now using cloths to cover their hands while typing! Our main focus was on how to research properly. This included learning how to evaluate a website to determine if it was a valid source and how to document a source. Students applied their skills on a small research project. They researched multi-tasking to determine if it is a positive or negative skill for teenagers. Next month students will defend their opinion of multi-tasking by creating their own websites to display their research. 13
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