Fraction Food Lab - Student Sound Bites

Hunter S: I had fun during the food lab, we did have a few mistakes! There was too much milk in them. That made them gooey. They were a little chocolatey. Otherwise, they were pretty good!

Grace M: Our group had a lot of fun during the food lab! We might have put a little too much chocolate in them but who cares!? They're still REALLY good! :-)

Olivia H: Our cookies turned out great and there's never too much chocolate in a cookie!!!!

Danielle B: Making cookies was great! I hope we make cookies again sometime. I will definetly make more cookies at home. My group and I made a few mistakes, but it was still fun to be in the kitchen and use the stove. Our cookies turned out great!

Greg R: Doing this lab made me reallize I need to think of a new career!

Macen P. : I luv cookies.

Lindsey D: It was a lot of fun!

Stephanie R: Making cookies was really fun! I hope we do it again.

John R: I hope we do it AGAIN AND Mrs. Sharp tells the 7th grade to do it. From JRJ

Kalem: Cookies are better than a popsicle on a hot, humid day.

Michael Y: I like to make cookies!

Maggie M: Making cooies is a really fun way to learn!

Maynor G: I thing that doing cookies is very fun.

John G: I love to cook its fun!

Math News

We have just finished multiplying and dividing fractions. We will take our test on Thursday. Test corrections will need to be completed and signed over the weekend. I will e-mail progress reports and send home paper copies on Friday. They will need to be signed and returned along with their test corrections.

To end our three months of fraction work we will complete a fraction cooking lab in the FACS kitchen, at Lincoln, on January 30th. Students will use their fraction skills to reduce a recipe and, in small groups, cook up the concoction. It really is quite fun to watch. Some of your children have not been observing you in the kitchen. I have seen groups try to use a metal bowl, over flame, to make their cookies.

My role is to be a facilitator AND OF COURSE to keep them from setting the kitchen on fire. I don't help with directions, they must read it from the sheet. This will be a fun, learning experience! You really have to see them in action to believe it!! Have your student save his/her recipe and try it out on YOU at home!! After the lab, I will let some of the kids blog their thoughts on this page!! Check back on Feb. 2nd to see what they had to say!!!

More Fractions

Today we started multiplying and estimating fractions. Students are to work on chapter vocabulary and begin memorizing the three estimation rules we wrote on 3x5 cards. Forty students qualified for enrichment in this unit by showcasing that they have exceptional fraction ability. They will have four opportunities to work in small groups solving more challenging problems!! A list of qualifying students have been posted in my room!

Top Ten in Math (on the Explorer Team) for the Third Six Weeks are:

1. Brandon Baird
2. Ryan McNeil
3. Clayton Maddox
4. Danielle Becktel
5. Lane Singleton
6. Lindsey Downs
7. Anna Dunn
Micah Harner (tied)
8. Jessica Siegel
Cameron Hedington (tied)
9. Tonya Roeder
10. Hunter Sharp

Congratulations on your academic achievements!!