by newschoolsyr | Nov 20, 2015 | 2015-2016, math
Math class for our 6th graders this fall has been about statistics. We started with gathering, graphing and interpreting data from our classmates about name length. We graphed our data on line plots and bar graphs. We even used a stem leaf plot. We’ve explored...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 10, 2015 | 2015-2016, language arts, math, middle school
This Fall, students in our oldest grades have been listening to a series of math books that discuss and explain all different types of math processes. Books we’ve read this fall include: Multiplying Menace, Sold!, Rabbits Rabbits Everywhere, and Zachary Zormer:...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 10, 2015 | 2015-2016, math
This year, Math Class for two of our oldest students started out with combining like terms, solving for variables and setting up and solving proportions. Students have practiced some of these skills using a computer program on MathBits.com called Geo Cashing where...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 9, 2015 | 2014-2015, Grades 5 - 8, math
Our two 7th graders and one 5th grader have taken a journey into pre-algebra this year. This class has been called Variables all year, but we have explored so much more than just variables. One thing that is constant is that there is...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 28, 2015 | 2014-2015, grade 3, grade 4, math
A group of seven 3rd and 4th graders have been learning all about multiplication and division this winter. With multiplication, they started with cluster problems which break large problems such as 358×27 into small clusters of easily known...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 13, 2015 | 2014-2015, investigations, Kindergarten and 1st grade, math, science
How do airplanes fly? That is a question that our younger students (K-2) explored during Investigations. They made paper airplanes and tested them to see how far they could fly. Then they modified their planes to see if they could get them to fly farther. They...
