Enjoying the Beautiful Weather at WAL Grade 6

We are so lucky at Walton to have a beautiful courtyard. The weather has been PERFECT lately for working outside.  Students are even able to take computers outside!  These 6th graders are busy writing Math problems using integers (positive and negative whole numbers).  Check out some of their work:

   A hot helicopter was flying. It went  25 feet into the canyon. Then it went up 15 feet. Then it went up another 15 feet. How high was the helicopter above the canyon?      -25+15+15= 5

George and Harold were playing video games and sharing points.

George scored -10 points and Harold scored 24 and then -12. How many points do they have altogether?

-10+24+(-12)= 2