Tech Challenge: If you haven’t heard, our project was one of the three selected to represent Coronado at this year’s district level GT Technology Challenge!!! We are very excited to show our project to a wider audience. I believe that the district challenge is taking place on Wednesday, February 10th. We won’t be able to get a bus on short notice so I am hoping that we parents can help escort us to the big show. I’ve not yet been told our presentation time, but if you’re able to save Wednesday for us, and want to see our presentation, think about being a part of our carpool. It will be during the school day.
Morning Math: I am hosting Morning Math Thursdays at 7:30 am. This is an opportunity for students needing additional math support to come and ask questions and practice in a small group. No RSVP required. Just show up ready to ask questions and learn together!
Here’s what we’re working on in class this week...
Math: We are learning how to calculate percentages using the percent ratio and percent equation. Parents, calculate those tips no longer! By the end of the week, you should have a 6th grader who can do the math for you while you sit back and enjoy desert.
Reading: Our unit is historical influences in fiction and nonfiction. Students will compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character in The Lions of Little Rock and a historical primary account in a portion of Chief Justice Warren’s opinion in the case of Brown vs. the Board of Education which determined that separate but equal education did not offer equal protection under the law as guaranteed by the 14th amendment.
Writing: Students are writing a personal reflection on our technology challenge project. They have used an outlined plan, are drafting and will have the opportunity to participate in a revising conference before editing, revising and publishing a final copy.
Science/Social Studies: We used fairy tales and nursery rhymes to build background definitions for a study of economics. Students learned that economics is not the study of money but scarcity. All economies have limited resources and people must make choices about how to use those resources. We reviewed concepts of scarcity, alternatives, consequence and opportunity cost.
In science we learned how earth’s crust is formed or destroyed through movement at plate boundaries. We discovered that volcanoes can form at subduction zones (think Ring of Fire) and spreading zones like mid-oceanic ridges (think Iceland). These are places where plate boundaries come together or spread apart. This week we will model how volcanoes form mid-plate because of hot spots (Hawaii, Yellowstone).
Morning Math: I am hosting Morning Math Thursdays at 7:30 am. This is an opportunity for students needing additional math support to come and ask questions and practice in a small group. No RSVP required. Just show up ready to ask questions and learn together!
Here’s what we’re working on in class this week...
Math: We are learning how to calculate percentages using the percent ratio and percent equation. Parents, calculate those tips no longer! By the end of the week, you should have a 6th grader who can do the math for you while you sit back and enjoy desert.
Reading: Our unit is historical influences in fiction and nonfiction. Students will compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character in The Lions of Little Rock and a historical primary account in a portion of Chief Justice Warren’s opinion in the case of Brown vs. the Board of Education which determined that separate but equal education did not offer equal protection under the law as guaranteed by the 14th amendment.
Writing: Students are writing a personal reflection on our technology challenge project. They have used an outlined plan, are drafting and will have the opportunity to participate in a revising conference before editing, revising and publishing a final copy.
Science/Social Studies: We used fairy tales and nursery rhymes to build background definitions for a study of economics. Students learned that economics is not the study of money but scarcity. All economies have limited resources and people must make choices about how to use those resources. We reviewed concepts of scarcity, alternatives, consequence and opportunity cost.
In science we learned how earth’s crust is formed or destroyed through movement at plate boundaries. We discovered that volcanoes can form at subduction zones (think Ring of Fire) and spreading zones like mid-oceanic ridges (think Iceland). These are places where plate boundaries come together or spread apart. This week we will model how volcanoes form mid-plate because of hot spots (Hawaii, Yellowstone).