It all started with the ubiquitous “is this right?” from many different students. With that we began a series of mini-classes to teach children how to check their subtraction answers Read More >>
Archives for March 2014
New and Goods for Capitals and Punctuation
This year we have a group of children in the 2nd and 3rd grades that were ready to develop a better awareness of the conventions of writing, including capitals and Read More >>
Cooking with Kathy
A favorite Investigations activity for our students is to cook. Besides honing their cooking skills and working together, students connect their math and science knowledge to real life experiences. But Read More >>
Fractions with Kathy
Children in Kathy’s fraction class began by reviewing what a fraction is and what its parts represent. We developed our understanding of fractions and equivalent fractions using various tools, such Read More >>
Brain Bank
Emily, Mira, Dash and Jonah are taking part in a class called Brain Bank. Brain Bank is a reading and writing program with science as the main topic. They take Read More >>
Math Table
Our oldest two students have been participating in a math table all year where we work on math topics that include adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimals, fractions and multi-digit Read More >>
Fractions
Children in Rebecca’s fraction class started with a quick review of what a fraction is, the parts of a fraction and how to add and subtract fractions with like denominators. We Read More >>