Before leaving for winter break, the sixth grade students worked on a unit involving area and perimeter. During this unit, students learned the formulas for finding area and perimeter of several shapes; most notable, a rectangle. The end result of the unit for the students after they were able to show their understanding was to create a ginger bread house with given measurements. By using Begin with the End in Mind, the students had to draw a model of what their end result house would look like. Some students were quite surprised how closely their house resembled their drawing.
Below are the students with their partner(s) & their final ginger bread house...
(Each class voted for the best, which is noted under each picture.)
Hour One Winners: Madison Kennedy & Lexis Oberndorfer
Hour Two Winners: Makayla Parmeley & Cassidy Shoemate
Hour Three Winners: Brady Black & Collin Mangrum
Fourth Hour Winners: Nick DeClue & Chris Manzanero
Fifth Hour Winners: Braeden Lederle & David Mulnix
Seventh Hour Winners: Hunter Hutchison & Dayton Turner
We would like to thank local businesses for donating the supplies required to make the ginger bread houses: Washington Wal-Mart, Save-A-Lot, Country Mart, and Schnucks
