Seventh Graders Deepen Learning at the End of the Year

While grade six works on research papers and presents Lego missions, grade seven is deep in the midst of grappling with proportional thinking in math and literary analysis in English. Of all the concepts in middle school math, the leap…

Do You Know How Many Grains of Rice are in a Handful?

By Michelle Holmes, grade 3 teacher   Odd question to ask a third grader during math, right? Not if that third grader is reading Demi’s “One Grain of Rice.” In our exploration of number patterns, several of our students became…

March Mathness in Third Grade

By Michelle Holmes, Grade 3 teacher While the whole country was consumed with the NCAA  Basketball Tournament, the third grade was busy figuring out where each college was located and how far each college was to their respective tournament.  Our…

Help Alleviate Hunger in the Hudson Valley

Help Alleviate Hunger in the Hudson Valley Visit the Poughkeepsie Galleria Mall (Center Court) on March 5-11 to see incredible structures created by teams of students from PDS and High Meadow made entirely out of non-perishable food. Bring donations of…

Family Math Morning with Steve the Math Guy

By Stephen Currie, A.K.A. Steve the Math Guy, lower school math specialist February 2 was not just Groundhog Day this year; it was also the inaugural Family Math Morning, featuring Rachel’s first grade class. The children and many of their…

Fun with Fluency…and Beyond!

By David Jordan, grade 4 teacher A great deal of children’s math experiences at PDS are constructive, experiential and built around meaningful contexts. Mathematics is treated no differently than other content areas in that we believe it should be inquiry-based…