by Mr. Avery | May 16, 2011 | Blog, Other
We’re currently in the middle of state testing so we’ve been hard at work preparing for that. We haven’t had much time to add anything new to the blog! We’ll get back on track with that next week as we have many great events scheduled beginning...
by Mr. Avery | Apr 8, 2011 | Blog, Other
Today we culminated our fraction unit with a fun Play-Doh activity. Students had to apply their knowledge of parts of a whole, equivalent fractions, as well as adding fractions. Working with partners, each group was given blue, red, yellow, and white play-doh. They...
by Mr. Avery | Mar 16, 2011 | Blog, Math
In math, we’ve been working with fractions! A fraction can be used to show a part of a whole. For example, we could use a fraction to show how many pieces of the circle are shaded in below. The circle is split into four equal pieces. The total number of pieces...
by Mr. Avery | Feb 5, 2011 | Blog, Math
Read the Full Post Below Finding Area We’ve been learning about how to find the area of rectangles in math. In order to find the area, you must multiply the length and the width. In the rectangle above, we see that the length is 8 inches and the width...
by Mr. Avery | Jan 7, 2011 | Blog, Math
Elapsed Time Number-Line We’ve recently been learning different ways to solve elapsed time problems. One way that students found helpful was using a line so that it was easier to visualize the problem. Marshall and Amanda created a video to help show...
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