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My 6th graders have been learning percents, fractions, decimals, and being able to convert and graph these different numbers. This class in particular has been having a difficult time in their math class (my teacher said that the school has switched book series so many times it is difficult because they haven’t all learned what they should have… there are also 10 students that were not in the same school system prior to this school year.) One project that the class did in groups was surveys. Each group had a different survey question and each member of the group picked a different 6th grade class to ask their question to. The group had to create pie graphs of their results. My cooperating teacher could see that they were still having some difficulties with this concept and so at the end of their science lab he had them create pie graphs of what they did as a class. When they were testing almost every student in the class has a complete understanding on the topic. After seeing pie graphs in another subject area, they seemed to be able to process and relate the concept significantly better. I felt this was really important because it just shows how overlapping subject matters can actually help students. I like the idea of the students seeing that they are not doing something because it is in their math text books, but seeing how it can be used makes it more authentic and real for them.

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