An exciting integrated lesson took place today in Mrs. Hickey’s first grade classroom. Students were given a catalog and $100 pretend money to buy items for their baby. The babies were made by the students to represent their birth weight and length. The students discussed the difference between wants and needs and had to make sure the essentials were covered before they considered a new Nintendo or a trip to Disney. They had to act as parents and come to consensus on many difficult decisions. After they budgeted their $100 they got to select a surprise card and make adjustments in their plans. A card could be extra money or an unexpected expense. The conversations over the realistic problem solving were wonderful and the students  learned about real upbringing issues and demonstrated compassion.

 

Mrs. Marshal’s second graders just finished a creative and integrated math project. They all created designs with pattern blocks and then graphed the results.

 

 

Students are having fun on the stairs practicing their math facts. They can chose to skip count by color or practice partners of five, doubles partners of ten, or multiplication.

Our Pi Memorization Contest resulted in incredible accomplishments. We were thrilled to have PreK participants this year and many returning students. Congratulations to all who gave it a shot. Your gift is truly amazing.

First Place: Laasya 251 digits memorized (4th grade)

Second Place: Sirena 198 digits (5th grade)

Third Place Tie: Nihaal 104 digits (4th grade) and Grace Foster 2nd Grade 104 digits (1st grade)

Congratulations to our outstanding grade level winners:

 

5th Grade
Sirena 198

4th Grade
Laasya 251
Nihaal 104
Namyanzi 89

3rd Grade
Faith 61
Tanner 51
Aiden 14

2nd Grade
Grace 104
Srihaas 88
Will 21

1st Grade
Haley 41
Katelyn 41
Nirvaan 27

Kindergarten
Wyatte 15
Marleigh 2

PreK
Joey 7
Zion 4
Sam 4