#elementary-school — Public Fediverse posts

Chalmer, Bobby, and Charles. Three students from the beginning of my career who will always be in my heart. 1977. #publicschool #publicschools #publicschoolteaching #publicschoolteacher #publicschoolteachers #school #schooling #student #students #elementaryschool #elementaryschools #elementaryeducation #strongpubliceducationstrongcountry #strongcountry #educationimportance #importanceofeducation #strongpublicschools #eduucationalegalitarianism #egalitarianism #equality

Math Game Monday: Bowling

This game builds calculations skills and helps develop fluency.

Many parents remember struggling to learn math. We hope to provide a better experience for our children. And one of the best ways for children to enjoy learning is through hands-on play.

So what are you waiting for? Let’s play some math!

Bowling

Math Concepts: addition, subtraction, multistep calculation, column addition (for final score).

Players: any number.

Equipment: one deck of math cards, game board, ten tokens for covering numbers, pencil or pen, and (optional) scratch paper for adding up the scores.

Set-Up

You can print the bowling game board and score sheet from the Number Game Printables Pack, or draw your own game board and use the printable score sheets from the Apollo’s Templates website.

The 23-page printable (pdf) Number Game Printables Pack file includes hundred charts, graph paper, and game boards from the first two Math You Can Play books.

How to Play

Place the deck face down where all players can reach. When it’s your turn, roll your bowling ball by flipping up three cards. On your game board, cover the pins you knock down:

• The numbers on your cards.
• Any numbers you can make by adding or subtracting two cards.
• Any numbers you can make by adding and subtracting with all three of the cards. Each card may be used only once in each calculation.

For example, if you roll a two, four, and ace, you can cover those numbers and also:

• 3 = 4 − 1
• 7 = 1 + 2 + 4
• What else can you find?

If you cover all the numbers, you rolled a strike, and that’s the end of your turn. If you don’t cover all the numbers, discard those cards and turn up three more for your next ball. Can you cover the remaining numbers now? If so, that’s a spare.

Your score for each turn is how many numbers you cover, with special rules for strikes and spares as explained below.

After you roll two balls, the next player takes a turn. Keep going until each player has ten turns. If the draw pile runs out of cards, reshuffle the discards to replenish it.

How to Use the Score Sheet

The rules for keeping score in bowling seem confusing until you’ve played a few games. Each larger square box on the score sheet is called a frame and represents your score for one turn. The two (or three) smaller square boxes are for keeping track of each time you roll your ball.

One complete game of bowling consists of ten turns, with a maximum score of 300 points. You might think that with ten numbers to cover in each turn, the most you could score would be 100 points, but strikes and spares get bonuses.

For each turn, write down how many numbers you covered with your first ball in the first small box, or if you got a strike, mark an X there. If you threw a second ball, mark down how many more numbers you covered in the second small box, or if you got a spare, write a slash (/). If you did not get a strike or spare, add the numbers you wrote down and put that total score at the bottom of the frame.

A spare earns one bonus ball, and a strike earns two, which means you can’t finish scoring your frame yet. On your next turn, the balls you throw will count not only for their own frame but also as bonus points on your strike or spare. After you’ve thrown your next ball (or two balls, for a strike), add ten for the strike or spare plus the value of the bonus(es) and write in that total at the bottom of the unfinished frame.

Notice that the bonus balls get counted twice, once as part of the strike or spare and once for their own frame. And if you throw three strikes in a row, the third one will be counted three times:

• As the second bonus throw in the first strike frame.
• As the first bonus throw on the second strike.
• And finally as part of its own frame, along with its own bonus balls.

When you get to the last frame, you will see three small boxes. That’s because any players lucky enough to throw a strike or a spare still get their bonus balls. If you don’t get a strike or spare, ignore that third little box.

Finally, add up all the points from all ten frames to make your total score for the game.

 
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The Best Tech for Back to School

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How I Accidentally Became PAC President

https://motivatedmamadiaries.wordpress.com/2026/07/11/how-i-accidentally-became-pac-president/

National Gardening Month coloring contest winners | Fairfield News https://www.allforgardening.com/1814601/national-gardening-month-coloring-contest-winners-fairfield-news/ #ColoringContest #ElementarySchool #garden #gardening #JeffersonCountyFarmBureau #NationalGardeningMonth #students

Against the Soul of Its Training: Claude Answers for Minab

https://bolesblogs.com/2026/06/08/against-the-soul-of-its-training-claude-answers-for-minab/

Last Day of first grade 😸 #elementaryschool

Integrated Arts Academy students dig into new community garden https://www.allforgardening.com/1778964/integrated-arts-academy-students-dig-into-new-community-garden/ #burlington #BurlingtonElementarySchoolStudent #CaptainPlanetFoundation #com #CoxAutomotive #Dealer #DifferentVegetable #dirt #ElementarySchool #garden #GoodWayPossibleThank #grant #IntegratedArtsAcademy #IntegratedArtsAcademyStudent #NewCommunityGarden #planting #SameProgram #SchoolGarden #Student #TuesdayMorning #vegetables #vermont #year

Elementary students explore Victoria Educational Gardens | Education https://www.allforgardening.com/1713604/elementary-students-explore-victoria-educational-gardens-education/ #BritishColumbia #CommunityGardeningInTheUnitedStates #ElementarySchool #garden #gardening #MaranoaBotanicGardens #texas #UrbanAgriculture #Victoria #VictoriaCountyMasterGardenerAssociation #Yorktown

#AlfredME - Alfred #ElementarySchool #NatureHike

0.8mi Length
36ft Elevation gain
0.5–1hr Estimated time, Out & back

"This short trail starts in the parking lot of the elementary school. There is an #OutdoorClassroom, #VernalPonds, and #swale. Small bridges have been built over wet areas. There are small signs with information about the natural environment. Although there are blue blazes on trees, the trail is not easy to follow as it gets further from the school."

FMI:
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/maine/alfred-elementary-school-nature-hike

#SolarPunkSunday #SpendTimeInNature #SpendTimeOutdoors #NatureHikes #MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime #NatureBasedLearning

I saw this on the local news today... 177 acres of woods!!! WTF! Gorham Sand and Gravel doesn't care about environmentally sensitive areas, or areas with children! They pushed to get mining in nearby #LimingtonME, despite the objections of the residents (and it being next to a State of Maine Nature Preserve)!

Neighbors in #AlfredME discuss controversial quarry proposal

by Julia Simone,WGME
Tue, April 7, 2026

ALFRED (WGME) - "Alfred residents said they feel stuck between a rock and a hard place, voicing frustration to the town’s planning board Monday night over plans for a new quarry in their neighborhood.

"The entrance and exit of the proposed quarry would be off of Route 202 in Alfred and the site would be 177 acres.

"#GorhamSandAndGravel are the developers behind the project."

[...]

"If constructed, developers say the project would involve blasting and dozens of dump trucks operating six days a week.

"But the project was put on hold last summer after residents in the area voiced concerns about noise, dust, and environmental impacts.

"Now, the potential quarry and the concerns are back.

" 'The noise, the fly rock, the #SilicaDust, and we have an #ElementarySchool that is 1.6 miles away,' Alfred resident Ralph Dean said.

" 'Gorham Sand and Gravel is willing to risk our safety to make money, our kids safety, our families safety, our community's safety, and safety should never come second,' Alfred resident Shannon Stevens said.

"Another resident says a third-party review revealed holes in the quarry plan that haven't been addressed.

" 'These big company they take advantage of these small towns that don’t have good strong ordinances and a professional planning board. These guys are all volunteers and it’s a lot,' Alfred resident Lauren Carroll said."

Read more:
https://wgme.com/news/local/neighbors-in-alfred-discuss-controversy-quarry-proposal

#NoisePollution #MainePol #Mining #ProtectTheForest #Pollution

On the 1st day of the #war with #Iran, a weapon bearing the hallmarks of a newly developed #US made #BallisticMissile was used in an attack that struck a sports hall & adjacent #ElementarySchool near a #military facility in southern Iran, acc/to weapons experts & a visual analysis by NYT. Local ofcls cited in Iranian media said this strike & others nearby in the city of #Lamerd killed at least 21 people

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #Trump #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #geopolitics #idiocracy #kakistocracy

This Newspaper’s Cover Photo Just Brutally Called Out Donald Trump, And Wow, They Really Went There

Last week, the Tehran Times shared a cover photo that brutally called out Donald Trump and the Iran…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #coverphoto #DonaldTrump #ElementarySchool #GettyImages #Iran #missilestrike #TehranTimes #UnitedStates #Us #USA
https://www.newsbeep.com/438350/

@PhoenixSerenity
Math was always hard for me. But what I HATED was gym class. I still remember the gym teacher. She would divide the class into two teams to play against each other, and she ALWAYS put all the good athletes together on one team. The "losers" team always got crushed.

I, of course, was always put on the loser team (I'm the kid who was always picked last when kids were picking who was going to be on their team). One day after we got crushed by the good athletes, the gym teacher started yelling at us for being so bad at sports.

I lost my temper.

"Of COURSE the score is always lopsided!" I screamed. "You always put all the GOOD athletes on one team!"

"Oh, and you think *you* could do better?" she sneered.

"Yes!" I answered.

For some reason she decided to show me up. She told me to divide the class into teams. So I did, as fairly as I could. Then we played a game between the two teams.

The final score differed by ONE point between the two teams.

She never said a damned word to me again.

Gym teachers are scum.

#Gym #GymClass #GymTeachers #ElementarySchool #Bullies

Did the U.S. strike an Iranian elementary school by mistake? Everything we know so far about the deadly missile attack.

On Feb. 28 — the day the United States launched its first wave of attacks on Iran —…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #ElementarySchool #Iran #Iranianofficials #militaryinvestigation #militaryinvestigators #PeteHegseth #PresidentTrump #schoolbuilding #ShajarahTayyebeh #Tomahawkcruisemissile
https://www.newsbeep.com/432940/

How one teacher came up with the now-viral ‘Tattle Phone’ idea being hailed as a classroom gamechanger

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/how-one-teacher-came-up-with-the-now-viral-tattle-phone-idea-being-hailed-a-classroom-gamechanger/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-one-teacher-came-up-with-the-now-viral-tattle-phone-idea-being-hailed-a-classroom-gamechanger

I enjoyed creating bulletin boards, art projects, and posters when I was a public school teacher. 1990s. #publicschool #publicschools #publicschoolteacher #publicschoolteachers #teacher #teachers #1990s #bulletinboard #bulletinboards #decor #decorations #tips #art #artwork #arting #littlelulu #tubby #marge #comicbook #comicbooks #schoolhallway #lacktuscarora #lacktuscaroraelementaryschool #elementary #elementaryschool #ltes #education #educators

A friend of mine asked for my advice about #codingforkids .
He's a teacher on #elementaryschool and wants to start a small #coding project.

I can remember software witch uses coding-blocks for childeren to build small games.

A quick search on #google gave me #codemonkey

Not sure if this is what I'm looking for but we'll see.

https://www.codemonkey.com/glp-coding-for-kids-abs/?utm_campaign=cm_gs_p_kw_eu_en_abs&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=540118681416&utm_adgroup=teaching_children_to_code_bmm&utm_placement=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=8527993397&gbraid=0AAAAADQwBlMrH1VOV77ZSr44v53hmusXl&gclid=CjwKCAiAybfLBhAjEiwAI0mBBiuilgos-p1xkYEfoBYx9XhepBvPVLRtSvCqyQVU9tSdhobsubaUUBoCswIQAvD_BwE

Liking children is the number one requirement for an educator. 1982. #education #publiceducation #teach #teacher #teachers #student #students #1980s #ltes #lacktuscaroraelementaryschool #elementaryschool #elementaryschools #teaching #educator #educators #countrykids

I taught 25 years at the Lack Tuscarora Elementary School outside Honey Grove. The Pennsylvania landscape provided ever changing beauty. 1995. #ltes #lack #lacktuscarora #lacktuscaroraelementary #lacktuscaroraelementaryschool #elementaryschools #elementaryschool #selvan

When #ICE kidnaps, beats, and then throws a 17-year-old CHILD from a car, that is #CHILDABUSE. When ICE attacks #middleSchoolers, #highSchoolers, and other #CHILDREN in #elementarySchool, that is child abuse.

CPS should do their fucking job for once and protect the children from abuse.

Richfield, MN (where the 17yo CHILD was ABUSED by ICE) is in Hennepin County, and this is the number for CPS there: 612-348-3552 (Note: DHS for CPS is Department of Human Services)

https://www.hennepin.us/childprotection

When #ICE kidnaps, beats, and then throws a 17-year-old CHILD from a car, that is #CHILDABUSE. When ICE attacks #middleSchoolers, #highSchoolers, and other #CHILDREN in #elementarySchool, that is child abuse.

CPS should do their fucking job for once and protect the children from abuse.

Richfield, MN (where the 17yo CHILD was ABUSED by ICE) is in Hennepin County, and this is the number for CPS there: 612-348-3552 (Note: DHS for CPS is Department of Human Services)

https://www.hennepin.us/childprotection

#Suit Challenges Restrictions on #OffCampus #Christian #Religious Instruction for #Elementary #Students

Suit was filed last week in a #Washington federal district court challenging the restrictions that #Everett, Washington #schoolofficials have placed on the operation of a #parent-run program that offers #elementaryschool students off-campus, #nondenominational #Christianinstruction during lunch, #recess and free periods.

https://religionclause.blogspot.com/2025/12/suit-challenges-restrictions-on-off.html

🌍 Plan ahead for Earth Month. We've expanded our Celebration of Nature Collection with new nature-themed films from around the world! Discover the wonders of bugs, chimpanzees, coral, salmon, whales, and the power of recycling. For grades 3 and up.

Learn more: https://journeysinfilm.org/film/celebration-of-nature/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Dec25&utm_term=EarthMonth&utm_content=Link

#EnvironmentalStudies #ElementarySchool #PrimarySchool #Education #StemEducation #Edutooters #Homeschooling #Movies #ClimateChange #Recycling #Nature

And about her oldest sons, Mo'men and Abdul Rahman – they're teenagers so in high school and middle-school:

"Mo'men and Abdul Rahman have lost their future and aren't studying."

About schools in their camp:

"We don’t have schools here; it’s too far from us."

2/3

[Rapha]

#GazaVerified #school #learning #future #Palestine #Gaza #HelpGaza #elementaryschool #middleschool #highschool #education #study

RE: https://mastodon.social/@naeemafamily/115468794193261909

Yesterday (01.11.25), I asked Haneen about school and if the twins Elias and Aylan are also studying. Because Saji is studying at home (all three are in elementary school stage)

What about them? Haneen answered:

"I am very sad for Aylan and Elias; they don't have a school, and it's difficult for them. They need a foundation now."

1/3

[Rapha]

#GazaVerified #school #learning #future #Palestine #Gaza #HelpGaza #elementaryschool #middleschool #highschool #education #study