1st and 2nd grade - The second graders were enjoying a field trip on Wednesday. The two first graders had not met Dudley the Detective and Sybil the Scientist yet. They were introduced to our two friends from Crystal Pond Woods as well as logic elimination puzzles. Logic elimination puzzles provide skills in analysis, deductive reasoning, problem solving and evaluation.
3rd grade - The word of the day was Hypnotize. Hypnotize means to put into a sleep-like state and sounds like Hippo Eyes. Our journeying pilgrims were the Wright brothers. The Wright brothers were the first to make man made flight. Our warm up activity was called, "Stories with Holes." The students were to ask twenty questions that could only be answered with a "yes" or "no" inorder to determine what the situation was about. The statement/story was, "As Carlita jumped to her death, she yelled "Oh no, I have to do it again." Students then spent some time studying and researching a famous "pilgrim" - Amelia Earhart.
5th grade - Their word of the day was Craven. Craven means Cowardly and sounds like Raven. Their inventor was Luther Burbank. Luther Burbank was a plant scientist that had over 3000 experiments going at one time. He is known as the father of the Idaho potato. The warm-up activity was called "What in the World." This is a puzzle that used to show up on the back of the National Geographic for Kids magazine. There are nine close up objects and a clue for each item. From the clue and photo, the students have to determine the item. The affective lesson of the day was on self-discipline in which students were to set goals for themselves for the week. We will see how well they went toward reaching those goals next week. Our Exploration lesson was centered around the idea that explorers transfer parts of cultures to other cultures. After researching the game Mancala, the students had an opportunity to try it themselves. Our SOS project was to locate where their family's bottle was picked up using latitude and longitude.
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