1st and 2nd Grade - Our word for today was Aversion. Aversion means a strong dislike toward something. The pilgrim was James Monroe who we had discussed before, so we moved on to the warm-up activity. The warm-up activity was a game called 20 Questions. Children are to ask questions that can only be answered with a "yes" or "no." By asking questions they are to develop clues to help them determine what the item is. It took them more than 20 questions, but they did figure out what the mystery object was called. Students then finished writing on their shoe print what is necessary when speaking to an adult.
5th Grade - The word of the day was Fervor. Fervor (FUR vur) means ardor; zeal; earnestness and sounds like Fever. The inventor of the day was John Pemberton. During the age of Medicine Man Shows, John Pemberton had developed a tonic called "French Wine of Coca." It contained wine, the drug cocaine, and caffeine. When alcohol was banned in Atlanta, GA, John removed the wine from the list of ingredients and added sugar and oils from several fruits. He eventually sold the recipe and it was resold two more times. Asa Chandler was the last person to purchase the recipe. He put bubbles in the drink, removed the cocaine and named the mix Coca-Cola. The affective lesson was about things we learn as we grow and how those things affect us. We then worked on Deficient, Abundant, and Perfect numbers from the 5th grade Everyday Math curriculum. The focus for today was to get the proper factors of the numbers from 1 to 50. The Exploration lesson discussed the idea that explorations of new frontiers may impact advancements in other fields of study. We looked at the continents. Then through the use of the Scientific Method, students determined for themselves if the continents could have been one large continent. Finally, our SOS project had us following "Flotsam" and "Jetsam" through the different ocean currents. Flotsam is anything that accidentally falls off of a ship while Jetsam is anything that is thrown off a ship.
4th Grade COGAT scores will be going home with the students this week.
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