1st and 2nd Grade - Students finished working on their Courage shields. The trip to Crystal Pond Woods had us focusing on Divergent Thinking again. Students were given 4 cards with words and a story starter. They were to finish the story starter including the 4 words in the rest of the story.
3rd Grade - This morning was a little short as students wanted to watch the 5th grade music program. The word of the day was Rapacious. Rapacious means raptor-like, preying on others. The pilgrim of the day was George Gershwin. As a young boy, George Gershwin thought music was for sissies and hands were for fighting. After meeting a violinist, George became fascinated with music. His father bought a piano for George's brother, but George claimed it for himself practicing every spare minute. By the age of 26, George had written Rhapsody in Blue and had it performed.Our trip to Crystal Pond Woods also had students working on Divergent Thinking. The students were given an answer and had to think of a question that would go with the answer. After listening to another chapter from Abel's Island, students watched an experiment and discussed the reason Abel did not build a fire in his log house.
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. Not only was Roberto Clemente a great baseball player, he was a humanitarian as well. After an earthquake in Managua, Nicaragua, Roberto went to take relief supplies to the victims. Unfortunately, shortly after take-off his plane crashed. The Baseball Writers of America elected him to the Baseball Hall of Fame waiving the 5 year retirement requirement. The affective lesson was spent talking about internal security systems that people put in place when they feel threatened or in danger. For the SOS project, students watched an experiment that demonstrated cold water is denser than warm water. The Exploration lesson had students design a creature they would like to build for the cooperative creature project.
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