Middle School

Math: This was a wonderful first week! The 7th graders classified rational numbers on Tuesday and created their own nested diagrams. On Wednesday they reviewed how to add and subtract integers, and on Thursday they completed mazes and a solve and color to continue practicing. The 8th grade class reviewed how to convert between fractions and decimals on Tuesday, then dived into square roots. Wednesday they learned how to find the square root of perfect squares and on Thursday they learned how to estimate non-perfect square roots. The Algebra class jumped right in and covered four lessons this week: distribution, […]

General News We had a great (we mean capital G-R-E-A-T!!!) first week! Considering the amount of change we’ve all ingested, it was actually a freakishly wonderful first week. The honeymoon may end, but we said that the entire last year and it STILL continues. Thank you! Here’s a snippet from our first week’s student survey that will give you an idea of how the kids are feeling. (We’re off to a good start! ❤️) Reading/Writing Update Same as math, we didn’t have a ton of time devoted to structured ELA class this week as we were busy with community building

Math: Both the Marionettes and the Saplings are on their last unit over statistics! They had lessons over measures of center and measures of variability. The Algebra students worked hard on their escape room. They should now be ready for their check-in on Monday. All students are taking their last check-ins next week. ELA: The countdown is on! We started wrapping up ELA this week by turning in literary essays about the novels students just finished. Phew! Another elephant eaten one bite at a time. We also analyzed the poem, “Harlem” by Langston Hughes by looking for rhyme scheme, figurative

Math: Thank you to Ms. Jessica for subbing for me Monday and Tuesday. She taught the Marionettes how to find the volume of rectangular prisms, the Saplings independent probability, and the Vroomshrooms the quadratic formula. When I returned Wednesday and Thursday the Marionettes and Vroomshrooms worked on unit reviews while the Saplings learned how to find the probability of dependent events. ELA: On Monday we held our very last book clubs of the year. We discussed the endings of our books, new insights from our reading, and whether or not previous predictions held up. Students also identified the themes of

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