Coin Counter

One of our sixth graders recently got a coin counting jar and made this three act math task for you to solve! This task was inspired by the work of Graham Fletcher and his three act math tasks.

Act 1

What do you notice? What do you wonder?

Act 2: The total amount of money in the jar was $2.00

Number of coins used

Types of coins  used

Act 3

Actual coins used! 

The Dip

Counting Back from 20

The explorers have been working on counting backward from 20.  Here is one of their favorite songs!

Tub Fillers: 3 Act Math

Act 1

What do you notice?  What do you wonder?

How long will it take to fill the tub?

Act 2

Act 3

5 Little Pumpkins

The math explorers have been working on ordinal numbers with the 5 little pumpkins song!

3 Act Math :Halloween Cubes

ACT 1

What do you notice?  What do you wonder?





How many cubes in the big cup?  What is an estimate you know is to low?  What is an estimate you know is to high?

ACT 2

ACT 3 

We Love to Count

The math explorers start each class with some counting songs.  Here is one of our favorites!

Make 10 Go Fish

During Explorers math today, we learned make 10 go fish.  In this game, numbers that go together to make 10 are the pairs.  When we are ready for a bigger challenge, we can choose to play make 20 go fish!  For kids who REALLY want a challenge, we have make 100 go fish.

Plant Height Line Plots

Kids in grades 2, 3 & 4 have planted seeds and have been learning about measurement as their plants grow.  A few times a week, they measure how much water they give their plants in milliliters.  They then measure the height of their plant using centimeters, inches or fraction of an inch.  Today the 3/4 class took the data from today's plant measuring and created a line plot.  Plants will be going home later this week!

3 Act Math: Filling the Tub

This 3 Act Math Task is brought to you by Aiden and Logan

Act 1

What do you notice? What do you wonder?

How long will it take to fill the tub? Make an estimate you know is to low. Make an estimate you know is to high.

What information would help you narrow down your estimate?

Act 2

It took 39 cups of water to fill the tub

Act 3

Math Buddies!

Last week, our fifth grade friends joined the explorers for math buddy time.  A great time was had by all, here is a reflection from the students on why they love math  buddy time




Some pictures of math in action!

A big thank you to the fifth graders for demonstrating respect and responsibility with our youngest math learners! 

Math Menu

The 5-6 Math team recently did a presentation on Math Menu at a school board meeting.  Math menu is how we personalize learning in math class and offer students choice in their learning. 

Here are some math menu in action shots from classrooms this week!

Why Math is Important

3 Act Math Weighing Math Books

This Three Act Math task is brought to you by Nilah and Emma

Act 1: 

What do you notice?  What do you wonder?

How much do the math books weigh?  Make an estimate you know is to low, make an estimate you know is to high.  What information would help you narrow down your estimate? 

Act 2: 

Act 3: 

100 Reasons we love ACS!

Happy 100th day!

Here are 100 reasons we love ACS!!!!  You can see them in more detail in the front hallway

ACS Examines Honesty

This month, our focus at ACS has been on honesty.  The fifth and sixth graders wrote, rehearsed and performed skits to show different situations where honesty is important.  They preformed them at all school meeting this past Tuesday.













Great job 5th and 6th graders!