1st and 2nd Grade - The word of the day was Pulchritude. Pulchritude means beauty. The pilgrim of the day was Harriet Tubman. Born a slave, Harriet Ross grew up dreaming to be free. At age 25, she married John Tubman, a free black man. She was able to obtain her freedom through the Underground Railroad and spent the next 11 years helping 300 runaway slaves make it to freedom. During the Civil War, she served the Union army in many capacities, but the government refused to pay her. She returned to her home riding in a baggage car. Our warm-up puzzle today was a Plexer. Plexers are common phrases put into word pictures. The affective lesson focused on the understanding that successful people demonstrate caring. Students looked up the definitions of different words of the Pledge Allegiance to the United States flag. They then developed their own pledges they could keep toward family, friends, school and the environment.
5th Grade - The word of the day was Zigzag. Zigzag means a series of turns in different directions that nevertheless proceed in a general direction and sounds like Tag. The pilgrims of the day were the Smith Brothers. One day a peddler walked into James Smith's restaurant and ordered a meal. When it came time to pay for the meal, he offered James Smith the recipe for a cough candy. James took the recipe and paid the man $5. James Smith made up the candy, put it into envelopes and had his two sons, William and Andrew, sell it door to door. The candy was a success. This group also did the Plexers for the warm-up activity. The affective lesson focused on childhood rules, sharing and telling the truth. We then finished considering water density. The rest of the afternoon was spent gathering information for the ExploraVision project.
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