Curriculum Chronicle
February/March
Gearing up for Testing Season and Spring Break
Happy Birthday in February
Doneanne Soult
Debi Baker
Jim Comegno
Nichol McCarty
Kristen Goduto
Lisa Wesolowski
Donna Yoerke
Happy Birthday in March
Brandon Puhalski
Deidre Adams
Matt Andris
Ginny Grossman
Kathy Kohlbrenner
Megan Jedwabny
Kristen Niemiec
Carmen Friedman
March Birthdays Continued
Carly Mora
Jen Perry
Rebecca Dobiesz
Sue Knudsen
Marc Krish
John Tornquist
Guy Powers
Maureen Pasquarello
Preschool Fun
Fourth Grade Happenings
8th Grade Math
A. Write a story problem that can be solved by finding the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle. Use something that you like or are interested in!
Example: A water slide at Magic Waters is 100 feet tall and the end of the slide is 200 feet from the base. How long is the slide?
B. Write a story problem that can be solved by finding the length of a leg of a right triangle. Use something that you like or are interested in!
Example: An escalator at the mall is 50 feet long and covers a horizontal distance of 40 feet. What is the height of the escalator?
Students created posters to display their problems and work with the Pythagorean Theorem.