WMS: Math Update

Dear Families,

Just an update about what's going on in math and science: surface area and energy! Cool!

Math

• Several students had the Winter MAP test this morning just as a mid-year checkup.
• In class and we explored more about the surface area of pyramids. Last week we learned about square and triangular pyramids, but today we are looking at triangular pyramids with lateral sides that are different from the triangular base. In 6th grade we are focusing on the surface areas of rectangular prisms (blocks) and pyramids.
• Here is a website that describes the pyramidal surface area well! http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/pyramids.html
• Students received back their decimal multiplication quiz today. Tomorrow I will be having students record in their planners the retake opportunities available to them. They will need to bring revised quizzes with them as a ticket to retake the quiz.

Science

• In science we are finishing up batteries as a model of energy storage and during this week we will be looking at energy being stored in mechanical (elastic) interactions and in gravity interactions. 
  

Sincerely,

Brian MacNevin