1st and 2nd Grade - In Crystal Pond Woods, our friends, Isabel the Inventor and Yolanda the Yarnspinner had us practicing SCAMPER again. Students spun the wheel to decide what common item to SCAMPER. They also learned that it was important to leave lots of details when describing their pictures. Our Discovery lesson had us focusing on the generalization that personal discoveries may help us survive in difficult situations. Students learned in order to survive you have to use what materials are available. This is similar to what Abel from Abel's Island is going through. Students then built "boats" that would float to help Abel get some ideas to get off the island.
3rd Grade - The word of the day was Opprobrious. Opprobrious means shameful, infamous. The pilgrim of the day was Clint Eastwood. Despite all the moving when he was a child and being fired from Universal studios because he couldn't act, Clint Eastwood has become a successful actor as well as director. The warm-up activity was called 20 Questions. Students were given a picture of an unusual object. They were to ask questions that could only be answered with a "yes" or "no" in order to gain clues that would help them figure out the item. Our series of affective lessons called "Take Five" ended today by having the students reflect on what they learned from these activities. Our friends from Crystal Pond Woods were drawing in the sand and then telling each other what they thought the pictures were as a way to demonstrate creativity. Students were then given the opportunity to come up with creative titles for some simple drawings. They also had an opportunity to create some simple drawings themselves and come up with a title for each one. Our Discoveries lesson had us focusing on the fact that personal discoveries may help us survive in difficult situations. Students were given some materials and told to build a boat that would float. Just like Abel in Abel's Island, they could only use the materials they were provided to learn survival. I hope to get the pictures load on the WI web page next week.
4th Grade - The word of the day was Aqueduct. Aqueduct means a large pipe or conduit for carrying water from a distant location and sounds like "aqua duck." The pilgrim of the day was Mary Cassatt. Despite the fact that she was a woman living in the mid 19th century, Mary persevered to become "America's Great Impressionist." We also played 20 Questions. Students haven't figured out what the bird cage is used for. The affective lesson focused on confidence and insecurity. Students were looking at their strengths (electric outlets) and weaknesses (dimmer switches) to see how they cope with those attributes in different circumstances. Our Exploration lesson had us studying the scientific method just as Alfred Wegener did with his theory of continental drift. The SOS project had students learning about flotsam and jetsam. Flotsam is anything that falls off a ship accidentally. Jetsam is anything that is tossed from a ship. Students then traced the currents some flotsam would have taken to get from one place to another.
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