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Fri Jun 05, 2009 Sears Tower Fourth graders created a scale model of the Sears Tower after completing our unit on rates. The unique design of the Sears Tower helped the students learn to multiply ratios to find the correct proportions of the heights of columns and floors. More... Fri May 15, 2009 Moninski's Weekend Challenge MAY 15, 2009 MATHEMATICAL CHAIRS Ten stools are arranged in a row. Three people go in and sit, so at least one stool is between any two people. How many different ways can the ten stools be occupied, discounting the three persons sit on any stool? More... Tue Mar 31, 2009 Math/Science Explorers Third and fourth graders are able to explore mathematics and science in a new and creative way. Mrs. Moninski and Mrs. Sawyer worked with 40 students over the spring session - a five week period exploring algebraic equations using number tiles; to see how many pennies can float on water using clay boats; exploring how to create many wonderful objects using Tangrams; learned basic information on the Human body circulatory system; explored how to compare equations using Cuisenaire Rods. Come and see the explorers... More... Sat Oct 25, 2008 West School Favorite Candy Survey Students collected data from the whole school to find Students' Favorite Candy. The schools favorite candy ended up to be Chocolate at 50%! This is not too big of surprise for most. The next closest was a tie between Sour and Chewy at 17% . After collecting the data, students placed the information into many different kinds of graphs: Pie Graph, Bar Graph and Line Graph. The information helped us find the mean, median and mode. Students synthesized presenting the same information in different graphs giving different interpretation of the data. It was a great way to wrap up Statistical Landmarks. More... Thu May 01, 2008 MATH-A-THON West School participated in raising money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital by having a math-a-thon. During the week of April 14th one hundred-fifty students participated in our second Math-a-Thon to help raise $29,418.51 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. More... Tue Mar 04, 2008 ADOPT A PILOT SOUTHWEST AIRLINES Fourth grade students experienced a wonderful adventure with Pilot Amy Williams. It is a way to bring education to life for students. We have the wonderful opportunity to follow Pilot Amy for a month with her flight schedule and learn about the life of the airline. Students worked in the areas of math, science, geography, research, writing, team communication, creative thinking and presentation skills. Come along and see our adventure... More... Thu Feb 21, 2008 Mike Byster Thank you for coming to our school and showing us some of your talents. There were so many amazing tricks you showed us throughout the day. We loved the “Sum” amazing trick we did in Mrs. Moninski’s class. We also enjoyed the grammar and math games. It was cool when you answered the questions so quickly and accurately. It was interesting to find out part of our parents drivers license number. Many of us did this trick when we got home and our parents were amazed. We liked when we learned how to multiply a three-digit square number and find the missing number trick. We also liked the trick how to add the four digit numbers from the five different columns. The trick with guessing the number from the particular column was cool. More... Fri Oct 19, 2007 String Art Design Fourth graders in Mrs. Moninski's class completed their final assessment of geometry by creating a String Art Design. They learned to draw line design creations and applied their knowledge of geometry and patterns to create a multicolored circle or ellipse. Students begin to place their design on the fabric covered board using a paper template to place wire nails. More... Tue May 29, 2007 ROAD RALLY The third grade classes made their very own road rally. Students were put into groups to find their "secret place" in the school. They needed to measure out the distance using the metric ruler and specific directions on which direction to go. Once students found their secret place and wrote out their directions their classmates needed to find each other’s "secret place" This activity showed the importance to measure accurately and to give correct directions to help make it to their destination. More... Fri Apr 27, 2007 MATH RALLY On April 27, 2007 West School participated in an all school event to celebrate National Mathematics Day. 3rd and 4th grade students traveled to five different stations throughout the building to demonstrate their mathematical skills. Students worked in teams of 4 or 5 helping each other to solve the challenges in each station. What a great way to end the week and the month of April! More... |