Let me post some photos from my phone in an attempt to sum up whatever I documented of the last 3 months of school.
The Pageturners had a day where we created forts to read in. Who would have guessed middle school students would take fort making so seriously!
Here's two photos of my 6th graders doing one of my favorite investigations/challenges. We do this lesson during the geometry unit. One of the 6th grade standards is to be able to find the area of composite figures by breaking them into triangles, rectangles, parallelograms, etc. After practicing a few days, they're ready for a challenge. We discuss oil spills, how the occur, the consequences, etc. I even show them videos. This year was extra interesting because the students really took the information to heart -- especially when they saw the affected animals. I explain that it can be hard to determine how many sq mi an oil spill takes. We can use an aerial shot to help us estimate. So their job is to take an aerial outline of an oil spill, break it up into shapes of which they know how to find area, measure the dimensions, convert the inches to minutes using the scale, find the area of the shape, and eventually of the whole oil spill! It's a challenge, but it's worthwhile and they enjoyed seeing if they could get close to the actual size!
If photos had sounds, you would be able to hear 6th graders screaming my name from the Statue of Liberty. Someone always has to stay behind with the bookbags when we visit the Statue. This year I was the volunteer, but I didn't expect to hear some students screaming my name and waiving after climbing it. Always a great feeling!
"Merchantville is full of Stars" was our theme for Teacher Appreciation Week. I got pretty excited when I saw my name by the red carpet. Our PTA is definitely one of the best!
Another graduation in the books. So sad to see this year's class go. I will certainly miss them!!
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