Math

We are on chapter 11 in the book.  We are learning to add and subtract integers, as well as graphing points on a coordinate plane. We will have our test over chapter 11 on wednesday the 19th. This will be our final exam and will just cover chapter 11.  I have enjoyed having your child in my class and hope that you all have a wonderful and safe summer!

Life Skills

The students bought a car in Life Skills.  They had a budget they had to stick to and had to find out their monthly payments, Kelley Blue Book value, as well as the VIN number to check if the car had been in any accidents.  They know what their net income is and know that in a budget, a car payment should not exceed 10% of their monthly net income. They did a great job on this project and enjoyed buying a car.

Life Skills

     
This week in Life Skills we have continued talking about banking.  The students are familiar with what an overdraft fee is, different kinds of accounts, and some basic things to look for when finding a bank.  We are starting our bank comparison today. They will be responsible for comparing two different banks based on a sheet of criteria and will present to the class which bank they chose and why.

Math-

This week we have continued talking about customary and metric units of measurement.  The kids made "Gallon man" and have been working on converting metric and customary units.

Math

We are just starting chapter 9 in math.  In this chapter we will cover customary and metric units of measurements.  Tomorrow we will be estimating items around the classroom.

Study Skills

We have discussed tips for note taking.  They were surprised to hear how little changes, like color coding with highlighters can really help them remember facts.

Life Skills

In Life Skills we have learned how to write a check, deposit a check, and endorse a check.  We had Mr. Williams (husband to our very own Mrs. Williams) volunteer time out of his busy schedule, come talk to us about different types of banking accounts.  We have done a resume and have even done mock interviews.

Creative Living: Magazine Rosary

Here are the rosaries we made out of magazines.

                         They took a bit longer than I had thought, but well worth

                          it......They turned out GREAT!!!!!!

The beads are made from rolled magazines.

Proud 5th and 6th Graders hold up their rosaries!

Study Skills

In Study Skills we  are getting ready to start our unit on "Developing Good Study Habits". We will be discussing what conditions make it hard to concentrate, and how to fix it.  We will talk about tips on concentration as well as track where our time goes throughout the week. Tracking time will help student to see where their time is going, and where more time needs to spent.

Math

In math we are learning about the different ways to graph data. We made foldables yesterday in class to reinforce what we had learned. Next week we will begin our review of chapter 6 and have our test.

 In Creative Living we finished our monsters. They turned out great!!!!! They are being displayed in the hallway in front of Patton/Busch classroom.
We have started on our magazine rosary. Brianna (the youth director of St. Anne's) is coming to talk to our class tuesday. She is going to tell us about the history of the rosary.  All of our students know how to pray the rosary, but many do not know the history of the rosary.

Creative Living

Making Felt Monsters

Matthew concentrating on cutting out his monster.

This is how they thought you stuck

straight pins into material before taking this class.