Monday, December 6, 2010

4th Grade - The word of the day was Expunge. Expunge means to remove; to delete; to erase and sounds like Sponge. The pilgrim of the day was Roberto Clemente. Although he was very successful as a Pittsburgh Pirate, Roberto Clemente spent his time between seasons helping others. He was on his way to deliver relief supplies to Managua, Nicaragua when his plane crashed. The Baseball Writers of American immediately elected Roberto Clemente to the Baseball Hall of Fame waiving the requirement that a player must be retired for five years. The warm-up activity was a Stories with Holes problem. Students then learned about defense mechanisms for the affective lesson. To begin our cooperative creature project, students viewed the materials available to make the project. They were then to draw the creature and describe what materials they would use to build it. Students then took a vote of the one they would like to build and share with the other schools. The SOS project was to do an experiment and watch how warm water interacts with cold water. We will finish that experiement next week.