In Miss Hojnacki’s math class, we are still working through Unit 2 called “Analyze and Use Proportional Relationships”. Students have been learning about ratio and rate concepts and how to recognize proportional relationships. In math, there is a lot of room for variations on how students can solve problems. Students were introduced to three different methods on how to determine if ratios have a proportional relationship. This allows students to have a choice in which way they like to solve the problems based on their comfort level. By the end of this unit, students will be able to represent proportional relationships and graph proportional quantities on a coordinate plane. 

We have been working on our Ecology Unit.  Students are learning about all of the factors that create ecosystems around the world.  They spent a few days learning about a specific biome and creating a poster to display all of the information.  They had to include both biotic (living organisms) and abiotic factors (non-living features) as well as a food chain and threats to that biome.  I’ve shared some of the awesome student work!