Thursday, November 21, 2013

Update about Sixth Grade!

We have just finished reading the poem The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe, and started reading the book A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'engle. This book is a Science fiction book about time travel. We have only read a few chapters so far, but maybe in a few blog posts we will be finished! 

In Math, we have finished learning about Prime Factorization and we are now moving on to fractions! We are starting off with multiplying fractions, but we hope to get to dividing fractions very soon!

In other news, we have just finished our Fall semester STEM classes! Our showcase was held yesterday Wednesday November 20th. Parents, visitors, and other classes in our school came in to observe all of our games and presentations! It was a great 6 weeks of STEM and we all hope that Spring semester STEM classes will be just as great! 

Last Monday, we had a speaker come in all the way from Liberia Africa. Macintosh, a man who grew up in Westpoint, the poorest neighborhood in Liberia, came to speak to the 6th, 7th, and 8th graders about his inspiring story and the organization he has put up for suffering girls in Liberia. His organization educates girls living in poverty in Liberia. We hope to one day help those girls and contribute to their company.

-Franki