Students learn about means -- and about the age of their teacher

Today we discussed mean, median, mode, and range, but focused on mean today.  We used numbers relevant to the students to come up with our own data.  We also discussed the term “outliers.”  For example, we used the students’ ages as information.  Then we threw mine in the mix.  Since all of theirs were either 11 or 12, and mine wasn’t -- my age was the outlier, as it was drastically different from the others.  So we figured the mean (average) with and without my age. 

During spelling and language we had a lesson from our counselor.

I received an email today that our Scholastic book order had shipped.

Have a great Wednesday!