Week 38: 6th Grade Science

Week: 38

Over the past couple of weeks the 6th Graders completed their Virus Projects.   They used proportions to figure out the size of a virus and that 19 million viruses would fit on the head of a pin.  Using simple statistics the class also predicted how many turns it would take to infect the whole class if one classmate is infected.  For me the best part of this lesson is the great discussion that evolves.  Make sure you asked them about their projects.  

Can you believe it is over and everyone survived.  I hope your son or daughter enjoyed this year in science and found a new understanding of it.  Have a safe and restful summer!

Sincerely,

Mr. T

Colonies Jigsaw

Today, the 6th graders are finishing up their final unit, which was about the American colonies.  They are taking their test today.  Earlier this week, the class was split up into three groups.  Each group researched one of the three regions of colonies (New England, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies). Then, they looked for similarities and differences between the colonies and taught one another what they had learned.  This unit is preparing them for 7th grade social studies, which will cover early American history, starting with the French and Indian War.  Have a great summer!

Algebra

This week in 6th grade math we continue to work on our unit on algebra.  We started the unit by learning about the distributive property.  We have now expanded on the distributive property and are using it to simplify expressions and combine like terms.  The class really had a tough time today with some equations that required using the distributive property several times and then having to combine like terms.  It was great to see their perseverance because they never gave up.  For the rest of the year, we will learn how to solve more complex algebra problems and then learn about the Pythagorean Theorem.

I hope everyone has a great summer and I will see you all next year!