The fifth grade is continuing our work with volume, and toward the end of the week will begin to work toward surface area of rectangular prisms. This week we will be working from a design and engineering perspective and creating a shipping container that will fit exactly 36 individual boxes from a consumer goods category. Each student (or pair) will be given a box (shoe box, cereal, light bulb, egg carton, etc.) and use dimensions to design a shipping box for 36 of their item. They will be responsible for the design and communication of their design, and toward the end of the week we will open the task to include the concept of surface area.
The sixth grade classes are finishing our work in a unit working with rational numbers. This week we will be making connections between all the platforms we have used to look at numbers: rates, ratios, fraction and percents. As the week progresses some students will be using a website called Kahoot to create a multiple choice style game show to challenge some of their classmates.
Over the course of the week expect to see Self Assessment come home at least three nights plus at least one content practice homework.
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