Middle School

Math: This week the Marionettes explored and modeled the area of rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, and trapezoids. The Saplings focused on sample spaces, and experimental vs theoretical probability. The Vroomshrooms learned how to solve quadratics using the square root method and by completing the square. ELA: We started the week with discussions about our novels then hopped back into mood and tone. The middle schoolers are deepening their understanding of how writers make very specific word choices to build mood and evoke the readers’ emotions. We used a page of text from our novels (for Marionettes that’s The Fourteenth Goldfish and […]

Math: The Marionettes and Saplings started their week with unit reviews and check-ins. They then dove into their next units, geometry and probability, respectively. The Vroomshrooms started factoring quadratic functions in order to find roots this week. They ended the week with an activity where given a graph they had to write the vertex, standard, and factored form of the quadratic function. ELA: On Monday we discussed what’s happening in our novels and finished the idiom paintings we started last week. Tuesday we kicked off class with a quick write about their novels. Marionettes, a wise person once said, “Every

Math: The Marionettes took on inequalities this week. They learned how to solve for inequalities and how to graph solution sets. On Thursday they completed stations to review both equations and inequalities. The Saplings learned how to find the volume of both rectangular and triangular pyramids at the beginning of the week. They ended the week by starting Volumeville. In groups of 3, students are designing 3D buildings and calculating the total volume of the town. The Marionettes had lessons over graphing quadratics using vertex form and identifying transformations. They started a stained glass project which requires them to graph

Math: The Marionettes started their unit on equations this week working on solving one-step equations using inverse operations. The Saplings tackled volume. The Vroomshrooms began graphing quadratics. ELA: We welcomed Q4 with the ever-exciting unveiling of our new novels! 6th graders unwrapped The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm, while the 7th and 8th graders unwrapped The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly. Both these books tie right in to our theme of Organisms and Their Environments. Students learned to use bookmarks for jotting down quick notes and page numbers to use as references for future reading responses: plot

Math: All classes are wrapping up units for the quarter this week. The Marionettes worked on a review Monday and Tuesday and took their check-in Wednesday. Thursday they started a research project to finish out the quarter. The Saplings finished up their robots all week and took their check-in on Thursday. The Vroomshrooms learned how to factor. This included factoring out the gcf, factoring by grouping, factoring trinomials using the AC method, and factoring a difference of squares. Their check-in will be Tuesday. ELA: Everyone (including the teacher) returned on Monday eager to discuss the ending of Animal Farm! We