We took a break from our sound unit to do a little STEM activity (science, technology, engineering, and math) which served as a great team builder as well. Students needed to cooperate and collaborate to build not only the TALLEST tower possible with the materials they were given, but it also had to support three stacked peppermints. It was a GREAT TIME!
Algebra is in Full Swing
Wednesday, December 09, 2015
As a team, we are ROCKING OUT the algebra! Our Friday quiz went beautifully! The students are combing like terms left and right--and we discovered a new love lately: MATH LIBS! It's a twist on the language arts ones you all know and love, only they are competed with math questions!
We have been learning about sound waves as well in science, and we conpleted a sound webquest which was a lot of fun because students got to virtually play different instruments:
Introduction to Algebra
Friday, November 20, 2015
We started one of my FAVORITE units to teach this week-Algebra!
Next week we will do some fun review of math we've covered already with Thanksgiving themed math centers! I hope you all have a wonderful holiday-I am very thankfuk to be teaching this group of students this year!
Halloween Week
Sunday, November 01, 2015
We had a great week reviewing for our benchmark with fun activities and also included a fun science STEM lab as well:
Geometry Fun!
Monday, October 26, 2015
Awesome Night Sky Tonight!!
Wednesday, October 07, 2015
If you're looking for a science in real life extra credit assignment, check this out tonight! 😀
http://gizmodo.com/a-nasa-experiment-is-going-to-light-up-the-sky-with-bea-1735168250
Week 5
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
It has been another great week in Room 403!
We have been hard at work on our Biome Projects! They are looking great-and due this week!! (Siler HR-Thursday, Sugg HR-Friday). Students have had over 2.5 hours of in class time to complete these, and anything not completed in class must be completed at home. I can't wait to see the finished products!
In math we finished up practicing multiplying and dividing fractions, ordering rational numbers, and have moved on to decimals. We have done some fun hands on projects to practice!
Week 3 and 4
Monday, September 21, 2015
We have been working very hard in math with coordinate grids and also this past week we tackled multiplying and dividing fractions (in word problems, too)!
In science we wrapped up the parts of the flower. We did a science lab where we dissected a flower to see the different parts:
Week 2
Monday, September 07, 2015
It was another productive week! We got down to business this week in math (our first unit to tackle is number systems) and science (parts of a flower, photosynthesis and ecosystems).
We worked together in cooperative learning groups this week working on combining positive and negative integers:
In science we started learning about the parts of the flower, and we also had our first trip to the science lab to have orientation. We also talked a LOT about lab safety and how to handle materials properly. We even did an introduction lab so students could become familiar with the lab, expectations, and safety.
This week we will continue with the parts of a flower and head to the science lab.
In math, we will work with a four quadrant coordinate grid and practice reflecting points over the x and y axis.
Our First Week
Saturday, August 29, 2015
We did a math about me activity this week which was our first math grade! The students got to know each other by figuring out math equations which answered questions about them:
We played two rounds of Two Truths and a Lie--a favorite game of theirs! I definitely learned a lot about them!
We are really looking forward to another GREAT week!
Welcome
Wednesday, August 05, 2015
Welcome to Mrs. Sugg's 6th Grade Class blog. Please check back soon for updates.