As of today, we have 37 days of school left. How many hours is that? Minutes?? Seconds???? How much of a month? How much of a year?? How much of your school career (in years) so far??? Leave a comment with your answers!

TCPS students this year celebrated Pi Day in a variety of ways. Middle school students brought in a pi themed treat to share, dressed in their most “mathematical attire,” and memorized pi to as many digits as possible. Cassandra broke the school record with 86 digits! Each class worked on a different activity to highlight where pi actually comes from and how it can be applied. Fifth graders helped involve the rest of the school by parading around reciting the digits of pi at exactly 1:59pm (3.14 1:59 – the first six digits….) It was a fun day and a great way to celebrate one of the most enchanting enigmas of mathematics!

Excuse the mess – this was just meant as a warm up activity before we started class for the day. However, I am so impressed by the 5th graders understanding of mixed numbers and improper fractions that I had to share.

Student Work

Fifth graders work together to plan and develop presentations with a partner.  Nice work!!

Nico and Hana figuring out how a stem and leaf plot works.

Max and Renee (and Lily) deciding what to work on first to prepare their presentation on line graphs.

Grace Karina and Ian add details to their bar graph online.

Hannah and Surina decide what data they want their circle graph to show.

No, no, not exercise….students delved into an early geometry lesson recently where they had to challenge their spatial reasoning. The project started with attempts at drawing 3-d cubes on 2-d isometric paper. Students then created orthographic drawings which show the object from the front, side, and top views. Finally, they created a foundation drawing which illustrates how many levels of blocks there are in the structure as seen from the top view. The exploration culminated with students creating their very own architectural designs through isometric drawings, and then making the orthographic top view and a foundation drawing of their buildings. Coming soon to a city near you….!

Alex

Chameli

Danya

Marcello

Matt

Sierra

7th graders worked to come up with a creative explanation about why the inequality sign gets flipped when both sides of an inequality are  multiplied or divided by a negative.

SHAZAM!!

(Special thanks to the 6th grade class for helping out!)

Welcome back to a great new year at TCPS!! I’m so excited for my new homeroom full of 6th graders and math classes galore!!!

Here are some tips to help you be prepared for your first days and weeks of school:

• Get your school supplies! The first week is when we will be setting up binders and organizing all materials. Make sure you have everything on your list now so you will be able to start the year off organized!
• Come to visiting day! It is Thursday, September 1st at 10am. Meet your teachers, see your classroom, pick up books, and get reacquainted with your school friends before the first day.
• Start good habits early! Keep your planner filled in, eat breakfast before school, find a regular time and place to do your homework each day, check in with your teachers with any questions you have. Developing these habits right off the bat will help you become a successful middle schooler.
• Be on time! Start your day off on the right foot by giving yourself enough time to get ready and get to homeroom by 8:30.

Can’t wait to see you all September 6th!!!

Miss Hock

Have a great summer!!!!

Fifth graders became interested in a VERY long number while making up equations. We had to research online what each period of numbers was called. We then invited first graders to come read it with us since they have been working on reading large numbers this year. This was the first number either class has read in the Quindecillions!