1st and 2nd Grade - As students entered the room today, they finished their pledges to family, friends, school and the environment. They were then given a noun, a verb and some "spare" parts. The students were to come up with an invention using the noun and verb together. They were then to use the spare parts and build their invention. After listening to another chapter from Abel's Island, we demonstrated and discussed why Abel didn't want to build a fire in his log shelter that was sealed up against the wind.
3rd Grade - The word of the day was Ligature. Ligature means bonds used to tie or bind. The pilgrim of the day was Whoppi Goldberg. Whoppi dropped out of school in the 9th grade, then got involved in drugs. She realized that she was going down the wrong path and checked into a rehab center. Whoppi then decided she wanted to act and did odd jobs to support herself. One of her jobs was a make-up artist for a funeral home. A producer finally noticed her. She now is a spokesperson for the war on drugs. During the trip to Crystal Pond Woods, students were given an opportunity to use their divergent thinking skills in order to solve a problem. They were given three sheets of construction paper and approximately 36 inches of tape. Students were to build a structure that would hold a set of encyclopedias. One team put together a structure that held 17 encyclopedias! Students then listened to the rest of Abel's Island and watched the video of the book. When we return from Winter Break, we will do one final activity surrounding that book.
4th Grade - The word of the day was Allude. Allude means to refer to casually or indirectly and sounds like Rude. The pilgrim of the day was Walt Disney. When others were telling him it wouldn't work, Walt Disney kept right on working. His project cost $1.5 during the Great Depression, but it was an overnight success. That little project was the first full length animated film called Snow White. The affective lesson had students focusing on eight issues (procrastination, perfectionism, isolation, risk-taking, motivation, potential, leadership, and stress). Students were to write a quote for each issue as if they were a politician. They were then to tell who were some humorous people that they admired. We then reviewed the density experiment we did last week. Students then had 30 minutes to build their cooperative creature that we will be sharing with other Edmond Enrichment program groups.
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