The Math Movie Network is back, bringing you the latest from our sixth grade classroom! This time, some of our experts provide you with a look at how to solve problems with exponents and the order of operations. One of the topics that we’ve been learning all about are exponents. Much like where multiplication is [...]
Hair is neatly combed and brushed. Clothes have been straightened out and arranged in the nicest fashion. That sounds like your typical picture day at school, right? Well, our picture day just so happened to be a bit different this year. Usually students get back pictures and they’re sharing their best smiles. This year, when [...]
Today we discussed all things circles. We talked about the radius, diameter, circumference, and angles. Thanks to technology, we had a whole new way of learning about it! A couple weeks ago, one of our blogging buddies, Mrs. Hembree wrote a post highlighting the changes to their library. As part of that post, she used [...]
We’ve gone from learning about adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimals to doing the same operations but now with fractions. We’ve been talking all about important terms like least common multiple and greatest common denominator. Most recently, we came across the word reciprocal while learning how to divide fractions. When learned that in order to [...]
The other night we held our first ever Tech Night for sixth grade parents at Dennett Elementary. We’ve been using so many different types of technology for so many different assignments, we thought it’d be great to share what we’re doing with the parents! During our Tech Night, we shared how we are able to [...]
Making Sense of All These Comments
One of the great parts about having a blog is because of the comments. Students are able to write comments based upon what we’ve been working on. Parents are able to leave comments to share words of encouragement. Classes from around the world are able to ask questions about how we do things similarly and [...]
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