Sixth Grade
There is no homework today. We have been working hard on decimals and filling out the decimals chart for how to work each type of problem. Today, the class learned how to divide with decimals. We were going over examples right until the end of class and I wasn't comfortable giving them the assignment without getting to work on it some in class. They will have time during class tomorrow!
Seventh Grade
Math - We have been working on proportion activities this week. Monday and Tuesday the class used proportions to find out how many "birds" (beans) were in their forests (cups). Today, each group received cut-outs of giant pencils and they used proportions, their own heights and pencil lengths to discover how big a giant would be to use the giant pencils. Most would be taller than our school! It was fun.
Geography - We continued taking notes on Section 2 of chapter 9 today. We also talked about the Nazca lines in Peru and watched a video about them. It's a fascinating mystery....giant line drawings, miles long in some cases, in the middle of the desert. Why? No one really knows!
The homework for today is to color (no marker please!) and label the outline maps of Central America and the Caribbean.
Eighth Grade
Pre-Algebra: The class got review worksheets on triangles and symmetry today. We will discuss any issues with them tomorrow as the boys had to leave class early for the Subiaco Academy presentation.
Algebra I: I'm not putting any examples on the blog, but please email me if you have questions! Just for your information, on #10, the train going from Reedley to Peoria is traveling 85 kilometers per hour not 8t! Sorry for the typo.
See you tomorrow!
Mrs. Swickey
