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...
Circumference

Circumference

We’ve been talking geometry in class recently. We’ve discussed polygons (Mrs. Yollis class has a great post about them), angles, and now circles. We began by reviewing all the different parts of a circle. In the picture above, you’ll see a green line...

Our Science Adventure

As you may recall, a little while back we were exploring the reasons behind many of the earthquakes that happen in places such as California, Alaska, Japan, and New Zealand. We had discussed some of the major earthquakes that had happened in the past couple years and...