On Monday and Tuesday of this week, 6th grade students at BMS reflected on primary sources relating to the 9/11 attacks on our nation. Students created a timeline of events, including the exact times each tower fell or plane crashed. Students then watched videos with first-hand interviews from survivors and the speech of President George W. Bush on the evening of 9/11. Students discussed how listening to the survivors recollections and watching the official speech of President Bush differed from reading about 9/11 in an article or textbook. Students reflected on the long-term effects that 9/11 had on our nation as a whole. They were also asked to list ways they could honor the lives lost or sacrificed. Many students were very creative in listing ways they could serve others this week. Finally, we were led by a student from each class in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in honor of lives lost and those currently serving to keep our nation safe. Below is the PowerPoint presentation we used during the two-day lesson on 9/11. There are 4 videos linked without the presentation. Students may want to re-watch these videos or share them with someone who was alive during 9/11 and discuss their reactions and emotions.
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We have been working on standard 6.NS.3, which requires students to be able to read, write, compare, and compute decimals. Our UNIT ASSESSMENT will be Tuesday September 13th. Students have taken several quizzes they can use to study, as well as notes from their workbook. A major weakness is being able to say a number with decimals in correct place value.
For example: 17.987 would be read aloud or written in word form as "seventeen AND nine hundred eighty-seven thousandths". Also, students need to be able to round decimals to a given place value. If the above number ( 17.987) were to be rounded to the nearest hundredths place, it would become 17.99. I have linked some online resources below for computation practice. Remember, the focus is to become fluent when working with decimals ( we will work with fractions in a later unit of study). DECIMAL QUIZZES www.mrmaisonet.com/index.php?/Decimal-Quizzes/ Multiplying Decimals Basketball Game www.math-play.com/multiplying-decimals-game.html SUBTRACTING DECIMALS BASKETBALL GAME www.math-play.com/subtracting-decimals-game.html ADDING DECIMALS BASKETBALL GAME www.math-play.com/adding-decimals-game.html |
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