Monthly Archives: February 2012

Density lightens 6th Grade Science

The sixth grade kabbalah explored the the cosmic  sense of matter and why matter matters and matter that matters, but although it may not matter to Matt. You guessed it, the term “Density” creeped into our overarching consciousness and stamped … Continue reading

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Seventh Graders Learn about Area of Shapes in Math

The seventh graders have started their unit on Geometry. To find perimeter and area of basic shapes requires a little playfulness.  In this activity, students explore the relationship between the area of a triangle and a rectangle. Students calculate the … Continue reading

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Unit 5 Test Data: “Percentages”

Math test score analysis unit 5 percents View more PowerPoint from gjohnston76

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6th graders learn about mixtures through distillation

The sixth grade science class has just started their unit “Intro to Chemistry” and with that many of the properties of substances. One of the many learning benchmarks in this unit is that students will know about “mixtures” and the … Continue reading

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How to Improve Student Skills

So many parents ask me: “How can my child improve their grades?”. I say to them, “If you improve your student skills, the good grades will follow.” Not everyone learns the same way. Not only that, but all students don’t … Continue reading

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