Students in the 6th grade math classes at Penn Middle School enjoyed the annual “Turkey Bowl” on November 22. Students participated in a Football Frenzy, Macy’s Day Parade, Black Friday Shopping, Thanksgiving Dinner, and Santa Letter writing. The lesson included activities related to Ratio & Proportional Relationships, the Number System, and the Number Line.
Brooklyn Anderson and Peyton Cassidy find the location of floats in the Macy’s Day Parade by applying their knowledge of graphing on a Coordinate Plane
James Whitfield and Fletcher Nigut solve GCF and LCM word problems involving floats
Gianna Duckworth and Savanna Klimek are busy at work writing their letters to Santa through the use of math prompts
Students solve recipe problems for Thanksgiving dinner