August 12-18: Shoot for the Stars Week

Look up at the night sky and into outer space and meet people who risked everything to follow their dreams.

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Events

curious crew elephant toothpaste roadshow

Elephant Toothpaste with Curious Crew

Virtual Event in partnership with WKAR on June 22 at 10am

Detroit Zoo Penguins event with Michigan Learning Channel

Behind the Scenes with the Penguins from the Detroit Zoo

Online Event on June 24 at 10am

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Events

curious crew elephant toothpaste roadshow

Elephant Toothpaste with Curious Crew

Virtual Event in partnership with WKAR on June 22 at 10am

Detroit Zoo Penguins event with Michigan Learning Channel

Behind the Scenes with the Penguins from the Detroit Zoo

Online Event on June 24 at 10am

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  • More Decimal Fun: Tenths and Hundredths
    Lesson 308

    More Decimal Fun: Tenths and Hundredths

    Math4th Grade

    Represent fractions as parts of a set using the decimal fraction one-hundredth (0.01). Practice reading and writing decimals. Explore mixed fractions and decim…

  • Let’s Make a Dollar
    Lesson 317

    Let’s Make a Dollar

    Math2nd Grade

    Join Mrs. McCartney for a Mystery Math Mistake - T-Pops needs your help with subtraction! We'll find different coin combinations to make 100 cents.

  • Problems with Money
    Lesson 318

    Problems with Money

    Math2nd Grade

    Join Mrs. McCartney for a Mystery Math Mistake - T-Pops needs your help with subtraction! We'll solve addition and subtraction story problems involving money.

  • Numbers 11-19 in Different Ways
    Lesson 403

    Numbers 11-19 in Different Ways

    MathKindergarten

    Join Mrs. Gray for a Numeracy Talk with Dotson seeing the Counting Buddy Senior but building what we saw on a double ten frame. We also show numbers 11-19 in d…

  • Write Equations for Numbers 11-19
    Lesson 404

    Write Equations for Numbers 11-19

    MathKindergarten

    Join Mrs. Gray for a Numeracy Talk with Dotson seeing the double ten frame but building what we saw using a Rekenrek. We work with numbers 11-19 and write equa…

  • Triangles, Rectangles and Squares
    Lesson 403

    Triangles, Rectangles and Squares

    Math1st Grade

    Join Mrs. Markavich for a number talk with D.C. as we work on decomposing and composing to make a 10. We'll also explore what makes a shape a triangle, a recta…

  • Build New Shapes
    Lesson 404

    Build New Shapes

    Math1st Grade

    Join Mrs. Markavich for a number talk with D.C. as we work on decomposing and composing to make 10. We'll build a new shape from smaller shapes.

  • Interpret Line Plots
    Lesson 403

    Interpret Line Plots

    Math3rd Grade

    Join Ms. Askew for a fun Fraction Number Talk Sort. We'll also make sense of line plots with lengths in halves and quarter inches.