Oh my, the market has really been making the SMG difficult but students are persevering. This will also give us a chance to talk about the “fiscal cliff” and it’s impact on the economic situation.
7th graders will be finishing up Unit 4 which reviewed mixed numbers. They will continue to review and work with mixed numbers in Fraction Book 4. After the test on this unit, we will begin a project using similar triangles and figures. As part of this project, students will be watching the movie “Gulliver’s Travels” and create some similar figures using tangrams. I’m hoping to figure out wether or not it is possible for us to also combine this project with Liz and have the students create some “larger” figures.
6th graders will continue to work with decimals. We are looking at adding and subtracting decimals this week. Students have enjoyed playing “Close to One” and “Decimal War”.