Churchill Road first graders Elliot Pomper, Selim Chareib and Katie Krokowski practice counting in tens by sorting 10 pumpkin seeds in each muffin tin, while their teacher, David Suchoski, looks on. Photos by Kim Moran
Churchill Road first graders got in the Halloween spirit by learning about pumpkins and doing pumpkin math. Students measured the height, weight and circumference of each pumpkin. They then estimated the number of seeds, then counted them in sets of ten. The children enjoyed this hands-on mathematics activity.