3rd Grade - The word of the day was Sedulous. Sedulous means industrious. The pilgrim of the day was Harrison Ford. When Harrison isn't rescuing people on the silver screen, he has his own "air force" and volunteers with the Mountain Rescuers. The warm-up activity was called, "Surprise in the Middle." This was an exercise in following directions and creativity. Without having the directions repeated, and no erasing, students were to listen and produce a picture based on verbal directions. Since this was also an exercise in creativity, the students were given time to elaborate on their designs as well as fix anything they thought they messed up on. The trip to Crystal Pond Woods had us building "chain reaction contraptions." Sometimes it is fun to take something easy and find a more creative, elaborate way of accomplishing the same task. Students then listened to two more chapters from Abel's Island and discussed Civilized and Primitive.
5th Grade - The word of the day was Aghast. Aghast means shocked; frightened; terrified; taken back and sounds like Ghost. The pilgrim of the day was John Muir. John Muir loved tinkering and designing, but he was also a practical, hardworking man. While working in a factory a piece of metal filing left him temporarily blind. When he regained his eyesight, he decided what he really wanted to do was explore nature. We can thank John Muir for founding our National Park system. The warm-up activity was called, "Surprise in the Middle." This was an exercise in following directions and creativity. Without having the directions repeated, and no erasing, students were to listen and produce a picture based on verbal directions. Since this was also an exercise in creativity, the students were given time to elaborate on their designs as well as fix anything they thought they messed up on. Students then focused on their choices as part of their affective thinking lesson. The students also worked some more on their Deficient, Abundant, and Perfect Numbers and completed their Flotsam and Jetsam page from last week. The students were quickly introduced to the Exploravision Contest that we will begin working on next week.
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