LearnZillion: Common Core Videos

LearnZillion: Common Core Videos

Over the summer, Mr. Avery was lucky enough to have had the opportunity to work for a great new company called LearnZillion. LearnZillion is a new website that focuses on having teachers create videos that correlate to the Common Core. Back in June, 123 teachers from...
The Going Rate

The Going Rate

On your mark… Get set… Solve some rate problems! Okay, so that may not be how you’re used to that phrase going but that’s just how we started math today! Today marked the day of our Great Rate Race. We took part in a scavenger hunt around the...
Mixing It Up

Mixing It Up

We’ve been spending time recently working with fractions and mixed numbers. We’ve been learning how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide with them. We found that sometimes working with mixed numbers can be a little bit tricky. When you’re working...

Meet Your Hosts!

It’s that time again. It’s time to meet your hosts for this year’s edition of the Math Movie Network! For the past couple years, we’ve been creating math videos to share what we’ve been learning with the world. For example, if you click...
Pi Day

Pi Day

On March 14th of every year we celebrate Pi Day. Now, this is much different than Pie Day. Pie is that delicious treat that comes in a variety of types. You can get apple, pumpkin, cherry, blueberry, and so many more. Pi, without the e on the end, represents the ratio...
Area of a Circle

Area of a Circle

Recently we’ve been spending a lot of time working with circles. You may have remembered our post about how to find the area. In years past, students have found the area of a rectangle by using the formula area = length x width. Now, we’ve learned how to...