Middle School

Math: The Meatballs tackled measurement conversions and percents this week. The 8th grade class continued to work with slope-intercept form. They had lessons on multiple representations where they wrote verbal descriptions, equations, tables, and graphs of linear functions. The Algebra class had a check in over direct and inverse variation on Monday then jumped into the system of equations unit. They can solve systems of equations by graphing and substitution. Next week we will cover the elimination method. Humanities: Our Humanities topic of Short Stories is getting longer! This week, we continued our look at the topic by reading stories […]

General News We are wrapping up our outlines (due Monday) for Theme research on kids’ individualized self-selected history of the earth topic. Mr. Steve will be sending out a refresher video to help support kids as they learn how to make an outline. Reading/Writing Update Science meets storytelling! This week we worked on a really fun assignment! We continued our exploration of famous Earth scientists, but this time we added a creative fiction twist. After reading articles about modern-day scientists, students identified character traits, challenges, and moments of growth in their lives. We took a deep dive into Jane Goodall’s

Math: The Meatballs finished up their poster projects on Monday and completed a puzzle to practice proportions. Tuesday we had a lesson on unit rates. Wednesday we practiced more proportions with a train puzzle and a scavenger hunt. Thursday, for Halloween, we created Halloween scenes that needed to include various geometric shapes and definitions. The 8th grade students practiced finding slopes from graphs and given two points on Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday they had a lesson on graphing linear equations in slope-intercept form. On Thursday they graphed linear equations that made the shape of a spider web! The Algebra students

General News The Halloween carnival was such a hit! The Deltas got some first hand experience hosting (and wrangling) the younger kids. It was a beautiful act of service for building community and fun was had by all! We also got to spend some time in the library and lounge downstairs for our new monthly tradition: Lit. Lounge! We enjoyed cider, hot chocolate, or peppermint tea, learned about the new library system, and got to check out some leisure reading books! We look forward to doing it again next month! Reading/Writing Update This week in class, we focused on character

Math: The Meatballs started proportions this week. They had a review lesson on solving proportions Tuesday and started a project Wednesday and Thursday. First we read If You Hopped Like a Frog by David M Schwartz. This book had comparisons like, if you scurried like a spider you could run a football field in 2 seconds. We used those ratios and our body measurements to solve how far we could scurry. The 8th grade class learned functions are like vending machines on Tuesday and had lessons over slope on Wednesday and Thursday. They can now identify the slope of a